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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Trotter, The Jerusalem Temple in Diaspora

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: The Jerusalem Temple in Diaspora: Jewish Practice and Thought during the Second Temple Period Series: Supplements to...

Postdocs for LXX project

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AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI: 2–3 POSTDOC­TORAL RE­SEARCH­ERS IN THE PRO­JECT THE SEP­TUAGINT AND ITS AN­CIENT VER­SIONS . HT William Ros...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Septuagint Song of Songs in French

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WILLIAM ROSS: NEW VOLUME IN LA BIBLE D’ALEXANDRIE: SONG OF SONGS . It's good to have another volume in this series out. Visit PaleoJuda...

Jason’s Tomb

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THE HOLY LAND PHOTOS' BLOG: Jason’s Tomb (2nd Temple Period) (Carl Rasmussen). Jason’s tomb is a beautiful funeral monument from the la...

On digressions in the Talmud

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : Neither Less Than X nor More Than Y. In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ minima and max...
Monday, July 08, 2019

Larry Hurtado

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LARRY HURTADO: Health Issues and Blogging . Larry shares sad news. The leukemia for which he was treated last year has returned. There is li...

Ezekiel's Merkavah anniversary 2019

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TODAY IS THE 5TH OF TAMUZ: This Day in History – 5 Tamuz/July 8 (Harmodia). In 3333, Yechezkel Hanavi received a nevuah at the river of Ch...

Biblical Studies Carnival 161

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ZWINGLIUS REDIVIVUS: The Incredibly Hot June Biblical Studies Carnival, Including Lots of Scandal Because of an Unprovenanced Manuscript… V...

Babylon named a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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HISTORICAL LANDMARK: Iraq celebrates naming Babylon a UNESCO World Heritage site. It was from the 4,300-year-old city that Nebuchadnezzar s...

Belated happy Cyril and Methodius Day 2019!

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OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC WATCH: CZECHS MARK LEGACY OF GREEK MISSIONARIES CYRIL AND METHODIUS (Daniela Lazarová, Czech Radio). The work of Saints...
Saturday, July 06, 2019

Mapfeka, Esther in Diaspora

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Esther in Diaspora Toward an Alternative Interpretive Framework Series: Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 178...
Friday, July 05, 2019

More on the Huqoq mosaics

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DECORATIVE ART: Teeming With Riddles, Israel's Most Beautiful Mosaic Reveals Ancient Liberal Judaism. The artwork covers the entire flo...

The Talmud on valuation of a human life

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THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET : How Much Is a Jewish Life Worth? In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ Talmudic sages mak...

The Philistines were Europeans?

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GENETIC ANALYSIS: ARCHAEOLOGY SHOWS PHILISTINES, ENEMY OF ISRAELITES, CAME FROM EUROPE. "We found infants that were too young to trave...

A Phoenician Snail Dye Factory in Israel

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PHOENICIAN WATCH: Mysterious Biblical-era Stronghold Was Actually a Phoenician Snail Dye Factory, Archaeologists Say. Tel Shikmona contains...
Thursday, July 04, 2019

Independence Day 2019

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to my American readers! Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and the biblical world.

The Christian Century on Alter's Bible translation

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BOOK REVIEW: Robert Alter’s Hebrew Bible translation is at once accurate and eloquent. Precision and beauty have kissed (Judy Klitsner, Th...
Wednesday, July 03, 2019

More Bible-themed mosaics from Huqoq

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DECORATIVE ART: Uncovered 1,600-year-old Jewish art brings more of an unknown culture to light UNC-Chapel Hill’s Jodi Magness, researchers ...

Herod the Gardener?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Herod the Great’s Ancient Gardens (Marek Dospěl). As usual, this BHD essay is a summary of a BAR article. The full a...

Review of Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Harold Tarrant, Danielle A. Layne, Dirk Baltzly, François Renaud (ed.), Brill's Companion to the Reception o...