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Saturday, December 29, 2018

More biblical archaeology 2018 top-ten lists

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LISTS OF TOP ARCHAEOLOGY DISCOVERIES ARE STILL COMING IN: Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2018 (Gordon Govier, Christianity...

The Temple warning inscriptions

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HOLY LAND PHOTOS' BLOG: Warning to Gentiles from the Days of Jesus — Inscriptions (Carl Rasmussen). Appropriately, with some nice photo...

Jesus, the Jesus movement, and family

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THE BIBLE AND INTEPRETATION: Family in the Early Jesus Movement Why did the historical Jesus reject traditional family ties? There are a c...

Top ETC Blog posts of 2018

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THE ETC BLOG: Top Ten Posts of 2018 (Peter Gurry). The no-longer-first-century fragment of Mark was a favorite topic. As usual, I will po...
Friday, December 28, 2018

More on Wimpfheimer, The Talmud: A Biography

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TALMUD WATCH: New Talmud ‘biography’ seeks to bring the foundational text to life. Prof. Barry Scott Wimpfheimer has studied the Oral Law s...

Huqoq looters dig holes, are foiled.

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APPREHENDED: ANTIQUITIES POLICE STOP THEFT OF ANCIENT COINS. The suspects dug holes to find the coins, damaging the site. However, the syna...

"Finds Gone Astray"

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EXHIBITION: Artifacts stolen and smuggled in the West Bank now on display in Jerusalem. Bible Lands Museum hosts a small collection of the ...

Moses the fugitive hero

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PROF. ED GREENSTEIN: Moses and the Fugitive Hero Pattern (TheTorah.com). The story of Moses follows a pattern that is typical of ancient Ne...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Six big archaeology stories of 2018

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THAT'S A LOT: 6 archaeology stories from 2018 that made me rethink my world. Who knew? Archaeology is therapy; maybe a meteor destroyed...

Camp of Cambyses' army found?

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ARCHAEOLOGY: Persian Military Base Used to Invade Egypt Reportedly Found in Israel (Sputnik News). Ruins of an ancient camp that was possib...

SBL 2018: Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity and Digital Humanities Session

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BELATEDLY, ANOTHER SBL REPORT: Recap of Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity and Digital Humanities Session at #SBLAAR18 (James McGrath, Re...

Women Biblical Scholars

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WEBSITE: Women Biblical Scholars . ABOUT Throughout history women have loved, studied, and taught the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Unf...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Review of Giusti, Carthage in Virgil's 'Aeneid'

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Elena Giusti, Carthage in Virgil's 'Aeneid': Staging the Enemy under Augustus. Cambridge classical s...

Schiffman on combatting anti-Semitism

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PROF. LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN: COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM . A reprint of his recent article, "Combating Anti-Semitism: Report from a confere...

Christmas doesn't come from a pagan holiday?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: How December 25 Became Christmas (Andrew McGowan). Everyone knows the first explanation, but it has its problems. Few ...

The altar on Mt. Ebal

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ZVI KOENIGSBERG: Joshua’s Altar on Mount Ebal: Israel’s Holy Site Before Shiloh (TheTorah.com). In the eighties, archaeologist Adam Zertal ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Ancient ring found on pilgrim's road

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ARTIFACT: 2,000-year-old Ring Found in Pilgrim's Road to Temple Mount. Ring seems to have been found in ritual bath, either slipped off...

Report on the Material of Christian Apocrypha Conference

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NEW TESTAMENT APOCRYPHA WATCH: At the Apocryphicity Blog, Tony Burke is reporting on the recent Material of Christian Apocrypha Conference: ...

Finkelstein, Hasmonean Realities behind Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles

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NEW BOOK FROM THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE: Hasmonean Realities behind Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles: Archaeological and Historical P...

Christmas 2018

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MERRY CHRISTMAS to all those celebrating! For posts of Christmas past, see my 2017 Christmas post and links. Christmas-related posts in t...