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Saturday, March 27, 2010

More on the Azusa Pacific exhibition of their DSS fragments

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MORE ON THE AZUSA PACIFIC EXHIBITION of the Dead Sea Scrolls fragments now in their possession: In Azusa, scholars and religious leaders unr...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Fishing ban in the Sea of Galilee

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THE SEA OF GALILEE is under a fishing ban for two years . There's lots of finger pointing concerning the declining stock of fish. It s...

The Daily Mail meets the Septuagint

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THE SEPTUAGINT is mentioned in the Daily Mail , which is impressive, even though it predictably gets it wrong. This in a somewhat overly en...

Looting in Lebanon

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PHOENICIAN WATCH: Looting in Lebanon . Not good.

Review: Carthage Must Be Destroyed

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CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED , by Richard Miles, is reviewed in The Economist . Excerpt: Hannibal was a heroic figure and a superb tactician...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Controversy over the archaeology of Jerusalem

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF JERUSALEM and the controversies surrounding it are treated by Reuters: Researchers Dig up Controversy in Jerusalem By Eri...

Ashkelon gravesite: "Relocation of ER will kill patients"

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A GRAVE MATTER INDEED: 'Relocation of ER will kill patients' Resigning Health Ministry director-general says medical professional mu...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Happy 7th Blogiversary to PaleoJudaica!

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HAPPY SEVENTH BLOGIVERSARY TO PALEOJUDAICA! Last year's anniversary post, with links to earlier ones, is here . Below is a collection ...

Google decides not to be evil after all

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GOOGLE has decided not to be evil after all and has stopped censoring its results for the Chinese government. Took them long enough . But...

Capsule history of the Shroud of Turin

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A CAPSULE HISTORY of the Shroud of Turin and the past and present controversies about it has been published in the Independent in advance o...

Lost sentence from the Jerusalem Talmud recovered

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A LOST SENTENCE from the Jerusalem Talmud has been recovered in a Cairo Geniza manuscript in Geneva: Lost segment of Jerusalem Talmud uneart...

Verdi is coming to Masada

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VERDI is coming to Masada: Verdi opera event in Masada to attract 3,000 tourists Travel agency marketing event abroad reports ever growing w...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Review: Carthage Must Be Destroyed

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REVIEW: CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED : Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilisation by Richard Miles Rome tried h...

UCLA lecture on quest for historic(al) Queen of Sheba

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UCLA LECTURE on the quest for the historic(al) Queen of Sheba and her world: But if archaeology so far has not uncovered the historic Sheba...

Ashkelon graves update

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ASHKELON GRAVES UPDATE: Panel to ‘reconsider’ Barzilai decision By GIL HOFFMAN ( Jerusalem Post ) 23/03/2010 02:02 Kadima on Netanyahu’s mov...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Lecture: Bringing the DSS to Milwaukee

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LECTURE: Museum has its own story of how scroll exhibit came together Posted: March 21, 2010 |( Journal-Sentinel ) The tale is part archaeol...

More on Ashkelon graves

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MORE ON THE ASHKELON GRAVES: Decision to move rocket-resistant Ashkelon ER may be illegal By Dan Even and Mazal Mualem ( Haaretz ) Tags: Ash...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

A page-turner at the Milwaukee DSS exhibit

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TURNING A PAGE in the Masoretic Bible at the Milwaukee Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition is a complicated procedure: A real page-turner, literally...

An Akkadian-Arabic dictionary

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AN AKKADIAN-ARABIC DICTIONARY: ADACH announces publication of Akkadian-Arabic dictionary Mar 21, 2010 - 11:00 - WAM Abu Dhabi, March 21st, 2...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

Irish bog Psalter restored and going on display in 2011

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THE IRISH BOG PSALTER has been restored and is going on display next year: Psalter to go on display in 2011 MICHAEL PARSONS (Irishtimes.com)...