Sunday, March 18, 2012

Online journal on Classical and Byzantine studies

AWOL: Open Access Journal: Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies.
GRBS is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal devoted to the culture and history of Greece from Antiquity to the Renaissance, featuring research on all aspects of the Hellenic world from prehistoric antiquity through the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods, including studies of modern classical scholarship.
The articles are mostly on Classical themes, but occasionally one deals with matters covered in PaleoJudaica. Here are some of interest from the last several years:

Vol 51, No 2 (2011)

A Mosaic of the Book of Daniel in the Ya῾amun Church
Nizar Turshan, Mohammad Nassar

Vol 51, No 1 (2011)

Divine Epiphanies of Paredroi in the Greek Magical Papyri
Eleni Pachoumi

Vol 50, No 4 (2010)

The Invention of Christian Tradition: “Apocrypha,” Imperial Policy, and Anti-Jewish Propaganda
Paul C. Dilley

The Magi: a Rare Mosaic Floor in the Ya῾amun Church (Jordan)
Nizar Turshan

Vol 50, No 1 (2010)

The Symposium of Philo’s Therapeutae: Displaying Jewish Identity in an Increasingly Roman World
Maren R. Niehoff

Vol 48, No 4 (2008)

Reading Ezekiel’s Exagoge: Tragedy, Sacrificial Ritual, and the Midrashic Tradition
Rachel Bryant Davies