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Three Links
The Miqra’ Group has a two-year plan for reading the entire Hebrew Bible. (HT: Charles) LiveScience posted a short Q&A with Gonzalo Rubio about working in dead languages. In response to a question...
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Visible Language: The Earliest Writing Systems
If you live in the Chicago area, there is a free public lecture tonight by Chris Woods at 7pm in Breasted Hall related to the new, excellent Oriental Institute exhibit of the same name. Even if you...
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Sad News: Anson Rainey
The ASOR blog has reported the news that after a brief illness Professor Rainey passed away today, February 19, 2011, at the age of 81. ז״ל May his memory be for a blessing.
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More on the Invention of Alphabets
The press on the OI exhibit continues: Seeing examples of early writing from these four areas together in one place, you can’t fail to be impressed by the wonder of human creativity in these...
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CAD Complete & Online
After 90 years, the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary is finally complete with the publication of Volume 20 U/W. All of the volumes are available for purchase or as free searchable PDFs. See the following...
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Hebrew Bible for eReaders
If you have an eReader and want to be able to read the Hebrew text, a brand new resource by Miklal Software is available now for Barnes & Noble’s Nook. A Kindle version, I’m told, will be available...
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The Genetic Relationship of Aramaic & Hebrew
Two recent articles from well-respected news agencies have included fallacious details about the relationship between Hebrew and Aramaic. The first described the Aramaic dialect spoken in the first...
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Hebrew Bible for eReaders
Some may find this short interview interesting. Previously discussed here.
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Dead Sea Scroll Images Online
In cooperation with Google, the Israeli Museum Jerusalem has placed five of the most well known Dead Sea Scrolls online viewable in high resolution images. The texts included so far in the project are...
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Grammar of Akkadian with new Hebrew Appendix
Last week Eisenbrauns announced the third edition of John Huehnergard’s A Grammar of Akkaidan. Amongst a variety of updates and revisions, a new appendix of Akkadian cognates found in Hebrew, Syriac,...
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