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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Fragments of Byzantine-era oil jar found in Israel

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DISCOVERY: Remnants of Byzantine-era oil jar discovered along Netanya shore ( Israel HaYom ) Large olive oil jar dating back 1,500 years fou...

Syriac and modern politics

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SYRIAC WATCH: Stories on political challenges faced by modern speakers of Syriac. At Christmas, a Maronite Christian Village in Israel Revi...

Alaa votes

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EGYPTIAN BLOGGER UPDATE: Jailed Egypt blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah casts vote .
Friday, December 23, 2011

Simon Holloway on Hanukkah

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THESE LIGHTS : Over at Davar Akher, Simon Holloway collects and comments on the ancient references to Hanukkah. And for a bonus he links t...

Review of Rizzi (ed.), "Hadrian and the Christians"

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BMCR REVIEW: Marco Rizzi (ed.), Hadrian and the Christians. Millennium-Studien = Millennium studies Bd. 30. Berlin; New York: De Gruyter...

Coolest holiday card of the year

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COOLEST HOLIDAY CARD OF THE YEAR , from the Yale University Library.

Aramaic as the mother tongue of Jesus

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ARAMAIC WATCH: Aramaic would have been the mother tongue of Jesus (John Arnott, King Township Sentinel ). A refreshingly accurate sketch ...

On the trail of the Maccabees

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HANUKKAH AND HISTORY: On the trail of the Maccabees (Lisa Alcalay Klug, Jewish Journal ). Alas, the traditional trail peters out and the ...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Dura-Europos documents online

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AWOL: New at ARTStor: Dura-Europos Documents . Now available: Images of parchment and papyrus documents from Dura-Europos (Syria) from the ...

Happy Winter Solstice and Yalda

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HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE to those celebrating . And a slightly belated happy Yalda also.

On Hanukkah and Piyyut

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THE TALMUD BLOG: Hanukkah and Piyyut (Part I) (Ophir Münz-Manor). More on the piyyut here .

Jewish themes in an ancient curse tablet

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JEWISH THEMES in a recently translated curse tablet: Deciphered Ancient Tablet Reveals Curse of Greengrocer Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contribu...

On editions and translations

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ADAM MCCOLLUM: Editions, or editions and translations? As a general rule I agree: both are good, but editions first.

Metatron is bored

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METATRON IS BORED. Graffito found at a construction site in Dubai. Banksy watch out.

London Times on "The Revelation of the Magi"

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THE REVELATION OF THE MAGI has also been covered by the London Times : Ancient text brings the Three Wise Men to life by: Simon de Brux...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The Daily Mail on "The Revelation of the Magi"

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'TIS THE SEASON: The Daily Mail takes up Brent Landau's translation of The Revelation of the Magi . And for a holiday miracle, th...

More on the burning of the Institute d'Egypt

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MORE ON THE BURNING OF THE INSTITUTE D'EGYPT: Jason Boog: Egyptian Activists Hurt Defending Library . And at Transparency Revolution, P...

Hanukkah and counterfactual history

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HANUKKAH AND COUNTERFACTUAL HISTORY: Imagining a world without Hanukkah Detour into science fiction helps illuminate what festival celebrate...

Visit the tombs of the Maccabees?

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HANUKKAH AND HISTORY: This Hanukkah, take a tour to the real graves of the Maccabees There is no dispute today that the 'official'...

Saul Lieberman apocryphon?

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SAUL LIEBERMAN APOCRYPHON? The book under review in this article sounds interesting, but what caught my eye was the anecdote about the reno...