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Saturday, October 15, 2016

UNESCO resolution fallout

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Israel suspends cooperation with U.N. cultural agency over Jerusalem resolution (Ruth Eglash, Washington Post ). JERUSA...

Review of Lin, The Erotic Life of Manuscripts

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Yii-Jan Lin, The Erotic Life of Manuscripts: New Testament Textual Criticism and the Biological Sciences. New...

Mo‘ed

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YONA SABAR: Hebrew Word of the Week: mo‘ed “appointed time, holiday.” Again, timely, for this time of year.

Beirut Museum galleries reopen

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PHOENICIAN WATCH: National Museum of Beirut opens basement for first time since civil war. Gallery of ancient funerary art restored with It...
Friday, October 14, 2016

Josephus and the Hasmoneans

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THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION: A History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus and Beyond Josephus cautiously avoided messianism in his history ...

New UNESCO resolution passes

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: UNESCO passes resolution denying Jewish ties to Jerusalem holy sites ( i24news ). Only six countries vote against conte...

Lazarus

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THE ANXIOUS BENCH: L is for Lazarus (Philip Jenkins). Did John's Lazarus come from a parable or was he made into one by Luke?

Review of MacDonald, Hannibal

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PUNIC WATCH: Hannibal's Heel. Why Carthage failed and Rome succeeded (J. E. Lendon, Weekly Standard ). It is a symptom of the deplorab...

Younger, A Political History of the Arameans

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ARAMAIC WATCH: New Book: A Political History of the Arameans (A. D. Riddle, The Bible Places Blog). At the end of last week, after a length...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Texan Mandean update

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MANDEAN (MANDAEAN) WATCH: Mandaean Mexican Restaurant in San Antonio (James McGrath). To the attention of all Aramaists (and anyone else) a...

The ending of Mark

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ETC BLOG: Mark 16 on a Roll (Peter Gurry). It makes sense to me that the first parts of a scroll to wear out would be the beginning and the...

Another UNESCO resolution

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: UNESCO Poised to Pass Resolution Casting Doubt on Jewish Ties to Temple Mount. Israel attempts to convince as many stat...

Frankincense discovery

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Lifting the veil on Queen of Sheba's perfume ( Popular Archaeology ). It is one of the oldest fragrances in the world...

New issue of RÉJ

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H-JUDAIC: TOC: Revue des études juives 175, 1-2 (janvier-juin 2015) . Includes an interesting looking article on historical Jesus research.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Ancient coinage inflation

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NUMISMATICS: A high-tech peek into antiquity. Advanced nano-techniques shed new light on the Roman Empire (Kurt Pfitzer, Resolve Magazine...

Ownership disputes and oaths in the Talmud

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : I Swear. A simple dispute over ownership leads the Talmudic sages into a debat...

Romans 4 continued

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READING ACTS: Abraham’s Faith and Works in Romans 4 . Phil Long interacts with a number of ancient Jewish texts here, including Ben Sira, th...

Columbus and 2 Esdras again

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COLUMBUS DAY: Top 10 facts about Columbus. OCTOBER 12 is celebrated in some places as Columbus Day, in celebration of Christopher Columbus’...

More Neusner obituaries

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ADD TO THE LIST OF NUESNER MEMORIALS FROM YESTERDAY : Jacob Neusner, Benedict XVI’s ‘favourite rabbi’, dies aged 84 ( Catholic Herald ). ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Yom Kippur 2016

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YOM KIPPUR , the Day of Atonement, begins this evening at sundown. An easy fast to all those observing it. Biblical etc. background on Yom...