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Saturday, April 03, 2021

The Harrowing of Hell

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THE ANXIOUS BENCH: Holy Saturday and the Harrowing of Hell (Philip Jenkins). Cross-file under New Testament Apocrypha Watch. To see just ho...

God's kisses

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PUCKER UP: The Kiss - From Metaphor to Mysticism (Prof.Joel Hecker, TheTorah.com). "Oh, let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth…...

Gordon et al., Beyond Priesthood (De Gruyter, Open Access)

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OPEN-ACCESS BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: Beyond Priesthood Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators in the Roman Empire Contributor(s) Gordon, ...

Review of Ward, The rise of the early Christian intellectual

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The rise of the early Christian intellectual . Lewis Ayres, H. Clifton Ward, The rise of the early Christian int...
Friday, April 02, 2021

Gorgias Series: Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages

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THE HUGOYE LIST: Invitation for submission to Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages Dear all, It is my pleasure to announce yo...

Kelly, Prophets, Prophecy, and Oracles in the Roman Empire (Routledge)

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NEW IN PAPERBACK FROM ROUTLEDGE: Prophets, Prophecy, and Oracles in the Roman Empire Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman Cultures By L...

Movie Moses

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CINEMA: For Passover: Fourteen Video Clips Of Moses From Different Movies (Jeff Dunetz, The Lid, reprinted at the Jewish Press). I have ...

Biblical Studies Carnival #181

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THE AMATEUR EXEGETE: Biblical Studies Carnival #181 (March 2021) . Surprisingly, this post has no reference to the two new books arguing fo...
Thursday, April 01, 2021

8 facts about the Flavian dynasty

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THE COLLECTOR: Who Were the Flavian Emperors? (8 Facts). The Flavian Emperors ruled Rome for only 27 years, but the impact of their brief d...

JQR Winter 2021

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H-JUDAIC: ToC: Jewish Quarterly Review Winter 2021 . Most of the articles deal with relatively modern matters. But there is an article by Re...

Professional pilgrim graffiti in Church of the Holy Sepulcher?

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: 3D imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre 'graffiti' (Reuters). Video essay with transcription. Imaging technolog...

The Holy Sepulcher: quarry, temple, churches

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Investigating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 5 transformations of the site of the Holy Sepulchre (Megan Souter). I...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Stahl, The “God of Israel” in History and Tradition (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: The “God of Israel” in History and Tradition Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 187 Author: Michael J...

Chauchot, John the Baptist as a Rewritten Figure in Luke-Acts (Routledge)

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NEW BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE: John the Baptist as a Rewritten Figure in Luke-Acts By Christina Michelsen Chauchot Copyright Year 2021 ...

BHD Passover and Last Supper essays

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FOR PASSOVER, Bible History Daily is re-publishing some related essays. I have already noted most of them a couple of years ago in this post...

On the provenance and authenticity of the Sappho papyri

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VARIANT READINGS: The Retraction of Dirk Obbink’s Sappho Chapter and the Question of Authenticity . Brent Nongbri brings us up to date on th...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Perspectives on Preexistence in Early Judaism and Early Christianity (German, Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Perspektiven zur Präexistenz im Frühjudentum und frühen Christentum. Herausgegeben von Jörg Frey, Friederike K...

Berenike meets the Mail

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EXCAVATION ILLUSTRATED: Volcanic eruption sparked a severe drought in an ancient Egyptian port city some 2,100 years ago that forced residen...

Why did Joshua have to circumcise the Israelites?

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DR. RABBI DAVID FRANKEL: Why Didn’t the Israelites Circumcise in the Wilderness? (TheTorah.com). Joshua circumcises the Israelites only upo...

Rasmussen's Easter photo-posts

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AT THE HOLY LAND PHOTOS' BLOG, Carl Rasmussen has been re-posting some Easter-related posts which are also of interest for first-century...