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Saturday, September 01, 2018

Ancient coin motifs on modern coins

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NUMISMATICS: Ancient Coins on Modern Coins (Mike Markowitz, CoinWeek). Coin engravers inherit a rich legacy of classical art. Ancient Greek...

Review of the MOTB Jerusalem and Rome exhibition

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: A Review of Jerusalem and Rome: Cultures in Context in the First Century CE (Cavan Concannon). “What was life like ove...

Boda, Meek, Osborne (eds.), Riddles and Revelations

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY: Riddles and Revelations Explorations into the Relationship between Wisdom and Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible Edit...

The Syriac Digital Library

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THE AWOL BLOG: eBethArké: The Syriac Digital Library . Beth Mardutho seeks to promote the study and preservation of the Syriac heritage and ...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Review of Reeves and Reed, Enoch from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

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BOOK REVIEW: Enoch from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Sources from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Volume 1. John C. Reeves, Annette Yos...

More on Andriace

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THE HOLY LAND PHOTOS' BLOG: Jewish Presence in Asia Minor — Andriace Part 2 (Carl Rasmussen). More on that apparent synagogue in Andria...

Maps as pedagogy

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Charting the Course: Using Maps for Pedagogical Progress (Christy Cobb). As these four examples hopefully show, using m...

Deuteronomy on cross-dressing

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SOCIAL SEMANTICS: The Prohibition of Cross-Dressing (Dr. Hilary Lipka, TheTorah.com). What does Deuteronomy 22:5 prohibit and why? Visit Pa...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Western Wall conservation plan still waiting for funding

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Still no budget for conservation at Western Wall section where boulder fell. Antiquities Authority says it's 'r...

Cleopatra

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THE WORLD IS FULL OF HISTORY: Queen Cleopatra: Did You Know These Things About Her? (NJIDEKA AGBO, The Guardian, Nigeria). I've been re...

A pupil's Syriac liturgical exercise

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GENIZA FRAGMENT OF THE MONTH (AUGUST 2018): A Young Syriac Pupil in the Cairo Genizah (George A. Kiraz). Regular readers will be familiar w...

The Tel Shimron excavation

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: New Excavations at Tel Shimron. Uncovering the largest archaeological site in Israel’s Jezreel Valley (Megan Sauter)....
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Visiting the Samaritans

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SAMARITAN WATCH: The Last of the Good Samaritans. You may well be aware of the New Testament parable of the good Samaritan. But you probabl...

The Talmud on how much is a handful

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : On the One Hand. In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud study, the rabbis search the...

Satlow's Mishnah Syllabus

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MICHAEL SATLOW: That Time of Year: My Mishnah Syllabus . This semester I will be teaching a graduate-level course on “Mishnah and Tosefta.” ...

Lester, Daniel Evokes Isaiah

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY: Daniel Evokes Isaiah Allusive Characterization of Foreign Rule in the Hebrew-Aramaic Book of Daniel By: G. Broo...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Veria (Berea)

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HISTORY AND LEGEND: Mystery, Nazis and Paul the Apostle The Secret History of One of Greece’s Oldest Jewish Communities. Veria’s Jews are s...

Divorce in the Bible etc.

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FAMILY LAW: When is a Man Allowed to Divorce his Wife? (Dr. Eve Levavi Feinstein, TheTorah.com). Deuteronomy’s description of the circumsta...

Review of Engels, Benefactors, Kings, Rulers

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: David Engels, Benefactors, Kings, Rulers: Studies on the Seleukid Empire between East and West. Studia Hellenist...

Lamps in the Getty Museum

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THE AWOL BLOG: Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum . This database has descriptions and excellent photos of more than six hundred anci...