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Saturday, July 20, 2019

More from the AJR series on Jensen, "The Cross" and Fine, "The Menorah"

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW has concluded the series with two more essays: SBL 2018 Book Review Panel | Menorah and Cross, Signs and Things (Pamel...
Friday, July 19, 2019

Barlaam and Josaphat

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THE BRITISH LIBRARY: The Buddha’s long ‘journey’ to Europe and Africa . Yes, I know the Buddha is not usually a subject for PaleoJudaica. Bu...

Eating fish in ancient Jerusalem

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NEWS YOU CAN USE: What Kinds of Fish Were Eaten in Ancient Jerusalem? (Prof. Omri Lernau, M.D., TheTorah.com). Fishbone remains discovered ...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Newsom, Rhetoric and Hermeneutics

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Carol A. Newsom. Rhetoric and Hermeneutics. Approaches to Text, Tradition and Social Construction in Biblical a...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Review of Andrade, Zenobia: Shooting Star of Palmyra

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BYRN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Nathanael J. Andrade, Zenobia: Shooting Star of Palmyra. Women in Antiquity. Oxford; New York: Oxford Univer...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

AJR series on Jensen, "The Cross" and Fine, "The Menorah"

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: SBL 2018 Book Review Panel | Art and Religion in Antiquity . Felicity Harley-McGowan introduces the series at the link....
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...