Scribal Practices

Due to my unrealistically busy schedule this year, I’ll be trying (able) to only post on this blog once a week with any regularity.  The blog won’t be going away, though.

Images of the Dead Sea Scrolls (all of them, apparently) will be placed online in the near future.

For real - check it out.

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This discovery has been making the headlines recently. No doubt it will be an item of discussion at the November ASOR and SBL meetings (= American Schools of Oriental Research; Society of Biblical Literature).

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Okay, this is a bit earlier than my proposed May 1 start for this blog. but I couldn’t let this pass. Anyone in Assyriology or who dabbles in Akkadian knows about the CAD. It’s value for research in Akkadian (in transliteration) is exceeded only by its price. That said, the Oriental Institute [...]