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Explaining the Azekah Area S2 Water Cistern to Dovid and Barnea of Foundation Stone 27 Aug 2013 | 07:43 am
While I was excavating the bor mayim (water cistern) in Area S2 at Azekah this summer, some old friends stopped by…well, more like dropped in. Dovid Willner and Barnea Selavan of Foundation Stone drop...
One Big Balagan: Robert Deutsch, Simcha Jacobovici, and their Campaign of Misinformation against Prof. Yuval Goren 27 Aug 2013 | 02:08 am
בלגן (balagan): noun. (modern Hebrew, from Russian). 1) a chaotic mess of confusion and nonsense. 2) a state of extreme confusion and disorder. There is something quite foul coming from Israel, being ...
Happy 2nd Birthday MacLaren! 7 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
Happy birthday son. I love you and I miss you. I’m almost done doing archaeology at Azekah, and I’ll be home soon. Give Mommy, Quincy, Rory Kate, and Grandma big hugs and kisses for me. HAPPY BIRTHDAY...
“The Rule of Creative Completion: Neofiti’s Use of שכלל” now available in Aramaic Studies 29 Jul 2013 | 11:06 pm
You are invited to read my latest article in the Brill Journal Aramaic Studies entitled, “The Rule of Creative Completion: Neofiti’s Use of שכלל“. Here is the abstract: The verb שכלל never appears as ...
Done and Done: Supreme Court invalidates DOMA, Effectively Ends Prop 8 in CA 26 Jun 2013 | 11:41 pm
Sometimes they get one right! And on this occasion, it’s a Double Rainbow all the way! ;-) http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/26/19151971-supreme-court-strikes-down-defense-of-marriage-act-p...
Happy Summer Solstice 2013 21 Jun 2013 | 11:48 pm
Happy Summer Solstice 2013 – Friday, June 21. May this first day of summer and longest day of the year bring you warm summer nights, playful joy with friends and family, bountiful crops, sincere conte...
Quincy and Rory Kate Have Come Home 13 Jun 2013 | 02:29 am
After a month in the University of Iowa Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and after a month of daily trips to and from the NICU, Quincy and Rory Kate have come home. Both are healthy, gaining weight, and ...
Huffington Post story on Iowa Professors’ Des Moines Register Editorial on “Biblical Marriage” 7 Jun 2013 | 03:41 am
Meredith Bennett-Smith of the Huffington Post has published an article entitled, “Biblical Marriage Not Defined Simply As One Man, One Woman: Iowa Religious Scholars’ Op-Ed“, which examines an editori...
Three Iowa Religious Studies Profs Author Joint Editorial on Claims of “Biblical” Marriage 3 Jun 2013 | 05:03 pm
Three Iowa Universities: The University of Iowa, The Iowa State University, and The University of Northern Iowa. Three religious studies professors: Dr. Hector Avalos (Iowa State), Dr. Robert R. Cargi...
You should be a Friend of ASOR 28 May 2013 | 04:52 pm
The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) has begun a new program called Friends of ASOR that allows “friends” access to The Ancient Near East Today e-newsletter and the ASOR Resource Page whi...
