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February 2019<\/h3>\n
Vol. 7, No. 2<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Post-2002 Fragments and the Scholars Who Turned Them Into Dead Sea Scrolls <\/a><\/h4>\n
By \u00c5rstein Justnes and Josephine Munch Rasmussen<\/h5>\n

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947 and fully published by 2001. But the next year fragments began appearing on the antiquities market, ready to satisfy eager collectors.<\/p>\n

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Salt in Mesopotamia: A Blessing and A Curse<\/a><\/h4>\n
By Sebastian Fink<\/h5>\n

Salt was common in Mesopotamia; Assyriologists tend to ignore it. A closer look shows Mesopotamian writers were concerned with salinization and that salt was an integral part of diet, industry, and magic.<\/p>\n

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The Golden Pome: The Pomegranate from its Deepest Roots to Modern Culture<\/a><\/h4>\n
By Federica Spagnoli<\/h5>\n

Pomegranates are renowned as health food but that association is very ancient. And it should not be surprising that pomegranates are also associated with powerful deities across the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n

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Translating the Bible Against the Ancient Near Eastern Background<\/a><\/h4>\n
By Robert Alter<\/h5>\n

Translators try to understand\u00a0the language\u00a0of ancient texts and the world view of the\u00a0writers.\u00a0Doing so requires going beyond\u00a0the literal\u00a0text\u00a0to try and capture the poetic\u00a0meanings and structures.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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