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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Tisha B'Av 2016

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TISHA B'AV (THE NINTH OF AV) begins this evening at sundown. An easy fast to all those observing it.

On sight-reading ancient languages

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ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: What does the Latin actually say? (Mary Beard, A Don's Life - TLS ). People often imagine that if you ...

"Ben-Hur" again

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CINEMA: Jesus meets the Fast & Furious: remaking Ben-Hur for 2016 (Horatia Harrod, The Telegraph ). The new Ben-Hur film is now gettin...

Ancient Roman bathhouse (etc.) found in Jerusalem

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A SALVAGE EXACAVATION THAT LED TO SURPRISES: Ancient Roman bath house discovered under modern mikvah. The Old City of Jerusalem will soon b...

The Temple Institute on Facebook

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH (POTENTIALLY): The third Jewish Temple is coming to your Facebook feed. Temple Institute, dedicated to rebuilding ancien...
Friday, August 12, 2016

A new Ben-Hur video game

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GAMING MEETS CINEMA: A New Ben-Hur Video Game Is Free To Play On Xbox One (Damian Seeto, Attack of the Fanboy ). There is a new Ben-Hur mov...

Interview with Gabriel Barkai

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: 'We experience the destruction of the Temple year-round.' Archaeologist Dr. Gabi Barkai speaks of battles agains...

Jewish War shekels up for auction

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NUMISMATICS: Ancient Coin Profile – Pompeia’s Pick: A Jewish War Shekel of Year 5 (Lorie Ann Hambly for Heritage Auctions ……, Coin Week ). ...

Sibylline Oracles 5.155-531

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READING ACTS: The Burning Sun among the Stars – Sibylline Oracles Book 5.155-531 . Past posts in the series on the Sibylline literature are ...

Ancient mosaics restored in Ephesus

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THE DECORATIVE ARTS: 1,900-year-old Mosaics From Apostle Paul's Era Restored in Ephesus. Ancient Roman city was a center of Artemis wor...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Frescoes at Sepphoris

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ANCIENT MURAL ART: Rare fresco fragments dating back to Roman era discovered at Zippori National Park (KATHERINE KEENAN, Jerusalem Post ). ...

NEH award to the Jubilees Palimpsest Project

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CONGRATULATIONS TO TODD HANNEKEN AND HIS TEAM: Jubilees Palimpsest Project uses new technology to explore old manuscripts . Todd Hanneken, P...

Sibylline Oracles 5.1-154

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READING ACTS: A Star Will Shine – Sibylline Oracles Book 5.1-154 . I am not entirely persuaded that Book 5 of the Sibylline Oracles is a Jew...

Rollens on teaching extra-canonical texts

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: “The Most Daring Blasphemy”: Getting Students to Think Critically About Extra-Canonical Texts . (Sarah Rollens). Great p...

Forgeries conference

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CONFERENCE: The Unbelievable Past Conference, 14–16 September, 2016. Fragments of an Unbelievable Past? Constructions of Provenance, Narrat...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Ancient Aramaic spells excavated in Serbia?

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ARAMAIC WATCH? Mystery magic spells unearthed with ancient skeletons in Serbia (Ingrid Melander and Robin Pomeroy, Reuters). Archaeologists...

Tomb of Nahum: MKs appeal to UNESCO

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HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE: MKs turn to UNESCO to save prophet's tomb. The Prophet Nahum's tomb is located on the border between Kurdish...

Sibylline Oracles 4

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READING ACTS: In the Tenth Generation – Sibylline Oracles, Book 4 . Past posts in the series on the Sibylline literature are noted here and...

Theft in the Talmud

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : An Ox, a Donkey, a Sheep, and a Garment Walk Into a Bar… In this week’s ‘Daf Y...

The Apocalypse of Adam

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THE BIBLICAL REVIEW BLOG: Pseudepigrapha Saturday: Apocalypse of Adam . The Apocalypse of Adam is preserved in a manuscript discovered near ...