Tag Archives: Dead Sea Scrolls

bizarre love triangles : black moon rising

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Dave

Booted out of Paradise? Lilith as the first mistress and well-spring of promiscuity, both real and imagined? There has always been some perplexing inconsistencies in the Old Testament; a kind of lost narrative between the Greek Septuagint, the Dead Sea … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andrew Samuels, Anita Sarkeesian, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dead Sea Scrolls, frank dicksee, Gershom Scholem, Greta Garbo, J.W. Waterhouse, john collier lilith, john collier painter, John Keats, John William Waterhouse, joseph heath, judith plastow, louis ginzberg, Madonna, michael walzer, perle besserman, rabbi jill hammer, rebecca honig friedman, Rick Salutin, Salka Viertel, thomas frank the baffler | Leave a comment

DIGGING FOR ETERNAL RECURRENCE

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Dave

Historical memories and records in scriptural accounts are often confirmed, supplemented and clarified by archaeological finds. The Bible is of course , essentially a theological document devoted to the exposition of the nature and moral imperatives of God. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Babylonia, Biblical Archaeology, Cryptozoology, David G. Stone, Dead Sea Scrolls, Dragon of Ishtar Gate, Edward Robinson, Eternal Recurrence, Gate of Ishtar, Hatzor, Hazor gateway, Ishtar, James B. Pritchard, Pergamon Museum Berlin, Pool of Gibeon, Robert Koldeway, Yigael Yadin, Yigael Yadin Hazor | Leave a comment

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Dave

“The time has come”, the walrus said, “to talk of many things Of shoes and ships and sealing wax Of cabbages and kings AND WHY THE SEA IS BOILING HOT and whether pigs have wings” Lewis Carroll – Through the … Continue reading →

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Solomon's Art and the Dead Sea Scroll's Curse

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Dave

Controversy and heated debate over interpretations of the Dead Sea Scrolls has boiled anew with a recent leak that pinpoints the precise locations of King Solomon’s cache of fine art and sculptures amassed during his reign. The Dead Sea scrolls … Continue reading →