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Saturday, May 30, 2026

Atkinson (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Josephus

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Oxford Handbook of Josephus Edited by Kenneth Atkinson Oxford Handbooks $208.00 Hard...
Friday, May 29, 2026

Another AJR review of Lied and Nongbri, Working with Manuscripts

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Working with Manuscripts: A Guide for Textual Scholars (Julia Hintlian). Liv Ingeborg Lied and Brent Nongbri. Working w...

Israeli High Court petitioned to block IAA head appointment

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ARCHAEOLOGY AND POLITICS UPDATE: Archaeologists petition High Court to block appointment of new antiquities authority chief. Petition deepe...

Mandell, Canaanite Scribal Creativity and the Making of Cuneiform Culture in the Amarna Age (Routledge, open access)

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THE AWOL BLOG: Canaanite Scribal Creativity and the Making of Cuneiform Culture in the Amarna Age . Notice of an open-access New Book: Ca...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

BM lecture on ancient Israel postponed over "security concerns"

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THIS IS BAD: British Museum postpones Jewish Culture Month lecture on Ancient Israel and Judah due to security concerns (Rossella Tercatin,...

Review of Lied and Nongbri, Working with Manuscripts

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Working with Manuscripts: A Guide for Textual Scholars (Carrie Schroeder). Liv Ingeborg Lied and Brent Nongbri. Working...

Something good about European empires?

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THE ANXIOUS BENCH: How Empires Made It Possible To Find Lost Scriptures (Philip Jenkins). It all seems to start in 1859, with Tischendorf a...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Review of Rosen-Zvi, How to Read the Mishnah and Midrash

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TIMES OF ISRAEL BLOGS: Book review – How to Read the Mishnah and Midrash (Ben Rothke). Rosen-Tzvi has written a masterpiece of a book that ...

Rutter, Coinages in the Achaemenid Empire (Edinburgh)

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Coinages in the Achaemenid Empire . Notice of a New Book: Rutter, Keith. 2026. Coinages in the Achaemenid Empire ....
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

More on the Egyptian mummy's Iliad excerpt

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OXYRHYNCHUS WATCH: The mummy, the Iliad, and a mysterious death ritual. Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem ...

Dr. Oswaldo Arteaga, 1942-2026

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SAD NEWS: Dr. Oswaldo Arteaga, a world reference for Phoenician archaeology in the Axarquía, dies. The archaeologist's relationship wit...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Was the Great Isaiah Scroll originally two independent "Isaiah" scrolls?

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SCROLL MATERIAL CULTURE: The oldest complete biblical scroll ever found was originally split in 2, scholar finds. Study comes as ‘Great Isa...

Does West Bank and Gaza antiquities bill violate Israel's international agreements?

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ARCHAEOLOGY AND POLITICS: West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill breaks Israel’s international obligations – legal official. As Knesset committee...

Lost books or just misplaced?

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THE ANXIOUS BENCH: How Lost Scriptures Hide In Plain Sight (Philip Jenkins). I have been posting on texts and scriptures as they are lost a...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Hussain, Wisdom in the Qur'an (OUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Wisdom in the Qur'an Law and Morality from the Bible to Late Antiquity Saqib Hussain ...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Orlov, Cursed Creation in the Book of Job and the Book of the Watchers (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Cursed Creation in the Book of Job and the Book of the Watchers Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 205 ...
Friday, May 22, 2026

Archaeologists have excavated First-Temple-era remains on the Temple Mount

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Archaeologists spotlight first Solomon’s Temple-era artifacts ever found on Temple Mount. Carried out in rare cooperati...

How far does textual criticism of the Torah get us?

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FOR SHAVUOT: Do We Know the Original Text of the Torah? (Emanuel Tov, TheTorah.com). Well, we can theoretically arrive at a 3rd century B.C...

West Bank and Gaza archaeology bills in the Knesset

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ARCHAEOLOGY AND POLITICS: Knesset panel ends without advancing West Bank and Gaza antiquities bill, will resume discussions next week (Ross...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Shavuot 2026

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THE FESTIVAL OF SHAVUOT (Weeks, Pentecost) begins tonight at sundown. Best wishes to all those celebrating. Last year's Shavuot post...