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Saturday, July 05, 2008

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ARCHAEOLOGY FOR KIDS: I noted this last fall, but now that it's the summer holidays, readers in New York who have kids might appreciate...
Friday, July 04, 2008

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PICTURES OF THE JEWISH GOLD-GLASS MEDALLIONS recovered from Nazi loot have been posted by Dorothy King on her PhDiva blog. Background here ...

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IRAQI JEWISH ARCHIVE (?) UPDATE: Iraq creates task force to probe stolen antiquities BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq said on Thursday it has created a ...

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A SYRIAC TOOLS AND RESOURCES WEBSITE has been placed online by MGVHoffman .

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THE SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM is pleased with its haul from last year's Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition: The San Diego Natural Histo...

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to my American readers. ( Wikimedia Commons image )
Thursday, July 03, 2008

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Dorothy King points to a good mystic's-eye view of the place.

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PALEOJUDAICA has been listed as one of The Top 100 Liberal Arts Professor Blogs as compiled by Online University Reviews. Scroll down to t...

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BIBLICAL STUDIES CARNIVAL XXX has been published by Tyler Williams at the Codex blog.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON'S LANGUAGE SKILLS are underlined in a new biography, The Road to Monticello , by Kevin Hayes. Adam Kirsh reviews it i...

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PRIESTLY VESTMENTS are being reconstructed (as far as that is possible, given our limited knowledge) by the Temple Institute: Third Temple p...

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SYRIAC TEXTS GALORE! On the Hugoye list Kristian Heal e-mails the following: We have added a number of additional Syriac titles to the res...
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

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NEWSWEEK has a number of Bible-related articles in its current online issue, some of which are of interest. First: Raiders of the Lost Tom...
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

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NAZIS. I HATE THESE GUYS. Nazi looted relics returned to former owner's heirs Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:01pm EDT By Jeremy Lovell LONDON, July...
Monday, June 30, 2008

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MOSUL TORAH SCROLL UPDATE: The story of the 400-year-old Torah scroll that was recovered from a ruined synagogue near Mosul and sold to a s...

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THE MICHELANGELO CODE? Somehow I've neglected to post on this one, although it's been in the news for a while: Michelangelo 'hi...

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A MUSEUM OF LANGUAGES has opened in College Park, Maryland: Museum benefits from university partnership Diana Elbasha ( The Diamondback ) Is...
Sunday, June 29, 2008

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MERCURY IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS? Poisonous ink killed Monks? (ZeeNews.com) Washington, June 28: Monks who wrote Biblical texts and other rel...

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PAUL FLESHER has a column in the University of Wyoming News on reading in antiquity and its various pitfalls that we don't think of to...
Saturday, June 28, 2008

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ARAMAIC WATCH: Aramaic (Syriac) made a good showing at the recent Fez World Musical Festival in Morocco. From the BBC : A performance by Le...