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Saturday, June 06, 2026

JiSeong James Kwon, Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism (SBL)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism: Challenging the Integration Paradigm JiSeong James Kwon IS...
Friday, June 05, 2026

Reconstructing a very old Torah scroll

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THE GENIZA FRAGMENTS BLOG: What’s My Line? Reconstructing CUL T-S NS 3.21+ (Marc Michaels). Likely the oldest Torah in the Cairo Genizah, C...

AI translations of the letters of Procopius of Gaza

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ROGER PEARSE: Procopius of Gaza, Letters – machine translation now online with notes. . When I started to work on Procopius, the first thing...

Bohak, The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu) (OpenBook, open access)

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NEW BOOK FROM OPENBOOK PUBLISHERS: The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu) The 'Authentic' Jewish Protocols of the Trial of ...
Thursday, June 04, 2026

The 24 angelic elders in the Coptic magical papyri (Angels, part 2)

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THE COPTIC MAGICAL PAPYRI BLOG: Angels in Coptic Magic II: The Twenty-Four Presbyters . In sum, whether they were invoked for healing and pr...

The mythological background of Revelation 13

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THE "IS THAT IN THE BIBLE?" BLOG: The Jewish and Pagan Mythological Origins of Revelation 13: The Beasts from the Sea and the Eart...

Review of Bonura, A Prophecy of Empire

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: A Prophecy of Empire: The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius from Late Antique Mesopotamia to the Global Medieval Imaginatio...
Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Taxation and evasion in the Roman empire

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ANCIENT ECONOMICS: The Art of the Unpaid Denarius: Tax Evasion in Ancient Rome (Terry Madenholm, Haaretz). The cat-and-mouse game intensifi...

Forthcoming Diodorus Siculus volume

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Diodoros of Sicily: Bibliotheke Historike . Notice of a Forthcoming Book: Harding, Phillip (ed.). 2026. Diodoros of S...
Tuesday, June 02, 2026

Review series on Vidas, The Rise of Talmud

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW has a new review series: The Rise of Talmud Review Forum . It is devoted to Moulie Vidas's book, The Rise of Talmud ...

The latest on that British Museum lecture

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THE BRITISH MUSEUM has announced that the canceled lecture on ancient Israel and Judah is rescheduled to some time early in June. But I can...

Was Moses the author or the writer of the Torah?

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TZIPPORAH MACHLAH KLAPPER: Moses the Lawgiver? Not For the Rabbis (TheTorah.com). Writers in the Second Temple period portray Moses as the ...
Monday, June 01, 2026

Cursed Chorazin produces precious gem

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ANCIENT BLING WATCH? 12-year-old finds ancient gemstone in Galilean Jewish village cursed by Jesus. Sixth-grader Alon Horowitz finds rare ‘...

Reminder: Byblos, the Eternal City (Paris)

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Byblos, the Eternal City. Paris exhibit showcases Lebanon's oldest city . Now open until 23 August. Noted as fo...

"From Trash to Treasure" at the Silk Road Virtual Museum

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EXHIBITION: Silk Road Virtual Museum opens first Israel exhibit, displays ancient textiles found in Arava. The exhibit, curated by academic...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Rutledge, ... The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy of Pseudo-Denys: An Introduction (Routledge reprint)

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A REPRINT FROM ROUTLEDGE: Cosmic Theology The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy of Pseudo-Denys: An Introduction By Dom Denys Rutledge Co...
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...