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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Jewish reactions to Gibson's Maccabee film

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JEWISH REACTIONS to Mel Gibson's involvement in a movie about Judah the Maccabee have not been enthusiastic. Jennifer Lipman has a roun...
Friday, September 09, 2011

Senior post in Judaism at Barnard College

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JOB AT BARNARD COLLEGE—Jared Callaway has details: Senior Position in Judaism at Barnard . This is to fill the late Alan Segal's now v...

Haredi conference on "Torah archaeology"

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HAREDI CONFERENCE ON "TORAH ARCHAEOLOGY": 'Torah archaeology' sheds light on ancient Talmudic dispute First Haredi confere...

The Monastery of Mar Musa al-Habashi

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ARAMAIC WATCH: SANA profiles a Syriac monastery founded in the eleventh century: Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Religious Tourist Destination Se...

Mel Gibson meets Judah the Maccabee

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MEL GIBSON MEETS JUDAH THE MACCABEE: Mel Gibson and Warner Bros. developing Jewish hero epic September 8, 2011 | 4:48 pm ( LA Times ) Mel ...
Thursday, September 08, 2011

Recent news from AWOL

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RECENT NEWS FROM AWOL : JSTOR News: Free Access to Early Journal Content and Serving “Unaffiliated” Users JSTOR Hebrew Journals Pilot Projec...

12th Annual City of David Archaeology Conference

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ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS (no, really this time): What’s new with ancient Jerusalem? By LOREN MINSKY/ ITRAVELJERUSALEM.COM TEAM ( Jerus...

Review of "Footnote"

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FOOTNOTE is reviewed in TIFF reviews: Footnote Directed by Joseph Cedar TIFF Sep 06 2011 Footnote - Directed by Joseph Cedar By Manori Ravi...

Enoch, Leviathan, Behemoth, and hurricane politics

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PSEUDEPIGRAPHA WATCH: The book of 1 Enoch is cited in the St. Louis Jewish Light in connection with recent hurricane politics. You don...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

How many languages?

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TARGUMAN: How many languages does it take to get to the center? How many you got?

Postgrad conference on lost texts at JTA

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POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE : The Graduate School Student Organization at the Jewish Theological Seminary in NYC will be organizing and hosting ...

Review of Magness, "Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit"

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H-JUDAIC BOOK REVIEW : Jodi Magness. Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Jewish Daily Life in the Time of Jesus. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdma...

More on upcoming NYU Dura-Europos exhibition

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MORE ON THE UPCOMING NYU DURA-EUROPOS EXHIBITION: Diversity of Cultures in Ancient City of Dura-Europos Explored in Special Exhibition at NY...
Tuesday, September 06, 2011

More on those caves in Israel

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MORE ON THOSE CAVES IN ISRAEL: Extraordinary pictures of the 2,000 year old underground labyrinth where Jewish rebels hid from Roman soldie...

Indiana Jones Not Accurate?

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WELL NO, NOT ENTIRELY: "Indiana Jones Not Accurate", Say Archaeological Society (The Spoof). So far this year I've joined a ...

New course materials in the PaleoJudeo-Blogosphere

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NEW COURSE MATERIALS IN THE PALEOJUDEO-BLOGOSPHERE: First, Rebecca Lesses is teaching her course on Jewish Folk Religion: Magic and Ritual P...
Monday, September 05, 2011

Cairo's Ben Ezra Synagogue in OnIslam.net

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CAIRO'S BEN EZRA SYNAGOGUE is treated in a travel piece by Idris Tawfiq in OnIslam.net. Contains the obligatory anti-Israel, anti-Zion...

RBL review: Brakke, "The Gnostics"

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RBL REVIEW by James McGrath: David Brakke, The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity (Cambridge: Harvard University ...

BMCR reviews

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BMCR REVIEWS: Philip A. Harland, Dynamics of Identity in the World of the Early Christians: Associations, Judeans, and Cultural Minorities. ...
Sunday, September 04, 2011

Job: Original languages copy editor

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JOB: ORIGINAL LANGUAGES COPY EDITOR with Logos Bible Software.