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Friday, October 06, 2023

The courtesan story has jumped the shark

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FUNERARY SPELUNIC ARCHAEOLOGY SENSATIONALISM: It is entertaining to watch the evolution of the headlines about the recently-discovered cave-...

Did the P.Oxy. 5575 scribe also copy (something like) the Gospel of Peter?

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VARIANT READINGS: P.Oxy. 87.5575 and P.Oxy. 60.4009: The Same Copyist (Brent Nongbri). P.Oxy. 60.4009 is described as "Gospel of Pe...

Codex Sassoon is in Israel

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FINALLY! Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, in Israel for permanent display. Rare, 1,100-year-old manuscript travels in cock...
Thursday, October 05, 2023

News about the More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project

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ANNOUNCEMENT: I am very happy to inform my readers that the second volume produced by the More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project has been...

Orlov, Supernal Serpent (OUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Supernal Serpent Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity Andrei A. Orlov Hardba...

Grosser, Unparalleled Poetry (OUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Unparalleled Poetry A Cognitive Approach to the Free-Rhythm Verse of the Hebrew Bible Emmylou J...

Another Kraft obituary

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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Robert A. Kraft, religious studies professor emeritus at Penn, writer, editor, and translator, has died at 89. H...
Wednesday, October 04, 2023

More on that newly uncovered Jerusalem aqueduct

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ANCIENT INFRASTRUCTURE: Ancient aqueduct from time of Roman occupation discovered in Jerusalem. The excavation efforts also led to the disc...

Postdoc on text of Ben Sira, using AI

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THE OTTC BLOG: Postdoc on Ben Sira and AI (Drew Longacre). I only just saw this! This is a two-year maximum post at the Université de...

Did Enoch think Qohelet was wicked?

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DR. NILI SAMET: Is the Soul Immortal? (TheTorah.com). Is there a difference between human and animal souls? Is there a hereafter at all, an...

Codex Sassoon is still "coming home."

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WHAT, IT'S NOT THERE YET? Ancient Codex Sassoon gets send-off at Sotheby's before trip to Israel. The most complete ancient Hebrew ...
Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Is the Etrog really the fruit Leviticus intended?

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FOR SUKKOT: Five Alternatives to the Etrog (Dr. Rabbi David Z. Moster, TheTorah.com). The etrog has been identified as the Torah’s פְּרִי ע...

Kraft obituary

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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ALMANAC : Robert Kraft, Religious Studies . Robert Alan Kraft, the Berg Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies i...

Biblical Studies Carnival #210

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READING ACTS: Biblical Studies Carnival #210 for September 2023 (Phil Long). With extensive coverage of blog posts etc. on P.Oxy. 5575 . ...
Monday, October 02, 2023

DiTommaso & Goff (eds.), Reimagining Apocalypticism (SBL)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Reimagining Apocalypticism: Apocalyptic Literature in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Writings Lorenzo DiTomma...

Edwards, Crucified: The Christian Invention of the Jewish Executioners of Jesus

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NEW BOOK FROM FORTRESS: Crucified: The Christian Invention of the Jewish Executioners of Jesus by J. Christopher Edwards Publisher: Fo...
Sunday, October 01, 2023

Longenecker & Wilhite (eds.), The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity

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THE ANXIOUS BENCH: A Major New History of the Earliest Christianity (Philip Jenkins). I want to announce and celebrate the publication of a...

Friesen, Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, ... (Routledge)

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NEW BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE: Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

The Anu Museum and the Codex Sassoon

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IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM AND THAT'S WHERE IT IS: Inside the new home of the Codex Sassoon - the world's oldest Hebrew bible. The Anu ...

Editionen und Studien zum Testamentum Salomonis (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Editionen und Studien zum Testamentum Salomonis. Herausgegeben von Felix Albrecht unter Mitarbeit von Jan Dochh...