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Saturday, October 14, 2017

Herodotus and the Persian Empire

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Herodotus and the Persian Empire . This is the subject of a new issue of the journal Phoenix. One of the articles, by...

On the Golb impersonation case

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ANALYSIS: Raphael Golb Is Facing Jail Time — For Parodying a Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar (Arthur S. Hayes, The Forward). One law professor...

A new leader for UNESCO

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POLITICS: UNESCO selects France's Azoulay as new chief (John Irish). PARIS (Reuters) - The United Nations’ cultural agency selected for...

"The Concept of Our Great Power" translated

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ALIN SUCIU: Guest Post: Anthony Alcock – The Concept of Our Great Power: Annotated Translation . The Concept of Our Great Power is a Coptic...
Friday, October 13, 2017

Talmudic medical discourse

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: “Curiosity Cures the Reb:’” Studying Talmudic Medical Discourses in Context . Dr. Lennart Lehmhaus shares a rabbinic cas...

On names and Greek breathings

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THE ETC BLOG has a couple of posts about biblical names in Greek and whether they have a rough or a smooth breathing: Why give Abraham a r...

The Firmament

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OREN FASS M.D.: My Encounter with the Firmament (TheTorah.com). The Torah describes God’s fashioning the firmament (רקיע) on the second day...

U.S. and Israel give notice to withdraw from UNESCO

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POLITICS: ISRAEL, US TO QUIT UNESCO CITING 'ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS'. President Donald Trump has in general been critical of the United Na...
Thursday, October 12, 2017

Conference on the Arch of Titus

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H-JUDAIC: CONF: The Arch of Titus – from Jerusalem to Rome, and Back, Sun. Oct. 29th, New York City . The Arch of Titus – from Jerusalem to ...

On the gender of God

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PROF. MARC ZVI BRETTLER: The Gender of God (TheTorah.com). What is the gender of the God of creation? Of YHWH in general? In the Hebrew Bib...

Dancing Judith

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PERFORMANCE ART: Judith Revisited. Artifact takes on timeless story of biblical heroine in concert of dance and music (Margaret Regan, Tu...

Job in Classical and Mediterranean Studies at Vanderbilt.

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H-JUDAIC: JOB: Vanderbilt University, Program in Classical and Mediterranean Studies, Tenure-track Assistant Professor . The Program in Clas...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Shemeni Atzeret and Simchat Torah 2017

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SHEMINI ATZERET begins tonight at sundown. In Israel, this is also the holiday of Simchat Torah (Simhat Torah). Outside of Israel, the latt...

Funding for Solomon's Pools

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CONSERVATION: Temple-era pools near Jerusalem set for renovation. US Consulate funds $750,000 restoration of 2,000-year-old Solomon's P...

Deuteronomy and the senses

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PROF. STEVEN WEITZMAN: Deuteronomy on the Problem of Using the Senses to Experience God (TheTorah.com). “God has not given you a mind to un...

Sukkot priestly blessing at the Temple Mount 2017

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: 50,000 Gather for Priestly Blessing on Sukkot as Jerusalem Becomes Heart of World Prayer [PHOTOS] (Adam Eliyahu Berkowi...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

More on that supposed Seal of Solomon

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I HAVE ADDED ANOTHER UPDATE TO LAST WEEK'S POST ON THE METAL CODICES SEIZED IN TURKEY . The image on the supposed Seal of Solomon has no...

The Talmud and the penalty for murder

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : Are Jews Exempt from Capital Punishment? . Talmudic rabbis’ lenient interpretati...

Revival of the Sukkot water-libation

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BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS : PHOTOS: Sanhedrin Revives Ancient Temple Water Libation Ritual in Shiloah Valley (Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz). On Monday...

Second Temple-era Hebron

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Second Temple Period Discoveries at Biblical Hebron. Legendary home of the Cave of the Patriarchs . The site of Tel He...