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Recent News - January 2013
- Feiglin Ascends Temple Mount, With No Fear of Arrest
Arutz Sheva: January 30, 2013 - It is time for a new, modern translation of the Bible for Jews
National Post: January 29, 2013 - 5 ways the Christian right has forced the Bible into America’s schools
Salon: January 29, 2013 - Jewish Texts in Non-Orthodox Homes
Jewish Journal: January 30, 2013 - DAVID ROSMAN: Keep religion out of Missouri’s science curriculum
Missourian: January 30, 2013 - Draft-Dodgers or Deserters?
JPost: January 29, 2013 - Golb Appeal Fails
Cargill Blog: January 30, 2013 - A Feud Between Biblical Archaeologists Goes to Court
Time: January 29, 2013 - Jesus Was a Texan
Huffington Post: January 28, 2013 - Sifting the Dust for Treasures While Trouble Swirls
NYTimes: January 16, 2013 - Former SU professor is no Nostradamus
Slate: January 29, 2013 - Report shows Bible courses in Texas public schools are biased, lack strong curriculum standards
Dallas News: January 29, 2013 - Texas Public Schools Teaching ‘End Times’ Theology, Creationism: Study
Huffington Post: January 29, 2013 - Arabs Caught Red Handed Robbing Ancient Grave
Arutz Sheva: January 29, 2013 - Palestinians: Herod’s Tomb Is Ours
Daily Beast: January 25, 2013 - The First Christian Church
Continentalnews: January 25, 2013 - When the lingua franca was Hebrew
Haaretz: January 25, 2013 - Renowned New Testament Scholar on Bible Translation: What to Read, Why and Myths to Avoid
Christian Post: January 25, 2013 - Priest was not ‘forced to quit’ teaching job over controversial book on Christ
Limerick Leader: January 25, 2013 - Time for (political) renewal
JPost: January 25, 2013 - Jesus, Take the Wheel: Texas Education Is a Mess of Biblical Proportions
Austin Chronicle: January 25, 2013 - How to Save a Dying Language
Smithsonian: February 2013 - She brought Israelis to the Talmud, can she bring its wisdom to the Knesset?
Haaretz: January 24, 2013 - When History Is Written by the Loser
WSJ: January 18, 2013 - Postcard from Israel: Gamla
Jewish Press: January 22, 2013 - Bible Translators Face Challenges of Accuracy and Readability
Christian Post: January 23, 2013 - Embattled principal at Catholic college steps down
Times Higher Ed.: January 23, 2013 - Creationism and racism
Science Blogs: January 22, 2013 - Rome’s Colosseum’s colorful history
Washington Times: January 20, 2013 - Irish priest disciplined after claims Jesus never existed in controversial book
Irish Central: January 21, 2013 - Israel’s controversial King Herod exhibition
BBC: January 18, 2013 - Atheists, others want equal access to schools after Bible distribution
Orlando Sentinel: January 18, 2013 - ‘Never been anything like this in Jerusalem’
DW: January 17, 2013 - 12 most beautiful churches in America
Fox News: January 17, 2013 - Public School Bible Classes Run Afoul of Law
Austin Chronicle: January 17, 2013 - Study Finds School Bible Classes “Problematic”
CBS: January 17, 2013 - Well-known Blogger Presents Spin on the Marital Status of Jesus
Baylor: January 16, 2013 - Temple Laver Moved to New Home
Arutz Sheva: January 17, 2013 - Ethics, Archaeology, and Open Access
ASOR Blog: January 16, 2013 - Israel to open exhibit on biblical King Herod
USNews: January 18, 2013 - New Online Israel Archaeology Archive
Arutz Sheva: January 16, 2013 - Tel Shiloh Archaeological Dig Pitcher Suggests Biblical City In Israel Burned To Ground
Huffington Post: January 16, 2013 - Jonathan Sacks Offers Strident Defense of Faith
Forward: January 16, 2013 - Walter Tutka, New Jersey Teacher, Fired After Giving Student Bible, Sharing Verse
Huffington Post: January 15, 2013 - Overlooking Joshua
ABN: January 15, 2013 - Israel to reconstruct King Herod’s tomb
Times of Israel: January 15, 2013 - First Messianic Jewish synagogue found?
