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Saturday, July 23, 2022

The Bible Mapper Blog

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ASSIMILATED TO THE BLOGOSPHERE: Bible Mapper Blog . About This Site The Bible Mapper Blog exists to help people understand God’s Word bette...

Sexual imagery in Balaam's blessing?

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DR. ERICA LEE MARTIN: “How Lovely Are Your Tents, O Jacob” – Balaam’s Fertility Blessing (TheTorah.com). Using imagery of tents, gardens, a...
Friday, July 22, 2022

"Jerusalem curse inscription" - controversy and cognitive dissonance?

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NORTHWEST SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY? Controversy Rages Over ‘Jerusalem Curse’ Inscription. Is there even any writing at all on the slab found in an...

Elevator archaeology: a priestly mikveh?

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Mikveh Found Near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount May Have Been Used by Priestly Family (Sam Sokol, Haaretz). HT Rogue Classic...

Who was Mary Magdalene really?

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FEAST DAY: Creating the Myth of Mary Magdalene (Philip Jenkins, The Anxious Bench). Tomorrow, July 22 [N.b., that is today! - JRD], celebra...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

Elevator archaeology in Jerusalem

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Elevator project at the Western Wall unearths an ancient archaeological trove. Old City excavations, ahead of work to i...

Review of Taylor & Bond, Women Remembered

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THE CHURCH TIMES: Women Remembered: Jesus’ female disciples by Joan Taylor and Helen Bond. Two scholars delve into their stories, Suzanne ...

Where did Balaam come from?

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DR. ETHAN SCHWARTZ: Balaam from “Divinerville” (TheTorah.com). In a satirical account, Numbers describes how a local, non-Israelite Transjo...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Lost and not-so-lost gospels

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LOST BOOKS WATCH: Gospels That Were Lost, And Some That Were Not Lost At All (Philip Jenkins, The Anxious Bench). My current work on icons ...

McGrath in the footsteps of John the Baptist (3)

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RELIGION PROF: In the Footsteps of John the Baptist Part 3: Aenon near Salim . James McGrath continues his travelogue of sites in the Holy ...

On the "Israel Forgery Scandal"

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TIMES OF ISRAEL VIDEO: Into the Land: The Forgery Scandal. Two extraordinary archeological finds remain a great mystery . Does a private in...
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Name that biblical character!

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WHO COULD IT BE? The Most Important Biblical Character You’ve Probably Never Heard of. One of the most influential people in the Bible is o...

Was Khirbet Qeiyafa a "cultic compound?"

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INTERPRETING ARCHAEOLOGY: New Theory for Khirbet Qeiyafa: Not King David’s City but a Vast Cultic Compound. No consensus was ever reached a...

Richard A. Freund (1955-2022)

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SAD NEWS: RICHARD FREUND OBITUARY (Legacy.com). For nearly 40 years, Richard worked as a professor in Jewish history and archaeology, start...
Monday, July 18, 2022

Balaam and the Calf in the Targums

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DR. SHLOMI EFRATI: Balaam Sets His Face Towards the Calf—A Targum Tradition. (TheTorah.com). Targum Onqelos usually offers a straightforwar...

McGrath in the footsteps of John the Baptist (2)

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RELIGION PROF: In the Footsteps of John the Baptist Part 2: Yardenit, Tiberias, and Bet Alfa . James McGrath continues his account of his t...

Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings (Basic Books)

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Persians: The Age of the Great Kings . Notice of a New Book: Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd. 2022. Persians: The Age of the G...
Sunday, July 17, 2022

Another review of Keddie, Class and Power in Roman Palestine

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THE CHURCH TIMES: Class and Power in Roman Palestine by Anthony Keddie. Henry Wansbrough reviews an economic study of Palestine . A commo...

Brand, Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis (Brill open-access)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis Beyond Light and Darkness Series: Nag Hammadi and Manicha...
Saturday, July 16, 2022

Mt. Arbel fortress opening to visitors

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RESTORATION: Majestic Mt. Arbel fortress to open following 1.5 years of conservation work. Workers carried 20 to 40 kilos of steel supporti...