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Oh, Simcha... :-) 23 Aug 2013 | 07:18 am
Another fun -- somewhat ironic -- interlude brought to you by Simcha Jacobovici, and his selective nick-pickery. Turnabout is fair play. :-) I shan't explain the situation. The Rogue Classicist puts ...
“The Rule of Creative Completion: Neofiti’s Use of שכלל” now available in Aramaic Studies 30 Jul 2013 | 12:28 am
Bob Cargill has an article out in Aramaic Studies about the Aramaic verb שכלל (shaklal , roughly "to complete") and its unique use in Targum Neofiti. Here's the abstract he's shared: The verb שכלל ne...
Bernard Grossfeld (1933-2013) 28 Jul 2013 | 09:27 pm
Yet another great person in Aramaic Studies has passed. Rabbi Dr. Bernard Grossfeld בשלמיה (May he rest in peace) More information here: http://www.spertus.edu/news/bernard-grossfeld-1933-2013 ....
Aramaic Tattoo Critique - Actually, not too shabby. :-) 20 May 2013 | 08:42 pm
A potential customer brought this tattoo to my attention. Overall it's not too bad. It's completely legible and all in the right order (bravo!). There are -- however -- a few things that need to be ad...
Géza Vermes (1924-2013) 9 May 2013 | 07:09 am
Sadly, the field of Biblical Studies has lost a great scholar: [1] [2] Géza Vermes בשלמיה (Rest in Peace) Peace, -Steve
Meanwhile in the Mandaic Book of John... 27 Apr 2013 | 02:46 am
Sometimes the scribe simply couldn't make up their mind what they were trying to write... For those of you who aren't familiar with the Mandaic alphabet, here's a better illustration: Quite sloppy. ...
For Christian Brady 21 Apr 2013 | 02:22 am
In honor of Chris Brady (aka "Targuman")'s brand new Facebook photo. :-) Peace, -Steve
A Curious Inscription 7 Apr 2013 | 11:50 am
Curious.... Very curious... That's *awfully* familiar... :-) Peace, -Steve
"New experiments on [the Shroud of Turin] show it’s not medieval" -- What?? 28 Mar 2013 | 09:06 am
The numbers 'mitre' be wishful thinking. "The new tests carried out in the University of Padua labs were carried out by a number of university professors from various Italian universities and agree t...
So What Does Transcribing a Manuscript Look Like? 22 Mar 2013 | 02:06 am
Working on the Mandaic Book of John. Well, in truth it's rather boring if you're not a linguist. But this tends to make folks like me geek out. :-) Gotta admit, though, (and I'm not endorsing Apple,...
