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Saturday, April 02, 2016

Today's Palmyra update

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PALMYRA WATCH: Syria’s Palmyra scarred forever by IS jihadists. Many temples, columns and other treasures have been destroyed by group, wit...

Jones on canon

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Is there a Canon in this Class? (Chris Jones). We also can’t teach them that way. Most of us are comfortable teaching t...

New editions of Jacob of Sarug's homilies

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SYRIAC WATCH: GORGIAS PRESS has published a number of new editions of the Syriac homilies of Jacob of Sarug. These two look particularly int...

Biblical Studies Carnival CXXII

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NT WRONG REDIVIVUS: Biblical Studies Carnival CXXII (March 2016) .

The mysterious origins of the Nag Hammadi Library

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LARRY HURTADO: Recent Questions about the Nag Hammadi Codices . The implications are considerable. If, for example, the Nag Hammadi codices...
Friday, April 01, 2016

Progress at Palmyra

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PALMYRA WATCH: Russia archaeologists ‘offer to rebuild Palmyra.’ ( Times of Israel Blog). I bet they did. The Russians are certainly milki...

Q document recovered!

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IT'S THAT DAY AGAIN: Archaeologists Find Q (Bosco Peters, Liturgy.co.nz/HT Peter Williams, ETC ). The earliest collection of the saying...

Joseph Aviram Turns 100

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Israel Exploration Society’s Joseph Aviram Turns 100 (Hershel Shanks). Yom huledet sameach! Happy birthday, Joseph (h...

Temple Institute trying to recruit priests

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH? Job opening: High priests needed for ancient Temple ritual (Michele Chabin, Religion News Service). Actually, the Templ...

Brent Seales lectures at Baylor

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Professor speaks on preserving past using technology ( Rachel Leland, Baylor Lariat ). Computer Science and Papyrology, t...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

"Demining" Palmyra

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PALMYRA WATCH: Russian Experts Arrive in Syria to Demine Recaptured Palmyra. After Palmyra was recaptured by Syrian troops and Russian airs...

Joffe on biblical archaeology

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THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION: How to Chase a White Whale[1] A Response to “Biblical Archaeology: The Hydra of Palestine’s History.” But w...

Copeland (ed.), The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature 1: 800-1558

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NEW BOOK FROM OUP: Penn professor edits new book on classical reception in English literature (Jacquie Posey, Penn Current ). Ancient Greek...

Rare coin returned to Israel

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NUMISMATICS: German doctor returns ancient coin he took from Israel 25 years ago . (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A German doctor has ...

PTS appoints Mark Smith

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GOOD NEWS: Princeton Theological Seminary Appoints Mark S. Smith as Professor of Old Testament (Krystal Knapp, Planet Princeton ). Congratu...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Today's Palmyra roundup

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PALMYRA WATCH: ISIS Fighters Laid Mines Around Palmyra’s Ancient Ruins Before Retreating, Syrians Say (RICK GLADSTONE and HWAIDA SAAD, NYT ...

Robinson obituary

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THE CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY: In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus James Robinson . Background here .

More on acquiring women in the Talmud

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : By Talmudic law, Jewish Men Purchase Brides as They Would a Slave or a Piece of ...

Still looking for the Shapira scrolls

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THEY'RE STILL FORGERIES, THOUGH: Author plays Indiana Jones on the trail of ‘the World’s Oldest Bible.’ In 1883, Moses Shapira claimed ...

Rome's Jewish catacombs opening

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TOURISM: Rome’s Jewish catacombs to open to the public (Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service). ROME (RNS) Beneath a former vineyard nea...