#Syriac

Mark Roosien

MarkRoosien

1. In my opinion, both sides of the Old Calendar(Julian)/New Calendar("revised Julian") debate in Orthodoxy have valid points, but neither position goes far enough. Only the full embrace of the

just jess

lareinejessica

A (hopefully) short thread debunking the accusation (lobbed by Eastern Orthodox, of course––don't you have anything else to do, oh my gosh!) that the Catholic Church is in communion with

Helene

waltzind

Since we won’t be able to celebrate Easter like every year, here’s a short thread of videos of Palestinian Christians celebrating Easter in 2019. Celebrations in Jerusalem. Credits: Nicole Habib

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/Next month I start my fellowship at Cambridge University. The project is about the quranic "pagans," picking up where Patricia Crone left off. In the main I will investigate the

Naomi

ourwakingsouls

Here beginneth a list of creative endeavours that have been completed* in this house TODAY:*and, for the most part, started First up, Meg and Elizabeth, firstborn daughters of our sourdough

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Languages have been dying out in Late Antiquity too. Sometimes (well, most of the time actually) we learn about them in quite unusual ways. A little thread 1/Isidore, Etymologies,

Simon Wolfgang Fuchs 🇪🇺

Simon_W_Fuchs

(1/5) Joseph Schacht, one of the giants in the Western study of Islamic law, was appointed professor of Oriental Studies @UniFreiburg in 1924, at the tender age of 22. Between

Saudi 🇸🇦

Saudimindi

- Thread : one of the oldest massacres committed in history between Abrahamic religions committed by Yemeni Jewish king against Christian people in Najran - Dhū Nuwās also known as

Michael Press

MichaelDPress

There's an amazing wealth and variety of graffiti left by pilgrims just at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Let's take a quick look . . .Photo

#1⃣9⃣!!!🇲🇾

SiriuslyCold

For the first time in history, a book is written to reveal that the language of the Qur'an is Aramaic, not Arabic. The Aramaic language of the Qur'an renders interpretations

Jin Xu

xujnx

One of the most prosperous and prominent Christian communities in the history of East Asia was a Turkic tribe called Ongud active in present-day central Inner Mongolia during 9th -14th

Jin Xu

xujnx

1900.6.22 A hidden “library” was found at Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. Sealed behind a wall ca. 1000 AD, it's packed with tens of thousands of manuscripts & paintings dating to

Qinnitan

qinnitan

The history of astrology and why it is haram in Islam, a thread:Astrology - the study of the movements and positions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars in the

Conor Dube

conordube

A lazy Sunday morning, so a thread on one of my favorite pre-Islamic poems, the famous poem of praise by al-Nābigha to the Ghassānid king ʿAmr. 1/ The opening evokes

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/The author, @Ed_Husain, made a string of errors and specious arguments in this piece. The analysis of medieval Islamic history and philosophy on display is not only outdated, but quite

Omer Sayadi

MENAsymbolism

The cosmic movements of the heavenly bodies has always intrigued mankind all throughout history. To depict this "moving of the gods", the earliest civilizations used feathered wings to symbolize the