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Saturday, April 18, 2020

More on ancient Nazareth

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ARCHAEOLOGY: New archaeological evidence from Nazareth reveals religious and political environment in era of Jesus. Nazareth, once thought ...

The Hodayot scrolls and Cave One

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VARIANT READINGS: Qumran Cave 1 Questions, Part 2: The Thanksgiving Scrolls . Brent Nongbri has a good question or two about the Hodayot scr...

Vocalization and pronunciation of Biblical Hebrew

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PROF. GEOFFREY KHAN: How Was the Hebrew of the Bible Originally Pronounced? (TheTorah.com). Three traditions of pronouncing the Hebrew Bibl...

Qimron, The Qumran Texts: Composite Edition

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THE AWOL BLOG: The Qumran Texts: Composite Edition . Elisha Qimron's edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Introduction, notes, etc. in Mod...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Al-Aqsa Mosque to stay closed through Ramadan

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Ramadan prayers banned at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque due to virus (Reuters). Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the late...

An arrest regarding theft of papyri in Oxford

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THE LATEST ON THE MISSING OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI SCANDAL: Oxford professor arrested on suspicion of ancient papyrus theft. Dirk Obbink called c...

Dijkstra (ed.), The Early Reception and Appropriation of the Apostle Peter (60-800 CE)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: The Early Reception and Appropriation of the Apostle Peter (60-800 CE) The Anchors of the Fisherman Series: Euhormo...

The fourth trumpet

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READING ACTS: The Fourth Trumpet: Unnatural Darkness – Revelation 8:12 . Phil Long continues his blog series on the seven angels of the Book...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

Where did the Genesis Apocryphon come from?

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VARIANT READINGS: Qumran Cave 1 Questions, Part 1: The Genesis Apocryphon Roll . Brent Nongbri has continued publishing blog posts on variou...

Review of Material approaches to Roman magic (ed. Parker & McKie)

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Material approaches to Roman magic: occult objects and supernatural substances . Adam Parker, Stuart McKie, Mate...

The third trumpet

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WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL: The Third Trumpet: Wormwood Falls into the Fresh Water – Revelation 8:10-11 . Over at Reading Acts, Phil Long co...

Faghfoury (ed), Ancient Iranian Numismatics

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Ancient Iranian Numismatics . Notice of a New Book: Faghfoury, Mostafa (ed.). 2020. Ancient Iranian Numismatics: In M...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Schäfer, Two Gods in Heaven

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NEWLY TRANSLATED BOOK FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS: Two Gods in Heaven: Jewish Concepts of God in Antiquity . Peter Schäfer. Translated...

A Temple Mount Sifting Project discovery

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THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT BLOG: PASSOVER UPDATE . The staff are still stifting at an appropriate social distance. And they have found...

Safed spells to protect from plagues

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APOTROPAIC MAGIC: Prayers, amulets and spells to ward off plagues The sages of Safed created amulets, the Jews of Italy wrote prayers and o...

Ancient recipes

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Recipes from the BAR Test Kitchen. Ancient dishes from biblical times to cook and enjoy . Download Recipes from the BA...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Shedding light on Isaiah 53:11

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THE ETC BLOG: “He will see light” in Isaiah 53:11 (John Meade). A good analysis of the text-critical evidence for a striking and probably o...

Review of Spittler (ed.), The narrative self in early Christianity

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BYRN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The narrative self in early Christianity: essays in honor of Judith Perkins . Judith Perkins, Janet E. Spittler,...

The second trumpet

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I WAS EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: The Second Trumpet: A Mountain Thrown Into The Sea – Revelation 8:8-9 . Over at the Reading Acts...

Did that Western Wall ceremony violate social distancing rules?

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Prays at Western Wall in Violation of Coronavirus Guidelines. The prayer in which Ambassador ...