Ancient World On-Line shared three Romanian archaeology journals, and given my Romanian connections and interests, I thought I should share them. Peuce (Museum of the Danube Delta)Revista Pontica (Constanţa Museum of National History and Archaeology)Analele Banatului (Banat Museum, Timişoara)

On Saturday (if I say either “yesterday” or “today” it will be confusing since it just turned midnight) I drove to IKEA to buy some shelves that are being discontinued and are thus on sale. For the trip (more than three hours each way) I took along language learning materials on CD, including the Pimsleur [...]

Jim Linville has posted a lengthy consideration not only of the recent piece by Ronald Hendel about SBL, but also subsequent online discussion thereof (there has been quite a bit even since I last offered a roundup). As usual, he comments not only with intelligence and insight but also humor, largely in the form of LOLcats. Some [...]

Chapter Two of The Historical Jesus: Five Views is by John Dominic Crossan, and it offers everything we’ve come to expect of Crossan, whether in terms of methodology, content, sharp wit or memorable turns of phrase. Crossan begins with the statement “The historical Jesus was a Galilean Jew within Judaism within the Roman Empire. That, for me, [...]

After having taken a break last month, Jeremy has resumed posting rankings of the top 50 biblioblogs.