Times of Israel: January 15, 2013 - Israel’s mosaics from Byzantium and Rome thrill to bits
Haaretz: January 15, 2013 - The Bible and Our Moral Lives
Huffington Post: January 14, 2013 - Ancient Shilo Vase Stolen
Arutz Sheva: January 15, 2013 - Humanists Create New ‘Jefferson Bible;’ Deliver Copies to Obama, Congress
CP: January 15, 2013 - God, the Bible, and Rape
Huffington Post: January 15, 2013 - Southern Adventist University students stir debate over King David
Timefreepress: January 12, 2013 - Dead Sea Scrolls Go to Court
Tablet: January 14, 2013 - Jesus and the Jordan River
JPost: January 13, 2013 - The New Philippians
First Things: January 10, 2013 - Melting ‘resistance’ on Temple Mount
Times of Israel: January 10, 2013 - Jesus’s Provocative Political Protest
Consortiumnews: January 11, 2013 - Jesus Portrait In Ohio’s Jackson Middle School To Stay Despite Outcry Over Unconstitutionality
Huffington Post: January 10, 2013 - Against Apocalypticism
Huffington Post: January 10, 2013 - Too Simple to Be Wrong: Atheism’s Bronze-Age Goat Herder Conceit
Huffington Post: January 10, 2013 - Restoring health of rare Torah in Hingham
Highham: January 10, 2013 - Jesus ‘wife’ papyrus hits another snag
SBP: January 9, 2013 - Israel Planning to Build Holy Temple, Claims PA Official
Arutz Sheva: January 9, 2013 - Texas and (Part of) Louisiana Square Off in Evolution Debate
Huffington Post: January 8, 2013 - ‘Good Samaritans’ seek Ukrainian wives
Aljazeera: January 8, 2013 - Top Ten Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology in 2012
ContinentalNews: January 7, 2013 - Op-Ed: Will a third Jewish Temple be built in Jerusalem?
Digital Journal: January 7, 2012 - Travel tip #132: City of David
Haaretz: January 8, 2013 - The Antichrist next door
Washington Post: January 7, 2013 - Johnston Co. wants to bar outsiders from distributing materials in public schools
NBC17: January 8, 2013 - Gaza’s archaeological treasures at risk from war and neglect
BBC: January 6, 2013 - Shilo Find May Show It was Sacked by Philistines
Arutz Sheva: January 7, 2013 - Jesus Wife: Harvard Theological Review Postpones Publication For More Testing
Huffington Post: January 6, 2013 - Gallery threatened over Talmud artwork
Ynetnews: January 7, 2013 - Israeli library unveils ancient Afghan manuscripts
Daily News: January 4, 2013 - Discarding history
Israel HaYom: Janaury 4, 2013 - Qumran, the land of buried treasure
Times Of Israel: January 4, 2013 - ‘Jesus Wife’ fragment gets more testing, delays article
CNN: January 4, 2013 - Support for School Prayer Declines
Yahoo: January 4, 2013 - Jordanian minister accuses Israel of planning to erect the third Temple
Times of Israel: January 3, 2013 - Vandalism at Jerusalem holy site may have aimed to erase traces of Muslim past
Haaretz: January 3, 2013 - The public: clients of science?
Chemistry World: January 3, 2013 - Terrace Farming Unearthed at Ancient Desert City of Petra
Science Daily: January 2, 2013 - Waqf Ignores High Court Ruling, Continues to Destroy Temple Mount Artifacts
Algemeiner: January 2, 2013 - Police weigh recommending indictment for Feiglin
JPost: January 2, 2013 - Jew vs. Jew at the Western Wall
Tablet: January 2, 2013 - Fight over water at a holy site
CNN: January 2, 2013 - Archaeologist Believes Jesus Was Born in a Different Bethlehem
Christian Post: December 27, 2012 - Was there a church near Mecca before the time of Prophet Mohammed?
DNA India: December 30, 2012 - Tel Motza Discovery: Temple And Ritual Vessels Of Cult From King David Era Found Near Jerusalem
Huffington Post: December 27, 2012 - Court May Be Asked to Stop ‘Destruction of History’
Arutz Sheva: December 26, 2012 - On Writing a History of the Catholic Church
Catholic World: December 31, 2012 - Winners and Losers in the Emmanuel Christian Seminary Scandal
Cargill Blog: December 31, 2012 - Temple Mount authority reportedly carts off antiquities to the dump
Times of Israel: December 24, 2012 - After 1,500 years, frankincense returns to the Holy Land in time for Christmas
Times of Israel: December 23, 2012 - Why Dec. 25? Tradition, science, church history
Canton Rep: December 24, 2012 - Come all ye faithful...to the ‘wrong’ Bethlehem?
Australian: December 24, 2012 - Geospatially Measuring & Modeling an Israeli Archeology Site Nearly 2,500 Years Old
American Surveyor: December 23, 2012 - ‘Let It Be’: Mary’s Radical Declaration of Consent
Atlantic: December 24,2012
