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Saturday, August 08, 2020

The statue, the golden calf, and the stone?

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DR. NAAMA GOLAN: The Statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream and the Golden Calf (TheTorah.com). Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a statue made of four m...

What made Alexander so great?

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NUMISMATICS: CoinWeek Podcast #140: What Made Alexander Great? (Mike Markowiz). The headline made me think of this old Far Side cartoon ...

Wordplay in Genesis

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Wordplay in Genesis (Philip D. Stern). With suggested connections with Arabic, Akkadian, and Sumerian. Visit PaleoJud...

New highlights from the Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies

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THE CSCO BLOG: New entries to the Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies . (Matthew Novenson). Dr. Novenson lists the new entries in this post. ...
Friday, August 07, 2020

Moodle Midrash and Pandemic Pedagogy

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Moodle Midrash (Daniel Picus). A few weeks before the class was slated to begin in late March, my institution went enti...

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz z'l'

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SAD NEWS: Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, noted Talmudic scholar, dies at 83. The rabbi, who is best known for translating the Talmud into modern He...

Comfort in Deutero-Isaiah

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PROF. FRANCIS LANDY: The Prologue to Deutero-Isaiah (TheTorah.com). “Comfort, oh comfort My people,” says your God, נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ עַמִּי ...

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies

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THE AWOL BLOG: Open Access Journal: Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies . A quick skim through some recent issues turned up a number of arti...
Thursday, August 06, 2020

More from McGrath on Gnostic origins

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RELIGION PROF: Talk Gnosis: The Origins of Gnosticism . James McGrath links to an episode of Talk Gnosis in which he discusses his views abo...

Review of Praying and contemplating in late antiquity (ed. Pachoumi & Edwards)

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Praying and contemplating in late antiquity: religious and philosophical interactions Eleni Pachoumi, Mark J. Ed...

The Qur'an on the direction of prayer

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DR. ABDULLA GALADARI: The Quran’s Lesson from the Shema: Direct Your Heart to God (TheTorah.com). The Quran makes multiple intertextual con...

Woes unto Babylon!

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READING ACTS: Three Woes against Babylon – Revelation 18:9-20 .  Phil Long continues his blog series on the Book of Revelation, now on the ...
Wednesday, August 05, 2020

VR reconstructions of ancient sites

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THE NEXT BEST THING TO BEING THERE: Ruined Unesco sites virtually rebuilt before your very eyes! From Jerusalem to Iraq, digital wizardry re...

Online lecture on the earliest Coptic books

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VARIANT READINGS: Upcoming Talk on Coptic Books . Brent Nongbri is presenting the lecture tomorrow, 6 August, on Zoom. Follow the link for a...

Rabbi Steinsaltz hospitalized

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SENDING ALL GOOD WISHES AND STRENGTH: Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz hospitalized, in critical condition. The 83-year-old scholar, ...

Tu B'Av 2020

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THE FESTIVAL OF TU B'AV began yesterday evening at sundown. Best wishes to all those celebrating. Tu B'Av (which just means the 1...
Tuesday, August 04, 2020

Video reconstruction of the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE

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RITMEYER ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESIGN: The Roman destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD . Belatedly for Tisha B'Av: Leen Ritmeyer n...

Outdoor exhibit on ancient Ashkelon

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EXHIBITION: New outdoor exhibit showcases rich history of ancient Ashkelon. Ashkelon has over 3,800 years of history (Rossella Tercatin, J...

Enoch Seminar on John the Baptist

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RELIGION PROF: Enoch Seminar Nangeroni Meeting on John the Baptist . James McGrath highlights another upcoming online Enoch Seminar event. I...

Israelite and Persian Perspectives on Babylon’s Great Monuments (BASONOVA lecture)

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Israelite and Persian Perspectives on Babylon’s Great Monuments: The Tower of Babel and the Ishtar Gate . Notice of an ...