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Saturday, April 17, 2021

Heyden et al (eds.), Jerusalem II: Jerusalem in Roman-Byzantine Times (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Jerusalem II: Jerusalem in Roman-Byzantine Times. Edited by Katharina Heyden and Maria Lissek with the assista...

Review of Kraemer, The Mediterranean diaspora in late antiquity

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The Mediterranean diaspora in late antiquity . Ross Shepard Kraemer, The Mediterranean diaspora in late antiquit...

9 Facts about Hannibal

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PUNIC WATCH: Hannibal Barca: 9 Facts About The Great General’s Life & Career. One of the greatest generals ever seen, Hannibal Barca, c...

Jensen, The Greco-Persian Wars (Hackett)

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: The Greco-Persian Wars . Notice of a New Book: Jensen, Erik. 2021. The Greco-Persian Wars: A Short History with Docum...
Friday, April 16, 2021

New Perspectives in Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew (ed. Hornkohl & Khan; Open Book)

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NEW BOOK FROM OPEN BOOK PUBLISHERS: New Perspectives in Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew Aaron D. Hornkohl and Geoffrey Khan (eds) Paperbac...

Amun Amen?

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AFP FACT CHECK: ‘Amen’ is of Hebrew, not Egyptian, origin (Natalie Wade). Facebook posts claim the word “amen” is derived from the ancient ...

Review of Dabrowa, Camps, campaigns, colonies

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Camps, campaigns, colonies. Roman military presence in Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and the Near East . Edward Dabrowa...

Excavating in the plague year: ‘Auja el-Foqa

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Excavating ‘Auja el-Foqa. 4 Questions for the Dig Directors of ‘Auja el-Foqa, an ancient Israelite fortress in the Jor...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

A Canaanite "missing link?"

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PALEOGRAPHY: Canaanite Inscription Found in Israel Is ‘Missing Link’ in Alphabet’s History. The tiny inscribed pottery shard unearthed at L...

Pure leprosy?

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PROF. ALBERT I. BAUMGARTEN: The Tzaraʿat Paradox (TheTorah.com). Why is partially infected skin impure but fully infected skin pure? Mary D...

Oedipal Judas?

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Translating the Traitor: A Medieval Life of Judas (Brandon W. Hawk). . Such a complicated textual tradition is not alto...

Hector Avalos, 1958-2021

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SAD NEWS: Hector Avalos has Died (Jim West, Zwinglius Redividus). Via Jack Sasson- Hector Avalos, Professor of Religious Studies at Iowa S...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

When is a jug leprous in Leviticus?

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PROF. MARTHA HIMMELFARB: Priests & Rabbis Determine Ritual Reality (TheTorah.com). The Torah allows the removal of vessels from a house...

The reception of Semiramis

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Semiramis: From Antiquity to the Modern Times . Notice of a New Book: Droß-Krüpe, Kerstin. 2020. Semiramis, de qua in...

Review of Memories of utopia: the revision of histories and landscapes in Late Antiquity (ed. Bronwen & Simic),

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Memories of utopia: the revision of histories and landscapes in Late Antiquity . Bronwen Neil, Kosta Simic, Memo...

Was the Flood futile?

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IS THAT IN THE BIBLE? Noah’s Flood: Competing Visions of a Mesopotamian Tradition . Paul Davidson surveys the J and P strata of the Genesis ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

On the More New Testament Apocrypha Project

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: More New Testament Apocrypha? Yes please (Tony Burke). This is an introduction to a series of upcoming AJR posts on Ne...

Review of Malik, The Nero-Antichrist

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The Nero-Antichrist: founding and fashioning a paradigm . Shushma Malik, The Nero-Antichrist: founding and fashi...

On the purchase of the Sappho papyri

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VARIANT READINGS: New Article on the (ex-)Green Collection Sappho Papyri . The article is by Museum of the Bible curator Brian Hyland in Ze...

The Ketef Hinnon silver scrolls

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: The Silver Scrolls (The Jewish Press). For many past PaleoJudaica posts on the silver amulets excavated at Ketef Hinno...