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Saturday, April 20, 2019

PaleoJudaica is going on hiatus

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MY DEAR READERS AND FRIENDS, Unfortunately, my family and I are coping with some very difficult personal circumstances at present. These c...
Friday, April 19, 2019

Passover 2019

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HAPPY PASSOVER (PESACH) TO ALL THOSE CELEBRATING! The festival begins this evening at sundown. Last year's Passover post is here and i...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

On Coptic magic, the Golden Bough, and timeless superstition

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THE COPTIC MAGIC BLOG: Anthropology of Magic III: Superstitions in Antiquity and Today – Nothing Has Changed (Markéta Preininger Svobodová)...

Mark Zvi Brettler reflects on Krister Stendahl

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THE HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL: Reflections from Krister Stendahl’s Academic Neighbor . In November 2018, the Annual Meeting of the Society of ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Gold coin of Theodosius II found in the Galilee

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NUMISMATICS: 1,600-year-old gold coin of emperor who abolished Sanhedrin discovered by pupils. Byzantine ruler created the 438 Theodosian l...

The Holy Stairs uncovered

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RELICS: 'Holy Stairs' Opened for 1st Time in Nearly 300 Years. But Did Jesus Really Climb Them? (Owen Jarus, Live Science). It se...

Notre Dame cathedral and Jewish history

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THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL is of some importance for medieval Jewish history in France and Europe. Here are a couple of articles on the topic....

Another interview with Elaine Pagels

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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Pagels traverses grief, healing and the nature of belief in ‘Why Religion?’ (Jamie Saxton). In her acclaimed 2018 boo...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Philo workshop at WWU Münster

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SENT IN BY PROF. DR. LUTZ DOERING: Philo of Alexandria and Philosophical Discourse Münster, 12 and 13 May 2019 Organizers: Prof. Dr. Lut...

Fires last night

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: FIRE BREAKS OUT NEAR MOSQUE ON TEMPLE MOUNT. The Marwani Prayer Hall, also known as Solomon's Stables, is located a...

New archaeology center at Yokneam

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EXHIBITION: NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL VISITOR CENTER OPENS IN YOKNEAM. The ancient settlement of Yokeneam [sic] is mentioned in the Bible as a cit...

On Judas Iscariot

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CANDIDA MOSS: Why Did Judas Really Betray Jesus? (The Daily Beast). ... The intertwining of antisemitism, the passion narrative, and violen...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Virtual modeling of an ancient chicken's egg

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Case cracked: 2,600-year-old chicken eggshells from Jerusalem put back together. High-tech reconstruction of unique eggsh...

Did Shishak create the Northern Kingdom?

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FROM ARCHAEOLOGY TO HISTORY? Move Over, Moses: A Pharaoh May Have Created the Ancient Kingdom of Israel. New archaeological evidence and bi...

More dubious "Hebrew" manuscripts seized in Turkey

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MORE APPREHENSIONS: Ancient manuscript seized from smugglers (Hurriyet Daily News) The smugglers were seeking a buyer in Ergani district. T...

Review of New Testament Lexicography (del Rosal, Mateos, and du Toit)

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Jesús Peláez del Rosal, Juan Mateos, David S. du Toit (ed.), New Testament Lexicography: Introduction - Theory -...
Sunday, April 14, 2019

A gendering rite in Leviticus?

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DR.KRISTINE HENRIKSEN GARROWAY: Gendering a Child with Ritual (TheTorah.com). A child’s mother remains impure for forty days after the birt...

Asiedu, Josephus, Paul, and the Fate of Early Christianity

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NEW BOOK FROM FORTRESS: Josephus, Paul, and the Fate of Early Christianity: History and Silence in the First Century by F. B. A. Asiedu (Au...

Roman-era surgery and plague

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Doctors, Diseases and Deities: Epidemic Crises and Medicine in Ancient Rome. Watch Sarah Yeomans’s lecture delivered a...

The interior of the (?) Tomb of Annas

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THE HOLY LAND PHOTOS' BLOG: The Tomb of the High Priest Annas? Part 2 of 2 — The Interior . Carl Rasmussen continues his Easter season s...