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| | | April 2, 2013 |
| Holy Week in Jerusalem, 1954 |
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By: Cynthia Rufo The ASOR Archives has partnered with ASOR member Bart Wagemakers (University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht) and the family of the late Biblical scholar and photographer Leo Boer, to make Boer's photographic records of his travels in the Near East available online. Read more... |
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| The History Channel’s Satan and President Obama |
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By: Wil Gafney Many viewers of the History Channel’s Bible mini-series saw and see a resemblance between the character of Satan and President Barack Obama. The History Channel denies any resemblance and any attempt to pattern the character after the President. Read more... |
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| The Bible Series — Drama and Historical Context |
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By: Mark Goodacre While I realize that the only thing people seem to want to talk about at the moment in connection with The Bible Series is the alleged resemblance between a still of Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni and President Obama, I will risk talking about several other features of the most recent installment of the drama, which was broadcast in Sunday evening on History Channel. Read more... |
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| History’s ‘The Bible’ in Broader Contexts |
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By: Thomas Verenna In lieu of writing a much longer piece for an online journal, I have thought it useful to open up some to a conversation concerning the History Channel’s ‘The Bible’. Recently lots has been made about the inaccuracies of the miniseries, as well as Glenn Beck’s (racist?) comments about how similar is their Satan character to “that guy”. But not much has been said in its defense. Read more... |
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| ASOR Funding for Regional Lectures |
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ASOR's Regional Affiliations Committee and Lecture Committee are combining resources for the second year to support ASOR members who are organizing lectures and events on archaeological or historical topics related to ASOR’s mission. This goals of this collaboration are to increase ASOR’s presence in events throughout the year and to promoting ASOR’s mission of public outreach. Read more... |
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| A Monumental Surprise in Turkey |
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By: Dylan Johnson ASOR’s Heritage Fellowship afforded me, along with many other students with an interest in Near Eastern archaeology, the opportunity to participate in archaeological excavations throughout the Near East. This past summer, I worked at Tell Taʾyinat, a small site in the southwestern province of Hatay, Turkey, close to the Syrian border. Read more...
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| More than Just Airfare: ASOR’s Good Investment |
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By: Mehrnoush Soroush In the summer of 2012, I received an ASOR fellowship to join a field project in central Turkey, in the region of Cappadocia. Elsewhere, I described my immense happiness about receiving the fellowship and the invaluable experiences I gained in the field. Here, I would like to write about the significance of the ASOR summer fellowship for my professional career and the reasons I hope ASOR can sustain its support of students in the future through the generous donations of its supporters. Read more...
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