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Saturday, July 06, 2013

BNTC 2013: special deal ending soon - really this time!

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REGISTRATION FOR THE 2013 MEETING OF THE BRITISH NEW TESTAMENT CONFERENCE in St. Andrews (29-31 August) is still open and you can book onlin...

Boustan et al. (eds.), Envisioning Judaism

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Envisioning Judaism Studies in Honor of Peter Schäfer on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday Ed. by Ra...
Friday, July 05, 2013

Using lasers to read the DSS?

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Duke University discovers that laser can be used to examine art without causing damage ( Washington Post ) The pump-pr...

Israeli politician: Hey, let's build a third Temple on the Temple Mount.

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Minister calls for third Temple to be built: Potentially explosive statement by Jewish Home’s Uri Ariel breaks taboo ...

More Cyril and Methodius celebrations

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THE PARTY JUST KEEPS GOING: Czech President Zeman attends Cyril and Methodius celebrations vydáno: 04.07.2013, 19:46 | aktualizace: 04.07....
Thursday, July 04, 2013

Bet Qama Mosaic on display

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THE RECENTLY RECOVERED ANCIENT MOSAIC AT KIBBUTZ BET QAMA (BEIT KAMA) is open to the public for viewing , without charge, today, July 4th. ...

Roman base in Galilee

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ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US: Israeli archaeologists uncover base of 6th Roman Legion in Galilee Legion camp served as a type of headquar...

4th of July

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to all American readers!
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

8 Jewish archaeological discoveries

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NBC NEWS: 8 Jewish archaeological discoveries . There are some good ones. I'm pretty sure that that Leviticus fragment is the one me...

Lesses on Lilith etc.

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REBECCA LESSES: Lilith, women, and magic .

Hurtado on Oxyrhynchus

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LARRY HURTADO: New Oxyrhynchus Manuscripts . A possible fragment of an early noncanonical gospel, a Christian amulet, and fragments of wha...

ARAM conference

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JAMES MCGRATH: Final Program for the ARAM Conference on the Mandaeans . It starts next week in Oxford.
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

A Jewish Temple in Egypt

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YES, AT ELEPHANTINE: Was there a Jewish temple in ancient Egypt? (Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg, Jerusalem Post ). THIS WAS the story and the ...

DSS at BOMS

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AT THE BOSTON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: Dead Sea Scrolls Come Into Public View (Jeanne Timmons, Valley News ). More of an orientation article th...
Monday, July 01, 2013

Donaldson, The Last Dark

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IN THE MAIL: Stephen R. Donaldson, The Last Dark: The climax of the entire Thomas Covenant Chronicles (Putnam, October 2013) A pre-publicat...

BNTC 2013 - special deal extended!

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DUE TO A TECHNICAL GLITCH over the weekend, a number of people were unable to register for the 2013 meeting of the British New Testament Con...

DSS Passion

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THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS: A Long History of Passion, Controversy (Jeanne Timmons, Valley News ). A pretty good summary of some of the Dead Se...

Green Collection research

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AT BAYLOR: Ancient Manuscripts Research . This project involves students working with materials from the Green Collection and sounds very ...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Dohrmann and Reed (eds.) Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire

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NEW BOOK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS: Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire The Poetics of Power in Late Antiquity Natalie ...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

Laderman, Images of Cosmology in Jewish and Byzantine Art

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Images of Cosmology in Jewish and Byzantine Art God’s Blueprint of Creation Shulamit Laderman, Schechter Institute o...