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Saturday, June 26, 2021

Josephus and the standards

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LAUDATOR TEMPORIS ACTI: Standards (Michael Gilleland). All the things about ancient Roman military standards (i.e., banners). Visit PaleoJ...

Yip, Ezekiel's Message of Hope and Restoration (De Gruyter)

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: Hei Yin Yip Ezekiel's Message of Hope and Restoration Redaction-Critical Study of Ezekiel 1–7 In...

Starr, Toward a History of Jewish Thought: The Soul, Resurrection, and the Afterlife (Wipf & Stock)

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RECENT BOOK FROM WIPF AND STOCK: Toward a History of Jewish Thought The Soul, Resurrection, and the Afterlife by Zachary Alan Starr Im...
Friday, June 25, 2021

Mystical creation theology

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PROF. RABBI ARTHUR GREEN: Making Kiddush: Mysticism in the Age of Science (TheTorah.com). The Torah describes God creating through speech, ...

Russia's restorations of Palmyra

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PALMYRA WATCH: Russia gains foothold in Syria’s Palmyra through archaeological restoration. Russia has begun a project to rehabilitate Syri...

Anabasis on the Arkasid world

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: The Arsakid World (Anabasis, 10) . Volume 10 (2019) of Anabasis. Studia Classica et Orientalia is now out. This is a...

Lightstone, In the Seat of Moses (Cascade)

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RECENT BOOK FROM WIPF AND STOCK (CASCADE): In the Seat of Moses An Introductory Guide to Early Rabbinic Legal Rhetoric and Literary Conve...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures

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THE AWOL BLOG: Open Access Journal: Journal of Hebrew Scriptures . I mention this journal from time to time. This is a good excuse to do so ...

Cambridge lectures on ancient Jerusalem

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BIBLE PLACES BLOG: Cambridge Symposium Lectures Online (Todd Bolen). A number of lectures related to the archaeology of Jerusalem have now ...

Review of Sokol, The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave (Koren)

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TALMUD WATCH:: Miraculous Tales of Ancient Judaism Dissected (By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin, San Diego Jewish World). The title of Sokol’s boo...

Liebman, The Evolution of Love (Wipf & Stock)

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NEW BOOK FROM WIPF AND STOCK: The Evolution of Love Theology and Morality in Ancient Judaism by Sheldon W. Liebman Imprint: Wipf and...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

A new inscription of Pharaoh Hophra

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EGYPTIAN EPIGRAPHY: Biblical-era Egyptian stele discovered by farmer. The stele is accredited to the reign of the pharaoh Apries and may di...

Witte et al. (eds.), Torah, Temple, Land (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Torah, Temple, Land. Constructions of Judaism in Antiquity. Edited by Markus Witte, Jens Schröter, and Verena ...

Blackpool's "Chariots of the Gods" theme park canceled

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Blackpool project drops Chariots of the Gods. There will not be a Chariots of the Gods theme park within the new Blackpool Central project ...

The Conversation: McGrath on the Mandeans

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MANDEAN (MANDAEAN) WATCH: This tiny minority of Iraqis follows an ancient Gnostic religion – and there's a chance they could be your nei...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

More Nero reviews

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THE REVIEWS OF THE NERO EXHIBITION AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM KEEP COMING IN. Here are two more. Both noted courtesy of Rogue Classicism . What ...

Staples, The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism (CUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identi...

There was a Jewish Sasanian queen?

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Exilarchal Propaganda and Zoroastrians in Tenth- to Eleventh-Century Baghdad . Notice of an article by Simcha Gross i...
Monday, June 21, 2021

Berkson & Fisch (trans.), Pirke Avot (JPS 2010)

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NOTABLE BOOK FROM THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY: Pirke Avot Timeless Wisdom for Modern Life William Berkson Translated by William Ber...

A (former) demoniac but not a prostitute and not Jesus' wife

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Was Mary Magdalene Wife of Jesus? Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute? How did her reputation evolve “from saint to sinner...