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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Cache of Punic coins found in sea near Sicily

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PUNIC WATCH: Sunken Treasure Found in the Seas Of Sicily (Discovery News). Lying at depth of about 68 feet, the coins most likely represen...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Recent PhDiva posts

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PHDIVA DOROTHY LOBEL KING has been blogging up a storm lately. Have a look at her posts on Telamon: A Republican Crucified Man , A Crucifie...

First woman to receive Talmud doctorate from Y.U.'s Revel

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MILESTONE: Y.U.’s Revel school giving Talmud doctorate to woman for first time August 11, 2011 NEW YORK (JTA) – Yeshiva University...

Great Isaiah Scroll in Colorado?

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THE GREAT ISAIAH SCROLL on display in a church in Colorado? Rare piece of Old Testament on display in Grand Junction A historical and rare...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Duane Smith on elusive giants in Shumma Izbu

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DUANE SMITH: I Almost Made A Giant Error . And Deane Galbraith comments over at Remant of Giants. On the one hand, it would have been co...

Seth Sanders on P

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SETH SANDERS: Judean Scholasticism and Religion on the Ground . In which he summarizes some important outside-the-box research questions f...

Hurtado on modern NT Apocrypha etc.

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LARRY HURTADO: Hoaxes from the Past (that Keep on Re-appearing) (on modern New Testament apocrypha and suchlike).

Reviewlet of Miles, "Carthage Must Be Destroyed"

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REVIEWLET of Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed : How ancient Rome built its Mediterranean empire (Carl Hartman, AP).
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Video of those Second Temple-era drainage channels

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VIDEO OF THOSE SECOND TEMPLE-ERA DRAINAGE CHANNELS. Background here and links. UPDATE: AP slideshow: Glimpse of ancient war in Jer...

Aramaic potsherd from Tal al-Humira

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ARAMIAC WATCH: SANA has published another of its profile articles on Syrian archaeological sites and, as usual , there are chronological di...

Some Jewish-Temple denial for Tisha B'Av

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JEWISH-TEMPLE DENIAL WATCH: A brief article circulated by The Palestinian Information Center was promoting some Jewish-Temple denial in hon...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011

BMCR reviews

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BMCR REVIEWS: a couple of new ones of tangential interest: Stephen Mitchell, Peter Van Nuffelen (ed.), One God. Pagan Monotheism in the Rom...

Ancient sword and menorah sketch found in Jerusalem

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NEW DISCOVERIES IN JERUSALEM are reported in an IAA press release published by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Artifacts breathe ne...

More on that Buckinghamshire "infanticide" "brothel"

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MORE ON THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SITE that may preserve evidence for extensive ancient infanticide at a brothel. I noted the original story here...

Assyrian Rights Website Launched

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CHALDO-ASSYRIAN WATCH: Assyrian Rights Website Launched . (Cross-file under "Aramaic Watch.")
Monday, August 08, 2011

Tisha B'Av

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TISHA B'AV (The Ninth of Av) begins today at sundown. A healthy fast to all those observing it.

More on DSS in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

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MORE ON THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry , collected by Joseph Lauer. Both articles are behind a subscription...

Conference on Gustaf Dalman's legacy

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A CONFERENCE ON GUSTAF DALMAN'S LEGACY is taking place in Jerusalem later this month. English program: Gustaf-Dalman-Enquete of the int...

Happy birthday to me!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! I will be out celebrating most of the time today, but I have pre-posted this and that, so stay tuned.
Sunday, August 07, 2011

St Cuthbert's Gospel bought by the UK

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ST CUTHBERT'S GOSPEL has been bought by the United Kingdom from the Jesuit Order.