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Saturday, August 29, 2026

Kanarek, ... Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah

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RECENT BOOK FROM BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PRESS: Beyond Brutality Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah Jane Kanarek Beyo...
Friday, August 28, 2026

The evidence for the Diaspora Revolt of 115-117 CE

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THE WORLD IS FULL OF HISTORY: The Forgotten Jewish Revolt That Erased a Civilization. Between the First and Second known revolts against Ro...

Review of MacDonald, Carthage: A New History

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PUNIC WATCH: Book Review: Carthage, A New History (Mike Markowitz, Strategy Page). by Eve MacDonald New York: W. W. Norton, 2025. Pp. vi, ...

How did Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler change his mind?

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SYMPOSIUM: I CHANGED MY MIND: How to Read “The” Bible? (Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler, TheTorah.com). In 2005, I published How to Read the Bible ...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

The Chymical Wedding as a metafictional apocryphon

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THE ANXIOUX BENCH: Forging The Chymical Wedding (Philip Jenkins). I have been posting about the mind-stretching Renaissance works in which ...

Violence and a newly discovered burial cave in East Jerusalem

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DISCOVERY: Border Police discover Second Temple-period burial cave during operations in eastern Jerusalem. The discovery came as part of po...

Simeon the Stylite's pillar has been returned?

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ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE: St. Simeon the Stylite’s pillar returned to historic monastery in Holeb (Aleppo) (Syriac Press). HOLEB, Syria — The p...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Dusek, Old Aramaic Inscriptions and their Contexts (Peeters)

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NEW BOOK FROM PEETERS PUBLISHERS: Old Aramaic Inscriptions and their Contexts An Epigraphic, Archaeological, and Historical Synthesis ...

What were Luke's sources for his account of Paul?

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THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION: Luke Used Sources for His Story of Paul, but Not the Ones You Think Luke’s account of Paul in Acts is best u...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Gold rings for young girls?

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ANCIENT RITUAL BLING? Hellenistic Gold Rings Found in Jerusalem Point to Ancient Greek ‘Coming-of-Age’ Ritual (Abdul Moeed, Greek Reporter)...

On the Gezer Calendar

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Gezer Calendar. An Israelite almanac or a writing exercise? (Marek Dospěl). The so-called Gezer Calendar is a sma...

Review of Lorber, Coins of the Ptolemaic empire, part 2

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Coins of the Ptolemaic empire, part 2: Ptolemy V through Cleopatra VII Catharine C. Lorber, Coins of the Pto...
Monday, August 24, 2026

More on Huqoq at the Yigal Allon Center Museum

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EXHIBITION: A 1,600-year-old Village, a Dazzling Mosaic and a New Story of Ancient Judaism. An exhibition near the Sea of Galilee offers a ...

Review of Collins, Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism

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WORD&WAY: Review: Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism (Robert D. Cornwall). Because people, religious and nonreligious, us...

The MOTB DSS exhibit - final rotation

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EXHIBITION UPDATE: The Oldest Biblical Fragments On Earth Leave Washington In Two Weeks — Then Return To The Dark. In a closing exhibition,...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

Sader, Ancient Tyre between Myth and History (SBL)

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NEW BOOK FROM SBL PRESS: Ancient Tyre between Myth and History Hélène Sader ISBN 9781628378290 Volume ABS 36 Status Available Publ...

Deuteronomy and secular slaughter as an innovation

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PROF. BERNARD M. LEVINSON: It’s Tradition! How Deuteronomy’s Reform Permits Non-Sacrificial Slaughter (TheTorah.com). To consume meat, Exod...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Eisenstock, TALMUD CHRONICLES (Urim)

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NEW BOOK FROM URIM PUBLICATIONS: TALMUD CHRONICLES: Bringing Talmudic Events to Life by Zalman Eisenstock Price: $34.95 $31.00 H...

Intertextuality as Reinterpreting Texts (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Intertextuality as Reinterpreting Texts Papers Read at the 19th Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study ...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

The Michigan papyrus collection

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WORKSHOP REPORT: Unveiling history: University of Michigan home to America’s largest collection of ancient papyrus (Matt Jaworowski, WoodTV...