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		<title>Cache of Scrolls from Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word is slowly being disseminated out of a cache of Jewish scrolls discovered in the caves of Afghanistan. From JPost: Scholarly world abuzz over Jewish scrolls find Ch. 2: If authenticated, historical find in Afghanistan may be on par with &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/cache-of-scrolls-from-afghanistan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1279&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ritual Purity Marker Discovered Near Western Wall</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the IAA (Hebrew): Exposed- A Find Indicative of the Activity in the Temple A first of its kind find, indicative of activity in the Temple, was recently discovered: a tiny item that was probably used as a “voucher” certifying the ritual &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/ritual-purity-marker-discovered-near-western-wall/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1271&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ISAW Lecture, Dec 1st 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is holding a lecture today by Karen B. Stern, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (Designing Sacred Spaces in the Synagogue of Roman Dura-Europos) at 6:00pm. The lecture &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/isaw-lecture-dec-1st-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1269&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Jewish Annotated New Testament and Amy-Jill Levine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oxford University Press recently published the Jewish Annotated New Testament (eds. M. Brettler and A.J. Levine). As described by Oxford, this work, &#8220;Although major New Testament figures&#8211;Jesus and Paul, Peter and James, Jesus&#8217; mother Mary and Mary Magdalene&#8211;were Jews, living &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/the-jewish-annotated-new-testament-and-amy-jill-levine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1261&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Resources: Grammar of Qumran Aramaic; Parables of the Sages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, Qumran Aramaic scholars have a reference grammar to utilize. Peeter&#8217;s has recently published well known Gramamarian T. Muraoka&#8217;s A Grammar of Qumran Aramaic (Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series, 38; Leuven: Peeters, 2011). Peeter&#8217;s site states, &#8220;This is a &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/new-resources-grammar-of-qumran-aramaic-parables-of-the-sages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1252&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on the Western Wall Discovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My previous post was unexpectedly deleted but is now up (Ritual Immersion Bath Discovered Buried Under the Western Wall). Furthemore, there has been some excellent follow up to the story. Todd Bolen has two posts, one of which  critiques the &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/more-on-the-western-wall-discovery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1248&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Qumran through Textiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is likely a mystery that will hang in the balance, but it is good to have another perspective to view the evidence. Live Science (Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls Possibly Solved) is reporting that there is new evidence in &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/qumran-through-textiles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1240&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ritual Immersion Bath Discovered Buried Under the Western Wall</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IAA has officially announced that archaeologists (Eli Shukron w/ Ronny Reich) have found evidence of a ritual immersion bath and the coin of Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea from 15-26 CE, under the southern end of the Western Wall &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/ritual-immersion-bath-discovered-buried-under-the-western-wall/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1236&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Response to Witherington&#8217;s &#8220;Was Jesus Illiterate?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Ben Witherington posted the third part of a longer discussion regarding reading and writing in the first century and Jesus&#8217; place on the spectrum of this landscape (Reading and Writing in Herodian Israel– Was Jesus an Illiterate Peasant? Part &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/a-brief-response-to-witheringtons-was-jesus-illiterate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1231&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review of Discovery Time Square&#8217;s Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Scrolls are back in New York!  Recently a colleague and I were treated to an educator&#8217;s preview of the new Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit which opened on Friday. The Discovery Times Square Museum, located on 44th between 7th and &#8230; <a href="http://helektov.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/review-of-discovery-time-squares-dead-sea-scrolls-exhibit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helektov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7526925&amp;post=1224&amp;subd=helektov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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