Thoughts on Antiquity

First, I want to thank James Crossley for my copy of Jesus in an Age of Terror: Scholarly Projects for a New American Century. In an excellent first entry of a handful BibleWorld volumes with his name attached (including, Jesus Beyond Nationalism & Judaism, Jewish Identities and the Gospel Tradition), Crossley sets a series […]

From the forum:
I will be giving 4 lectures on Egyptology in California and Oregon this month. The first two are in the Los Angeles area, the third at Berkeley, and the fourth in Portland, Oregon.
LECTURE: Sexism in the Temple? Women and the Religious Hierarchy of Ancient Egypt
Date: Saturday, March 21, 1:30 p.m.
American Research Center in […]

This post will serve as a conclusion to my series on ancient canonical lists. This series has been a long time in the making; my introductory post and this concluding post are separated by nearly two and a half years.
In this post I intend to do only two things. First, here is an index to […]

After receiving many complaints, I finally added individual author’s name to each post in both at the beginning and at the end. So if you ever get a link to a post, you’ll never again wonder, “Which one wrote this?”

Why I wouldn’t I make a good journalist? Because I take too long to get to the news. (Also, I don’t like to proofread what I’ve written…but I’m working on liking it.) By now, just about every other Biblioblogger who will write on Raphael Golb has already written on it. I may have gotten in […]

Raphael Golb, son of the infamous Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Norman Golb (U. Chicago), has been arrested in New York! This happened just days after Dr. Bob Cargill released his website Who Is Charles Gadda?. Read the stories for now, I’ll post something more substantive here very soon!
Update: Posted more information here.

I received this email today for a conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls happening here in Memphis  April 23-24 hosted at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary not too far from my house, actually. There are some good papers being presented. Check the website for the schedule.
Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls and Biblical Interpretation Conference
April 23-24, […]