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Saturday, June 05, 2021

The Ark of the Covenant as Egyptian ritual furniture?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Ark of the Covenant in its Egyptian Context ( David A. Falk ). I noted the publication of Dr. Falk's book with...

The salads Goliath's ancestors ate

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CUNLIARY ARCHAEOLOGY: What kind of salads did the Canaanites eat? The researchers analyzed more than 3,500 plant finds and identified emmer...

Another review of Stanley, A Rooster for Asklepios

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THE BIBLE PLACES BLOG: Recommended: A Rooster for Asklepios . Todd Bolen reviews the book. As a scholar whose expertise is in the social and...

Punic tomb found in Zabbar, Malta

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PUNIC WATCH: Punic tomb discovered during water works in Zabbar (Malta Independent). There seems to be lots of Punic and Phoenician archaeo...
Friday, June 04, 2021

Fake and real news about the Shapira scroll affair

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SOME NINETEENTH CENTURY FAKE NEWS is debunked by Michael Press in a Twitter thread. Shapira didn't ask for £1,000,000. HT Rogue Classi...

Review of Schmalzgruber, Speaking animals in ancient literature

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Speaking animals in ancient literature . Hedwig Schmalzgruber, Speaking animals in ancient literature. Kalliope ...

Interview with BAR's new editor

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: 5 Questions: Meet BAR’s New Editor. Glenn J. Corbett became Editor of Biblical Archaeology Review in March, 2021 . Gl...

BAR Caption Contest

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Summer 2021 Caption Contest. Biblical Archaeology Review Summer 2021 Contest . "No John, it's carobs!" ...
Thursday, June 03, 2021

Hobby Lobby sues Dirk Obbink

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LITIGATION: Hobby Lobby Sues Oxford Professor Over Stolen Bible Artifacts. Facing separate criminal charges over the theft of ancient Egypt...

20 bizarre stories from A Most Peculiar Book

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THAT'S IN THE BIBLE? 20 of the most bizarre stories from the bible (Owen Jarus, Live Science). From a talking donkey to a man being eat...

Moses' Kushite wife

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PROF. SIDNIE WHITE CRAWFORD: Moses’ Black-Skinned Wife: What Does the Torah Think of Her? (TheTorah.com). Miriam and Aaron speak negativel...

Pirke Avot in the news

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MISHNAH WATCH: White House science adviser to be sworn in on a 500-year-old Jewish text. The minute we realized the question was values, we...
Wednesday, June 02, 2021

DSS "paperbacks?"

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ALGORITHM WATCH: Dead Sea Scrolls: 2,000 years ago Jews used biblical ‘paperbacks.’ (Rossella Tercatin, Jerusalem Post). Some 2,000 years ...

Litwa, How the Gospels Became History (Yale)

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RECENT BOOK FROM YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: How the Gospels Became History Jesus and Mediterranean Myths M. David Litwa A compelling comp...

Spatial arrangements in ancient Galilee

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Dissertation Spotlight | Religious Identity and Spatiality in Hasmonean and Herodian Galilee (Joseph Scales). Joseph Sc...

Biblical Studies Carnival 183

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THE LIBRARY MUSINGS: Biblical Studies Carnival # 183 (Bobby Howell). Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and th...
Tuesday, June 01, 2021

More non-invasive archaeology

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: A non-invasive procedure allows obtaining archaeological information without excavating (Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barce...

Berlin & Kosmin (eds.), The Middle Maccabees (SBL)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: The Middle Maccabees: Archaeology, History, and the Rise of the Hasmonean Kingdom Andrea M. Berlin, Paul J. Kos...

Berlejung, Divine Secrets and Human Imaginations (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FRO MOHR SIEBECK: Angelika Berlejung. Divine Secrets and Human Imaginations. Studies on the History of Religion and Anthropology o...

BAR letters, Summer 2021

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: More Queries & Comments, Summer 2021 . For more on and from the current issue of Biblical Archaeology Review , see ...