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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Four DSS conservators

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FOUR DEAD SEA SCROLL CONSERVATORS are profiled by Haaretz : 4 Israeli women work tirelessly to save Dead Sea Scrolls By Nir Hasson, Haaretz ...

Milwaukee DSS exhibit opens

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THE MILWAUKEE DEAD SEA SCROLLS EXHIBITION has opened: Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit inspires visitors By Jackie Loohauis-Bennett of the Journal S...
Friday, January 22, 2010

Postdoc in Second Temple Judaism at UCL

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A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP with the title Research Associate: By the Rivers of Babylon: New Perspectives on Second Temple Judaism from Cuneif...

Jobs: Jewish Studies Chair and Lectureship at Nottingham

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JOBS: A Chair in Jewish Studies is being advertised at the University of Nottingham. This post is available from 1 September 2010 (or as s...

SAD NEWS: Abraham Malamat

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SAD NEWS: the Agade list reports that Abraham Malamat has passed away: From Shmuel Ahituv ahituvs@013.net came this very sad message: ======...

More on the Talpiot Tomb

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MORE ON THE TALPIOT TOMB: the tomb from which the Jerusalem Shroud came and the one that some have argued to be the burial place of Jesus a...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Davila 666?

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NO RELATIONS , I assure you.

Silviu Bunta to lecture on Cain and Abel

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SILVIU BUNTA is giving a public lecture at Illinois Wesleyan University in March: Monday, March 8 Assistant Professor of Religious Studies ...

Ashdod antiquities exhibit looted

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THIEVES with a sense irony have looted an antiquities exhibit in Ashdod: Burglars swipe artifacts from 'Antiquities Thieves' exhibit...

New effort to carbon date the DSS

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A NEW EFFORT to carbon date the Dead Sea Scrolls: International researchers find method to date Dead Sea Scrolls 2010-01-21 08:38 BJT STOCKH...

Review of Milwaukee DSS exhibition

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THE MILWAUKEE DEAD SEA SCROLL EXHIBITION is reviewed by Jackie Loohauis-Bennett in the Journal Sentinel . Excerpt: The exhibit offers plen...

SBTS buys 3 DSS fragments

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THREE DEAD SEA SCROLLS FRAGMENTS have been acquired by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Tomb of Ezekiel (traditional) Watch

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TOMB OF EZEKIEL (TRADITIONAL) WATCH: YNet News has an update on current efforts to stop the turning of this tomb in Iraq into a mosque. T...

Qeiyafa Ostracon watch

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QEIYAFA OSTRACON WATCH: Christianity Today has a helpful roundup of scholarly responses to Gershon Galil's proposed translation: Archa...

Jacob Neusner's meeting with the Pope

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A REPORT on Jacob Neusner's meeting with the Pope (Catholic News Service blog): US rabbi says pope has finished second volume on Jesus P...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Matthew and the Age of Pisces?

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MATTHEW AND THE AGE OF PISCES? Professor Jay Williams asks Who Were the Magi? (at Bible and Interpretation) and comes up with a novel answ...

In the mail

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IN THE MAIL - or at least in my mailbox. A copy from my colleague Professor De Troyer: Kristin De Troyer, Armin Lange (eds), with the assi...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Shlomo Sand interview

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SHLOMO SAND, author of The Invention of the Jewish People is interviewed by in the Guardian . Excerpt: Sand is scathing about accusation...

Iraqi Jewish Archive update

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IRAQI JEWISH ARCHIVE UPDATE: The AP reports that the Iraqi authorities want the archive back . My own view (based on natural justice, not ...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

Nag Hammadi murders update

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NAG HAMMADI MURDERS UPDATE: Egypt security court trial in Copt killings ( Gulf Times ) Three Muslims accused of gunning down six Egyptian Ch...