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Saturday, November 04, 2023

4 Enoch; 2nd Revised Edition

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FROM THE ENOCH SEMINAR NEWSLETTER (OCTOBER 2023): 4 Enoch: 2nd Revised Edition We are very pleased to announce the online publication of ...

Onuorah, Social Memory in Ex 16 and the Identity of Exilic/Post-Exilic Israel (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Ogochukwu Daniel Onuorah. Social Memory in Ex 16 and the Identity of Exilic/Post-Exilic Israel. 2023. XV, 321 p...
Friday, November 03, 2023

CFP: Seminar on the use of Jewish Scriptures in Earliest Christianity

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FROM THE BRITISH NEW TESTAMENT SOCIETY: Call for Papers: Seminar on the use of Jewish Scriptures in Earliest Christianity (formerly the use...

The Bible and Animal Studies

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Moses Was an Animal, and Other Insights from Animal Studies (Beth Berkowitz). Moses Was an Animal, and Other Insights f...

Fountains of Wisdom (Charlesworth Festschrift; T&T Clark)

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Fountains of Wisdom In Conversation with James H. Charlesworth Gerbern S. Oegema (Anthol...
Thursday, November 02, 2023

AJR is still thinking about the Roman Empire

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Materials That Make Difference (Sarah E. Rollens). Nicola Denzey Lewis. The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome...

A "biblical fake?"

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: How to Spot a Biblical Fake. Think this image of an ancient goddess looks genuine? Think again! (Jonathan Klawans). T...

Biblical Studies Carnival 211

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ZWINGLIUS REDIVIVUS: The October Carnival: The Very Scary Minimalist Edition (Jim West). This one is indeed minimalist, but PaleoJudaica...
Wednesday, November 01, 2023

ChatGPT translates Old Church Slavonic? (With bonus anecdote on Judeo-Arabic)

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OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC WATCH: Another AI Translation Experiment: Old Church Slavonic (Scott Cooper, Three Pillars Blog). HT Roger Pearse , wit...

Review of Denzey Lewis, The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW IS THINKING ABOUT ANCIENT ROME: The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome (Roberto Alciati). Nicola Denzey Lewis. ...

Aitken reception at SBL 2023

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WILLIAM A. ROSS: 2023 SBL RECEPTION IN MEMORY OF JAMES K. AITKEN . Right around this time of year, biblical scholars around the world start ...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Spooky Psalm 91

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FOR HALLOWEEN, Philip Jenkins has a post on Psalm 91 at the Anxious Bench, based on material from his recent book on that psalm. Follow the...

The Metatron in Good Omens

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ARCHANGEL METATRON WATCH: Who The Metatron Is In Good Omens – The Voice Of God Explained. Is The Metatron in the Bible? Good Omens season 2...

Hamori, God's Monsters (Broadleaf)

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NEW BOOK FROM BROADLEAF: God's Monsters Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible By Esth...
Monday, October 30, 2023

A Yahwistic curse amulet from Elephantine?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: A Jewish Curse Text from Elephantine. Evidence of Yahweh worship from Late Period Egypt (Nathan Steinmeyer). While th...

LIST: 25 best movies set in antiquity

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CINEMA: The 25 best movies set in the ancient world (Thomas West, Yardbarker). From the very beginning, Hollywood has been fascinated with ...

The Power of Psalms in Post-Biblical Judaism (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: The Power of Psalms in Post-Biblical Judaism Liturgy, Ritual and Community Series: Ancient Judaism and Early Chri...
Sunday, October 29, 2023

Journal issue on Phoenician studies

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies . The latest issue (11/2-3) of Journal of Eastern M...

Review of Camassa, Statuto del corpo e annuncio di salvezza

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Statuto del corpo e annuncio di salvezza: dalla Grecia di età classica alla Palestina nel momento di Gesù . Gior...
Saturday, October 28, 2023

Digitally reconstructing Palmyra

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PALMYRA WATCH: How Tourists Are Rescuing the Ancient City of Palmyra. Photographs taken from before terrorists destroyed the site are helpi...