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Category: Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Biblical Studies: Material Culture Online and in the Classroom
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, DH in Practice, Online Resources, Teaching

Biblical Studies: Material Culture Online and in the Classroom

My recent posts have focused on the biblical text and ways to access it online. Here I will turn to … Continue reading Biblical Studies: Material Culture Online and in the Classroom

Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, Teaching, Textual Analysis

Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues

Biblical work obviously primarily relies on working with “the text.” However, as anyone involved in biblical studies knows, there really … Continue reading Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues

Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, DH in General, Online Resources, Textual Analysis

Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies

Though laity and scholars of other disciplines may not know them, most scholars involved in biblical studies will probably be … Continue reading Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies

The Value of Digital Outreach
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, DH in General, Online Resources

The Value of Digital Outreach

This post has grown out of a Twitter thread in which I addressed a criticism that myself and my husband … Continue reading The Value of Digital Outreach

Online Resources for Ancient Mesopotamia?
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Digitization, Online Resources

Online Resources for Ancient Mesopotamia?

There has been a big push in recent years to make more academic research and resources openly-available. This is fantastic … Continue reading Online Resources for Ancient Mesopotamia?

The Importance of Uncertainty: VR Reconstructions of Ancient Buildings
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Digitization, Visualization

The Importance of Uncertainty: VR Reconstructions of Ancient Buildings

John Sigmier, Ph.D. student at Pennsylvania University, gives us an insight into an ongoing project to display 3D models of … Continue reading The Importance of Uncertainty: VR Reconstructions of Ancient Buildings

Scholarship in 3D: 3D scanning and printing at ASOR 2018
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Digitization, Visualization

Scholarship in 3D: 3D scanning and printing at ASOR 2018

I recently attended the 2018 ASOR conference (one of the main conferences for my field in the United States), and … Continue reading Scholarship in 3D: 3D scanning and printing at ASOR 2018

Proceed with Caution! Identifying Structures using Royal Inscriptions (Part 2)
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Digitization, Online Resources

Proceed with Caution! Identifying Structures using Royal Inscriptions (Part 2)

I ended my last post with the assertion that inscribed objects are found in the ‘wrong’ building – that is, … Continue reading Proceed with Caution! Identifying Structures using Royal Inscriptions (Part 2)

Proceed with Caution! Identifying Structures using Royal Inscriptions (Part 1)
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Digitization

Proceed with Caution! Identifying Structures using Royal Inscriptions (Part 1)

I’m going to preface this post with a note that I am NOT an archaeologist. I have taken archaeology classes, … Continue reading Proceed with Caution! Identifying Structures using Royal Inscriptions (Part 1)

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