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Saturday, May 25, 2024

Lag B'Omer 2024

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LAG B'OMER , the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, begins tonight at sundown. Best wishes to all observing it. My 2023 Lag B'...

Smith, Luke Was Not A Christian (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Luke Was Not A Christian: Reading the Third Gospel and Acts within Judaism Series: Biblical Interpretation Series, Vo...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Epigraphic finds at Berenike, Egypt

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GREEK EPIGRAPHY: Letters from Roman Centurions Found in Ancient Berenike, Egypt: “I Send Them with Dromedarius, Take Care of Them” (Guiller...

Should we trust reconstructions of fragmentary texts?

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THE ETC BLOG: What level of confidence we should have in reconstructions of fragmentary papyrus texts? (Peter M. Head). But someone might s...

Cyril and Methodius Day

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OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC WATCH: May 24: Bulgaria Celebrates the Legacy of Cyril and Methodius - Culture, Enlightenment, and the Slavonic Alphabet...
Thursday, May 23, 2024

Ancient ship etchings found in church near Rahat

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GRAFFITI ART: 1,500-year-old Byzantine-era ship etchings revealed at Negev church. Site, just south of the Bedouin city of Rahat, was likel...

More on the Crosby-Schøyen Codex

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION: An ancient manuscript up for sale gives a glimpse into the history of early Christianity (Ian N. Mills, The Convers...

Biblical archaeology conference at Lipscomb University

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Debating the Future of Biblical Archaeology (Glenn J. Corbett). This past January, prominent archaeologists and biblic...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

On the Molekh sacrifice

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DR. DANIEL VAINSTUB: Molekh: The Sacrifice of Babies (TheTorah.com). Jeremiah excoriates the Judahites for sacrificing babies to Baʿal at t...

Goodman Festschrift (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Looking In, Looking Out: Jews and Non-Jews in Mutual Contemplation Essays for Martin Goodman on His 70th Birthday ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

The earliest manuscript of the Tosefta

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MICHAEL L. SATLOW: Ms. or. fol. 1220, or: A Walk through Jewish History . The Erfurt manuscript is the earliest and best witness to the Tose...

Patrich, The Jerusalem Temple and the Temple Mount (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Joseph Patrich. The Jerusalem Temple and the Temple Mount. Collected Essays. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen ...
Monday, May 20, 2024

Forthcoming John the Baptist books by James McGrath

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Publication Preview | Two Portraits of John the Baptist (James F. McGrath). Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist. E...

The Hebrew Bible and its ruins

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: The Hebrew Bible and the Meanings Ruins Hold (Daniel Pioske). The Hebrew Bible is in many ways a book of ruins...
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Themes and Texts, Exodus and Beyond (T&T Clark)

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: Themes and Texts, Exodus and Beyond Robert J. V. Hiebert (Anthology Editor), Jonathan Numada (An...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

Kazen & Roitto, Revenge, Compensation, and Forgiveness in the Ancient World (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Thomas Kazen / Rikard Roitto. Revenge, Compensation, and Forgiveness in the Ancient World. A Comparative Study ...
Friday, May 17, 2024

Nongbri on recent Coptic codicological matters

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OVER AT THE VARIANT READINGS BLOG, Brent Nongbri has a couple of technical posts on the codicology of two Coptic biblical manuscripts: Th...

Review of Lafontaine, Hellénisme et prophétie. Les Oracles sibyllins juifs et chrétiens

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Hellénisme et prophétie. Les Oracles sibyllins juifs et chrétiens . Xavier Lafontaine, Hellénisme et prophétie. ...

Salemi, A Linguistic-Theological Exegesis of Ezekiel as Môphēt (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: A Linguistic-Theological Exegesis of Ezekiel as Môphēt “I have made you a sign” (Ezekiel 12:6) Series: Studia Sem...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

News on the Beth Shemesh alphabetic cuneiform tablet

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NORTHWEST SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY: Enigmatic Canaanite Tablet Turns Out to Be School Exercise, Israeli Researchers Say. Inscription found nearly ...