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Saturday, October 27, 2018

Review of Mastrocinque, The Mysteries of Mithras

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BYRN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Attilio Mastrocinque, The Mysteries of Mithras: A Different Account. Orientalische Religionen in der Antike, 24....

Collins, Villiers, & Collins (eds.), Apocalypticism and Mysticism in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: Apocalypticism and Mysticism in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity Ed. by Collins, John J. / Villiers, Piete...

The meaning of Sarah’s expulsion of Hagar?

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DR. RABBI DAVID FREIDENREICH: What Does Sarah’s Expulsion of Hagar Signify for Abraham’s Descendents? (TheTorah.com). Paul, in the 1st c., ...

Children in the Bible and in ANE archaeology

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: What Does the Bible Say About Children—and What Does Archaeology Say? Examining the lives of ancient children (Megan ...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Tel Shimron

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EXCAVATION: Archaeologists Seek Signs of Joshua's Conquest in Last Unexplored Biblical City. Scrambling to save the last unexcavated bi...

Late-antique Aramaic poetry

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: Aramaic Poetry: A Window into Jewish Life in Late Antiquity (Laura S. Lieber). Foremost among this body of non...

Building a 5th minaret on the Temple Mount?

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Jordan Renews Its Request to Build a Fifth Minaret on the Temple Mount (Nadav Shragai, Jerusalem Center for Public Affa...

Dell and Kynes (eds.), Reading Proverbs Intertextually

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Reading Proverbs Intertextually Editor(s): Katharine J. Dell, Will Kynes Published: 18-10-2018 ...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

The MOTB and BHD on the forged DSS fragments

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PRESS RELEASE: Museum of the Bible Releases Research Findings on Fragments in Its Dead Sea Scrolls Collection . I received this by e-mail ju...

The People's Talmud

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TALMUD WATCH: PEOPLE’S TALMUD LAUNCHES ONLINE. The new resource will contain 7,000 entries from the pages of the Talmud to make the wisdom ...

The Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew Language online

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THE AWOL BLOG: Ma'agarim: The Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew Language . I linked to an article on the Historical Dictionary some ye...

HB/Second-Temple-era job at Santa Clara University

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TENURED/TENURE-TRACK ACADEMIC POSITION: Open Rank Professor in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament — The Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara Uni...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

The Devil in Judaism

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HISTORY OF TRADITION: Do Jews Believe in the Devil? Satan didn’t arise from Hell fully formed. The concept of an ultimate Evil One was appa...

Ancient Jews with Greek names

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PHILOLOGOS: Some Notable First-Century BCE Palestinian Jews With Greek Names. A recent archaeological discovery in Jerusalem reminds us tha...

Zakovitch, The Song of Songs

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: The Song of Songs Riddle of Riddles By: Yair Zakovitch Published: 20-09-2018 Format: Hardback ...

Hurtado on the latest Oxyrhynchus Papyri volume

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LARRY HURTADO: Latest Volume of Oxyrhynchus Papyri . This is a reviewlet based on his forthcoming RBL review. The volume publishes many text...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

5 MOTB DSS fragments acknowledged as fake

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CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE: US museum says 5 fragments in Dead Sea Scroll collection are fake. Washington’s controversial Museum of the Bible remo...

The Talmud, the omer, and the Boethusians

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : Flour Power. In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ Talmudic rabbis—debating the origins o...

A new Greek edition of the Letter of Aristeas

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Jewish Fictional Letters from Hellenistic Egypt: The Epistle of Aristeas and Related Literature L. Michael White,...

CFP: Special Issue "Synagogue Art and Architecture"

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H-JUDAIC: CFP: Special Issue "Synagogue Art and Architecture." This Special Issue offers a global, online, free-access platform fo...