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Saturday, July 19, 2008

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THE HADRIAN EXHIBITION is reviewed in the Guardian by Mary Beard. The review is quite thorough and has insightful spots, but it tries way ...

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A PH.D. SCHOLARSHIP in ancient Jewish literature is available at Manchester University. Details can be downloaded here . This is one of th...
Friday, July 18, 2008

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CYRUS THE GREAT is getting a working over by Spiegel : UN Treasure Honors Persian Despot By Matthias Schulz A 2,500-year-old cuneiform docum...

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MORE ON THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HADRIAN EXHIBITION: From the Economist : Strutting on the stage Jul 17th 2008 From The Economist print edit...

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WIKIPEDIA meets the Library of Alexandria . And bravo to Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, for putting in a word for imprisoned Egyptian blog...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

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VISION OF GABRIEL WATCH: Mark Goodacre has a roundup of bloggers' commentary in "Gabriel's Revelation" Tablet .

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THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS and Mary Magdelene come to the London theatre: The Magdalene Mysteries at Southwark Playhouse Sunday 13 July 2008 Eliza...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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VISION OF GABRIEL WATCH: Israel Knohl e-mails: I would like to inform you that I have just published a Hebrew article on the "Gabriel...

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COKE CANS in Ethiopic .
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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AN ONLINE SYRIAC STUDY GROUP has just been started up by Todd Goodwin: Welcome to Studying Syriac. This is the website for an online study ...

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TWO JOBS: Distinguished Professorship/Jewish History Vacancy #29F004 Position #6790 The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Departmen...

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PORING OVER THE KABBALAH to try to explain the latest rumors about the doings of Madonna and her circle: “These are all very talented peopl...
Monday, July 14, 2008

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MARK TWAIN slept here .

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RACHEL ELIOR is speaking on the Dead Sea Scrolls at the North Carolina exhibit: PROFESSOR WILL SPEAK ON DEAD SEA SCROLLS Israeli professor ...

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VISION OF GABRIEL WATCH: James Carroll has thoughts in the Boston Globe . Excerpt: The "Gabriel Revelation" may be hard eviden...

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AN ANCIENT SHIP'S AMULET from Yavneh Yam: Israeli lifeguard discovers ancient sea relic By ARON HELLER – 8 hours ago JERUSALEM (AP) — An...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

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THE PHOENICIAN SHIP EXPEDITION sets out to circumnavigate Africa on 1 August in a reconstructed Phoenician ship: Phoenicia Expedition Launch...

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BYZANTINE-ERA GRAVES AT ASHKELON: Grave discovery halts work on hospital's emergency center By SAUL SINGER ( Jerusalem Post ) Constructi...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

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CATHERINE M. BELL, a highly respected specialist in ritual studies, died in May . I have found her work very helpful and have used it in my...

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VISION OF GABRIEL WATCH: Messianic Jews enter the fray: Headline News Friday, July 11, 2008 Ryan Jones ( Israel Today ) Messianic leaders ...