Blog Carnivals and Other Links

It’s that time of the semi-arbitrary calendrical cycle again, blog carnivals!
Four Stone Hearth is up at A Hot Cup of Joe, so stop by, show some support, and learn about anthropology, the best ology there is.   While you’re there, grab a link to Archaeozoo on chickens in Rome and Egypt or Aardvarchaeologist for his [...]

Talpiot Tomb Redux

Ok, there has been a lot of stuff going on in the world of academic blogs concerning the recent Talpiot Tomb conference, and I thought I would bring up some important updates.
First (alternative site), a number of scholars have, in an effort becoming known as the Meyers/Magness statement, a group of scholars have signed on [...]

What’s In a Name

It used to be the case that any man could get a fast horse, head to the holy land, purchase a wonderful item used by Christ in his ministry, and bring it back to Europe to ensure a heavenly afterlife. Thankfully, we live in a more rational time today, or [...]

James Tabor’s Descent into Ignominy

On his site, James Tabor, the chair of the Department of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte, discusses this article, by Aren Maeir, chair of archaeology and land of Israel studies at Bar Ilan University. Overall it is a relatively neutral piece, with the only large objection I can find being Maeir’s statement concerning those [...]