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Saturday, February 13, 2021

Judeo-Arabic travelers' checks?

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PROF. RABBI PHIL LIEBERMAN: Suftaja and the Laws of Interest in a Post-Biblical Economy (TheTorah.com). The Torah’s prohibition against loa...

More on the "Return to Palmyra" exhibition.

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PALMYRA WATCH: ‘Return to Palmyra’ celebrates Syrian ancient city’s legacy. Dive into the remarkable history of the ancient city of Palmyra...

Adams et al. (eds.), Sirach and Its Contexts (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Sirach and Its Contexts The Pursuit of Wisdom and Human Flourishing Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Stud...

Dell, The Solomonic Corpus of 'Wisdom' and Its Influence (OUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Solomonic Corpus of 'Wisdom' and Its Influence Katharine J. Dell A bringing together ...
Friday, February 12, 2021

Allen et al. (eds.), Passion, Persecution, and Epiphany in Early Jewish Literature (Routledge)

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NEW BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE: Passion, Persecution, and Epiphany in Early Jewish Literature Edited By Nicholas Peter Legh Allen, Pierre J. Jo...

The Septuagint: "Let the Wrong One In?"

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THE ANXIOUS BENCH: To Trap Him in His Words (Philip Jenkins). The Gospel of Matthew used the LXX of Psalm 91 to demonize the Pharisees. Plu...

Reports: road works damage Mount Ebal altar complex

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LEEN RITMEYER: The destruction of the site of Joshua’s altar on Mount Ebal . There have been reports, with video, of damage to the site in r...

Satlow on Ben Sira and wine

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VIDEO: Ben Sira and Wine (Michael Satlow). Note also the announcement of his recent commentary on Ben Sira in the Jewish Annotated Apocryph...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Review of Westerfeld, Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Book Note | Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination (Chance E. Bonar). Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld, Egyptia...

Sarkhosh & Magub, Rivalling Rome: Parthian coins and culture (Spink)

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Parthian Coins and Culture . Notice of a New Book: Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh & Alexandra Magub. 2020. Rivalling Rome...

James Aitken lectures on the LXX

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THE ETC BLOG: Grinfield Lectures on the Septuagint (Peter Head). The famous and learned James K. Aitken, Reader in Hebrew and Early Jewish ...

Happy belated International LXX Day!

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WILLIAM ROSS: INTERNATIONAL LXX DAY 2021: THE UPCOMING GRINFIELD LECTURES . In case you are wondering, since this post does not seem to say,...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Antoninus Pius coin found during IDF training exercise

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NUMISMATICS: Rare 1800-Year-Old Roman coin found on southern Carmel. The coin bears the head of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. Very few ...

Still more Shanks memorials

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NEW OBITUARIES FOR HERSHEL SHANKS: Hershel Shanks served biblical archaeology with joy (Suzanne Singer, Times of Israel Blogs) Dead Sea S...

Khaled al-Asaad's body recovered?

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PALMYRA WATCH: Syria 'finds body of archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad beheaded by IS' (BBC). State media reported that his body was tho...

On the Iraqi Jewish Archives

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IRAQI JEWISH ARCHIVES WATCH: The Iraqi Jewish Archives. Lost and Found…and LOST? 52 years ago, 9 Jews were hanged in Baghdad. Today, their ...
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

Soldier's payslip from the siege of Masada

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LATIN EPIGRAPHY: Ancient soldier's payslip, found during excavation of 1,900-year-old Roman Empire camp in Israel, reveals the infantrym...

More Shanks memorials

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NEW OBITUARIES FOR HERSHEL SHANKS: Hershel Shanks, who made biblical archaeology widely available, dies. (Yonat Shimron, Religion News Ser...

Happy international Greek Language Day!

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TIME TO PARTY: February 9, Celebrating International Greek Language Day (Greek City Times). February 9 has officially been declared as Inte...

Reynolds, John among the Apocalypses (OUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: John among the Apocalypses Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the 'Apocalyptic' Gospel ...