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Saturday, June 19, 2021

Fine (ed.), The Arch of Titus (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: The Arch of Titus From Jerusalem to Rome—and Back Editor: Steven Fine The Arch of Titus: From Jerusalem to Rom...

What William Ross is doing this summer

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WILLIAM ROSS: SUMMER ’21 UPDATE . Despite the pandemic, Dr. Ross remains busy with Septuagint-related activities and projects. Visit PaleoJu...

Yale Digital Dura-Europos Archive (YDEA)

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THE AWOL BLOG: Yale Digital Dura-Europos Archive (YDEA) . YDEA IS HARNESSING THE POWER OF LINKED OPEN DATA (LOD) TO REASSEMBLE AND RE-CONTEX...
Friday, June 18, 2021

Where did the Israelites cross into the Promised Land?

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HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY: Wadi Zered (Dr. David Ben-Gad HaCohen, TheTorah.com). Crossing Wadi Zered marks the end of Israel’s 38-year sojourn i...

Burnett on interpreting the New Testament through inscriptions

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Interpreting the New Testament Through Inscriptions: An Introduction (D. Clint Burnett). For more on Dr. Burnett and hi...

Review of Henderson & Thomas (eds.), The Loeb Classical Library and its progeny

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BRYN MAY CLASSICAL REVIEW: The Loeb Classical Library and its progeny . Jeffrey Henderson, Richard F. Thomas, The Loeb Classical Library and...

The archaeology of fingerprints?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Archaeological Forensics. What fingerprints on ancient pottery reveal about their creators (Marek Dospěl). To learn t...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Rising sea levels at Hellenistic Dor

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ANCIENT CLIMATOLOGY: Israel sea level rose 2 m. in Hellenistic period, could explain decline. "We do not know of such an increase in h...

Maqdala artifacts to be repatriated to Ethiopia

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ETHIOPIC WATCH: Looted Maqdala objects—pulled from rural English auction at the last minute—will be returned to Ethiopia. Busby auction hou...

Talmud Yerushalmi Zoom Seminar

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H-JUDAIC: Invitation: Talmud Yerushalmi Zoom Seminar, Netanya Academic College . The Jewish Heritage Center at Netanya Academic College has ...

Harris, The Forgotten Sage (Cascade)

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RECENT BOOK FROM WIPF AND STOCK: The Forgotten Sage Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah and the Birth of Judaism as We Know It by Maurice D. Harr...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

John J. Collins is retiring

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YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL: Professor John Collins looks back on stellar academic career (Timothy Cahill). Best wishes to Professor Collins for a...

Circumcision conference with Edinburgh New College

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ZOOM EVENT announced by ChristianOrigins : We are excited to announce our forthcoming conference: Circumcision, Gender, and Ethnicity in Anc...

Hannibal's nemesis

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PUNIC WATCH: Rome’s Greatest General: Who Was Scipio Africanus? Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus was a Roman general and statesman who sa...

Borgen, Illuminations by Philo of Alexandria (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Illuminations by Philo of Alexandria: Selected Studies on Interpretation in Philo, Paul and the Revelation of John Se...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Ezekiel's Merkavah anniversary 2021

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TODAY IS THE 5TH OF TAMUZ, the anniversary of Ezekiel's Merkavah Vision: Tuesday, 5 Tammuz, 5781 June 15, 2021 . Jewish History Ezekie...

Hebrew Bible job at the Harvard Divinity School

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RECEIVED FROM THE HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL: HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL May 2021 Position in Hebrew Bible Harvard University’s Faculty ...

The lost Roman altar on Mount Gerizim

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THE AWOL BLOG: Open Access Articles in the Journal of Roman Archaeology . One article is of particular interest: A Roman altar on Mount Geri...

Willi, Roman Writing Equipment

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THE ETC BLOG: Roman Writing Equipment (Peter M. Head). A new e-book by Anna Willi from The LatinNow Project. Good to know. Visit PaleoJudai...
Monday, June 14, 2021

More on that evil-eye amulet

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NAUGHTY APOTROPAIC AMULET: New Discovery Highlights How Jews and Christians Were Once Naughty with Magic (Candida Moss, Daily Beast/Yahoo N...