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Saturday, August 01, 2020

Dark on the archaeology of Nazareth

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THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION: The Archaeology of Nazareth in the Early First Century The combined evidence of these three sites indicates ...

Coins of Herod the Great

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NUMISMATICS: Coins of Herod the Great – CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series (Mike Markowitz). These are all small denomination coins. I have men...

Review of More New Testament Apocrypha 2

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READING ACTS: Tony Burke, ed. New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. 2: More Noncanonical Scriptures (Phil Long). Conclusion. As Burke observes in...

Seth Ehorn - Baylor LXX Handbook interview

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WILLIAM A. ROSS: THE NEW BAYLOR HANDBOOK ON THE SEPTUAGINT SERIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH SETH EHORN . For notice of Dr. Ross's previous in...
Friday, July 31, 2020

The two destructions of Jerusalem

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ONE MORE FOR TISHA B'AV: WATCH: Physical proof of twice razed and rebuilt ancient Jerusalem explained. For Tisha B’av, Israel Antiquiti...

Fire at Susya

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SUSPECTED ARSON: Major fire breaks out at Susya archaeological site in Hebron hills. The site features a unique 1,700 year-old synagogue. I...

Second-wave sifting straits

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THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT: THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT BETWEEN THE STRAITS . When life started to return to normality in the ear...

Bye bye Babylon

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READING ACTS: A Lament for Fallen Babylon – Revelation 18:1-3 . Phil Long continues his blog series on the Book of Revelation, now on the fi...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

More for Tisha B'Av

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THE NINTH OF AV (TISHA B'AV) is today, as already noted . Here are some additional articles: A mystery for Tisha B'Av. If conse...

Reviewlet of Jacobson, Agrippa II: the last of the Herods

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STRATEGYPAGE: Book Review: Agrippa II: The Last of the Herods (A. A. Nofi). by David M. Jacobson New York: Routledge, 2019. Pp. xxiv, 232...

Phoenician feud on Seleucid coins

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NUMISMATICS MEETS PHOENICIAN WATCH: TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES . At the Pocket Change blog, Oliver Hoover has an informative post on Phoenici...

Met relabels "amulet" as "phylactery"

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OOPS CORRECTED: So long, ‘amulet.’ Hello, ‘phylactery.’ The Met Museum has updated that tefillin description (Philissa Cramer, JTA Quick Re...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Tisha B'Av 2020

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TISHA B'AV (THE NINTH OF AV) begins this evening at sundown. An easy fast to all those observing it. The Ninth of Av is not specifica...

Sixth-century church (monastery?) excavated near Mount Tabor

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ARCHAEOLOGY: Large 6th century church compound uncovered near site of Jesus’ transfiguration. Israel Antiquities Authority salvage excavati...

Writer's Prize for Tigay's Shapira book

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CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. TIGAY: Journalist and SFSU professor Chanan Tigay wins Cowan literary prize for Biblical whodunnit (Laura Paull, Jew...

Vandalized ancient fort at Yehoram repaired

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VOLUNTEER RESTORATION: Yeroham residents help give 2,000-year-old archaeological site a makeover. A small fort, which served as a way stati...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Pip-counting, plague, and pyroclastics

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ARCHAEOBOTANY: Plague and climate change triggered a severe economic downturn in the Byzantine Empire 1,500 years ago, grape pips reveal (I...

When tattoos go bad

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RELIGION PROF: Vspph, Vphdph, Vphcph . James McGrath shares a photo-meme (via Meredith Warren) of a particularly unfortunate Greco-Latin t...

More on those mislabeled tefillin

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OOPS UPDATED: Twitter debate ensues after Metropolitan Museum of Art labels tefillin as Egyptian amulet (Marcy Oster, JTA). I suppose a p...

The de-anti-enthronement of the great prostitute

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READING ACTS: The Fall of the Great Prostitute – Revelation 17:15-18 . Phil Long continues his blog series on the Book of Revelation, now on...