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Friday, January 14, 2011

The King James Bible at 400

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THE KING JAMES BIBLE AT 400: Bernard M. Levinson and Joshua A. Berman have published a fascinating brief article on the historical backgrou...

Lawrence Schiffman accepts vice provost post at YU

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CONGRATULATIONS TO LAWRENCE SCHIFFMAN, who has accepted a post as vice provost at Yeshiva University. YUNews: President Joel Appoints Vice ...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Sarah Palin's use of "blood libel"

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SARAH PALIN is widely being taken to task for her use of the phrase "blood libel" to describe accusations from the left that incen...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Update on Cyrus Cylinder loan extension

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UPDATE ON THE CYRUS CYLINDER LOAN EXTENSION: After some confusion , the British Museum has issued the expected announcement : 4 January 201...

Meditation in the Hekhalot Literature and Kabbalah?

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DID THE HEKHALOT LITERATURE AND KABBALAH INVOLVE MEDITATION? I would say yes, more or less. Simon Holloway discusses the question in The S...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Revisionist Purim and the (traditional) Tomb of Esther

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REVISIONIST PURIM IN IRAN: Iran revises story of Esther, labels Purim a day of mourning Monday, January 10, 2011 | Ryan Jones ( Israel Today...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Noah's Ark shocker

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NOAH'S ARK SHOCKER . You mean it was a hoax? Background here .
Sunday, January 09, 2011

News on 2nd-4th-century Christian manuscripts

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LARRY HURTADO has posted a list of Christian Literary Texts in Manuscripts of Second & Third Centuries (pdf file) in the Essays sectio...
Saturday, January 08, 2011

Cyrus Cylinder to stay 3 more months in Iran

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CYRUS CYLINDER UPDATE: Cyrus Cylinder will stay in Iran for another three months PostDateIcon Saturday, 08 January 2011 11:50 | PDF Print E-...
Friday, January 07, 2011

Arbel and Orlov (eds.), With Letters of Light

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IN THE MAIL: Daphna V. Arbel and Andrei A. Orlov (eds.) With Letters of Light: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism,...

Review of Sacred Treasure

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SACRED TREASURE , a new popular book on the Cairo Geniza by Mark Glickman, is reviewed in the Seattle Times : 'Sacred Treasure' tell...

Brent Landau interviewed

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BRENT LANDAU is interviewed by ksl.com about his book The Revelation of the Magi . Video and transcript here . More reviews here .

Happy Orthodox Christmas

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HAPPY CHRISTMAS to Orthodox Christians, who celebrate it today. And special good wishes to the Coptic Church, which like other Middle Easte...
Thursday, January 06, 2011

A modern Jewish mystic speaks

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A MODERN JEWISH MYSTIC discusses his experiences in an article in The Foward : The Problem of Spiritual Experience Is Mysticism in the Mind ...

Obituaries for Shemaryahu Talmon

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OBITUARIES FOR SHEMARYAHU TALMON have recently been published in the JTA Eulogizer column and (in Hebrew) in Haaretz .

Qumran Seminar in Paris

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QUMRAN SEMINAR IN PARIS, program from Christophe Batsch: SEMINAIRE QUMRAN DE PARIS QUESTIONS ACTUELLES SUR LES MANUSCRITS DE LA MER MORTE Fo...

SBL awards for junior scholars

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SBL AWARDS for junior scholars: January 4, 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS January 10 Deadline Paul J. Achtemeier Award The primary goal of the Paul J...

Museum exhibit: The Story of Iran and the Jews

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MUSEUM EXHIBITION: The story of Iran and the Jews, now on display in Israel An exhibition devoted to the history, culture and contemporary l...

The Garshuni script explained

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THE GARSHUNI SCRIPT is explained by Dr. Adam McCollum in the HMML Chronicle: Arabic in Syriac Script: Some Garšūnī Basics This is the inaug...
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Review of Gambetti, The Alexandrian Riots of 38 C.E. and the Persecution of the Jews

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BMCR BOOK REVIEW: Sandra Gambetti, The Alexandrian Riots of 38 C.E. and the Persecution of the Jews: A Historical Reconstruction. Supplemen...