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Saturday, October 22, 2011

More on "The Dovekeepers"

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MORE ON THE DOVEKEEPERS : Alice Hoffman presents her new novel at 2 South Florida book fairs . More reviews noted here .

"Footnote" reviewed by M&C

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FOOTNOTE is reviewed by Monsters and Critics. More reviews here and links.

Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah

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SHEMINI ATZERET AND SIMHAT TORAH (more here ) came and went while I was out of circulation. Best wishes to all those who celebrated. I...

Back to St. Andrews

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HEADING BACK TO ST. ANDREWS later this morning. I expect to be there Sunday evening.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Cairo Geniza digitization at TAU

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CAIRO GENIZA DIGITIZATION AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY: Piecing Together the Priceless 'Cairo Genizah' ( Science Daily ). Now researcher...

AP: Ancient stone to be part of scroll exhibit in NYC

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AP: Ancient stone to be part of scroll exhibit in NYC . A stone from the Western Wall, no less. Background on the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit...

More on the rescued Bible manuscripts from Syria

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MORE ON THE RESCUED BIBLE MANUSCRIPTS FROM SYRIA: Carr helped get ancient Bible out of Damascus By VIVA SARAH PRESS, CJN Israel Bureau Wed...

ALex Joffe: Diversity at Dura-Europos

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ALEX JOFFE: Diversity at Dura-Europos ( Jewish Ideas Daily ). A new exhibit at New York University's Institute for the Study of the An...

Ancient Sukkot iconongraphy

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FOR SUKKOT: An Ancient 'Obsession' with Sukkot Iconography . But although Sukkot emphasizes the present-and a recently created annu...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Syriac symposium at Artuklu University

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ARAMAIC WATCH: An International Syriac Symposium is planned at Mardin Artuklu University: SYRIAC IN ITS MULTI-CULTURAL CONTEXT 20-22 April...

Hannibal and Kocaeli

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PUNIC WATCH: At Today's Zaman , Elsie Alan opens a two-part series on Hannibal, inspired by her residency in Kocaeli where he spent the...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Fake metal codices in U.S. News & World Report

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FAKE METAL CODICES WATCH: That article in U.S. News and World Report has come out in the print edition. It doesn't seem to be online,...
Friday, October 14, 2011

James McGrath: AAR & SBL "Together Again"

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TOGETHER AGAIN : Over at the Bible and Interpretation website James McGrath has some reflections on the American Academy of Religion (AAR) ...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

In San Diego

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I'M IN SAN DIEGO. More later.

Reviewlet of "Footnote"

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A REVIEWLET OF FOOTNOTE at NY1.com: Movie About Talmudic Scholars Is No "Footnote" At NY Film Festival . More reviews are noted ...

Off to San Diego

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I'M OFF TO SAN DIEGO, unexpectedly, for a family emergency. I may be able to keep up blogging pretty well, since jet lag will have me u...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

More archaeology and politics

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MORE ARCHAEOLOGY AND POLITICS: I don't have time to comment on either of these articles right now, but I do want to note them: PA rewri...

Samaritan Sukkot

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SAMARITAN SUKKOT has already started: Gallery: Samaritans celebrate Succot atop Mount Gerizim By BEN HARTMAN AND REUTERS ( Jerusalem Post 10...

Sukkot

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SUKKOT , the seven-day festival of Booths or Tabernacles, begins this evening at sundown. Best wishes to all those celebrating it. Wayne St...

Second-Temple era mikve discovered

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A SECOND-TEMPLE-ERA MIKVE has been discovered near Kibbutz Tzora (which is near Beit Shemesh and thirteen or so kilometers west of Jerusalem...