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Saturday, April 25, 2009

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RESEARCH ON SYRIAC IN KERALA is profiled in a PBS video, with emphasis on a project associated with St. John's Abbey (home of the St. J...

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JOHN MARKS, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University, has passed away: John Marks, 39-year member of the...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

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IN HONOR OF ST. GEORGE : St George's Day is commemorated on 23 April. St George is the patron saint of England and identified with the i...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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A CONFERENCE AT DUKE: Duke Conference April 23-24 to Examine Archaeology, Politics and the Media in the Middle East Relations between schola...

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ROBERT ALTER is receiving an award for his biblical literary criticism and translations: Poetic Master of Biblical Translation Receives Awar...
Monday, April 20, 2009

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I'M BACK IN ST. ANDREWS. I'll try to do some blogging in the next day or two, but unpacking and catching up at work will take prece...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

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HEADING BACK TO ST. ANDREWS TODAY. I've been blogging from the airport as we wait for our commuter flight to Los Angeles. Look for me ...

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PALEOJUDIACA just got its 600,000th individual visitor. The counter stands now at 600030. Welcome, whoever you were.

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LOST BOOKS WATCH: In honor of World Book Day (23 April), Stephen Marche reflects in the Wall Street Journal on lost books. Two paragraph...

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PRESIDENT OBAMA has gotten involved in the land dispute over the Syriac Mor Gabriel Monastery in Turkey: Dispute over Syriac monastery turns...

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ARAMAIC WATCH - A rare American tourist encounters Nabatean (Nabataean) tombs in Saudi Arabia: A highlight was a visit to Madain Saleh, a g...

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BETTY ANNE CROSS, the wife of retired Harvard biblical scholar Frank Moore Cross, passed away yesterday. Jack Sasson has posted this note f...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

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SUN IN HEBREW: Philologos has the story in Hot, Rare and Missed . Excerpt: Mr. Goldman’s query, however, has nothing to do with the calend...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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ARAMAIC WATCH: A long Haaretz article on the survival (so far) of Iranian Aramaic in Israel: Guarding their language By Aviad Segal Tags: ...
Monday, April 13, 2009

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HARRISON FORD is to be honored at an AIA event: Archaeological Institute To Honor Harrison Ford April 13, 2009 ( Look to the Stars ) The Arc...

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THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS by Elaine Pagels gets a thirty-year retrospective by Michael Kaler in the Globe and Mail : Hip gnostics MICHAEL KALER G...

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ARAMAIC INCANTATION SKULLS get some attention in Haaretz : 'Ancient Jews used skulls in ceremonies despite ban' By Ofri Ilani, Haare...
Sunday, April 12, 2009

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BOOK REVIEWS: This article in the Boston Globe has several: Words made fresh A look at the real Jesus, Judas, and how religion has shaped h...

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HAPPY EASTER to all those celebrating.
Saturday, April 11, 2009

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ARAMAIC WATCH: Where the language of Jesus stars on football field Sheera Frenkel in Jish (London Times ) In a small church north of Nazaret...