Smoak argues that in writing the Priestly Blessing in the literary space of the book of Numbers, the authors – likely priests – found a novel way to solidify their ritual authority in blessing Israel.
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Neis’s book stands as a corrective to a long tradition that has assumed “a Jewish resistance to, or even incapacity for, vision” (p. 1).
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Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder
Dr. Chris Jones reflects on AJR's recent canon forum and its implications for the classroom.
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The Ancient Jew Review interviews Dr. Sylvie Honigman.
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Martyrdom of Perpetua, Felicity, Revocatus, Saturninus, and Secundulus from the Menologion of Basil II.
Martyrdom of Perpetua, Felicity, Revocatus, Saturninus, and Secundulus from the Menologion of Basil II.
Dr. Elizabeth Castelli reflects on a culture of violence.
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Niobe at Hierapolis
Niobe at Hierapolis
Dr. Laura Nasrallah reflects on the binary between representation and real in her reading of Bia in Antiquity.
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Pharaoh's army engulfed in the Red Sea
Pharaoh's army engulfed in the Red Sea
Dr. Shira Lander reflects on the history of the Violence and Representations of Violence Section and the significance of 9/11.
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Zen Chapel, San Marco, 13th C. “Martyrdom of St. Mark”
Zen Chapel, San Marco, 13th C. “Martyrdom of St. Mark”
Dr. David Frankfurter suggests we show greater attention to the phenomenology of religious violence.
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Dr. Shelly Matthews describes the development of the section, as well as the impact it has had upon her work on Stephen's martyrdom.
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AJR is happy to host the Violence and Representations of Violence SBL section’s 10 Year Retrospective.
Read MoreTalmudic Stories, Then and Now: A Retrospective by Jeffrey Rubenstein
Realia and the Teacher’s Toolbox in the Postmodern New Testament Classroom
Richard Newton discusses incorporating realia into the college classroom.
Read MoreCanons, Communities, and Christian Origins: A Response to the AJR Canon Forum
Paul preaching to Jews in Damascus
Paul preaching to Jews in Damascus
Dr. Rollens responds to Canon: An AJR Forum with a New Testament perspective.
Read MoreUsing Word Clouds as Informal Assessment in Religion Courses
If used at both the beginning and the end of a module, word clouds can provide an informal assessment technique, gauging the progress of what students learn throughout the course of the module.
Read MoreDissertation Spotlight: John Penniman
John Penniman's dissertation argues that "for ancient Jews and Christians, nourishment symbolized a transformative process, a transfer of essential qualities and characteristics that could mold the one being fed into the likeness of the one doing the feeding.
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John Gager's Who Made Early Christianity? The Jewish Lives of the Apostle Paul makes the case for Paul's commitment to Judaism.
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The Circumcision by Vincenzo Catena
The Circumcision by Vincenzo Catena
And the eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, and he was called by the name Jesus, which he was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. - Luke 2:21
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Qumran
Canon: Process, Not Product?
Imagining Scriptures Before the Canon
"David with harp" 6th cent Gaza Synagogue
"David with harp" 6th cent Gaza Synagogue
This week in Canon: An AJR Forum Eva Mroczek imagines the fluidity of sacred writing.
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