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Saturday, February 10, 2018

More for International LXX Day

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THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL SEPTUAGINT DAY (8 FEB) CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE with some more blog posts: Interview with Dr James K. Aitken (Srecko...

Tanit on a Carthaginian electrum coin

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NUMISMATICS: Ancient Coin Profiles – Goddess Tanit on Carthaginian Gold & Silver 1 1/2 Shekel (Coin World). The name of this Punic godd...

More on that coded Qumran calendar

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Newly Deciphered Dead Sea Scroll Reveals 364-Day Calendar. Qumran calendar written in code (Robin Ngo). Of the estima...

VR at the Jewish Museum of Australia

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Ancient history with new virtual reality. Lithodomos VR allows visitors to the Jewish Museum of Australia to place themse...
Friday, February 09, 2018

More on the new Caesarea inscription

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EPIGRAPHY: Rare Greek inscription and colorful 1,800-year-old mosaic uncovered at Caesarea. Discovered during excavations under a commercia...

Review of McKenzie and Watson, The Garima Gospels

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MARGINALIA REVIEW OF BOOKS: Discoveries in the Ethiopian Desert: Exploring the Ancient Gospels of Ethiopia It’s not every day that scholars...

Haaretz reviews the Museum of the Bible

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MUSEUM REVIEW: Bible Museum in D.C.: Less Science, More Indiana Jones. A tour of the Museum of the Bible, which experts say is turning theo...

Yemenite temple endangered

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THIS IS WAR: Ancient temple left neglected as Yemen war threatens history. Amid bloody battles in war-torn country, experts say heritage si...
Thursday, February 08, 2018

International Septuagint Day 2018

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THE ETC BLOG: Happy International Septuagint Day! (John Meade). The post at the link also flags an important 50th anniversary. Congratulati...

Roman-era mosaic and inscription uncovered at Caesarea

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ARCHAEOLOGY: WATCH: RARE ROMAN MOSAIC FROM 2ND - 3RD CENTURIES CE UNCOVERED IN CAESAREA. Discovery of 1,800-year-old antiquity part of larg...

Jewish Studies chair at College of Idaho

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H-JUDAIC: College of Idaho, History: Howard Berger-Ray Neilsen Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies . Research specialization for this position i...

Interview with Joan Taylor

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THE TIMES HIGHER: Books interview: Joan Taylor . The professor of Christian origins and Second Temple Judaism and author of ‘What Did Jesus...
Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Fredriksen on Augustine and pro- and anti-Jewish rhetoric

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Augustine and “Thinking with” Jews: Rhetoric Pro- and Contra Iudaeos (Paula Fredriksen). Christianity emerges in the se...

Boyarin, The Talmud – A Personal Take

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: DANIEL BOYARIN The Talmud – A Personal Take Selected Essays Ed. by Tal Hever-Chybowski [Der Talmud – eine p...

Ariel Sabar lecturing in Boulder, CO

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ARAMAIC WATCH: (CU Boulder Today). The Program in Jewish Studies and co-sponsors at CU Boulder welcome award-winning author and journalist ...

More on palaeographic methodology and conclusions

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THE ETC BLOG: Palaeographic Method, Comparison and Dating: Considerations for an Updated Discussion (Guest post by Pasquale Orsini) (Peter ...
Tuesday, February 06, 2018

The Talmud on Jews and Gentiles

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : How Jews Should Deal With Gentiles. According to this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud...

Lehmhaus on Talmudic medicine

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: PSCO 2017-18: Nurses, Midwives, Healers, and Talmudic Medical Encyclopaedism (Jillian Stinchcomb). What did ancient Jew...

Leaked EU report objects to "touristic settlements" in East Jerusalem

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POLITICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY: Israel using tourism to legitimise settlements, says EU report. Exclusive: European Union Heads of Mission warn ‘...

CFP: Religions and Medicine Conference in Rome

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CONFERENCE: Museo delle Religioni “Raffaele Pettazzoni” Religions and Medicine From Antiquity to Contemporary Age June 5-6-7-8-9, 2018 ...