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Saturday, April 15, 2023

Nabatean altars in a submerged Italian city?

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NABATEAN (NABATAEAN) WATCH: 2,000-year-old altars found under water in Italy belong to ancient kingdom, experts say (Moira Ritter, Miami He...

Amsler, The Babylonian Talmud and late antique book culture (CUP)

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: The Babylonian Talmud . Notice of a New Book: Amsler, Monika. 2023. The Babylonian Talmud and late antique book cultu...
Friday, April 14, 2023

The origin of Leviticus' dietary laws

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PROF. ESIAS E. MEYER: Leviticus’ More Priestly Version of the Dietary Laws (TheTorah.com). Deuteronomy and Leviticus drew on common Vorlage...

This necklace took 5,000 years to make.

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THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT BLOG: A PIERCING INSIGHT INTO ANCIENT BEADS . At first glance, one may think this is simply an artifact dis...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Review of Hendin, Guide to Biblical coins (6th ed.)

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Guide to Biblical coins . David Hendin, Guide to Biblical coins. 6th edition. New York: American Numismatic Soc...

Jesus and first-century synagogues

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Jesus and Synagogues. The role of synagogues in Jesus’ ministry (Megan Sauter). Summarizes an article by Jordan J....
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Jerusalem's ghost Gennath Gate?

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HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY: In Search of Josephus' Gennath Gate. Jerusalem's elusive Gennath Gate is mentioned only once by Josephus. Sch...

Who lived at Hazor? And where is their archive?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Ancient People of Tel Hazor. Who actually lived in ancient cities? The article by Shlomit Becha in the Spring ...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Memorial to James Aitken

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WILLIAM A. ROSS: IN MEMORIAM: JAMES K. AITKEN (1968-2023) . It’s difficult to know how to write a post like this one and what to say. Jim wa...

More on the script of that 10th-century BCE Jerusalem inscription

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Archaeological Evidence of Solomon and Sheba? Scholar identifies South Arabian inscription in Jerusalem (Nathan Stein...
Monday, April 10, 2023

How many plagues on Egypt and what were they?

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FOR PASSOVER: How Many Plagues Were There in Egypt? Surprise! The bible doesn’t actually mention plagues at all, and different sources cite...

Prof. James K. Aitken R.I.P.

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SAD NEWS: Word came this weekend of the passing away of James K. Aitken , Professor of Hebrew and Early Jewish Studies at the Cambridge Univ...
Sunday, April 09, 2023

Easter 2023

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HAPPY EASTER to all those celebrating. Last year's Easter post is here with links. My 2016 Easter post contains links leadin...

Palimpsest fragments of the Old Syriac Gospels

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Fragment of a 1,750-year-old New Testament translation discovered (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, PhysOrg)....
Saturday, April 08, 2023

The Age of Persia (Oxford History of the ANE 5)

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: The Age of Persia . Notice of a New Book: Radner, Karen, Nadine Moeller & D. T. Potts (eds.). 2023. The Oxford Hi...
Friday, April 07, 2023

Yannai's poetry in the Passover Haggadah

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PROF. RABBI LAURA LIEBER: It Came to Pass at Midnight—From the Amidah to the Passover Haggadah (TheTorah.com). The seventh part of the qedu...

Review of Despotis & Löhr, Religious and philosophical conversion in the ancient Mediterranean traditions

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Religious and philosophical conversion in the ancient Mediterranean traditions . Athanasios Despotis, Hermut Löh...
Thursday, April 06, 2023

Who founded the Christian Holy Land pilgrimage startup?

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REDISCOVERY? The True History of Early Christian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Who were the earliest Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land, an...

AJR: Fraade on "Multilingualism and Translation in Ancient Judaism" (CUP)

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Multilingualism and Translation in Ancient Judaism (Steven Fraade). It became increasingly clear to me that ancient scr...

Jewish fish sauce in a Roman-era jar?

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CUNLINARY ARCHAEOLOGY: Ancient Jewish Fish Sauce? (Brent Nongbri, Variant Readings). With a side-dish of culinary textual criticism! Visit ...