From Ben Witherington’s blog: THE SMOKING GUN—TENTH TALPIOT OSSUARY PROVED TO BE BLANK Joe Zias is a fine archaeologist of long standing and good reputation. He is the person who catalogued the ten ossuaries from the Talpiot tomb, and personally catalogued the tenth ossuary. He worked with Amos Kloner as […]
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Thank you CH for a job very well done! Biblical Studies Carnival XV, in Memory of Bruce Manning Metzger Welcome to the fifteenth Biblical Studies Carnival. I am pleased to host the carnival on such an auspicious numeration (too bad it couldn’t be a multiple of 6, then I’d be […]
The SBL Call for Papers deadline is still March 1 (midnight tonight!), and I encourage all Aramaists out there to propose a paper for our session! But AAR has extended their deadline to March 7th. Call for Papers Deadline Extended to March 7! The 2007 AAR Call for Papers deadline […]
NPR’s Morning Edition just did a fairly balanced piece on the announcement of the Tomb movie and book. Only a summary is up at the moment, but the audio will go up shortly after the program ends and a transcript by tomorrow.
In keeping with my laziness of merely pointing to other bloggers who have done more work on this, I will point readers to Tyler Williams’ excellent round up of the latest and greatest biblioblog discussions regarding the Talpiut tomb. The Jesus/Talpiot Tomb: Around the Blogosphere The hype surrounding the forthcoming […]
I have been following this story, but I have not been blogging since I do not yet have anything to say. Jim has a number of good links below and like him I will wait until I can review all the evidence before commenting in any detail. The Talpiot Tomb […]
From Awilum. I had considered applying to Tübingen for graduate work precisely because (aside from being great in our field) there was no tuition. My interests changed and I don’t regret my time or degree from Oxford, but the student loans… ugh. The End of a Free Ride? Möglicherweise Bloomberg […]
You may recall our conversation regarding Google Bombs (or Googlebombs) a month ago. Well, it looks like Google has had a change of heart. Or at least a few folks who work there have. They apparently got tired of some folks (not yours truly, of course) thinking that Google itself […]
Things that make you go “hmmmm.” I have to say that I am not close enough to K-12 in PA yet to know the details of teacher unions, but I can say that in NOLA they were not very helpful at improving the schools. Jobs Blasts Teachers Unions Filed under: […]
Tyler Williams at Codex reports on the Religious Studies Review: Religion and the Internet I just received the latest edition of the Religious Studies Review (Volume 32, number 4, October 2006), which is a special issue on Religion and the Internet edited by Christopher Helland. The volume highlights and evaluates […]