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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Archaeologically authentic opera

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Actual Palace of Herod Antipas Stars in Opera. An authentic section of Machaerus is part of set design for staging of ...

The Masorah of the Leningrad Codex in BHS

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Introduction to the Masorah | The Masorah of the Leningrad Codex in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) Edition (D...

Wagner-Durand & Linke (eds.), Tales of Royalty

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: Tales of Royalty Notions of Kingship in Visual and Textual Narration in the Ancient Near East Edited by: Elisab...

What does holy and treasured mean?

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DR. RABBI MICHAEL MARMUR: Israel, God’s Chosen People? (TheTorah.com). In Deuteronomy, YHWH chooses Israel to be his holy ( kadosh ) and tr...
Friday, September 18, 2020

Rosh HaShanah 2020

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HAPPY NEW YEAR ( ROSH HASHANAH - Jewish New Year 5781) to all those celebrating. The New Year begins tonight at sundown. Stay safe! Last ...

Pagan imagery in late-antique synagogues

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DECORATIVE ART: The Metamorphosis of the Sun God in Ancient Synagogues in Israel. What are the zodiac and other images doing in those basti...

Ancient inkwell discovered at Gush Etzion

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ARTIFACT: 2nd Temple era inkwell found in Gush Etzion. Archaeological find strengthens hypothesis of high literacy rates among population o...

Superheroes

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Superheroes of Old. Heroic tales from the Bible to today (John Drummond). This BHD essay summarizes an article by Nic...
Thursday, September 17, 2020

The early Rosh HaShanah

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PROF. KAREL VAN DER TOORN: Rosh Hashanah with the Early Israelites (TheTorah.com). The New Year was celebrated on the festival of ingatheri...

Dinars and Dirhams - numismatic Bates Festschrift

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Dinars and Dirhams . Notice of a New Book: Daryaee, Touraj, Judith A. Lerner & Virginie C. Rey (eds.). 2020. Dina...

More on that Phoenician wine press

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PHOENICIAN WATCH: 2,600-year-old Phoenician winery discovered on Lebanese coast. The site itself was well-preserved, offering a window into...

Pietsch & Rösel (eds.), Hebräisch (5th ed.)

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: Hebräisch Hebrew: Instruction in Biblical Hebrew Grammar Biblisch-Hebräische Unterrichtsgrammatik Edited by: M...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Friedman reviews Sabar, Veritas

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ANOTHER REVIEW: The Professor and the Con Man (Matti Friedman, Jewish Review of Books). Background on Ariel Sabar's book, Veritas , a...

Don't pick a fight with an elephant

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REGICIDE FAIL: THE WEIRDEST DEATHS FROM ANCIENT HISTORY (S. FLANNAGAN, Grunge). Some pretty weird deaths are involved here, but the one tha...

Who were the wood choppers and water drawers?

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DR. WENDY LOVE ANDERSON: Israel’s Wood Choppers and Water Drawers (TheTorah.com). Moses extends the covenant to all of Israel, “from the he...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Petra once more

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NABATEAN (NABATAEAN) WATCH: Petra lost and found. In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose ...

De Gruyter's Handbook of Stemmatology

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THE ETC BLOG: New Open Access Handbook of Stemmatology (Peter Gurry). For the textual critics among you. Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the ...

The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Quinta

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Introduction to the Masorah | The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) (David Marcus). Ancient Jew Review is pleased...

Vintage Phoenicians

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PHOENICIAN WATCH: 2,600-year-old wine ‘factory’ unearthed in Lebanon. The oldest press found in the country was used by ancient Phoenicians...
Monday, September 14, 2020

SBL/AAR 2020 is going full virtual

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IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD: THE SBL & AAR MEETINGS ARE GOING ONLINE IN 2020 (NSEA Blog). I am participating in a MEGA session int...