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Friday, October 05, 2012

Review of Vermes, Christian Beginnings

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GEZA VERMES'S LATEST BOOK is reviewed by Eric Ormsby in Standpoint magazine, along with one by Peter Brown of less direct relevance to...

Review of Orlov, Dark Mirrors

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H-JUDAIC BOOK REVIEW : Andrei A. Orlov. Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology. Albany: State University of New York...

Free Talmudic books

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FOR YOU, SPECIAL DEAL:  Seven Free Talmudic Books in Honor of Sukkot - Friday October 5 to Sunday October 7 (Tzvee Zahavy).
Thursday, October 04, 2012

Allegro video

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BLAST FROM THE PAST: “Jesus was a mushroom” – Interview with John Allegro . More on John Allegro and his theories here .

Papyrology and the GJW

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PETER HEAD raises some papyrological concerns at ETC about the Gospel of Jesus' Wife fragment: More questions on Jesus' Wife Fragm...

Hermetic and Kabbalistic influences on Joseph Smith?

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VARIOUS ESOTERICA, ancient, medieval, and modern, are invoked in this Haaretz article by Tomer Persico as influences on Joseph Smith: How ...

“Our model is actually the Talmud”

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RAP GENIUS : "“Our model is actually the Talmud,” said Horowitz. He believes Rap Genius could expand to make any important text that’s ...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

GJW in the CHE

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KAREN KING is interviewed by Tom Bartlett in the Chronicle of Higher Education : The Lessons of Jesus’ Wife . Excerpts: King told the ma...

Aramaic-speaking pirates and a woman ruler at ed-Dur?

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ARAMAIC WATCH: Was ed-Dur ruled by a woman? Rym Ghazal ( The National ) Oct 2, 2012 Images on a coin can tell the story of place and t...

Ahmadinejad and Haman

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BIBLE IN MODERN POLITICS WATCH: Peres likens Ahmadinejad to ‘modern-day Haman’ President stresses preference for non-military means to re...

Church vandalism in Jerusalem

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VANDALISM AT THE CHURCH OF THE DORMITION: Vandals strike 1 of Jerusalem’s most famous churches; Jewish extremists suspected (AP). The chu...
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

High-Tech Magic

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HIGH-TECH MAGIC (in the sense of Clarke's third law) is illustrated at the HMML Digitial Collections and Imaging blog with a 1960s imag...

GJW: Goodacre sums up

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THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY regarding the Gospel of Jesus' Wife is aptly summarized by Mark Goodacre: The Gospel of Jesus' Wife Late...
Monday, October 01, 2012

Qumran month

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ASOR BLOG: Qumran Month Comes to a Close . I linked to some, but not all of the Qumran posts during September. But this final post links...

Carnival at Sansblogue

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BIBLICAL STUDIES CARNIVAL: September: Spring comes to Biblical Blogaria .

Ancient Judaism lecture

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AT HARVARD: Professor Speaks on Greco-Roman Influence on Ancient Rabbis . Discussing the relationship between Greco-Roman folklore and an...

Mapping Israel

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HAARETZ : Mapping Israel one foot at a time. The Israel Antiquities Authority seeks to precisely map every historical and archaeological ...

Happy Sukkot

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SUKKOT , the festival of Booths or Tabernacles, began last night at sundown. Best wishes to all those celebrating
Saturday, September 29, 2012

Smithsonian GJW documentary on hold

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THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING: Smithsonian delays 'Jesus wife' film as doubts mount 3:40 PM, Sep 28, 2012 | USA Today by Do...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Paananen on Watson on GJW

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OKAY, OKAY, I thought I was going to be able to ignore this subject today, but it seems not.  Have a look at James McGrath: Timo S. Paanane...