EXODUS SURPRISES Ten Nuggets of MORAL MEANING In The Book of EXODUS A 90-Minute LIVE, INTERACTIVE Tele-Webinar with Professor & Master Teacher REUVEN KIMELMAN ...
Somewhere recently I was reading about Cyrus and his relationship to other Gods like Marduk - but I can't find it! Maybe it was a poor article that I shouldn't...
I'm looking for book-length studies on Psalm 24, preferably ones that takes into account both diachronic and synchronic dimensions, as well as the theological....
If you delve into the books erroneously called "Apocrypha" before long you will notice a confusing array of differences between translations of them. For...
I was asked to post this to my blog. It looks fascinating, but unfortunately I won't be there. Call for Papers: Genesis and Christian Theology 14-18 July 2009 ...
Everyone is familiar with the Ichthus symbol used by ancient (and modern) Christians. However, in Ephesus (and perhaps elsewhere, I am not sure), there is...
All, For the month of December, Eisenbrauns is offering significant savings on selected United Bible Society texts and resources (40-50%). The details are...
Channel surfing, I happened upon a show on EWTN (the Catholic Network) about the "Year of St. Paul." I hadn't realized that Paul's tomb had been unearthed in...
For those who could not attend, Prof. Garfinkel graciously posted his PowerPoint in PDF format on their website: http://qeiyafa.huji.ac.il/qdb/ASOR_2parts.pdf ...
The latest edition of Tyndale Bulletin has a very well researched article that argues that there was a serious food shortage in Corinth in 51 (Barry N....
While guesses abound about the nature of the discovered ostracon, the Qeiyafa excavation team has posted the chronicle. It appears from the chronicle that...
Jim, You have wanted to posit an ellision of the ayin in your proposed RB(. Looking at an Akkadian grammar I see §11. Nouns with vocalic stems.With the...
Camels in Hebron? Abraham is twice stated to have camels. Genesis 12: 16; 24: 10 In particular, after living at the Patriarchs' "Hebron" for decades ...
The practice of late-dating the books of the Bible can be seen as a position of faith on the part of those scholars who do so, though they will never admit it....
Hi Colleagues, I'm feeling very guilty as one of the original list-owners, but not having contributed very much to the discussions. So I thought I would ...
For the Biblical scholar who has everything: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=641806197 Here's the listing in case it goes away some day: ...
Yep, as promised, we have a new mug. This year we are featuring the Gezer calendar on a 16 ounce cobalt blue mug. If you are at AAR this weekend, or will be at...
Two very interesting new articles by Professor Anson Rainey appear in the new issue of Biblical Archaeology Review: Inside, Outside: Where Did the Early...
I'm pleased to see a new blog for the archaeologists, site supervisors, educators, and excavators of "The Elah Fortress" (a.k.a., Kh. Qeiyafa), courtesy of...
Eisenbrauns has two great deals going on right now and running through the end of October. One is for folks who are planning to attend ASOR or SBL in Boston...
I recommend to everyone a membership in the Biblical Archaeology Society, primarily because you'll receive access to the archives of Biblical Archaeology...
For a while now, there'd been a notice on the front page for the Bible and Interpretation website, in abeyance for quite some time now, that it was returning...
Barth said, somewhere (in CD I, I believe), that in exegesis historical and literary analysis of the text was "just Prolegomena" to the real task of ...
I've been unable to find it on the Net. If anyone can tell where I can find it or even e-mail it to me (in Hebrew, preferably with translation) I'd be...
Interesting video trailer brought to my attention by Aren Maeir's blog: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/bibl-00.html Looks comprehensive & up-to-date, with...
We now have some good choices for rendereings the LXX in English. Do any of the listers have a favorable opinion of any translation of the Peshitta into...
Dear all, According to context, the word "Qanekha" obviously means "your creator" or "your owner", and that is how it is understood by most commentators and...
Why does this list allow and even promote advertising book sales along the lines of the Eisenbrauns notices? To a casual observer such as myself, this appears...
