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Saturday, July 22, 2023

Levine et al., Ancient Synagogues Revealed 1981-2022 (IES)

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NEW BOOK FROM THE ISRAEL EXPLORATION SOCIETY: Ancient Synagogues Revealed 1981-2022 300,00₪ Price Author Lee I. Levine, Zeev Weiss, Uzi...
Friday, July 21, 2023

Monsters of the biblical world

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Biblical Monsters. Seven mysterious creatures of the biblical world (Nathan Steinmeyer). I'm not sure why we h...

Hensel et al. (eds.), Social Groups behind Biblical Traditions (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Social Groups behind Biblical Traditions. Identity Perspectives from Egypt, Transjordan, Mesopotamia, and Israe...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Schmid, The Scribes of the Torah (SBL)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: The Scribes of the Torah: The Formation of the Pentateuch in Its Literary and Historical Contexts Konrad Schmid...

Review of Waters, King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great

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LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS: Drowned in a Bowl of Blood (Josephine Quinn). King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great by Matt Waters. Oxfo...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

More on that "underworld portal" cave

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SPELUNCIC, CHTHONIC, NECROMANTIC ARCHAEOLOGY UPDATE: New finds show cave near Beit Shemesh may have been seen as a door to the underworld. ...

Another lead sarcophagus in Gaza?

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ARCHAEOLOGY: 2nd Roman-era sarcophagus uncovered at Gaza's cemetery site (huaxia, Xinhua). In February I noted the excavation of a l...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

On marine archaeology

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UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY: Marine excavations offer glimpse into ancient history preserved under the sea. While much of Israel’s land has alre...

West Bank archaeology initiative

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ARCHAEOLOGY AND POLITICS: Netanyahu on West Bank archaeology initiative: We’re deepening our roots. There are some 3,000 antiquity sites in...
Monday, July 17, 2023

Covenant – Concepts of Berit, Diatheke, and Testamentum (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Covenant – Concepts of Berit, Diatheke, and Testamentum. Proceedings of the Conference at the Lanier Theologica...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

Tyrian coins in the reign of Elagabalus

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NUMISMATICS: Long Table 145. Tumultuous Times: Tyre in Phoenicia Under the Emperor Elagabalus (American Numismatic Society video). Cross...

John the Baptist and the Mandaeans at SBL 2023

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RELIGION PROF: New SBL Consultation on John the Baptist! Mandaean Convention in San Antonio! (James McGrath). For many posts on Professo...
Saturday, July 15, 2023

Jones, Priesthood, Cult, and Temple in the Aramaic Scrolls from Qumran (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Priesthood, Cult, and Temple in the Aramaic Scrolls from Qumran Analyzing a Pre-Hasmonean Jewish Literary Tradition...

On the Epic of Gilgamesh

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Epic of Gilgamesh. A Mesopotamian story of longing and loss (Marek Dospěl). A good overview of the Akkadian Ep...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Edwards, In the Court of the Gentiles (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: In the Court of the Gentiles: Narrative, Exemplarity, and Scriptural Adaptation in the Court-Tales of Flavius Josephus ...

Review of Augé, Field Manual for the Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Magic

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY BOOK REVIEW: Field Manual for the Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Magic , by C. Riley Augé (Thomas E. ...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

The Jerusalem Pilgrimage Road excavation

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ARCHAEOLOGY: A new excavation of an ancient Jerusalem road expected to draw modern-day pilgrims. Inside City of David’s excavation of the a...

On the influence of Indy

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Indiana Jones and Archaeology. The good and bad of the Indiana Jones franchise (Nathan Steinmeyer). A timely and thou...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Why so many stories in the Talmud?

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TALMUD WATCH: Why Does the Talmud Include So Many Stories? The stories in the Talmud demonstrate the important difference between the law a...

Be careful with fasting!

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PROF. RABBI HERBERT BASSER: Ascetic Fasting and the Dangers of Piety (TheTorah.com). To meet Yofiel, the angel of Torah, to ward off the de...