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Saturday, March 14, 2015

BABELAO

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FREE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL: BABELAO: Electronic Journal for Ancient and Oriental Studies . Le nom BABELAO signifie « Bulletin de l’ABELAO », ...

More on Hatra

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ASOR BLOG: Hatra, The Lesser Known Splendors of a Parthian Frontier Town (Lucinda Dirven). Excerpt: The combination of spectacular archit...
Friday, March 13, 2015

Lombatti on CNN on the Shroud of Turin

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BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION: The CNN Shroud of Turin See Also: Relics Still Potent: The Shroud of Turin Scholars, Frauds, the Media and the...

Daniel Boyarin profiled

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JWEEKLY.COM: Daniel Boyarin — the Talmudist, feminist, anti-Zionist, only-in-Berkeley Orthodox Jew (Alix Wall). Excerpt: Today Boyarin, 68...

Docherty on the Pseudepigrapha

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ASOR BLOG: Introducing the Pseudepigrapha (Susan Docherty). In my recent book The Jewish Pseudepigrapha: An Introduction to the Literature...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

ISIS bulldozing Khorsabad?

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RECENT REPORTS indicate that ISIS is now destroying Khorsabad: Isis attacks on ancient sites erasing history of humanity, says Iraq. Antiq...

Exhibition: 'Judaea in the Age of Nero'

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MERCER UNIVERSITY: Jack Tarver Library to Host Exhibit of Ancient Artifacts from 'Judaea in the Age of Nero' . MACON – Mercer Unive...

Review of Bryce, Ancient Syria

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Trevor Bryce, Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History . Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2014....

C14 dating of The Gospel of Judas

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ETC: Radiometric Dating of the Gospel of Judas (Christian Askeland). My estimation following Peter Head’s thesis leaves a radiometric resul...

Ancient Galilean tombs

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ASOR BLOG: Tomb Tracking: A New Burial Survey of Roman Galilee (1st-6th cent. CE) (Jessica Dello Russo). Requires free registration to ac...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

SBL paper 2015

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MY PAPER PROPOSAL for the 2015 Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting in Atlanta has been accepted by the Mysticism, Esotericism, an...

Temple Institute builds Temple altar

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH (SORT OF): Jewish Temple Altar Rebuilt, Ready for Use (Ahuva Balofsky, BreakingIsraelNews ). The Temple Institute in Je...

Jerusalem 3D

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DOCUMENTARY: 'Jerusalem 3D' zooms in on power of ancient city with Imax intensity (Susan King, L.A. Times ). Excerpt: The story of ...

Storm unearths more Ashkelon relics

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I HOPE SOMEONE COMES: Ancient artifacts found on Ashkelon beach. Man finds rare mosaic and pottery fragments while running on beach; says t...

Le Donne on The Lost Gospel

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LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS : Anthony Le Donne on The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text that Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary the Magda...

The Talmud on double jeopardy (sort of)

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : Incestuous Rapists Get What They Deserve. Talmudic rabbis believe ‘the hand o...

NYU conference on ancient Judaism and Christianity

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LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN: Integrating Judaism and Christianity into the Study of the Ancient World The NYU Center for Ancient Studies in conju...

Yadin-Israel replies to Gvaryahu

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THE TALMUD BLOG: Right of Reply: Azzan Yadin-Israel Responds to Amit Gvaryahu’s review . My thanks to The Talmud Blog for inviting me to re...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Dig

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THE NEW TELEVISION SERIES DIG has been getting some attention in the media. Here are a couple of recent reviews. Review: On USA’s ‘Dig,’...

Porten on Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea

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ASOR BLOG: Presenting a Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea (TAO) Bezalel Porten's 2014 SBL presentation.