Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History

http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/janeh.2014.1.issue-1/issue-files/janeh.2014.1.issue-1.xml

From the website:

Aims and Scope

The Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History seeks to encourage and stimulate the study of the history of the ancient Near East, which is broadly defined to include areas from Iran to the western Anatolian coast and the Black Sea to Southern Arabia from its prehistoric foundations to the Late Antique period. The journal is also interested in interactions with other regions and cultures, such as Ancient Egypt, the Mediterranean World, the Indian Ocean and Central Asia. Articles may focus on any aspect of history (political, social, economic, cultural, intellectual, etc.) and of modern historiography. The journal seeks to integrate the study of the ancient Near East firmly in the historical discipline in general and encourages its authors to take into account current methodological debates and approaches.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Ancient World Mapping Center

http://awmc.unc.edu/wordpress/

From the home page:

The AWMC is proud to announce the release of a series of geographically accurate, publicly accessible map tiles (http://awmc.unc.edu/wordpress/tiles/ ), suitable for use in nearly any web mapping application or GIS software suite. These tiles are hosted on Mapbox servers courtesy of ISAW, and are created by Ryan Horne from AWMC data produced by Richard Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Ryan Horne, Ross Twele, Audrey Jo, Ray Belanger, Steve Burges, Luke Hagemann, Ashley Lee, and others.
Offering the first (and at the time of this writing, only) geographically accurate base map of the ancient world, the AWMC tiles conform to the broad periodization presented in the Barrington Atlas, with different selectable water levels for the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Antique Periods. In addition, we also model inland water, rivers, and other geographical features as they appeared in antiquity. The base tiles are culturally agnostic, allowing them to be used to represent the physical environment of nearly any ancient society in the Mediterranean world. In addition to the base map and geographical tiles we also present the Roman road network, generally following the Barrington Atlas with additional work by the AWMC. Like all of our other electronic offerings, our new tiles are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) license and remain absolutely free for personal, academic, and non-commercial use.

Ephesos_water
The area surrounding Miletus with different water levels based on time period
For guidelines on how to use the tiles in an application, please visit http://awmc.unc.edu/wordpress/tiles/map-tile-information. These tiles are a “living” data set, and will be constantly refined to reflect the ongoing work of the AWMC. We welcome feedback on any aspect of this work and we encourage the community to suggest enhancements, fixes, or any other comments on our dedicated site.

You can see the tiles in action in our API (see, for example, the Urban Area of Rome), the new Beta Version of Antiquity à la Carte 3.0, and at the Pleiades Project.




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Southern Spain with different base layers and road tile overlays in À-la-carte 3.0
Along with our tiles, The Ancient World Mapping Center is also releasing a beta version of Antiquity à la Carte 3.0 (http://awmc.unc.edu/awmc/applications/carte-transitional/). The application, engineered by Ryan Horne, builds upon the two previous iterations of À-la-carte, which appeared in Spring 2012 and October of the same year.  Continuing to draw upon the work of the Ancient World Mapping Center and the Pleiades Project, the updated version will incorporate the new AWMC Mapping tiles, along with the expanded features first introduced in v. 2.0. Until the beta version is stable with all of the previous functionality enabled, À-la-carte version 2.0 will remain operational at http://awmc.unc.edu/awmc/applications/alacarte/ . In the meantime, we welcome any feedback on the beta version as we endeavor to create an application that is useful to the ancient world community. We are particularly excited that our new tiles allow us to feature modern data alongside our ancient offerings, which will open many new possibilities and applications for À-la-carte.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Art and the Bible

http://www.artbible.info/

A great site to explore.

