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Saturday, May 21, 2022

Review of Jewish Inscriptions in Greece exhibition

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REVIEW: 'Integral': New show reveals ancient Jewish roots in Greece (AFP). The review highlights some details of the exhibition, in...

Bockmuehl, Jewish Law in Gentile Churches (T&T Clark)

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Jewish Law in Gentile Churches Halakhah and the Beginning of Christian Public Ethics Markus Boc...
Friday, May 20, 2022

What is a "liturgy?"

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: What is an Ancient Jewish Liturgy? (Jeremy Penner). With these issues in mind, I would suggest that a liturgy can be de...

Archaeology tools

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Archaeology Tools from Trowels to Tech. Biblical Archaeology 101: Exploring the Archaeologist’s Toolkit (Nathan Stein...

Greek inscriptions exhibition at Jewish Museum of Greece

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GREEK EPIGRAPHY: Jewish Museum of Greece: “Stone Paths – Stories Set in Stone: Jewish Inscriptions in Greece” exhibition opens (Greek City ...
Thursday, May 19, 2022

Herod's alabaster bathtubs were locally made

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MATERIAL CULTURE: King Herod the Great bathed in locally made calcite-alabaster bathtubs. Though most high-quality calcite-alabaster items ...

Ancient underground Turkish city hid Christians and Jews?

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SUBTERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY: Underground city unearthed in Turkey may have been refuge for early Christians. Archaeologists in southeastern Tu...

Vast haul of antiquities recovered in Israel

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APPREHENDED: Huge Cache of Stolen Antiquities Found in Central Israel. Cuneiform tablets, jewels, and 1,800 coins, including one bearing th...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Lag B'Omer 2022

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LAG B'OMER, the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer , begins tonight at sundown. Best wishes to all observing it. My 2021 Lag B'O...

What was the Bread of the Presence?

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PROF. JENNIE EBELING: Lechem Hapanim: Bread in the Presence of YHWH (TheTorah.com). Each week, twelve fresh loaves of bread were placed bef...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Green, A Guide to the Zohar (De Gruyter)

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: A Guide to the Zohar Arthur Green In the series The Zohar: Pritzker Edition https://doi.org/10.1515/97808...

Supreme Court approves Jerusalem cable car plan

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KARAITE-AND-CABLE-CAR-CONFLICT COURT DECISION: Israeli court rejects petitions against 'megalomaniacal' Jerusalem cable car plan. C...

More on the Neo-Assyrian Aramean gods relief

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PARIETAL PETROGLYPHS UPDATE: Unique Assyrian Relief With Aramaic Text Found Beneath Turkish House. First came the robbers, then the cops, t...
Monday, May 16, 2022

Ancient Samaritan priestly (?) residence opened on Mount Gerizim

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SAMARITAN WATCH: The Samaritan connection to Mount Gerizim restoration, conservation. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AFFAIRS: Early Hellenistic period dwel...

When were rabbinic liturgical prayers fixed?

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Were Early Rabbinic Prayers Scripted? (Ruth Langer). ... Are we correct to presume that early rabbinic liturgy had a te...

How many people in ancient Israel?

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THE ANXIOUS BENCH: Peopling the Biblical World (Philip Jenkins). The Biblical world at various eras is probably the most intensely studied ...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

Review of Price, Evolution of a Taboo

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Review: Evolution of a Taboo . Evolution of a Taboo: Pigs and People in the Ancient Near East By Max D. Price (Oxford...

Ofer, The Masora on Scripture and Its Methods (Magnes Press - in Hebrew)

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NEW BOOK FROM MAGNES PRESS: The Masora on Scripture and Its Methods By: Yosef Ofer Special price $33 $23 More details Pu...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

Feldman, Tefillin and Mezuzot from Qumran (De Gruyter)

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NEW BOOK FROM DE GRUYTER: Tefillin and Mezuzot from Qumran New Readings and Interpretations Ariel Feldman Volume 538 in th...

New book on Hannibal

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BOOK REVIEWLET: Hannibal: Rome’s Greatest Enemy (Pegasus Books), by Philip Freeman (David Luhrssen, Shepherd Express). HT Rogue Classicism ...