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ARCHAEOLOGY AND POLITICS: Why Israel Is Falling Again for the Masada Syndrome (Moshe Gilad, Haaretz).Generations of Israelis grew up on Masada's myth of heroism and noble suicide. What really happened on the mountain does not quite fit the national narrative, yet the it keeps shaping Israeli societyMixed with the political observations in this long article are observations about...

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: The Zoroastrian World. Notice of a New Book: Rose, Jenny, Albert De Jong & Sarah Stewart (eds.). 2026. The Zoroastrian World. New York: Routledge. Follow the link for description and TOC. The volume looks comprehensive, with lots of articles of interest to PaleoJudaica. Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and the biblical world.

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The Suda
A MASSIVE COMPILATION: The Suda, The Greek Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100 (Patricia Claus, The Greek Reporter).The lexicon copiously draws from scholia to the classics of the greatest Greek writers, including Homer, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Sophocles, and others. Later, the works of Polybius, Josephus, the Chronicon Paschale, George Syncellus, George Hamartolus, were use...

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THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION:Trauma, the Body, and Politics in the Bible Trauma hermeneutics offers a valuable lens for interpreting biblical texts by examining how violence, suffering, and injustice are embodied in characters, represented in literary form, and shaped by political and social power. Attending to trauma in the Bible can deepen interpretation, challenge moralizing...

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THE AWOL BLOG: Aspects of Time in Jewish and Christian Exegesis.Aspects of Time in Jewish and Christian Exegesis. Edited by Maren R. Niehoff and Christoph Markschies. De Gruyter, 2026. Open access. Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and the biblical world.

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