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Saturday, August 28, 2021

Who was the first sinner?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Origin of Sin and Death in the Bible. Who sinned first—Adam or Cain? (Megan Sauter). What is the origin of sin an...

On the Cambridge Greek Lexicon

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LEXICOGRAPHY: Cambridge’s New Look at Ancient Greek: A 23-Year Project. F aculty lead on the Cambridge Greek Lexicon James Diggle says, ‘It...
Friday, August 27, 2021

Writing and scribes in ancient Israel

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: From Texts to Scribes: Evidence for Writing in Ancient Israel (Philip Zhakevich). But what about the act of wr...

Ritmeyer on Hellenistic Jerusalem & Temple Mount

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LEEN RITMEYER: Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in the Hellenistic period . Very informative. Cross-file under Temple Mount Watch. Visit Pale...

New PhD thesis on Targum Canticles

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ARAMAIC WATCH: Paul Moore has recently completed a doctoral thesis at University College London: Studies in the Language of Targum Canticles...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

The Sibyl's Cave in Cumae

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OLD TESTAMENT PSEUDEPIGRAPHA GEOGRAPHY? The Cave of the Sibyl. (Heritage Daily). HT Rogue Classicism . The Cave of the Sibyl is a subterra...

Porter (ed.), James Barr Assessed (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: James Barr Assessed Evaluating His Legacy over the Last Sixty Years Series: Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume:...

A Syriac liturgy in Cairo and China?

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THE GENIZA FRAGMENTS BLOG: Throwback Thursday: A surprise in Syriac script (Melonie Schmierer-Lee). The surprise is the discovery in the ea...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Looted coins apprehended in Israel

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NUMISMATICS APPREHENSION: Ancient gold coins looted from archaeological sites found in Bnei Brak home. Hundreds of artifacts from the Hasmo...

Olyan & Rosenblum (eds.), Animals and the Law in Antiquity (SBL Press)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Animals and the Law in Antiquity Saul M. Olyan, Jordan D. Rosenblum, editors ISBN 9781951498825 Volume BJ...

MNTA 3 nearing completion

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THE APOCRYPHYCITY BLOG: New Testament Apocrypha 3 Near Completion (Tony Burke). Good news! For more on the More New Testament Apocrypha ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Bauks & Olyan (eds.), Pain in Biblical Texts and Other Materials of the Ancient Mediterranean (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Pain in Biblical Texts and Other Materials of the Ancient Mediterranean. Edited by Michaela Bauks and Saul M. O...

Dell (ed.), The BIblical World, 2nd ed. (Routledge)

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NEW (2ND EDITION) BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE: 2nd Edition The Biblical World Edited By Katharine J. Dell Copyright Year 2021 Hardback £152....

Rotasperti, Decoding the Language of Metaphor in the Book of Proverbs (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Metaphors in Proverbs Decoding the Language of Metaphor in the Book of Proverbs Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supple...
Monday, August 23, 2021

Review of Gitin's autobiography

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NEW BOOK REVIEWED: Sy Gitin and the Albright (Deb Reich, Times of Israel Blogs). Renowned biblical archaeologist Seymour (Sy) Gitin is a gr...

Does the Vatican have Dead Sea Scrolls?

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VARIANT READINGS: Dead Sea Scrolls at the Vatican . Brent Nongbri has been on a visit to the Vatican Museum. He has noticed something intere...

The HMML has received a $5M grant

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NICE PROFILE OF THE LIBRARY: Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at St. John's University works to preserve history (BECCA MOST, St. Clo...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Review of Allison, Saving one another

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Saving one another: Philodemus and Paul on moral formation in community . Justin Allison, Saving one another: Ph...

Lederman-Daniely, Sarai: Is She the Goddess of Ancient Israel? (Wipf & Stock)

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NEW BOOK FROM WIPF AND STOCK: Sarai Is She the Goddess of Ancient Israel? by Dvora Lederman-Daniely Imprint: Wipf and Stock 74 Pages, 5...
Saturday, August 21, 2021

Chilton on "The Herods"

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INTERVIEW: New book plumbs the role of the Herods in forming early Jewish, Christian views. In his book “The Herods: Murder, Politics, and ...