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14

Jun

Zahi Hawass in St. Paul, MN

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology

Last Friday I had the pleasure of hearing Zahi Hawass speak at the historic Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St Paul.  While I’ve seen Dr. Hawass numerous times on television, this was my first opportunity to see him in person.  I was lucky enough to be seated in the first row of the Orchestra pit, so [...]

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Tags: Archaeology

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21

Jun

Freeing the Dead Sea Scrolls by Hershel Shanks

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology, Books

I’m catching up on e-mails and just got notice that Hershel Shanks, editor of Biblical Archaeology Review has published his autobiography titled Freeing the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Adventures of an Archaeology Outsider.  It is published by Continuum and will be available July 24, 2010.  Richard Bernstein had some good things to say about [...]

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27

Dec

Lawrence H. Schiffman – Scholars, Scrolls, and Scandals: Judaism, Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology

HT to Jim West for pointing out this excellent lecture by Lawrence H. Schiffman.  If you have even a passing interest in the Dead Sea Scrolls, I think you’ll find this interesting.  In total, the lectures is just under 90 minutes. If you can’t see the video, click here:  LINK

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Tags: Archaeology

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24

Nov

What I’m Reading – Unholy Business by Nina Burleigh

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology, Books

If you’re an armchair archaeologist like me, then I’d highly recommend you pick up Nina Burleigh’s latest book:  Unholy Business:  A True Tale of Faith, Greed & Forgery in the Holy Land.  Apparently there’s a whole other world to Biblical Archaeology, that I never read about in Biblical Archaeology Review.  Thanks to the kind folks [...]

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Tags: Archaeology, Books I'm Reading, Harper Collins

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28

Oct

King Solomon’s Copper Mines?

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology

Leen Ritmeyer posted a few comments today about the recent excavations at Khirbat en-Nahas in Jordan.  He also links to a shot video (12:15) about the excavation with commentary by Thomas E. Levy of the University of California San Diego.  You may view this post on Leen’s web site here:  LINK.

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17

Oct

Time Magazine on the James Ossuary

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology

Thanks to Jim West for pointing out a recent Time Magazine article on the ongoing conroversy over the James Ossuary.  Read more here:  LINK.

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8

Oct

Edgar James Banks Journeys to the Garden of Eden

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology, Books

This week’s BAR (Biblical Archaeology Review) Online introduces readers to Edgar James Banks.  You can read the brief blurb I got via e-mail below: This week in BAR online, we introduce readers to Edgar James Banks (1866-1945). Mr. Banks was an intrepid explorer and archaeologist who is considered one of the inspirations for the legendary [...]

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22

Sep

Unholy Business – Nina Burleigh

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology, Books

Jim West pointed out this forthcoming title a couple of days ago.  I’m always a bit skeptical of titles like this, but I may give it a whirl.  It would be interesting to see a perspective on this topic other than that which I get through reading Biblical Archaeology Review.  Learn more at the book’s [...]

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29

Aug

Sept/Oct issue of BAR showed up in my mailbox today

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology

All hail the kind postman who dropped the Sept/Oct issue of Biblical Archaeology Review in my mailbox today.  I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but I’ll probably start with the following articles: Sound Proof:  How Hezekiah’s Tunnelers Met by Hershel Shanks  (Pages 50-57; 78) The Shattered Crown:  The Aleppo Codex, 60 years [...]

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24

Jul

Justin Taylor interviews Leen Ritmeyer

Posted by Shaun Tabatt  Published in Archaeology, Bibliobloggers

A two-part interview with Leen Ritmeyer just went up at Justin Taylor’s blog:  Between Two Worlds. Part 1 – Between Two Worlds: What Did Calvary Look Like? An Interview with Leen Ritmeyer (Part 1) Part 2 – Between Two Worlds: What Did Jesus’ Tomb Look Like? An Interview with Leen Ritmeyer (Part 2) You can [...]

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