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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Séamus Ó Coigligh, R.I.P.

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SEÁMUS Ó COIGHLIGH, R.I.P.: Language, literature expert and former curator of Cork Public Museum ( The Irish Times ) Séamus Ó Coigligh: SÉA...

Koine Greek still spoken?

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KOINE GREEK STILL SPOKEN ? Sort of. (Via James McGrath on FB.)

More on Bible Lands Museum Jewish magic exhibit

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MORE ON THE BIBLE LANDS MUSEUM EXHIBITION ON JEWISH MAGIC: A walk through the subconscious The exhibition 'Angels and Demons' at the...

Golb trial and Eisenman-Qimron case

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THE GOLB IDENTITY THEFT TRIAL is tied to the Eisenman-Qimron Dead Sea Scrolls copyright trial by Neil Wilkof at the IPCat blog (which deals...
Friday, September 17, 2010

Yom Kippur

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YOM KIPPUR (THE DAY OF ATONEMENT) begins this evening at sundown. An easy fast to those observing it. The biblical precepts for Yom Kippur ...

International Conference on Judaea and Rome in Coins

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THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUDAEA AND ROME IN COINS, 65 BCE TO 135 CE, was held earlier this week in London. Nikos Kokkinos has posted...

Cyrus Cylinder political fallout

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CYRUS CYLINDER POLITICAL FALLOUT: The UAE National has a balanced and sensible article on the latest Iranian response to the loan of the ...

New pagan finds at Hippos-Sussita

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NEW PAGAN FINDS AT HIPPOS-SUSSITA: Greek Gods In The Land Of Jesus By News Staff | September 16th 2010 12:05 AM | Print | E-mail | Track Com...

Schiffman testifies in Golb trial

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LAWRENCE SCHIFFMAN is testifying in the Raphael Golb identity-theft trial: Scholar says he never ripped off Dead Sea Scrolls 'bully'...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Celebrating the King James Bible

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CELEBRATING THE KING JAMES BIBLE (1611-2011) at the OUP blog: Why all the fuss about an old translation of an ancient book? There are two r...

Livius.org hacked

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LIVIUS.ORG was reported hacked yesterday. I noticed it was down, and then Judith Weingarten linked to Roger Pearse's notice of the att...

Did the ancient Israelites drink beer?

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RESEARCHING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer? By Michael M. Homan ( BAR ) Ancient Israelites, with the possibl...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

A "hastily documented" 1st century CE tomb in Jerusalem

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A "HASTILY DOCUMENTED" FIRST-CENTURY CE TOMB in Jerusalem is reported by Hadashot Archeologiot . Excerpts: The hurried process a...

"Royal" theater box excavated at Herodium

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A "ROYAL" THEATER BOX has been excavated at Herodium: King Herod's royal theater box uncovered at Herodium By RONEN SHNIDMAN ...

Adolfo Roitman speaking at TWU

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ADOLFO ROITMAN is speaking at Trinity Western University: Dead Sea Scrolls guardian speaking in Langley Published: September 14, 2010 1:00 P...

Golb identity-theft trial begins

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THE GOLB IDENTITY-THEFT TRIAL began in New York yesterday: Dead Sea Scrolls 'cyber bully' claims he had right to fight dirty By DAVI...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Syriac symposium at Duke, June 2011

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CONFERENCE: Sixth North American Syriac Symposium Duke University, Durham, North Carolina June 26-29, 2011 The Sixth North American Syriac S...

More on the Petra cave art

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MORE ON THE PETRA CAVE ART – new images from National Geographic: Before & After: Wine-Cult Cave Art Restored in Petra? Via Archaeology ...
Monday, September 13, 2010

The futility of book-burning

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SEEMS TIMELY: The futility of book-burning ( The Republican-American ) When Florida pastor Terry Jones talked about burning copies of the Qu...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

Cyrus Cylinder loaned to Iran

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THE CYRUS CYLINDER has gone to Iran to go on display: Museum loan to soothe tension with Iran By Peter Aspden ( Financial Times ) Published:...