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Weekend Roundup

Several works that we have mentioned here are finalists for the 2010 ECPA Christian Book Awards, including A Visual Guide to Biblical Events (Martin, Beck, and Hansen), The New Moody Atlas of the Bible (Beitzel), The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (Tenney and Silva), and Glo.

Yesterday I noted Glo’s Easter Gallery. Biblical Studies and Technical Tools has posted a brief review of the impressive media components of Glo.

Aren Maeir posts word of a “very exciting bona fide, new archaeological find from Jerusalem.” I concur with his assessment, but cannot say more yet. Publication is expected soon.

Leen Ritmeyer posts a beautiful photographic rendition of the 1st century temple from a new project called The Messiah in the Temple.

A bed-and-breakfast owner in Sepphoris discovered an ancient tomb on his property, but he called the rabbis instead of the antiquities authority. This Haaretz article gives some insight into the on-going conflict over the excavation of graves.

The Museum of Biblical Art is reopening in Dallas five years after it was destroyed by fire.

Eisenbrauns is selling some new titles as of April 1.

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Good Friday and Easter Images

Glo has a gallery of several dozen Easter images available for free download (in high-resolution).

These include photographs (including a few of ours), as well as ancient and modern works of art. It’s probably too late to use for this year’s teaching, but they could be handy for future years. Glo is available from Amazon for $57 and includes many thousands of images like these.

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March Newsletter

I sent out the latest issue of the BiblePlaces Newsletter this morning. If you didn’t receive it, check your spam folder or subscribe here. New subscribers won’t get the March issue by email, but you can view it online here.

The new CD this month is People of Palestine, and it includes a wide variety of fascinating photographs of individuals, couples, and groups from the early 1900s. The American Colony photographers recorded the lives of Jews and Arabs, Christians and Muslims, as well as Samaritans, Druze, and foreigners. Of the last category, none were quite as obvious as this guy, seen near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem in January.

Foreigner near Damascus Gate, tb010910292

Foreigner in Jerusalem

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Weekend Roundup

Where are all the biblical texts between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex (10th century)?

James Charlesworth has dubbed this “The Period of Great Silence.” Recently, however, scholars identified that two fragments, located oceans apart, belong to a single text of Exodus 15 from the 6th-8th centuries. The fascinating story is featured in this week’s Jerusalem Post Magazine.

The Economist has an article on polynomial texture mapping, which allows scientists to study ancient objects by a careful use of photography and lighting from different angles. The result is that you can see features not otherwise observable. I’ve seen it in action and it is phenomenal.

Leon Mauldin has started a new blog featuring photos from his recent Turkey and Greece trip.

Criticism of Jerusalem archaeologists is not new, but at least this Reuters article has interviewed both sides.

A rocket hit the archaeological site of Ur in Iraq this week.

There’s a half-price sale now for John Beck, The Land of Milk and Honey: An Introduction to the Geography of Israel, 2006 ($21 at Amazon, now $10 from the publisher). I haven’t read the book, but you can see a 6-page pdf sample at the website.

A couple of good Zondervan resources are now 50% off until April 15. The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: Old Testament is available for $125 and the Zondervan
Encyclopedia of the Bible is for sale for $140. You must use source code 980683 for each. Shipping is free. (UPDATE: At the moment, Amazon’s price on the Encyclopedia is $138 with shipping. My guess is that won’t last. You can track Amazon’s price here.)

HT: Joe Lauer

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Interviews with Monson and Barkay

The LandMinds show at Israel National Radio (Arutz-7) has two interviews this week that may interest readers. Each interview is 48 minutes and may be downloaded in mp3 format.

James Monson describes his years living in Israel and the creation of maps for students of Bible.

Monson was one of the creators of the long-lived Student Map Manual, and for the past decade he has been creating resources for Biblical Backgrounds, Inc. His influence on students of historical geography can hardly be overstated.

Gabriel Barkay discusses his work over the past decade sifting the material illegally removed from the Temple Mount. He also answers questions on a variety of archaeological subjects.

I don’t have time to listen to these interviews in full before posting this notice, but I expect that both interviews are fascinating and worth the time.

Readers may be interested in following the LandMinds show regularly:

LandMinds broadcasts live on www.israelnationalradio.com every Wednesday evening from 5-7pm Israel time, 10-12 EST, 3-5pm in the UK, and rebroadcast during the week. You can also listen live with your iPhone!

HT: Yehuda Group

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Cities of Paul Collection

Here’s something that could easily be overlooked. In 2004 Fortress published a photo CD by Helmut Koester entitled “Cities of Paul, Images and Interpretations: from the Harvard New Testament and Archaeology Project.” It was and is very pricey ($250), and because of my teaching interests and my own collection, I purchased but never really used the collection. But if this is of interest to you, you can now purchase it for less. Kind of.

Logos has a pre-publication special on 20 Fortress volumes on Paul. One of those “volumes” is this photo collection. If you use Logos and find any of the other books in the set worthwhile, you can save a few dollars by purchasing now for $230 (retail $776).

If I don’t say, someone is bound to ask me my opinion. I thought I had written something brief about it previously, but I can’t find it now. In short, the photos are of high resolution, but most look like old slides that have been scanned. Diagrams are included, which may be quite useful in teaching. Note that there are only nine sites included: Athens, Olympia, Corinth, Isthmia, Pergamon, Delphi, Philippi, Ephesus, and Thessalonike. The notes are extensive and valuable. I think the $250 price tag is too high. If you’re a Logos user, you’ll likely find many advantages in this new edition.

There are no reviews of the CD at Amazon. The work is reviewed positively in the Review of Biblical Literature (pdf).

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