The Times of Israel recommends five places to visit on your next trip to Jaffa (Joppa).
National Geographic is calling all adventurers and explorers for a new adventure series.
Yes, locusts are kosher. They’re apparently good pickled, dried, smoked, boiled, roasted, barbecue grilled, fried, and stir fried.
No, locusts are not kosher. The problem is that the biblical locust may not be the same as the modern ones.
In an op-ed at the Los Angeles Times, John J. Collins provides a brief history of controversy surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls and concludes with a summary of why the scrolls are important.
Eisenbrauns’ Deal of the Weekend is Ugarit at Seventy-Five, edited by K. Lawson Younger Jr. (Reg. $39.50; now $15.80).
ASOR’s Archaeology Weekly Roundup links to 14 other stories.
HT: Charles Savelle, Jack Sasson
View of the Mediterranean Sea from Jaffa (Joppa)
Photo from the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands, volume 4
Photo from the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands, volume 4
