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Studies of Biblical Interest (SBI) publishes a journal by scholars and students who are interested in espousing their new and original ideas about the Bible. Learn more: https://www.biblicaljournal.org/

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · Nov 19

Studies of Biblical Interest is officially in print! Our first issue marks a milestone in fact-based biblical studies. Copies are on their way to our authors and selected libraries. Thanks to all who made this possible—here’s to more insights ahead. #BiblicalStudies #Academia

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 1h

From the Seleucids to Josephus, “Alexander in Jerusalem” evolved as a mirror for shifting power. Amitay traces four versions of this legend, each recasting empire, prophecy, and divine favor in its own image. #AlexanderTheGreat #JewishHistory #Classics

Alexander the Great in Jerusalem - The Ancient Near East Today

One of the famous scenes of antiquity is that of the visit purportedly paid by Alexander the Great to the temple of Jerusalem. But did Alexander actually visit Jerusalem? And does it matter?

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 10h

As Gaza counts its human losses, scholars warn of another tragedy: the destruction of one of the world’s oldest cities. From Bronze Age ports to Byzantine monasteries, Gaza’s 5,000 years of heritage reveal a crossroads of empires and faiths now in ruins. #CulturalHeritage

‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins

The territory’s ancient heritage has too often been ignored. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 1d

From Henry VIII’s break with Rome to Charles III’s joint prayer with Pope Leo XIV: a 491-year journey toward reconciliation, marked in the Sistine Chapel and the basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls. #HistoryInTheMaking #EcumenicalDialogue

King Charles to be first reigning English monarch in 500 years to pray publicly with pope

Monarch will join Pope Leo XIV at an ecumenical service in Sistine Chapel during visit to the Vatican next month

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 1d

A reexamination of inscribed sherds from Tel Arad uncovers the overlooked world of ancient numeracy. Beyond literacy, Judahite administrators mastered timekeeping and accounting centuries before exile. #AncientNearEast #Epigraphy #HistoryOfMath

How did biblical Judeans track time? Trove of 6th-century BCE inscriptions offers clues

New analysis of 2,600-year-old Tel Arad ostraca suggests Iron Age soldiers tracked months, days, and supplies with sophisticated numerical systems

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 2d

How were children understood in ancient Israel? A new study examines Iron Age burials to reveal how death shaped ideas of kinship, personhood, and identity in Judah. #Archaeology #AncientIsrael #MortuaryStudies

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The Death of Children in Ancient Israel | Bible Interp

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 2d

Aristotle’s thought has been twisted to fit religious, cultural, and commercial agendas for centuries. “Reinventing Aristotle” surveys manuscripts, prints, and rare books showing the philosopher as Jesuit, Jew, alchemist, and more. #CulturalAfterlives #Aristotle

Aristotle the Alchemist, Sexologist, Palm Reader, Papist, and Jew

Aristotle’s remarkable afterlives at Van Pelt Library’s Goldstein Gallery.

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 2d

Archaeologists uncover a silverpoint stylus at Himmelpforte Monastery (1253–1525). The 11.1 cm copper-silver tool, used for manuscripts and fine sketches, highlights the monastery’s engagement with literacy and art. #Silverpoint #MedievalStudies

Rare silver-tipped stylus among new discoveries at the “Gates of Heaven”

Archaeologists from the Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology (LDA) have unearthed a rare silver-tipped stylus during excavations at the Himmelpforte Monastery,…

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 3d

Interdisciplinary innovation: cosmic-ray muons and scintillator detectors allow high-resolution subsurface imaging at the City of David, opening non-invasive avenues to explore ancient infrastructure. #MuonTomography #ArchaeologyTech

First demonstration of underground muon imaging at an archaeological site in ancient Jerusalem

We present a novel underground imaging system that utilizes cosmic-ray muons to explore the subsurface environment at the City of David archeological site in an

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 3d

Combining museum artefacts and radiocarbon evidence offers a new timeline linking the Minoan eruption with Egypt’s 17th–18th Dynasty transition, highlighting gaps and opportunities in the study of early New Kingdom chronology. #Egyptology #ArchaeologicalScience

The Minoan Thera eruption predates Pharaoh Ahmose: Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian 17th to early 18th Dynasty museum objects

The huge volcanic eruption at Thera (Santorini), situated in the Aegean Sea, occurred within the Late Minoan IA archaeological period. However, its temporal association with Egyptian history has long…

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 4d

Hollywood’s portrayals often reinforce gendered and colonial narratives in archaeology. Male adventurers dominate, while local and female scholars are marginalised. Recognising this bias is key for inclusive heritage communication. #Archaeology #FilmStudies

How Hollywood turned archaeologists into adventurers, treasure hunters - Türkiye Today

Cinema made archaeologists heroes and treasure hunters. Behind the whip and fedora lies a deeper story of myth, science, and public imagination

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 9d

New volume of Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica Vol. 31 (2025) saa.uaic.ro/issues/no-xx... #openaccess

No XXXI/1 (OCT. 2025) - Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica

Download Full Volume (Free) CUPRINS – CONTENTS – SOMMAIRE Articles Guram CHKHATARASHVILI, Giorgi TAVAMAISHVILI, Maia CHICHINADZE, Eliso KVAVADZE, Nikoloz TSKVITINIDZE, Interdisciplinary Insights into ...

