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Saturday, July 29, 2023

Docherty & Smith (eds.), The Scriptures in the Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature (T&T Clark)

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY (T&T CLARK): The Scriptures in the Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature Essays in Honour of Steve M...
Friday, July 28, 2023

There was almost a third Temple?

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BELATEDLY FOR TISHA B'AV: How the Jews almost built a Third Temple. Roman Emperor Julian, who rejected Christianity and possibly sought...

Nero's theatre found in Rome?

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ARCHAEOLOGY: Ruins of ancient Roman emperor Nero's theater unearthed in 'exceptional' discovery in Rome. Archaeologists in Rome...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Archaeomagnetic reconstruction of a fire in ancient Jerusalem

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Examination of ancient pottery shards reveals how a building burned during siege of Jerusalem in 586 BCE (Bob Yirka, Phys...

Mason, Jews and Christians in the Roman World (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Jews and Christians in the Roman World From Historical Method to Cases Series: Ancient Judaism and Early Christian...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Tisha B'Av 2023

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TISHA B'AV (THE NINTH OF AV) begins this evening at sundown. An easy fast to all those observing it. The Ninth of Av is not specifical...

Half-shekel Great-Revolt coin found near Ein Gedi

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NUMISMATICS: Half-shekel coin from revolt against Romans 2 millennia ago uncovered in desert cave. Hebrew coin minted by rebels as part of ...

Reconstructing ancient engraving techniques

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TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Shining new light on ancient engraving techniques in Israel (unattributed, St Louis Jewish Light). Researchers at the Heb...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Bauckham's "Son of Man" vol. 1 now published

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RELEASED TODAY BY EERDMANS: Son of Man", vol. 1 Early Jewish Literature Richard Bauckham HARDCOVER; Published: 7/25/2023 ISBN...

Now 125 tombs at the Gaza Roman-era cemetery

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ARCHAEOLOGY UPDATE: At least 125 tombs discovered at Roman-era cemetery in Gaza (Reuters via Jerusalem Post). Archaeologists working on a 2...
Monday, July 24, 2023

Schedtler, Royal Ideologies in the Book of Revelation (CUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS: Royal Ideologies in the Book of Revelation AUTHOR: Justin P. Jeffcoat Schedtler, Wartburg Colle...
Sunday, July 23, 2023

Rendsburg Festschrift (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts Series: Studia Semitica Neerlandica, Volu...
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...