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Saturday, September 26, 2020

Review of Weksler-Bdolah, Aelia Capitolina

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Aelia Capitolina – Jerusalem in the Roman period: in light of archaeological research . Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah, ...

The New Testament Gospels in Manichaean Tradition (ed. Larsen & Leurini)

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: The New Testament Gospels in Manichaean Tradition . Notice of a New Book: Pedersen, N. A. R. Falkenberg, J. M. Larsen...

The full Gospel of Thomas

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Gospel of Thomas’s 114 Sayings of Jesus . If you don't have a full translation of the Gospel of Thomas in your...

Gruen, Ethnicity in the Ancient World

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: Erich S. Gruen Ethnicity in the Ancient World – Did it matter? De Gruyter | 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15...
Friday, September 25, 2020

Jews under Byzantine rule

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HISTORY: How did Jews get by under Byzantine rule? A look at surprising Jewish pastimes in past times (Alex Winston, Jerusalem Post). An i...

The scapegoat and the crimson thread

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YOM KIPPUR IS COMING: Scapegoat: The Origins of the Crimson Thread (Dr.Noga Ayali-Darshan, TheTorah.com). During the Second Temple period, ...

The masthead from a late-antique shipwreck

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MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY: Rare masthead from ancient shipwreck found in northern Israel. Each artifact yielded information which can help unravel...

HB/JS job at UBC

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ACADEMIC POST: Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies (Assistant Professor, tenure-track) . The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

More Syriac manuscripts recovered in Iraq

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APPREHENDED: Iraq: dozens of Christian manuscripts stolen by ISIS recovered in Mosul. The historical artefacts were stolen from a church an...

Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (ed. Novenson)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 180 Editor: Matt...

Aelia Capitolina

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HERITAGE DAILY: Aelia Capitolina – Roman Jerusalem . A historical survey, with archaeological etc. photos. Aelia Capitolina was the Roman ...

BAJS Annual Book Prize 2020 and 2021

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THE BAJS Annual Book Prize has announced that it is opening soon. BAJS is pleased to announce that the 2021 BAJS Book Prize competition wil...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Late-antique Syriac mosaics excavated in Turkey church

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EPIGRAPHY AND DECORATIVE ART: Mosaics in ancient church in southeastern Turkey unearthed (Daily Sabah). The church was reportedly built at ...

The Masorah of the (printed ed.) Cairo Codex of the Prophets

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Introduction to the Masorah | The Masorah of the Cairo Codex of the Prophets in Perez-Castro's Printed Edition (Dav...

Sogdian publications

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Publications on Sogdian . For the Sogdian language and why PaleoJudaica cares about it, see here . For past posts on ...

Dahlén (ed.), Achaemenid Anatolia (open-access book)

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THE AWOL BLOG: Achaemenid Anatolia: Persian Presence and Impact in the Western Satrapies 546–330 BC. Proceedings of an International Symposi...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Boccaccini, Paul’s Three Paths to Salvation

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NEW BOOK FROM EERDMANS: Paul’s Three Paths to Salvation Gabriele Boccaccini Foreword by David Bentley Hart HARDCOVER; Coming Soon: 9/29...

Wizard battles and demon circles in MNTA2

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NEW TESTAMENT APOCRYPHA WATCH: Wizard battles and demon circles revealed in newly translated Christian texts (Owen Jarus, Live Science). Mr...

"Passion" sequel is still on

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CINEMA FRANCHISE RESURRECTION: 'Passion of the Christ' sequel still in development as Jim Caviezel teases 'the biggest film in w...

Chicago Assyrian Dictionary online

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THE AWOL BLOG: The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD) . The CAD was completed in 2011. For p...