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Saturday, November 06, 2021

Review of Wasserman, Apocalypse as Holy War

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Review | Apocalypse as Holy War: Divine Politics and Polemics in the Letters of Paul (D. Clint Burnett). Emma Wasserman...

More on the Shavei Zion Phoenician figurines

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: The Shavei Zion Figurine Assemblage. A Cultic Site at Sea (Meir Edrey, Adi Erlich, and Assaf Yasur-Landau). Cr...
Friday, November 05, 2021

Interview with Annette Yoshiko Reed

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HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL: The Art of the Forgotten (Amie Montemurro). Annette Reed, MTS ’99, is currently a Professor in the Skirball Depart...

Was David a nomad king?

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ARCHAEOLOGY: What did King David’s Israel look like? The answer is not set in stone. Archeological investigation of King David's kingdo...

Gold coins of Carthage

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NUMISMATICS: The Gold Coins of Ancient Carthage (Tyler Rossi). Cross-file under Punic Watch. Other PaleoJudaica posts on Carthaginian co...
Thursday, November 04, 2021

New PhD thesis on the Cave of the Patriarchs

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A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT: Secrets of the Cave of the Patriarchs exposed. Noam Arnon's comprehensive doctoral dissertation on the Cave of...

Forthcoming: Minets, The Slow Fall of Babel (CUP via AJR)

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Publication | The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identities in Late Antique Christianity (Yuliya Minets). My book, T...
Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Amethyst ring excavated at Yavneh

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ANCIENT BLING WATCH: Ancient ‘hangover cure’ gold ring found at Yavne winery excavation. Band is adorned with semiprecious amethyst stone, ...

Shaul Shaked (1933-2021)

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SAD NEWS FROM H-JUDAIC: Passing of Professor Shaul Shaked . H-Judaic is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Shaul Shaked (1...
Tuesday, November 02, 2021

Price et al. (eds.), Rome: An Empire of Many Nations (CUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS: Rome: An Empire of Many Nations New Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity and Cultural Identity ED...

Stromberg & Hibbard (eds.), The History of Isaiah (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: The History of Isaiah. The Formation of the Book and its Presentation of the Past. Edited by Jacob Stromberg a...
Monday, November 01, 2021

Fragment of a Canaanite god relief in the Tel Motza temple?

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ICONOGRAPHY? Judahite Temple by Jerusalem May Have Housed Statue of Canaanite God A relief fragment found in a shrine similar to Solomon’s ...

Biblical Studies Carnival 188

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ZWINGLIUS REDIVIVUS: The October “Very Scary” Biblical Studies Carnival (Number 188) . Jim West was kind enough to mention PaleoJudaica twic...
Sunday, October 31, 2021

Monstrous biblical translations

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN: The Satyr Shall Cry to His Fellow: Bible Translation and Weird Fiction (Philip Jenkins, The Anxious Bench). For More on...

Barclay & White (eds.), The New Testament in Comparison (T&T Clark)

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: The New Testament in Comparison Validity, Method, and Purpose in Comparing Traditions John...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

Review of Batten & Olsen, Dress in Mediterranean antiquity

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Dress in Mediterranean antiquity: Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians . Alicia J. Batten, Kelly Olson, Dress in Med...

Dieleman, Priests, Tongues, and Rites (Brill paperback)

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NEW IN PAPERBACK FROM BRILL: Priests, Tongues, and Rites The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100-3...
Friday, October 29, 2021

On the Judeo-Arabic Toledot Yeshu

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THE GENIZA FRAGMENTS BLOG: Q&A Wednesday: Toledot Yeshu – insult or entertainment? With Miriam Goldstein (Melonie Schmierer-Lee). For t...

Online conference on Ancient and Medieval Religious Homelands

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H-JUDAIC: EVENT: Ancient and Medieval Religious Homelands: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Space, Place, and Religion (8-10 November 2021...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

A temple of Herod at Khirbet Omrit?

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ARCHAEOLOGY: Strange Ruin in Northern Israel Could Be a Lost Roman Temple. On a hill in the Galilee stands Khirbet Omrit: A temple that may...