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Saturday, April 19, 2025

Dochhorn (ed.), Parabiblica Aethiopica (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Parabiblica Aethiopica Editiones et Studia Edited by Jan Dochhorn [Parabiblica Aethiopica. Editio...
Friday, April 18, 2025

More on that Iron-Age dye factory at Shiqmona

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PHOENICIAN WATCH, IN ISRAEL: Made from snails and fit for kings: First biblical-era dye factory found on Israel’s coast. Ancient Tel Shiqmo...

On the Rephaim

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Riddle of the Rephaim. Exploring the mysterious demigods of the Bible (Jonathan Yogev). The identification of the...

Guggenheim Fellowship for Annette Yoshiko Reed

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THE HARVARD GAZETTE: Three affiliates named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows . Three Harvard affiliates were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships this week...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Is Mark a Jewish or Gentile work?

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THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION: What if the Earliest Extant Gospel Promotes a Form of Judaism Add new comment The reading that the Gospel...

Webinar on Cleopatra and Zenobia in the Talmuds

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ZOOM EVENT: CAMS lecture: Cate Bonesho, “The Rabbis' Queens: Cleopatra and Zenobia in Talmudic Literature” Date & Time: Apr 18, 2025...

Summer School of Oriental Language

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Summer School of Oriental Languages . An ambitious 10-day summer school program sponsored by Lausanne University a...

Prof. Meir Lubetski (1938-2025)

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SAD NEWS FROM H-JUDAIC: The passing of Prof. Meir Lubetski (1938-2025) . H-Judaic is saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Meir Lubetski...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Where does the Bible say to celebrate Passover? It's complicated.

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FOR PASSOVER: Pesach in Egypt ⇄ Pesach in Jerusalem (Dr. Hillel Mali, TheTorah.com). Exodus instructs each family in Egypt to slaughter a p...

van der Toorn, Israelite Religion (Yale)

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Publication Preview | Writing a History of Israelite Religion (Karel van der Toorn). In his classic study Ancient Mesop...

John Van Seters (1935-2025)

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INDEED: Terribly Sad News: John van Seters has Died (Jim West, Zwinglius Redivivus). His daughter shared the very sad news about the passin...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

On ancient synagogue iconography

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DECORATIVE ART: Elephant in the synagogue: Iconography in thriving post-Temple community raises questions. How can these discoveries be rec...

Text excerpts in Syriac manuscripts

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SYRIAC WATCH: What Syriac scribes chose to keep: A digital dive into 1,000 manuscripts (Hebrew University press release at Phys.Org). A new...

Van Maaren, The Gospel of Mark's Judaism and the Death of Christ as Ransom for Many (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: John Van Maaren The Gospel of Mark's Judaism and the Death of Christ as Ransom for Many [Das Judent...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Lied and Nongbri, Working with Manuscripts (Yale)

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VARIANT READINGS: Working with Manuscripts (Brent Nongbri). It’s a nice moment when you receive the first copies of a book you’ve written. ...

4QIsaiaho

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THE ETC BLOG: A Less Studied Isaiah Scroll (Anthony Ferguson). In my own personal study of Isaiah, I’ve come across a less known and less s...

Review panel on Neis, When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven (6 - author response)

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW has published what I take to be the final essay in its review panel on Rafael Rachel Neis, When a Human Gives Birth to a ...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

Ritual and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Ritual and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Edited by Tzvi Abusch, Alan Lenzi and Jeffrey S...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Passover 2025

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HAPPY PASSOVER (PESACH) to all those celebrating! The festival begins this evening at sundown. Last year's Passover post is here , w...

Grossberg, The Evolution of Jewish Monotheism (CUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Evolution of Jewish Monotheism ‘God is One,’ From Antiquity to Modernity AUTHOR: Davi...