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Saturday, April 11, 2026

Dever, For Those Who Sleep in the Dust (SBL)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: For Those Who Sleep in the Dust: Essays on Archaeology and the Bible William G. Dever ISBN 9781628376470 Statu...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Reopenings in Israel

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IN ISRAEL, museums and holy sites are starting to reopen during the ceasefire: Museums begin to reopen in Israel following ceasefire (Jess...

Revisiting the God-fearer Thesis

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THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION: Revisiting the God-Fearers The widely accepted “god-fearer” thesis rests on weak foundations: the ancient ...

Review of Goodacre, The Fourth Synoptic Gospel

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (Tyler Blaine Wilson). Mark Goodacre. The Fourt...
Thursday, April 09, 2026

"Ancient Jewish Memories of Achaemenid Persia" (JHS special issue)

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Ancient Jewish Memories of Achaemenid Persia . Open-access journal special issue: Joachimsen, Kristin & Jason S. ...

The Jewish Kingdom of Himyar

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HISTORY: The Jewish Kingdom of Southern Arabia. The tale of Himyar reminds us of the ongoing Jewish presence in the Middle East, its import...

Review of Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition (Museum of the Bible)

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EXHIBITION REVIEW: New Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit Is the Real Deal. After an embarrassing snafu in 2020, the Museum of the Bible celebrates a...
Wednesday, April 08, 2026

DNA from all over in the Shroud of Turin?

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PALEOGENETICS: New DNA research confirms Shroud of Turin's passage through the Middle East (Vatican News). The Holy Shroud of Turin pas...

More on the iron blooms from the Dor shipwreck

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Understanding Iron in the Iron Age. Carmel Coast discovery shows iron was traded before forging (Lauren K. McCormick)...

Review of Longman, The Book of Ecclesiastes, 2nd ed.

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READING ACTS: Tremper Longman III, The Book of Ecclesiastes, 2nd ed. (NICOT) (Phil Long). Longman III, Tremper. The Book of Ecclesiastes , ...
Tuesday, April 07, 2026

More on that marble baptismal (?) artifact

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LITURGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY (?) UPDATE: Marble bowl buried 1,300 years ago in Golan church sheds light on ancient baptisms. Found in a cathedral...

Why a golden calf?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Why Did the Israelites Make a Golden Calf? The root of Israel’s idolatry at Sinai (John Drummond). Why did the Israel...

A Lost Ark docudrama

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CINEMA: Next Week: Legends of the Lost Ark (Todd Bolen, The Bible Places Blog). I can’t count how many times I’ve been asked: where do you ...
Monday, April 06, 2026

How was Hezekiah shut up "like a caged bird" in Jerusalem?

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THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION: The Language of Power in the Simile, “Like a Caged Bird”: The Assyrian Royal Lion Hunt and Sennacherib’s Milit...

The missing cuneiform evidence

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THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: Cuneiform Written Artifacts and Missing Evidence in the Study of the Ancient Near East (Cécile Michel). Excava...
Sunday, April 05, 2026

Easter 2026

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HAPPY EASTER to all those celebrating. The Easter post for 2025 is here with links. More recent Easter-related posts are here , here , and...

Isaiah between Judaism and Christianity (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Isaiah between Judaism and Christianity Early Christian Reception and Interpretation Edited by Tobias Nickla...
Saturday, April 04, 2026

Does the Exodus story subvert Egyptian propaganda?

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FOR PASSOVER: How the Exodus story subverts pharaonic texts to mock ancient Egypt. According to Bar-Ilan University’s Joshua Berman, who cu...

Levin, The Chronicles of David and Solomon (T&T Clark)

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NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY/T&T CLARK: The Chronicles of David and Solomon 1 Chronicles 10 - 2 Chronicles 9: A New Translation and ...
Friday, April 03, 2026

On Easter and the Passover Haggadah

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PROF. ADELE REINHARTZ: Easter with the Women at Jesus’ Empty Tomb: The Four Gospels (TheTorah.com). Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all inclu...