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 21d

Protecting cultural heritage through science: researchers tested fluorescent nanoparticle tags in conservation varnishes to deter artefact theft. Paraloid-based tags proved most stable, while perovskite dots degraded faster. 🏺✨

#CulturalHeritage #ConservationScience

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Fluorescent nanoparticles for security tags against the looting of archaeological artefacts - npj Heritage Science

npj Heritage Science - Fluorescent nanoparticles for security tags against the looting of archaeological artefacts

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 27d

A parliamentary reception celebrated 60 years of Classical Civilisation in schools and the launch of "Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in British Secondary Education". A milestone for Classics access and advocacy. 🎓#PublicHumanities #EducationPolicy

New book celebrates 60 years of Classical Civilisation in English schools - Durham University

A landmark new publication authored by Professors Arlene Holmes-Henderson and Edith Hall offers the first comprehensive study of two transformative subjects in the English curriculum.

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 27d

The ISAC Museum presents “Megiddo: A City Unearthed, A Past Imagined” (18 Sept, 2025 - 15 Mar, 2026), marking 100 years of excavations. Explore ancient palaces, fortifications, and artefacts alongside media, archives, and art reflecting Megiddo’s historical and imagined legacies.

Megiddo: A City Unearthed, A Past Imagined | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

A Special Exhibition at the ISAC Museum

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 28d

The Weizmann Institute researchers combined precise dating with existing climate data from Dead Sea drill cores, from Soreq Cave stalagmites and from records of solar activity traced through its influence on the formation of radioactive cosmogenic isotopes.

Carbon-14 Dating Unlocks Ancient Jerusalem’s Water Secret: Monumental Siloam Dam Was Built in 800 BCE to Face a Climate Crisis - Weizmann Wonder Wander - News, Features and Discoveries

Evidence points to sweeping urban planning as early as the 9th century BCE

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 28d

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known Egyptian genome (4,500 years old), revealing 80% North African ancestry and 20% links to Mesopotamia. This breakthrough offers rare insight into early Egyptian connections and migration. #AncientDNA #Egypt #Paleogenetics #History

We decoded the oldest genetic data from an Egyptian, a man buried around 4,500 years ago – what it told us

There was previously no direct genetic data from an Egyptian individual of this period.

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 29d

Egypt’s Mount Sinai, sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, is being transformed by a massive tourism project of hotels and roads. Critics say it threatens Bedouin homes, St Catherine’s Monastery, and the mountain’s spiritual landscape. #MountSinai #Heritage #Egypt

One of the world's most sacred places Mount Sinai is being turned into a mega-resort

The biblical site of Mount Sinai in Egypt is at the heart of an unholy row over plans to build a huge new tourism project.

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · 29d

A viral AI Bible video turns the Book of Revelation into blockbuster-style chaos, with angels, dragons, and all. 🎬 Pray.com calls it “the Marvel Universe of faith,” but theologians warn it risks turning scripture into spectacle. #AIBible #Religion #AI #BookOfRevelation

Fantasy or faith? One company's AI-generated Bible content stirs controversy

"The AI Bible is a way to really bring these stories to life in a way that people have never seen before. Think of if we were like, the Marvel Universe of faith," said one of the site's creators.

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · Oct 8

Alice Roberts’s "Domination" traces how a small cult became a global faith, seeing the Church as Rome reborn. Brilliant on objects, cynical on belief, her humanist history dazzles but sometimes blinks at faith’s complexity. #History #Christianity #BookReview

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Domination by Alice Roberts review – a brilliant but cynical history of Christianity

The humanist historian brings objects to life beautifully, but falters when it comes to people and their beliefs

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · Oct 8

New issue of Zeitschrift des Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft Vol. 175, No. 2 (2025) zdmg.harrassowitz-library.com/issue/ZDMG/2... @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · Oct 8

New research reveals the earliest known critique of the Shroud of Turin: in the 1370s, theologian Nicole Oresme called it a “clear fake” used to deceive the faithful. His writings suggest the shroud was seen as a medieval invention from the very start. #History #ShroudOfTurin

Medieval Discovery Offers Earliest Proof Shroud of Turin May Be a Forgery

A Belgian academic has uncovered writings by Nicole Oresme who called the shroud a "clear" and "patent" fake in the 1370s.

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · Oct 7

The site, located in Salihli, was once the capital of the Lydian Kingdom, famed in history as the birthplace of coinage, where money was first minted under state authority. 💰🏛️

#Archaeology #Lydia #AncientHistory #Turkey

Archaeologists uncover 2,800-year-old Lydian palace in western Türkiye - Türkiye Today

Archaeologists in Sardis, western Türkiye, uncover a 2,800-year-old Lydian palace, rewriting the history of one of Anatolia’s great kingdoms

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · Oct 7

Friends of ASOR announce their first archaeological tour of Cyprus, 14–23 June 2026! 🏺Join ASOR’s Dr. Rachel Bernstein & Dr. Andy Vaughn for exclusive site visits, including Idalion with Dr. Pamela Gaber, Kalavasos with Dr. Kevin Fisher, & dinner with Dr. William Dever. #Archaeology

Friends of ASOR Archaeological Tour of Cyprus 2026

This tour takes place between June 14-23, 2026 with visits to and guided tours of archaeological sites and museums in Cyprus by scholars, archaeologists, excavators, and museum curators.

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · Oct 6

Extrabiblical clues may help anchor the #Exodus story in history. Versions of the “leper story,” preserved by Josephus from Graeco-Egyptian sources, recall a king Amenophis who expelled “lepers and polluted persons.” In these tales, the Egyptian names of Moses may hold the key.

Moses’ Other Names: A Clue to the Biblical Exodus During Egypt’s Civil War? - The Ancient Near East Today

Did an historical event give rise to the story of the Exodus? A story told by the ancient historian Josephus may provide some clues.

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Studies of Biblical Interest @biblicaljournal.bsky.social · Sep 30

Should be quite an exhibition! #Romans #History #Chichester #NoviumMuseum www.bbc.com/news/article...

Rare 4th Century coffin lining to be preserved in Chichester - BBC News

The coffin lining, currently on display in The Novium Museum in Chichester, was unearthed in 1985.