Category Archives: Recommended

Iran from the air

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

Received this from Jack Sasson [agade]: The full length documentary “Baadeh Sabaah ” [Lover's Wind, Vent des Amoureux, 1970]  by the late French filmmaker, Albert La Morisse [1922-1970], has been posted online in Persian and English. It runs 70.57 minutes. The documentary was  mostly shot from a helicopter and … Continue reading →

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Accordance Carta Collection

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

Dr. Helen Brown of OakTree Software, which produces the Accordance Bible Software for Mac, told me that Accordance has announced the Carta Collection: The new Carta Collection offers an outstanding collection of Bible Atlases and books on the historical geography … Continue reading →

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The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

This must be required reading: The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine Edited by Catherine Hezser Written by an international and interdisciplinary team of distinguished scholars, The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine is … Continue reading →

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Recommended: Historic Views of the Holy Land – The American Colony and Eric Matson Collection

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

I felt like a kid in a candy store when I viewed the “American Colony and Eric Matson Collection” of more than 4,000 photographs of sites and scenes from Palestine (as Israel was called then), Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. … Continue reading →

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Recommended: The Online Catalogue of the École Biblique in Jerusalem

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

Tom Powers, an American citizen living in Jerusalem, runs a lively blog, called View from Jerusalem. Whilst perusing our post Lost in Words – Recommendations from our library, he decided to pass on information about the On-line Catalogue of Jerusalem’s École Biblique, … Continue reading →

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Recommended: The Historical Geography of the Holy Land

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

Before proceeding further with Recommendations from our Library, a giant of a book looms in our path. This is George Adam Smith’s: “The Historical Geography of the Holy Land.” It is not a large book in the physical sense, (or … Continue reading →

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Recommended: The Sacred Bridge

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

We promised to review books that will stand the test of time. One of the books we treasure most (and which we would never dream of lending out, for fear of being left without it!) is The Sacred Bridge by … Continue reading →

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Lost in words – Recommendations from our library

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

Libraries have transformed our lives. Living in Jerusalem, as we did for many years, we had access to some of the world’s greatest libraries. The Hebrew University had the largest collection of works on Jewish culture (many donated by supporters … Continue reading →

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