Tracey’s Stuff in the News:
Gad Barnea, “Justice at the House of Yhw(h): An Early Yahwistic Defixio in Furem,” Religions 14 (2023). https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/10/1324
Tom Metcalf, “There are no Israelite Priestesses in the Bible. A 2,400 year-old curse tells a different story,” National Geographic, November 7, 2023.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/jewish-curse-bible-tablet-israelite-priest-women-elephantine
Ashley’s Stuff in the News:
Emily Flitter, “Citigroup Discriminated against Armenian Americans, Regulator Says,” New York Times, November 8, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/citigroup-discrimination-armenian-americans.html.
Tracey’s Piece of Stuff:
Marguerite Johnson, “Spells, charms, erotic dolls: love magic in the ancient Mediterranean,” The Conversation, June 26, 2018.
https://theconversation.com/spells-charms-erotic-dolls-love-magic-in-the-ancient-mediterranean-98459
Gideon Bohak, “Aggressive Magic,” Traditions of Magic in Ancient Antiquity,” December, 1995. https://apps.lib.umich.edu/files/exhibits/pap-/magic/def2.html
Brent Nongbri, “A cursed figurine,” Variant Readings, January 7, 2023. https://brentnongbri.com/2023/01/07/a-cursed-figurine/
Ogden, Daniel. “NECROMANCY AMONG THE ROMANS.” In Greek and Roman Necromancy, 149–60. Princeton University Press, 2001.
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvs32rs3.16.
Christopher A. Farone, “Binding and Burying the Forces of Evil: The Defensive Use of “Voodoo Dolls” in Ancient Greece,” Classical Antiquity 10 (1991), 165-205.
David Frankenfurter, “‘Voodoo Doll’: Implications and Offense of a Taxonomic Category,” Arethusa 53 (2020): 43-58.
Ashley’s Piece of Stuff:
Madison Horne, “Quirky Vintage Photos of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” History Channel, November 20, 2020, https://www.history.com/news/quirky-vintage-photos-of-the-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade.
Christopher Klein, “The First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” History Channel, November 26, 2014, https://www.history.com/news/the-first-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade.
Claire Suddath, “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” Time, November 27, 2008, https://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1862565,00.html.
“Congress Establishes Thanksgiving,” National Archives, accessed November 15, 2023, https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/thanksgiving.
Christina Caron, “Macy’s Used to Set the Balloons Free, and Other Thanksgiving Day Parade Facts,” New York Times, November 20, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/nyregion/macys-thanksgiving-parade-facts.html.