#Syriac

East Syriac scribe ʿAṭaya b. Faraj (ca. 1520-1596) was one of the most prolific and illustrious Syriac scribes. Born in Alqosh, ʿAṭaya spent his life in Gazarta (Cizre). #Syriac #manuscripts

Dr. Michael Wingert

The Aramaic (Syriac) word of the day is: ܓܗܐ(gāhā), "time, ornate room/bridal chamber" pronounced "goho" (West Syriac). From Pahlavi (Middle Persian) گاه (gâh). Seen it more in modern speech than

Today’s #SyriacPalimpsestsMonday I would like to devote to the oldest dated #Biblical #manuscript in existence. Those familiar with the field of #Syriac studies, might think in this respect of the

Babylonian Bolshevik

One of the historical events our community has not had much exposure to, is what befell Assyrians in Palestine during Nakba and the Zionist occupation. The credit goes to @seyyedreza

Sami Jiries | سامي جِريِس

In Syriac, mar (ܡܵܪ mār) doesn't mean "God," it means "lord." There's a related form ܡܵܪܝܵܐ māryā that means "Lord God." The Syriac word for "love" referenced here is actually

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

Long before Christoph Luxenberg, medieval Muslim authorities compiled lists of foreign vocabularies in the Quran. The Quran contains words from Ethiopian, Persian, Indian, Turkic, Nabatean, Syriac, Coptic, Hebrew, Greek, and

Byzantine Ambassador

MELKITES – A Thread By C10th, the Arabic language had supplanted both Aramaic – then the lingua franca of the Near East – and Greek, the tongue of poleis (esp

Early Christian texts are replete with descriptions of and statements and ideas about or attributed to Jews and "Judaism". Short thread /1 Whereas earlier scholars argued that polemics against Jews

Psalm 9’s prophecy about prophet Muhammad PBUHMini Thread: According to the Greek, Latin, and Syriac versions of Psalm 9:20, David asks God to judge the nations by sending a lawgiver

Dr. James Harry Morris

Today, @pressedconf is holding #pcPopUp2020 so I decided to tweet a short thread to share some resources and my personal story on using open resources. 1/18.https://2020popup.pressedconf.org My first experience undertaking

Salam Rassi | سلام راسي

Reminds me of Ibn Sīnā's al-Qaṣīda al-ʿayniyya, his famous poetic allegory for the soul's descent. وأظنها نسيتْ عهودًا بالحمى * ومنازلاً بفراقها لمْ تقنـــعِحتى إذا اتص

The Cities of Kurdistan: From Başûr to Bakûr - A Thread Name - Erbil/Hewlêr/هه‌ولێرPopulation - 1.5 MillionCommon Languages - Sorani Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish (Turkmen Dialect) and SyriacKnown for - The

The Catholic Linguist

You’ll see it in the headlines from time to time. It’s usually some variant of “which language did #Jesus speak?” or “is ISIS exterminating the language of Jesus?”. Scholars –

Emran El-Badawi

When did the last great king of Arabia leave Paganism for Christianity? Who was he & why did he convert? How did this pave the way for Islam? The Syriac

There was a time Islamic intellectual culture had some of the greatest critical thinkers, philosophers, inventors known to man. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā 854 CE – 925 CE. Famed

Sami Jiries | سامي جِريِس

Akkadian has a verb nâkum 'to have sex with,' which is cognate to Arabic ناك nāk- 'to fuck.' I can't find any cognates in Aramaic, Ge'ez, or Hebrew, so potentially