From the homepage:

Throughout the history of art many great artists have been inspired by stories in the bible. On this site an ever increasing selection of their work is presented, with every painting linked to a related bible passage. The text is from the King James Bible, also known as the Authorized Version. You will find the full text online, including the apocrypha and the translators' preface.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART)

http://cpart.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/?page=1

From the website:
Since 1996 the Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts has undertaken digital humanities projects relating to Syriac studies, manuscript studies and the Dead Sea Scrolls. These projects provide access to primary resources for the study of ancient religious texts. Follow the links below for more information about the Center’s current projects. For brief descriptions of completed project go to the Completed Projects page. To follow the work of the Center see our Facebook page. To learn more about the CPART's Director and student Interns go here.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Tyndale Press Monographs

http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/articles_tyndale.php

As the subject line says, here they are:

On-line Resource G. Ch. Aalders [1880-1961], The Problem of the Book of Jonah. London: Tyndale, 1948. pp.30.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, The Hittites and the Old Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1947. Pbk. pp.28.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, The Speeches in the Acts of the Apostles. Tyndale New Testament Lecture, 1942. London: The Tyndale Press, 1943. pp.27.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource R. G. Cochrane, Biblical Leprosy: A Suggested Interpretation London: The Tyndale Press, 1963. Pbk. pp.24.
On-line Resource F.D. Coggan, The New Testament Basis of Moral Theology. London: The Tyndale Press, 1948. Pbk. pp.15.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Alan Cole, The New Temple: A Study of the Origins of the Catechetical 'Form' of the Church in the New Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1950. pp.55.
On-line Resource C. De Wit, The Date And Route of The Exodus. London: The Tyndale Press, 1960. Pbk. pp.20.
On-line Resource A.S. Dunstone, The Atonement in Gregory of Nyssa. London: Tyndale Press, 1964. Pbk. pp.31.View in PDF format
On-line Resource H.L. Ellison, The Centrality of the Messianic Idea For the Old Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1953. Pbk. pp.23.
On-line Resource P.W. Evans, Sacraments in the New Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1946. Pbk. pp.32.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Francis Foulkes, The Acts of God. A Study of the Basis of Typology in the Old Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1955. Pbk. pp.40.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Michael Green, 2 Peter Reconsidered, 1961. London: The Tyndale Press, 1968. Pbk. ISBN: 0851110207. pp.37.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Donald Guthrie, The Pastoral Epistles and the Mind of Paul. The Tyndale New Testament Lecture, 1955. London: The Tyndale Press, 1956. Pbk. pp.44.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Book or monograph Hughes: Scripture and MythPhilip E. Hughes, Scripture and Myth. An Examination of Rudolf Bultmann's Plea for Demythologization. London: The Tyndale Press, 1956. Pbk. pp.30. Reprinted Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009. Hbk. ISBN-13: 978-1608991266. pp.30. {Amazon.com}
On-line Resource E.F. Kevan, The Evangelical Doctrine of Law. London: Tyndale Press, 1956. pp.28.View in PDF format
On-line Resource F. Derek Kidner, Sacrifice in the Old Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1952. Pbk. 27. View in PDF format [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
On-line Resource I.H. Marshall, Eschatology and the Parables. London: The Tyndale Press, 1963. Pbk. pp.48.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Ralph P.Martin, An Early Christian Confession. Philippians II. 5-11 in Recent Interpretation. London: The Tyndale Press, 1960. pp.69.View in PDF format
