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Saturday, July 03, 2021

Bezzel & Kratz (eds.) David in the Desert (De Gruyter)

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: David in the Desert Tradition and Redaction in the “History of David’s Rise" In: Beihefte zur Zeitschrif...

The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers (CUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers Part of Cambridge Companions to Religion EDITO...
Friday, July 02, 2021

Stefan Reif on his autobiography

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INTERVIEW: The scholar who defied odds to unveil the treasures of the Cairo Genizah - Book Review. Stefan Reif brings post-World War II Edi...

Useful info for time-traveling bibliophiles

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VARIANT READINGS: Buying Books in Rome circa 86 CE . With the help of Martial, Brent Nongbri has located not one, but two bookshops in first...

Atonement without blood?

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PROF. MARC ZVI BRETTLER, PROF. AMY-JILL LEVINE: Is Atonement Possible Without Blood? A Jewish-Christian Divide (TheTorah.com). Blood has a ...

Biblical Studies Carnival 184

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ZWINGLIUS REDIVIVUS: It’s The ‘Year is Half Over and You Haven’t Done Much With it Yet’ Biblical Studies Carnival (Jim West). Thanks for th...
Thursday, July 01, 2021

Preview of Ahuvia, On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Publication Preview | On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel . Mika Ahuvia, On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel: An...

Stroumsa, The Idea of Semitic Monotheism (OUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Idea of Semitic Monotheism The Rise and Fall of a Scholarly Myth Guy G. Stroumsa Descri...

Yoo & Watts, Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution (Routledge)

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NEW BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE: Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution By Yohan Yoo, James W. Watts Copyright Year 2021 ...

Nelson (trans.), Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai (JPS 2006)

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NOTABLE BOOK FROM THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai Translated and explicated by W. David Nelson Edwar...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

The four tiers of Paul

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Quest for the Historical Paul. James Tabor considers Biblical and external accounts of the apostle . Baur put his ...

The masculinities of Paul

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Becoming a Man: The Apostle Paul and Masculinity (Grace Emmett). Grace Emmett, “Becoming a Man: Un/Manly Self-Presentat...

Temple sites in Iron Age Transjordan

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: Temples and Cult Places in Iron Age Transjordan (Margreet L. Steiner). But what was the situation across the R...

Scrolling

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VARIANT READINGS: The Vocabulary of Reading a Papyrus Roll (Brent Nongbri). It's harder than you'd think. Visit PaleoJudaica daily ...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Review of NICOT Commentary on Nahum, Habakkuk, & Zephaniah

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READING ACTS: Thomas Renz, The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (NICOT) (Phil Long). Renz, Thomas. The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and...

The Society for Late Antiquity

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THE AWOL BLOG: Society for Late Antiquity . With lots of print and online resources. Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient...
Monday, June 28, 2021

Tel Agol and Amos' earthquake

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I WAS EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: Israel’s Earthquake, 8th Century B.C.E. (Nurit Feig, TheTorah.com). Amos and Zechariah mention ...

The ancient coin market

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NUMISMATICS: Four Reasons the Ancient Coin Market is Complicated (Tyler Rossi, CoinWeek). You may or may not be interested in the headline ...

Heller, Shul Going (Wipf & Stock)

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RECENT BOOK FROM WIFP AND STOCK: Shul Going 2500 Years of Impressions and Reflections on Visits to the Synagogue by Charles Heller Imp...

Teigen, A Manichaean Church at Kellis (Brill, open access)

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NEW OPEN-ACCESS BOOK FROM BRILL: A Manichaean Church at Kellis Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, Volume: 100 Author: Håkon Fi...