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Saturday, July 25, 2020

Outdoor archaeological exhibition in Old City

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180 ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY: New outdoor archaeological exhibit inaugurated in Jerusalem’s Old City. The exhibition, which stands on Hayehudim...

Abstracta Iranica

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THE AWOL BLOG: Open Access Journal: Abstracta Iranica . This journal provides abstracts in French of many scholarly articles on Iran, dealin...

Nazarenes and Christians and Baptists, oh my!

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THE ANXIOUS BENCH: Nazarenes and Christians and Baptists (Philip Jenkins). SPOILER ALERT: Despite my title, this blogpost is not about the ...

Cook & Rösel (eds.),Toward a Theology of the Septuagint

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Toward a Theology of the Septuagint: Stellenbosch Congress on the Septuagint, 2018 Johann Cook (Editor), Martin Rö...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Grim times for Israel's archaeology

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IT'S LOOKING VERY BAD: Another victim of the coronavirus in Israel: archaeological excavations. “Usually around this time we would have...

More on efforts to save that ancient Galilean mikveh

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ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE AT RISK: Discovery of ancient ritual bath spurs nearby kibbutz to try to save it. Kibbutz Hannaton is spearheading a f...

Og - giant or ghost?

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PROF. LAURA QUICK: Og, King of Bashan: Underworld Ruler or Ancient Giant? (TheTorah.com). The answer lies in his bed. For lots of PaleoJuda...

Who are the seven kings?

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READING ACTS: Who are the Kings in Revelation 17? Phil Long continues his blog series on the Book of Revelation, now on the final seven vis...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

Closing in on Cleopatra's tomb?

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ARCHAEOLOGY: Cleopatra's final resting place: Mummies of two high-status Egyptians discovered in an ancient temple on the Nile delta add...

Interview with Nazareth excavator

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PODCAST INTERVIEW: LISTEN: What do we know about Nazareth in Jesus’ time? An archaeologist explains. From tax evasion to hidey-holes, IAA e...

The Phinehas Scroll?

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RECONSTRUCTION: The War Against Midian: A Study for How the Priestly Torah Was Compiled (Dr. Ariel Kopilovitz, TheTorah.com). In revenge fo...

Review of Fides in Flavian literature (ed. Augoustakis et al.)

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Fides in Flavian literature . Antony Augoustakis, Emma Buckley, Claire Stocks, Fides in Flavian literature. Tor...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Iron Age administrative center excavated near Jerusalem

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ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY: Huge Kingdom of Judah government complex found near US Embassy in Jerusalem. Among the 2,700-year-old finds: 120...

Palmyra: a Scottish adventure

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PALMYRA WATCH: Almost 100 years on, family find grandfather's fascinating account of 1920s journey across Syrian desert (Angela McManus...

Profile of a Syrian epigrapher

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GREEK AND NORTHWEST SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY: Malatius Jaghnoon, is a unique Syrian epigrapher (Amal Farhat, Syria Times). Malatius Jibriel Jaghno...

Essays in Honor of Professor Stefan C. Reif (ed. Calduch-Benages et al.)

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: On Wings of Prayer Sources of Jewish Worship; Essays in Honor of Professor Stefan C. Reif on the Occasion of his ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Suprise Sasson Festschrift

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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY: Colleagues surprise Vanderbilt Divinity scholar Jack Sasson with special ‘gift’ (Ann Marie Deer Owens). Thirty-five ...

COGAT seizes baptismal font near Bethlehem

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APPREHENDED ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE? IDF returns 5th century stolen baptismal font to original site in Tekoa. COGAT Archaeological Unit says t...

What did the Romans ever do for Palmyra?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Latin Over Aramaic? How the Ancient Palmyrenes Responded to Romanization . As usual, this BHD essay is a summary of a ...

Seven last visions

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READING ACTS: The Final Visions: Revelation 17-22 . Phil Long continues his blog series on the Book of Revelation. We have seven visions to ...