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Saturday, February 03, 2018

Review of Gertz et al. (eds.), The Formation of the Pentateuch

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THE RELIGION AND LITERATURE OF ANCIENT PALESTINE BLOG: Review of The Formation of the Pentateuch: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Europe, ...

Review of Herren, The Anatomy of Myth

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Michael Herren, The Anatomy of Myth: The Art of Interpretation from the Presocratics to the Church Fathers. N...

Aramaic/Syriac manual translated from Armenian

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ARAMAIC, SYRIAC, AND ARMENIAN WATCH: Manual translated from Armenian is published in US for first time . Gorgias Press academic publisher i...
Friday, February 02, 2018

More on those pools at Ein Hanya

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ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE: Mystery as archaeologists discover 1,500-year-old pools and 'magnificent' fountain adorned with images of nymp...

Caviezel on the "Passion" sequel

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I GUESS HE'S IN, THEN: New 'Passion of the Christ' will be 'the biggest film in history,' Jim Caviezel promises (Bryan ...

Review of Schmidt, The Materiality of Power

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RELIGION AND LITERATURE OF ANCIENT PALESTINE BLOG: Review of Brian Schmidt, The Materiality of Power: Explorations in the Social History of ...

Interview with Eilat Mazar

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ARCHAEOLOGY: An Interview With Israeli Archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar (Stephen Flurry, The Trumpet). Dr. Mazar is currently leading another ...
Thursday, February 01, 2018

First-Temple to Byzantine-era finds at Ein Hanya

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ARCHAEOLOGY: First Temple-era relics of possible royal estate found in Jerusalem hills. Authorities inaugurate 'extraordinarily beautif...

Weitzman wins book award

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CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVEN WEITZMAN: Penn Katz Center Director Wins Book Award (Marissa Stern, Jewish Exponent). What is a Jew? Where did ...

Caviezel to reprise role as Jesus?

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RESURRECTING A FRANCHISE: He is risen! Jim Caviezel set to return as Jesus in Mel Gibson's sequel to blockbuster The Passion Of The Chri...

Tu B'Shevat 2018, belatedly

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TU B'SHEVAT , THE NEW YEAR FOR TREES was on 30-31 January and I forgot to note it. Sorry about that. This year the holiday was on the...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Still more from Mosaic on the Museum of the Bible

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MOSAIC MAGAZINE wraps up its January series on the Museum of the Bible with a final response to Diana Muir Appelbaum's original essay an...

Porter on the Museum of the Bible

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Incompatible Sites: The Land of Israel and the Ambulant Body in the Museum of the Bible (Sarah Porter). This essay is...

1500-year-old jar found near Beit She'an

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MORE EXCAVATION BY EROSION: Look what the rain swept in: Families find 1,500-year-old jug during hike. Discovered near the Beit She'an ...

Exegesis by translation in Symmachus

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THE ETC BLOG: Symmachus and the Text of Job 24:25b (John Meade). In preparation of my critical edition of the Hexaplaric fragments of Job 2...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

The Talmud on white roosters, idolatry, and the Emperor "Antoninus"

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : THOU SHALT SELL NO WHITE ROOSTER AND BOW TO NO IDOLS. Daf Yomi: How could Jews...

Coin-looting arrest in the Negev

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APPREHENDED: Negev antiquities robber nabbed with trove of 150 Byzantine-era coins. Antiquities authority's theft prevention unit disco...

BHD on the Ketef Hinnom silver amulet inscriptions

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Miniature Writing on Ancient Amulets. Ketef Hinnom inscriptions reveal the power of hidden writing (Robin Ngo). As us...

More on reading the papyri in mummy masks without destroying them

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: We’re One Step Closer to Non-Invasively Reading Ancient Papyri Hidden in Mummy Masks. Researchers at the University Colle...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Syrian Neo-Hittitle Temple damaged by Turkish air strikes

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THIS IS WAR: Ancient Syrian temple damaged in Turkish raids against Kurds. '3,000 years of civilization destroyed in an airstrike,'...