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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Sarshar, The Jews of Iran

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NEW BOOK FROM I. B. TAURIS: The Jews of Iran: The History, Religion and Culture of a Community in the Islamic World Houman Sarshar (author)...

Review of Calderon, A Bride for One Night

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H-JUDAIC: Ruth Calderon. A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales. Trans. Ilana Kurshan. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press; Jewish Publica...
Friday, September 26, 2014

The Cairo Geniza at JTS

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THE NEW YORK TIMES : The Cairo Geniza, Under Piecemeal Restoration (Eve M. Kahn). Experts at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan ...

Phoenician alphabet sculpture

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PHOENICIAN WATCH: One woman’s quest to bring the Phoenician alphabet to life (Elise Knutsen, Lebanon Daily Star ). BEIRUT: If identity cri...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Astronomical discovery

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CODEX CLIMACI RESCRIPTUS: Scholars Discover Early Astronomical Drawings. Undergraduate Students with Green Scholars Initiative Find 1,500...

Esoteric and mystical traditions in b. Hagigah

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : The Talmud’s Mysticism Is Too Mindblowing Even for Its Students. Tread carefu...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Postdocs at the Hebrew University

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H-JUDAIC: JOB: Hebrew University, Postdoctoral Fellowships . Mandel Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Jewish Studies for 2015-2018...

New edition of Qalliri's piyyutim for Rosh HaShanah

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NEW BOOK FROM MAGNES PRESS: Rabbi El'azar Berabbi Qillir Liturgical Poems for Rosh Ha-Shana Edited by: Shulamit Elizur, Michael Rand ...

Shofars

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ROSH HASHANAH: A World Of Shofars: The Ancient Musical Instrument That Will Sound For Rosh Hashanah (Antonia Blumberg, The Huffington Post...

Rosh HaShanah

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HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH (Jewish New Year 5775) to all those celebrating! The holiday begins this evening at sundown. Biblical background here...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

The Hebrew Calendar

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IN HONOR OF ROSH HASHANAH (TOMORROW): The Hebrew Calendar: A marvel of ancient astronomy and math. The biggest marvel is how Iron Age Je...

Not the oldest Jewish prayer book after all?

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SKEPTICISM: World's oldest siddur or overpriced patchwork? Jerusalem's Bible Lands Museum unveils what they suggest is the world...

Battir security fence update

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HAARETZ : Cabinet postpones decision on controversial route of West Bank barrier. Ancient terraces in Battir were designated Unesco Worl...
Monday, September 22, 2014

Dura Europos and Amphipolis

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TWO FROM THE PHDIVA: It just gets worse: ISIS Seize Dura-Europos Background on Dura Europos and on its current fate is here and links. ...

Iranica

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THREE FROM ARASH ZEINI: Conference: The visual world of Persianate culture A promising and interesting conference hosted by the University...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Docherty, The Jewish Pseudepigrapha

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NEW BOOK FROM SPCK: The Jewish Pseudepigrapha An introduction to the literature of the Second Temple period Author Susan Docherty ISBN...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Strassman, DMT and the Soul of Prophecy

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IN THE (E-)MAIL: DMT and the Soul of Prophecy A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible By (author) Rick Strassman, M.D....
Friday, September 19, 2014

Sheinfeld, "Oral Performance and the Function of 4 Ezra"

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SBL PAPER FROM 2012 BY SHAYNA SHEINFELD: Oral Performance and the Function of 4 Ezra , posted at the Biblical Performance Criticism websit...

Conversations with two DSS scholars

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TWO INTERVIEWS with specialists in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Eileen Schuller: Five questions for McMaster’s Dead Sea Scrolls expert (Dave Ch...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Byzantine monastery near Beit Shemesh?

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EXCAVATION: Israeli archaeologists said to have uncovered monastery in dig near Beit Shemesh. Archaeologists said that the compound is di...