אם תהיה רעה בעיר ויהוה לא עשה “If there is evil in a city, has Yahweh not done it?” Amos 3:6 A new book entitled “Quest for the Historical Satan” is scheduled to be released this August 2011 (Amazon). The authors, Iliff School of Theology (Denver, CO) Professors Miguel De La Torre and Albert Hernandez, [...]
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Position: Librarian for Advanced Research & Engagement Institution: UCLA Posted: April 21, 2011 Location: California (UCLA Campus in Westwood Village, Los Angeles) Employment Level: Non tenure track Website: http://www.ucla.edu Application Deadline: Open until filled Category: Librarians/ library administration Employment Status: Full-time Rank and Salary: $56,496 to $88,488 USD Salary and appointment level based on experience [...]
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you must read this post. i don’t know whether to laugh or cry… And the winner is? Drum roll please…. Paula White. Usually, Paula is doing some serious BS with the calendar and the feast days of ancient Israel. Paula has articulated an immense amount of BS pertaining to the calendar. She really likes the [...]
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(With thanks to Jack Sasson’s Agade mailing list.) It turns out that the ‘gay caveman’ reported earlier this month may not be ‘gay’ or a ‘caveman’. A new report states that some scholars have questioned the findings: Kristina Killgrove, an anthropologist and archaeologist at the University of North Carolina, wrote on her blog, Bone Girl, [...]
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Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. Everyone’s least favorite fake tv archaeologist “veteran investigator” presenter of ridiculous, sensationalistic trash σκύβαλα, Simcha Jacobovici, is releasing a documentary entitled, “The Nails Of The Cross,” which “investigates” whether the nails from the crucifixion of Jesus have been discovered. And completely coincidentally, Simcha’s press release machine is [...]
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Workshop Call for Papers February 13-14, 2012 Brown University The Program in Judaic Studies in collaboration with the Brown University Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship is pleased to announce plans for a two-day workshop devoted to investigating the ways in which the digital humanities has or can change the study of religion in antiquity. The [...]
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…and here is one more reason why. Listen to Zach Wahls speak to the Iowa House of Representatives during a discussion about House Joint Resolution 6, which seeks ban same-sex marriage in Iowa. The presentation excellent and his argument is sound. And I shall continue doing my part (here and here and here and here [...]
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No, it’s not a GEICO commercial‘s attempt at humor (or a bomb of short-lived television series), this may actually be legitimate. Mara Gay reports that Kamila Remisova Vesinova and a team of researchers from the Czech Archeological Society are claiming to have discoverred the remains of an early homosexual man dating to 2900-2500 BCE, just [...]
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