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Saturday, October 06, 2007

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SAVE THE GNOSTICS . Nathaniel Deutsch, an expert on the Mandaeans (Mandeans), editorializes in the New York Times : THE United States did...

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MY BROADBAND WOES CONTINUE. I've just picked up an new ADSL filter and we'll see if that does the trick. Meanwhile, I've been ...
Friday, October 05, 2007

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MY BROADBAND CONNECTION at home is down, and we still haven't figured out what's wrong. So if PaleoJudaica is quiet this weekend, t...

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THE JOURNAL OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES has a new issue out ( 58.2, October 2007 ). One article is of particular interest: A Messiah whom ‘The ...

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A CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST from the Biblical Archaeology Society.

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KNOWING ARAMAIC can come in handy : Language barrier broken Visitors to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit usually depend on translations to unde...

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BOOK REVIEW: A valuable companion in the biblical wilderness By Zvia Walden ( Haaretz ) "The Five Books of Miriam: A Woman's Commen...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

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CANT MAKE IT UP: TEFILLIN BARBIE . On a more serious note, the main topic of this Jerusalem Post article is actually Jen Taylor Friedman,...
Wednesday, October 03, 2007

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SHEMINI ATZERET begins this evening at sundown. In Israel, this is also the holiday of Simchat Torah. Outside of Israel, that holiday beg...

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REFLECTIONS ON THE MATRES LECTIONIS (Hebrew vowel letters) in the Jerusalem Post : The Jews invent vowels By JOEL M. HOFFMAN IN THE BEGINNIN...

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THE FIRST HORROR SEQUEL was a Golem movie : The Golem (1914-1920) Hebrew mythology inspired one terrifying silent flick and the first horro...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007

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CAN'T MAKE IT UP: Noah's Ark Ready for the Flood Again 7:17 PM Mon 1 Oct 2007 GMT (Powerboat-World.com) 'Noah’s Ark in Schage...

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ZIPPORI/SEPPHORIS in the Galilee is covered in a Tourism piece in the Jerusalem Post : How the capital of the Galilee housed the Sanhedrin B...

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TWO QUMRAN CONFERENCES IN OCTOBER: Nordic Network in Qumran Studies Uppsala on 5-7 October 2007 The Nordic Network in Qumran Studies meets a...
Monday, October 01, 2007

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BIBLICAL STUDIES CARNIVAL XXII has been posted by Tim Bulkeley at SansBlogue. Looks very thorough.

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THE PHOENICIANS VS. THE SPANISH SCHOOL: Chiclana school could be demolished to make way for archaeological dig By m.p. - Sep 30, 2007 - 8:48...
Sunday, September 30, 2007

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AN ARCHAEOLOGIST STRIKES BACK against the bogosity brigade. And high time too! Raiders of the faux ark Biblical archeology is too important...

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HOW DO YOU SAY "COMPUTER" IN LATIN? Veni, Vidi, Wiki: Latin Isn't Dead On 'Vicipaedia' Online Reference Features Brita...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

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A NEW BOOK on inscriptions (real and fake) from the Moussaieff collection is coming out with Sheffield Phoenix: New Seals and Inscriptions,...

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Royal Committee for Temple Mount Begins Work Written by Yaniv Berman Published Friday, September 28, 2007 (The Media Li...