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Saturday, October 04, 2014

Shishak in Jordan?

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INSCRIPTION: Pharaoh-Branded Amulet Found at Ancient Copper Mine in Jordan (Megan Gannon, LiveScience). While exploring ancient copper fac...

Review of Waters, Ancient Persia

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BMCR: Matt Waters, Ancient Persia. A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Pre...
Friday, October 03, 2014

Yom Kippur 2014

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YOM KIPPUR , the Day of Atonement, begins this evening at sundown. An easy fast to all those observing it. The biblical precepts for Yom K...

Nikolsky and Ilan (eds.), Rabbinic Traditions between Palestine and Babylonia

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Rabbinic Traditions between Palestine and Babylonia Edited by Ronit Nikolsky University of Groningen and Tal Ilan, F...

Welcome to two new St Andrews colleagues

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WELCOME TO DR. JUDITH WOLFE AND DR. SANDRA HÜBENTHAL , two new colleagues in the School of the Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. ...
Thursday, October 02, 2014

Review of Brody, Mishnah and Tosefta Studies

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LIKE REVENGE: Straight-up Philology, Served Cold (Amit Gvaryahu, The Talmud Blog). Robert Brody, Mishnah and Tosefta Studies , (Jerusale...

Salome in the arts

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SALOME (daughter of Herodias, not the disciple of Jesus) is getting some attention in the theatre and in a musical production inspired by an...

Sources Chrétiennes

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FOR YOU, SPECIAL DEAL: 50 % off for 518 Sources Chrétiennes Volumes (Alin Suciu).
Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Aramean nation?

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MODERN ARAMAIC WATCH: Op-Ed: Is There Really an Aramean Nation? Are the Israeli Christians part of the ancient Aramean people rather than...

The PhDiva on the Jobar Synagogue

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DOROTHY KING: RIP the Jobar Synagogue, Syria . With pre-destruction photos. Background here and links.

Blood moon tetrad part 2 - Sukkot

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COSMIC SYNCHRONICITY WATCH: Is lunar eclipse at Sukkot an ominous sign? (Edmon J. Rodman, JTA). Excerpt: Jeremy Schnittman, a research as...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Yom Kippur

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The obscure origins of Yom Kippur. It is the holiest day in Judaism, yet its intent has markedly changed and its practice today is a far ...

Remains of fourth-century CE earthquake at Hippos

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EXCAVATION: Archaeological findings shed light on massive 363 CE earthquake in Galilee. University of Haifa archaeologists find bones cru...

Old Church Slavonic inscription

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THE SOPHIA GLOBE : Archaeological roundup: Finds in Bulgaria include ancient coins, a basilica and an inn in Philippopolis . One of the fi...
Monday, September 29, 2014

$100K raised for Third Temple plans

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Temple Institute Raises $100k for Third Temple Plans. The Temple Institute’s crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...

Dovekeepers filming in Malta

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Dovekeepers’ CBS Mini-series lands in Malta with filming to start shortly (Gozo News). 4-hour CBS Mini Series ‘The Dovekeepers’ is due to s...

Herodian public buildings under Western Wall plaza

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Western Wall plaza dig reveals structures dating back to Herod. ‘Significant, beautiful’ remains, including lavish pu...

Reflections on the Babylonian New Year

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THE AKITU FESTIVAL: Slapping the king on the cheek in ancient Babylon. The humiliation of the king during the New Year ritual served a do...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Hugoye 17.2

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HUGOYE: JOURNAL OF SYRIAC STUDIES has published a new issue: Volume 17.2 (Summer 2014 ). Follow the link for the TOC and for links to the a...

Congratulations to Eelco Glas

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FELLOWSHIP: Eelco Glas new Florentino García Martínez Research Master Scholar . The Qumran Institute of the Faculty of Theology and Religi...