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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
A “King David Era” Seal and the Temple Mount Sifting Project
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Strains of David: Entrance to the City of David National Park, Jerusalem (photo by Daniel; some rights reserved ) ...
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Monday, March 9, 2015
Pipe Dreams: How We Tell the Story of David’s Conquest of Jerusalem
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In a recent essay , I discussed some of the problems with historical reconstructions of the empire of King David. Among the most signif...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Who Reviews the Reviewers? On Lemche on Cline’s 1177 B.C.
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Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas (1656) A review of a review? The mise en abyme may be too much for a blog post. But please indulge ...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Ethel Waters and Manufacturing Meaning in Popular Music: Some Thoughts
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“Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone” is a pop song written by Sam Stept and Sidney Clare, describing the singe...
Monday, June 16, 2014
Monumental Stupidity and Control of the Past
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What imperial purpose was served by deciphering the ancient Egyptian language, for example, and then restoring to the Egyptians kno...
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