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Saturday, May 28, 2011

More reviews of Sacred Trash, plus a video

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SACRED TRASH: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza , by Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole, is getting lots of attention. First, a review...
Friday, May 27, 2011

James McGrath: An Introduction to Biblioblogs

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HANDY: James McGrath has posted An Introduction to Biblioblogs in honor of his new digs at Patheos.

Temple Mount Faithful step in

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Temple Mount Faithful petitions for excavation report By RON FRIEDMAN ( Jerusalem Post ) 05/26/2011 22:40 MKs claim full...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

The world's oldest museum

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THE WORLD'S OLDEST MUSEUM , founded by the daughter of the Neo-Babylonian King Nabonidus in the city of Ur and excavated by Leonard Wool...

ETC: What To Do with SBL Bags?

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ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: What To Do with SBL Bags?

Targuman: SBL Scholarship and Technology Advisory Board formed

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AND I'M ON IT: SBL Scholarship and Technology Advisory Board formed . I'm pleased to be part of such an impressive lineup of Bible...

Ancient Egypt in the news

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ANCIENT EGYPT has been getting some attention lately. First: Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images By Frances Cronin BBC New...

Justin Bieber's Jesus tattoo in Hebrew

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TATTOO WATCH: Justin Bieber has acquired a "Yeshua" tattoo in Hebrew script (ישוע). It's even spelled correctly. More ancie...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Eric M. Meyers on the earliest synagogues

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ERIC M. MEYERS on the earliest synagogues: Unearthing the First Shuls Excavations from Israel over the past 50 years suggest that synagogues...

Tear dow the Mughrabi Gate bridge

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: More controversy over the Mughrabi (Mugrabi) Gate bridge. City: Destroy Mughrabi Gate within two weeks By MELANIE LIDMA...

KJB@400: Exploring The Genesis Of The KJV

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KJB@400 WATCH: Exploring The Genesis Of The KJV King James Bible First Posted: 05/23/11 08:04 PM ET Updated: 05/23/11 08:04 PM ET By Peggy F...

Sergila, a late-antique Syriac-speaking village

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SERGILA, a late-antique Syriac-speaking village in Syria is profiled by SANA: Sergila ..A Distinguished Ancient Syrian Village Sample May 24...

More reviews of "Footnote"

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MORE REVIEWS OF FOOTNOTE : In The Forward : More Than a 'Footnote' From Cannes . Excerpt: “Footnote” was well received by critics ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Hackett and Huehnergard in defense of the humanities

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JO ANN HACKETT AND JOHN HUEHNERGARD have published an editorial in the American-Statesman in defense of the humanities in the era of the bu...

Book reviews in Tablet Magazine

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TABLET MAGAZINE has brief reviews of numerous books relating to medieval and late-antique Judaism in its current On the Bookshelf column. ...

Happy Saints Cyril and Methodius Day!

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SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS DAY is being celebrated today by Orthodox Christians in Russia and Bulgaria . It commemorates the invention of ...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Popular culture, Metatron, Talmud, science fiction, Gnosticism ...

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POPULAR CULTURE IN THE MEDIA is taking an unusual interest in some of PaleoJudaica's favorite themes today. The new film Footnote conti...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Review of Juifs et chrétiens en Arabie aux Ve et VIe siècles

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BMCR REVIEW: Joëlle Beaucamp, Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Christian Julien Robin (ed.), Juifs et chrétiens en Arabie aux Ve et VIe siècles:...

Review of "Footnote" in Salon

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FOOTNOTE is a success at Cannes and gets a good review in Salon , even though the reviewer is under the erroneous impression that philology...

Lag B'Omer

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LAG B'OMER (the Counting of the Omer) is celebrated beginning this evening at sundown (unless pre-empted by the Rapture, which doesn...