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Saturday, March 16, 2024

Levy, The Dawn of Agriculture and the Earliest States in Genesis 1-11 (Routledge)

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NEW BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE: The Dawn of Agriculture and the Earliest States in Genesis 1-11 By Natan Levy Copyright 2024 Hardback £104....
Friday, March 15, 2024

Dead Sea Scrolls horoscopy

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ANCIENT ASTROLOGY: Ancient 'horoscope' scroll unveiled: A glimpse into the mysterious sect of the Judean Desert. This ancient text ...

Roman roads in Israel

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ANCIENT INFRASTRUCTURE: Roman Roads Connected Gaza, Hebron, Jerusalem and Tiberias. What Is Left of Them Today? Israel used to build its ma...

CFP: Worlds Above and Below Conference

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Click on the image for a larger version. Note that the deadline for proposals is in a week. Visit PaleoJudaica daily for ...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Coptic Museum exhibits restored oldest Coptic Psalter

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COPTIC WATCH: Oldest complete Coptic Psalter re-exhibited at the Coptic Museum after restoration. After undergoing a meticulous five-year r...

Review of Amsler, Babylonian Talmud and late antique book culture

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The Babylonian Talmud and late antique book culture . Monika Amsler, The Babylonian Talmud and late antique book...

Biblical Studies Carnival 215

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BELATEDLY: Biblical Studies Carnival #215 – February 2024 (Ben - The Amateur Exegete). Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on anci...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Were Torah rituals meant to be performed?

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PROF. WILLIAM MORROW: Are Torah Rituals Just Literary Compositions? A Comparison with Namburbis (TheTorah.com). Both namburbi anti-omen rit...

Michael Knibb obituary

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THE GUARDIAN: Michael Knibb obituary (Paul Joyce). My former colleague Michael Knibb, who has died aged 84, was a professor of theology at ...
Tuesday, March 05, 2024

The Ironclad Legion vs. the highway of blood

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DIFFICULT DECISIONS: Israeli Archaeologists Beg State: Don't Build Road Over Only Roman Legion Camp Ever Found. The extant highway is d...

Review of Smith & Landau, The Secret Gospel of Mark

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Controversial Scholar, a Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and the Fierce Debate Over Its Authent...

Review of Runia, Philo of Alexandria: collected studies 1997-2021

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Philo of Alexandria: collected studies 1997-2021 . Philo of Alexandria: collected studies 1997-2021 David T. Ru...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

A 10th-century-BCE electrum pendant from Jerusalem

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PHOENICIAN WATCH (?): Tiny First Temple-era Phoenician pendant is ‘earliest gold artifact’ found in Jerusalem. Just 4 millimeters on a side...

Ancient multi-compartment stone box discovered in Jerusalem

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ANICENT ARTIFACT: Rare Second Temple-era merchants box displayed at Israel Museum. 2,000-year old artifact likely used to display wares in ...

Evacuated boy finds Alexander Janneus coin near Dead Sea

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NUMISMATICS: 2,000-year-old Hasmonean coin discovered by child evacuated on Oct.7. While exploring the area around the hotel that he had be...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Otto, Die Mose-Exodus-Tradition in den Korintherbriefen (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Konrad Otto. Die Mose-Exodus-Tradition in den Korintherbriefen. Schriftrezeption und -verarbeitung 'zwische...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Hagler, Owning Disaster (Routledge)

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NEW BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE: Owning Disaster Coping with Catastrophe in Abrahamic Narrative Traditions By Aaron M. Hagler Copyright 2024...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Minets & Nowakowski (eds.), Shaping Letters, Shaping Communities (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Shaping Letters, Shaping Communities: Multilingualism and Linguistic Practice in the Late Antique Near East and Egypt ...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Semi-hiatus

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YES, I know I haven't been posting much. Bear with me. I will get back to regular posting as soon as I can. Soon, I hope. Visit PaleoJud...

Popa, The Making of Syriac Jerusalem (Routledge)

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NEW BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE: The Making of Syriac Jerusalem Representations of the Holy City in Syriac Literature of Late Antiquity and the M...