On-line Resource W.J. Martin, Stylistic Criteria and the Analysis of the Pentateuch. London: Tyndale Press, 1955. pp.23.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Leon Morris, The Wages of Sin. Tyndale New Testament Lecture, 1954. London: The Tyndale Press, 1954. pp. 30.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Leon Morris, The Biblical Doctrine of Judgment. London: The Tyndale Press, 1960. Pbk. ISBN: 0851110185. pp.72.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Leon Morris, The New Testament and the Jewish Lectionaries. London: The Tyndale Press, 1964. Pbk. pp.78.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Rev. J.A. Motyer, The Revelation of the Divine Name, 1959. London: Tyndale Press, 1970. Pbk. pp.31.
On-line Resource John Murray, The Covenant of Grace. London: The Tyndale Press, 1954. Pbk. pp.32.View in PDF format [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the current copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
On-line Resource Robin Ernest Nixon [1932-1978], The Exodus in the New Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1963. Pbk. pp.32.View in PDF format
On-line Resource H.P.V. Nunn, The Fourth Gospel: An Outline of the Problem and Evidence. London: The Tyndale Press, 1946. pp.39. [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
On-line Resource James I Packer, What Did the Cross Achieve. The Logic of Penal Substitution. The Tyndale Biblical Theology Lecture, 1973 = Tyndale Bulletin 25 (1974): 3-45.View in PDF format
On-line Resource David F. Payne, Genesis One Reconsidered. London: The Tyndale Press, 1964. pp.29.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource H.N. Ridderbos, The Speeches of Peter in the Acts of the Apostles. London: The Tyndale Press, 1962. Pbk. pp.31.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Donald W.B. Robinson, Josiah's Reform and the Book of the Law. London: The Tyndale Press, 1951. pp.40.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Deryck Sheriffs, "Moving on with God: Key motifs in Exodus 13-20," Themelios 15.2 (1990): 49-60.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource E.K. Simpson, M.A., Words Worth Weighing in the Greek New Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1946. Pbk. pp.32. View in PDF format
On-line Resource A. Skevington Wood [1916–1993], Luther's Principles of Biblical Interpretation. London: The Tyndale Press, 1946. pp.36.View in PDF format [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
On-line Resource Alan M. Stibbs, The Finished Work of Christ. London: The Tyndale Press, 1952. Pbk. pp.40.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Alan M. Stibbs, God Became Man. London: The Tyndale Press, 1957. pp.36.
On-line Resource Alan M. Stibbs, The Meaning of the Word 'Blood' in Scripture, 2nd edn. London: The Tyndale Press, 1962. pp.32. View in PDF format
On-line Resource Ned B. Stonehouse, The Areopagus Address. London: The Tyndale Press, 1948. Pbk. pp.48.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Randolph Vincent Greenwood Tasker [1895-1976], The Biblical Doctrine of the Wrath of God, 1951. London: The Tyndale Press, 1957. Pbk. pp.48.
On-line Resource Randolph Vincent Greenwood Tasker [1895-1976], The Gospel in the Epistle of the Hebrews, 1950. London: The Tyndale Press, 1956. Pbk. pp.56.
On-line Resource David Winton Thomas [1901-1970], "The Prophet" in the Lachish Ostraca. London: The Tyndale Press, 1946. Pbk. pp.28.View in PDF format
On-line Resource J.A. Thompson, The Ancient Near Eastern Treaties and the Old Testament. The Tyndale Lecture in Biblical Archaeology, 1963. London: The Tyndale Press, 1964. Pbk. pp.39.View in PDF format [Reproduced by kind permission of the copyright holders, Wycliffe Bible Translators (Australia)]
On-line Resource J.G.S.S. Thomson, The Word of the Lord in Jeremiah. London: Tyndale Press, 1959. Pbk. pp.20.
On-line Resource John W. Wenham, Our Lord's View of the Old Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1953. pp.32. View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource John W. Wenham, Large Numbers in the Old Testament. London: Tyndale Press, 1967. Pbk. pp.36.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource J. Stafford Wright, The Date of Ezra’s Coming to Jerusalem, 1947. London: The Tyndale Press, 1958. pp.32. [© The Trustees of the Estate of J Stafford Wright 2009. Quoted by Permission.]
On-line Resource J. Stafford Wright, The Building of the Second Temple. London: The Tyndale Press, 1958. pp.20. [© The Trustees of the Estate of J Stafford Wright 2009. Quoted by Permission.]
On-line Resource Edward J. Young, Daniel's Vision of the Son of Man. London: The Tyndale Press, 1958. pp.28.View in PDF format [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]