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Saturday, August 27, 2022

The Psalms in Greek inscriptions

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Examining the Greek Psalms. Greek inscriptions and the textual history of the psalms (Nathan Steinmeyer). This ess...

Müller & Pakkala, Editorial Techniques in the Hebrew Bible (SBL)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Editorial Techniques in the Hebrew Bible: Toward a Refined Literary Criticism Reinhard Müller, Juha Pakkala ISB...
Friday, August 26, 2022

On the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

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INTRODUCTORY: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Is this where Jesus was buried? - explainer. Church of the Holy Sepulchre? Is it really whe...

On Karaism and the Karaites

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: What is Karaism and Are There Still Karaites? (Daniel J. Lasker). The study of Karaism has progressed greatly ...

Macaskill et al. (eds.), Congress Volume Aberdeen 2019 (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Congress Volume Aberdeen 2019 Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 192 Volume Editors: Grant Macaskill,...
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Hugoye 25 (2022)

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A NEW VOLUME: Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 25 (2022). Both issues. Note in particular George Kiraz, Silver Jubilee Letter from the ...

Review of Rom-Shiloni, Voices from the Ruins

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Review: Voices from the Ruins . Voices from the Ruins: Theodicy and the Fall of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible By Dalit...

Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Network Meeting 2022

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RELIGION PROF: Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Network Meeting November 2022 #CFP (James McGrath). The meeting takes place just before the 20...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Restoration of Sardis synagogue mosaics

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DECORATIVE ART: Women’s touch on Sardis ancient city (Hürriyet Daily News). The floor mosaics in the largest synagogue of the ancient era, ...

Reviews of Lawler, Under Jerusalem

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TWO NEW BOOK REVIEWS of Andrew Lawler's recent book Under Jerusalem : Summary and Review: Under Jerusalem, The Buried History of the ...

John the Baptist meets AI?

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RELIGION PROF: John the Baptist as a Mandaean Priest according to AI (James McGrath). Cross-file under Algorithm Watch. Visit PaleoJudaica...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Can we trust medieval copies of ancient books - like the Bible?

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KIWI HELLENIST: Can we trust mediaeval copies of ancient books? (Peter Gainsford). HT Evangelical Textual Criticism . The answer to the ...

Freund Obituary

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IN MEMORY: Richard Freund, renowned scholar and archeologist, dies. Richard Freund pioneered the use of noninvasive archeological technique...

Kalimi, Writing and Rewriting History in Ancient Israel and Near Eastern Cultures (Harrassowitz)

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RECENT BOOK FROM HARRASSOWITZ: Writing and Rewriting History in Ancient Israel and Near Eastern Cultures editor(s): Kalimi, Isaac pages...
Monday, August 22, 2022

Snail-shell snag for Iẓṭabba's chronology

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CONCHOLOGY CONUNDRUM? The Chicken and the Destruction of Beit She’an. Archaeologists believe they have pinpointed not only the year in whic...

Lutz (ed.), Bible Translations – Linguistic and Cultural Issues (Harrossowitz)

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NEW BOOK FROM HARRASSOWITZ: Bible Translations – Linguistic and Cultural Issues Proceedings of the Erlangen Workshop on October 5 and 6, ...

Conservation controversy in Hebron

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ARTIFACTS AND DISABLED ACCESS: Second Temple Period artifacts 'in danger' due to construction works in Hebron. Residents of the anc...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Hamidovic et al. (eds.), La "sacerdotalisation" dans les premiers écrits mystiques juifs et chrétiens (Brepols)

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NEW BOOK FROM BREPOLS: La "sacerdotalisation" dans les premiers écrits mystiques juifs et chrétiens Actes du colloque internati...

Raja (ed.), The Small Stuff of the Palmyrenes (Brepols)

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NEW BOOK FROM BREPOLS PUBLISHER: The Small Stuff of the Palmyrenes Coins and Tesserae from Palmyra Rubina Raja (ed) Pages: 193 p. Si...
Saturday, August 20, 2022

Antikythera mechanism latest

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(ANCIENT) TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Antikythera mechanism: Ancient celestial calculator. The device tracked the motions of the sun, moon and five p...