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Saturday, May 07, 2011

Minimalism and Khirbet Qeiyafa

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MINIMALISM AND KHIRBET QEIYAFA: Two recent, long articles deal with the minimalist-maximalist debate in biblical studies, with a special fo...

The Koran as a text from Late Antiquity

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THE KORAN AS A TEXT FROM LATE ANTIQUITY: Bridging the Gap between Orthodox Interpretation and New Research In her comprehensive Koran study,...
Friday, May 06, 2011

King James Bible translator Richard Brett

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KJB@400 WATCH: Portraits of the Past: Richard Brett . King James Bible translator Richard Brett, 1567-1637, served on the First Oxford Comp...

Another Lod Mosaic exhibition review

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THE LATEST LOD MOSAIC EXHIBITION is reviewed by Emma Silvers in jweekly.com: Pieces of history: Ancient Roman mosaic from Israel on display...

Hot Action Enoch

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"HOT ACTION ENOCH" : The Forward discovers Enochic pseudepigrapha and the new game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron . Exc...

CSM still clueless on the fake metal codices

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FAKE METAL CODICES WATCH: The Christian Science Monitor has a follow-up article: What happened to the metal codices that promised Christia...
Thursday, May 05, 2011

Another review of BC Dura-Europos exhibition

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THE DURA-EUROPOS EXHIBITION at the Boston College McMullen Museum of Art is reviewed by Melik Kaylan in the WSJ . Excerpt: Though it featu...

Second-Temple-era ruins in the Jordan Valley?

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SECOND-TEMPLE-ERA RUINS in the Jordan Valley? Ancient Roman ruins found at Jordan Valley building site English.news.cn 2011-05-04 20:55:22...
Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Alex Joffe on the fake metal codices

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FAKE METAL CODICES WATCH: Alex Joffe has an article on the fake metal codices in Jewish Ideas Daily : On Faith and Forgeries . Excerpt: I...

April's Biblical Studies Carnival

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APRIL'S BIBLICAL STUDIES CARNIVAL has been posted at Dr. Jim's Thinking Shop. Very thorough. Well illustrated too.

SBL gets $300K NEH grant for website

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CONGRATULATIONS to the Society of Biblical Literature: SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE AWARDED FUNDS TO BUILD PUBLIC WEBSITE ATLANTA -- We ar...

New archaeological non-invasive scanning technology

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: An Israeli technology that's groundbreaking - literally 4 May 2011 A new geophysical tool for zeroing in on ancient ar...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Apocryphal logion of MLK applied to OBL

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ROBERT CARGILL notes an apocryphal logion of Martin Luther King which is currently in wide circulation in connection with the demise of Osam...

Conference at HU: Encounters by the Rivers of Babylon

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CONFERENCE: Encounters by the Rivers of Babylon: Scholarly Conversations between Jews, Iranians and Babylonians in Antiquity , at the Hebre...

Simcha's nails aren't even from the Caiaphas cave

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SHOCKING IAA REPORT: Simha's nails aren't even from the Caiaphas cave. Their provenance is unknown, but it is clear that that cave...

Gafni on Palestine under Persian, Byzantine and Arab rule

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ISAIAH GAFNI: Palestine under Persian, Byzantine and Arab Rule . A brief but pithy article reprint.
Monday, May 02, 2011

Ezekiel plates—and a legend of the Temple treasures

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EZEKIEL PLATES — AND A LEGEND OF THE TEMPLE TREASURES: Dating the Ezekiel plates 05/01/2011 12:07 By DAVID PARSONS AND FLORENCE BACHE ( Je...

Osama Bin Laden is dead

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GOOD NEWS: Osama Bin Laden is dead. This announcement is a courtesy in case any of the three people in the world who haven't heard the ...

Ten DSS fragments at SWBTS?

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TEN FRAGMENTS? Last year it was reported that Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary had acquired three fragments of the the Dead Sea S...
Sunday, May 01, 2011

Authors of Sacred Trash to lecture in NY

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THE AUTHORS OF SACRED TRASH , Peter Cole and Adina Hoffman, will be giving a public lecture next week in Queens, NY: Boro Y to hold talk on...