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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Podcast on Christian and Jewish Magic

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THE COPTIC MAGICAL PAPYRI BLOG: Podcast #11: Intersection between Christian and Jewish Magic with Joseph Sanzo . Visit PaleoJudaica daily fo...

Salvage archaeology in Israel

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Salvage Excavation in Israel. BAR Interviews IAA’s Head Archaeologist, Gideon Avni (Nathan Steinmeyer). Unusually for...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Everyday life for the Babylonian exiles

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: Everyday Life in Exile: Judean Deportees in Babylonian Texts (Tero Alstola). All the Babylonian texts discusse...

Interview with James VanderKam

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THE SECOND EDITION, THAT IS: An Introduction to Early Judaism (Frank Viola). James C. Vanderkam has written An Introduction to Early Judais...

Ross, Postclassical Greek and Septuagint Lexicography (SBL)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Postclassical Greek and Septuagint Lexicography William A. Ross ISBN 9781628374209 Volume SCS 75 Status Av...
Thursday, June 09, 2022

Deadly Dead Sea Scrolls?

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NEW NOVEL: 'Deadly Scrolls': Jewish mystery book takes place in Jerusalem, Qumran. Ellen Frankel’s new novel, The Deadly Scrolls, b...

Lafitaga, Apocalyptic Sheep and Goats in Matthew and 1 Enoch (SBL)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Apocalyptic Sheep and Goats in Matthew and 1 Enoch Elekosi F. Lafitaga ISBN 9781628373073 Volume ESEC 24 S...

Getty Exhibition: Persia and the Classical World

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Persia and the Classical World . Through August 8, 2022 The Getty Villa Pacific Palisades, California www.getty.edu ...
Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Nero - convert to Judaism??

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ANOTHER NERO STORY: The Surge of Converts to Judaism in Ancient Rome (Rabbi Pinchas Landis, Aish.com). According to a legend in the Talmud...

Graves (ed. & trans.), Jerome, Epistle 106 (On the Psalms) (SBL Press)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Jerome, Epistle 106 ( On the Psalms ) Michael Graves ISBN 9781628374193 Volume WGRW 47 Status Available ...

The Arabic Bible

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: The Bible in Arabic (Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala). The earliest references to Arabic translations of the Bible d...
Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Jewish catacomb inscriptions and literary manuscripts

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VARIANT READINGS: The Inscriptions of the Jewish Catacomb at Vigna Randanini (Brent Nongbri). While the texts are familiar from publication...

Review of Wilson, Ancient Wisdom

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READING ACTS: Walter T. Wilson, Ancient Wisdom: An Introduction to Sayings Collections. (Phil Long). Wilson, Walter T. Ancient Wisdom: An I...

Foster, The Semantics of רע (bad) in Ancient and Mishnaic Hebrew (Peeters)

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NEW BOOK FROM PEETERS PUBLISHERS: The Semantics of רע (bad) in Ancient and Mishnaic Hebrew SERIES: Contributions to Biblical Exegesis ...
Monday, June 06, 2022

God's body in the news

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DIVINE ANATOMY: Is God circumcised? How people in ancient times viewed the Heavenly Body. In new book, Francesca Stavrakopoulou displays Go...

Kutash on goddesses and cultural memory

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: Goddesses of Myth and Cultural Memory (Emilie Kutash). Goddesses, it seems, are still among us today. The cont...

Were ancient Israelite women in charge of beer?

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ALE AGENCY AND ARCHAEOLOGY? PODCAST: In ancient Israel, a woman’s place was in the home making beer. Through careful analysis of oven place...
Sunday, June 05, 2022

Shavuot and Pentecost

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FOR SHAVUOT: Between Shavuot and Pentecost (Prof. John Barton and Dr. Rabbi Michael C Hilton, TheTorah.com). Both Shavuot and Pentecost cel...

Raja, ... A History of Palmyra (OUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Pearl of the Desert A History of Palmyra Rubina Raja $29.95 Hardcover Published: 25 Ja...
Saturday, June 04, 2022

Shavuot 2022

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THE FESTIVAL OF SHAVUOT (Weeks, Pentecost) begins tonight at sundown. Best wishes to all those celebrating. Last year's Shavuot post, ...