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• Books in the Mail and on the Shelf

  
  Exploring Our Matrix — Authority: 602
  I have a slight backlog of books to review, but Im catching up. I finished reading John Waltons The Lost World of Genesis One some time ago, but having decided to blog about each chapter, it will take some time to finish. Ive been reading Martin Zemmits `Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo (Bunches of Grapes from the ...
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• Mystery Of The White Bull

  
  Garden Of The Dark Moon Jubilee — Authority: 405
  Vayera הִנֵּה-נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל-אֲדֹנָי, וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר Behold now, I speak as the Divine even within dust and ashes ... Bereshit 18:27 On this phrase, in Out Of Context , n writes: Rava in Tractate Chulin 88b says that the ...
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• Genesis Rabbah I.I: The Pre-Existent Torah

  
  Biblia Hebraica — Authority: 504
  Here is the text, my translation, and a discussion of the second half of Genesis Rabbah I.I (first half here ). Finally, we’ll find out what ‘ amon means and what Proverbs 8 has to do with Genesis 1:1! ד׳א] אמון אומן התורה אומרת אני הייתי כלי אומנתו שלהקב״ה, ...
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• Confident Christianity on Aramaic Broadcasting Network

  
  Confident Christianity — Authority: 108
  David Wood of Answering Muslims, Sam Shamoun of Answering Islam, and Mary Jo Sharp will be on Aramaic Broadcasting Network this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They will be guests in a series called, "Jesus or Muhammad," this weekend on ABN. Heres the schedule.FRIDAY6:30 P.M.-9:00 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time)10:30 ...
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• My Fathers Paradise: A Sons Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq

  
  The Aramaic Blog — Authority: 108
  On Thursday, Nov. 5, Sabar will read from "My Fathers Paradise: A Sons Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq" at the Capitola Book Cafe. Its a book that will appeal to those who thirst after secret, dusty corners of history, biography, politics and linguistics. Its also a book for readers who hanker after ...
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• The Holy Zohar and the Influence of the Kabbalah

  
  History Blog — Authority: 120
  Of the dozens of texts held sacred by the school of Judaic mysticism known as Kabbalah, perhaps the most important is the Sefer Hazohar, (literally the Book of Splendor. Indeed, students of this collection of several lengthy Kabbalistic commentaries on the Torah — most commonly known in the West as the Holy Zohar ...
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• Prov 8:30 in the Versions

  
  Biblia Hebraica — Authority: 504
  Genesis Rabbah begins with a discussion of the unusual Hebrew word ‘amon in Prov 8:30. A commenter on my previous post was curious about what this verse looked like in Syriac. Did the translator use a word meaning “guardian”? Well, I had to look it up, and what I found was interesting, so here it is. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Stash of Tablets Enables New Study of Aramaic

  
  Ancient Tides — Authority: 118
  New technologies are helping scholars at the University of Chicago analyze nearly 700 ancient documents in Aramaic, one of the Middle East’s oldest continuously spoken and written languages. The Aramaic texts were incised in the surfaces of clay tablets with styluses or inked on the tablets with brushes or pens. ...
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• Greek or Hebrew

  
  BROADCAST DEPTH — Authority: 440
  Which biblical language do you prefer? Greek or Hebrew? Or Aramaic (for those who love Daniel that much)? Which did you find easier to learn? Personally, I enjoy Greek more. It makes more sense to me. Maybe it’s that they write from left to right, or maybe it’s that verbs have more than just a couple tenses. I ...
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• The death of language?

  
  The Aramaic Blog — Authority: 108
  [Tel Dan Stele from Wikimedia Commons] Although this is not strictly an Aramaic issue, it is one that is very near and dear to the field of Aramaic Studies, and almost every other ancient language: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8311000/8311069.stm In short, the BBC recently did a magnificent ...
  3 weeks ago

• Did Christ Name Barack Obama as The Antichrist?

  
  Relijournal — Authority: 118
  In September of 2009 I had received an email from a friend asking me to view a video titled “Did Jesus Give Us the Name of the Antichrist?” In the video, the narrator focuses upon Luke 10:18 where Jesus said, “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” He then states the most probable background for our ...
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• Technology brings new insights to Middle East’s oldest language

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, October 16 (ANI): New technologies and academic collaborations are helping scholars at the University of Chicago analyze hundreds of ancient documents in Aramaic, one of the Middle East’s oldest continuously spoken and written languages.Members of the West Semitic Research Project at the University of ...
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• Technology Aids in Understanding Ancient Language

  
  Chess, Goddess and Everything — Authority: 140
  I was really struck by the number of female specialists mentioned who are working on this project while reading this article. (Part of the Persepolis Fortification Archive Project)From the University of Chicago website/news:Technology brings new insights to ancient languageOctober 14, 2009New technologies and ...
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• Digging through the past

  
  Doug's Dynamic Drivel — Authority: 134
  This very cool and the tech they created to do this with is very,very cool. Unlike the highly politicized Chicago School of Economics (Friedman et. al. responsible for disasters all over the world including Pinochet’s Chile and the recent economic collapse) The University of Chicago’s Archaeology department ...
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• Technology brings new insights to ancient language

  
  The Aramaic Blog — Authority: 108
  New technologies and academic collaborations are helping scholars at the University of Chicago analyze hundreds of ancient documents in Aramaic, one of the Middle Easts oldest continuously spoken and written languages. Members of the West Semitic Research Project at the University of Southern California are helping ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mamma Mia! It’s the Abba Daddy debate again

  
  Aristotle's Feminist Subject — Authority: 467
  Doug Chaplin posts " Mamma Mia! It’s the Abba Daddy debate again ." He points us to Rick Brannans post , reassures us “Abba” doesnt mean “Daddy” by sending us to Steve Carusos post , and he makes a couple of astute points himself. I also like his title but wanted to say a few more things on the subject. ...
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• Aramaic Authors say the darndest things!

  
  Ecce Homo — Authority: 462
  From Frederick E. Greenspahn, An Introduction to Aramaic , Corrected Second Edition (2007): 65 מַן מִתְנַדֵּב לְמֶעְבַּד נְוָלוּ עַל אַרְעָא
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