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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Dura Europos synagogue ceiling

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MORE ON DURA EUROPOS: Further to this post , Joseph Lauer e-mails to note that the current issue of the American Journal of Archaeology ha...

DSS discovered in ... New Jersey?

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DEAD SEA SCROLLS discovered in ... New Jersey? Bruce Zuckerman to the rescue! Let There Be Light Using Bruce Zuckerman's technology and...

Did Jesus speak Hebrew?

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THE LANGUAGE(S) JESUS SPOKE continue to be explored by Mark D. Roberts. This installment is Did Jesus Speak Hebrew? His conclusion: Given...
Friday, July 09, 2010

John M. Melzian, R. I. P.

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SAD NEWS from the Agade list: John M. Melzian, an associate of Bruce Zuckerman's West Semitic Research Project and husband of project a...

Mark Goodacre's trip to Israel

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MARK GOODACRE is back from his first trip to Israel and is sharing his experiences in an ongoing series of blog posts: A Biblical Scholar...

Dramatized Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

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DRAMATIZED APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA: Mac Wellman's MFA Playwrights Present the Weasel Festival 7/28-30 Wednesday, July 7, 2010; Post...
Thursday, July 08, 2010

On the synagogue art of Dura Europos

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ON THE SYNAGOGUE ART OF DURA EUROPOS: Considering Dura: Part II Richard McBee Posted Jul 07 2010 ( Jewish Press ) Dura Europos looms large i...

Vesuvius punishment from God?

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WAS THE VESUVIUS ERUPTION PUNISHMENT FROM GOD for the destruction of Jerusalem according to ancient Jews? Hershel Shanks, writing in BAR , ...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Jesus and Aramaic in the Gospels

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ARAMAIC WATCH: Mark D. Roberts posts another installment of his series on the language(s) Jesus spoke: Jesus and Aramaic in the Gospels . ...

Alexander's footsteps

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COULD BE INTERESTING: Alexander's Footsteps: A Lost City in Lebanon By IT Blog [Intelligent Traveler blog, National Geographic] on July ...

Ashkelon fallout, continued

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FALLOUT from the removal of the Ashkelon graves may be spreading to the United States: Satmar (Williamsburg) To Protest Outside White House ...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Late-antique Gospels in Ge'ez

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LATE-ANTIQUE GOSPELS IN GE'EZ: Okay, this one isn't about Aramaic, although I do manage to bring it into the discussion. Unearthed,...

What languag(es) did Jesus speak?

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ARAMAIC DAY: Mark D. Roberts is posting a new series on What Languag(es) Did Jesus Speak? at Beliefnet. Hint: the title of this post is ...

Art inspired by the Jewish Aramaic incantation bowls

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ARAMAIC DAY: Art inspired by the Jewish Aramaic incantation bowls: Sex, Magic, And Secrets In A Bowl Tuesday, July 6, 2010 0:15 GMT SAN FRA...

Jewish mysticism and magic in Harry Potter trailer

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ARAMAIC DAY: Nina Amir finds Jewish mystical (and magical) themes in the new Harry Potter trailer: While some religions, Christianity incl...
Monday, July 05, 2010

Happy St. Cyril and Methodius Day - again

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HAPPY ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS DAY – AGAIN. From Wikipedia, Saints Cyril and Methodius : "Saints Cyril and Methodius Day" is a ho...

Ben Witherington on the DSS

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BEN WITHERINGTON, "that dude in the Dead Sea with the T-shirt," discusses the Dead Sea Scrolls .
Sunday, July 04, 2010

New Book: Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls

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NEW BOOK: Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Assessment of Old and New Approaches and Methods Maxine L. Grossman (editor) 332 pages; dim...

Happy Independence Day

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to my American readers.
Saturday, July 03, 2010

Gold coin excavated at Bethsaida

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AN ANCIENT GOLD COIN has been excavated at Bethsaida: Rare coin bears good tidings for UNO's Israeli excavations By John Keenan [OMAHA] ...