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Saturday, December 02, 2023

On the Eshbaal inscription

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NORTHWEST SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY: Who Are You Eshba‘al ben Bad‘a? (unattributed, crownheights.info). The Eshbaal (’Eshba‛al / Ishbaal / ’Ishb...

Kynes, An Obituary for "Wisdom Literature" (OUP)

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NEW IN PAPERBACK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: An Obituary for "Wisdom Literature" The Birth, Death, and Intertextual Reintegr...
Friday, December 01, 2023

More on the Mount Ebal curse tablet / fishing weight

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NORTHWEST SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY OR ANCIENT PISCATORY PROCUREMENT? New Studies Debunk Controversial Biblical ‘Curse Tablet’ From Mt. Ebal. A lea...

Himmelfarb Festschrift (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Above, Below, Before, and After. Studies in Judaism and Christianity in Conversation with Martha Himmelfarb. E...

Southwood & Morse (eds.), Psalms and the Use of the Critical Imagination (Gillingham Festschrift; T&T Clark)

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Psalms and the Use of the Critical Imagination Essays in Honour of Professor Susan Gillingham ...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Is the Mount Ebal "curse tablet" actually a lead fishing weight?

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NORTHWEST SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY? Experts question claim of 'earliest Hebrew inscription' on Mt. Ebal. “These claims are quite dramatic ...

Job: Associate Prof in OT/HB at Aarhus University

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H-JUDAIC: FEATURED JOB: Associate Professor in Old Testament Studies, Aarhus University . The position We are seeking a talented and dedic...

Tenure-track OT/HB job at Sewanee: The University of the South

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INSIDE HIGHER ED CAREERS: Assistant Professor, Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Employer Sewanee: The University of the South Location Sewa...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

The Leiden Jewish Studies Association

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ANNOUNCEMENT: In-Depth Knowledge on Judaism, Jewish History Crucial Now (Mirage News). The newly established Leiden Jewish Studies Associat...

The last of the Ptolemies—Guess who?

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THE WORLD IS FULL OF HISTORY: The last of the Ptolemies. Zahi Hawass describes the life and background of Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s last and m...

Mastnjak, Before the Scrolls (OUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Before the Scrolls A Material Approach to Israel's Prophetic Library Nathan Mastnjak £54....
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Schiffman: No, the Vatican doesn't have the Temple treasures

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PROF. LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN: THE MYTH OF VATICAN TREASURES, ONCE AGAIN. DESPITE RECENT REPORTS, KEILIM FROM THE BAYIS SHEINI AREN’T HELD IN...

The West Semitic Research Project

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THE AWOL BLOG: West Semitic Research Project . The West Semitic Research Project is an academic project affiliated with the University of So...

Burr, Authenticating Criteria in Jesus Research and Beyond (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Authenticating Criteria in Jesus Research and Beyond An Interdisciplinary Methodology Series: Biblical Interpreta...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Review of Nutzman, Contested Cures

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Contested Cures: Identity and Ritual Healing in Roman and Late Antique Palestine (Mika Ahuvia). Megan S. Nutzman. Conte...

The latest on Christian Apocrypha studies

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THE APOCRYPHICITY BLOG: What More Do You Need? The Next Wave in Christian Apocrypha Texts and Translations. The following paper was present...

National Library of Israel's new building opens

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RENOVATED: Unveiling the new National Library of Israel's building. About a month after the postponement of the official opening date, ...
Sunday, November 26, 2023

The Medinet Madi Library of Manichaean Codices at 90 (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: The Medinet Madi Library of Manichaean Codices at 90 Papers from the Symposium at the Chester Beatty Libr...

T&T Clark Handbook of Food in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: T&T Clark Handbook of Food in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel Janling Fu (Anthology Edit...
Saturday, November 25, 2023

Fried, Ruth: A Commentary (Sheffield Phoenix)

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NEW BOOK FROM SHEFFIELD PHOENIX PRESS: Ruth: A Commentary By Lisbeth S. Fried £58.00 £25.00 After the significant and ground-breaki...