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Saturday, October 02, 2021

Review of Walsh, The origins of early Christian literature

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The origins of early Christian literature: contextualizing the New Testament within Greco-Roman literary culture...

Brenner-Idan &. Yee (eds.), Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, Vol. 2 (T&T Clark)

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Volume 2 Athalya Brenner-Idan (Anthology Editor), G...
Friday, October 01, 2021

Jerusalem's historical water supply

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CISTERNS AND AQUEDUCTS: Water sustainability throughout Jerusalem's history. The now-dry Sultan's Pool, named for Sultan Suleiman I...

Remembering Eilat Mazar

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FROM ONE OF HER MAIN FUNDERS: ‘Let the stones speak for themselves.’ Eilat Mazar offered me a chance to help link the Bible to modern times...

How bad is death in the Hebrew Bible? Bad.

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PROF. MEGHAN HENNING: No Heaven or Hell, Only Sheʾol (TheTorah.com). Sheʾol and its synonyms, בּוֹר “pit,” שַׁחַת “chasm,” and אֲבַדּוֹן “...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Frendo, Approaching Biblical Archaeology (T&T Clark)

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Approaching Biblical Archaeology Anthony J. Frendo (Author) Paperback $29.95 $26.95 Hardb...

CRINT Essay Prize Winner 2021

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ANNOUNCEMENT: CRINT Essay Prize 2021 Winner . Congratulations to Dr. A.J. Berkovitz, who was awarded the 2021 prize for his essay Psalm 45 B...

Saint Jerome's feast day 2021

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THE FEAST DAY OF ST. JEROME IS TODAY, 30 SEPTEMBER. Jerome was one of the few Church Fathers to learn and use Hebrew. The Latin Vulgate is...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Theophilos, Numismatics and Greek Lexicography (T&T Clark)

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RECENT BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Numismatics and Greek Lexicography Michael P. Theophilos (Author) Hardback $120.00 $108.0...

Diversity and Rabbinization (ed. McDowell, Naiweld & Stökl Ben Ezra; Open Edition Books)

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THE AWOL BLOG: Diversity and Rabbinization: Jewish Texts and Societies between 400 and 1,000 CE . Diversity and Rabbinization: Jewish Texts ...

More on Qumran as a festival-gathering site

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ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT: Medieval Hebrew document could reveal why Dead Sea Scrolls were found in Qumran. Damascus Covenant c...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Stroumsa, The Crucible of Religion in Late Antiquity (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Guy G. Stroumsa. The Crucible of Religion in Late Antiquity. Selected Essays. 2021. X, 305 pages. Studien und ...

Bodner & Johnson (eds.), Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings (T&T Clark)

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RECENT BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings Keith Bodner (Anthology Editor), Benjami...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Shemeni Atzeret and Simchat Torah 2021

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SHEMINI ATZERET begins tonight at sundown. In Israel, this is also the holiday of Simchat Torah (Simhat Torah). Outside of Israel, the latt...

Edelman et al. (eds.), Deuteronomy in the Making (De Gruyter)

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: Deuteronomy in the Making Studies in the Production of Debarim Edited by: Diana Edelman, Kåre Berge, Philip...
Sunday, September 26, 2021

Introduction to Numismatic Terms and Methods

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THE AWOL BLOG: Introduction to Numismatic Terms and Methods . A thorough introduction to the study of coins by the American Numismatic Socie...

Beavis & Kateusz (eds.) Rediscovering the Marys (T&T Clark)

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RECENT BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Rediscovering the Marys Maria, Mariamne, Miriam Mary Ann Beavis (Anthology Editor), Ally K...
Saturday, September 25, 2021

How to end a line in Hebrew

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THE ETC BLOG: Hebrew Scribes at the End of the Line (Anthony Ferguson). Composing a text by hand demands an awareness of certain details th...

Review of Mouton (ed.), Flesh and bones

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Flesh and bones: the individual and his body in the ancient Mediterranean basin . Alice Mouton, Flesh and bones:...

Crouch, Israel and Judah Redefined (CUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS: Israel and Judah Redefined Migration, Trauma, and Empire in the Sixth Century BCE Part of Soc...