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Biblical Gilgal: A Common Place Name or a Cult Site near Jericho?

“Gilgal was a national cult centre of the Kingdom of Israel, and in several references its name appears alongside that of Bethel (1 Sam 7:16; 2 Kgs 2:1–2; Hos 4:15; 12:12; Amos 4:4; 5:4–5). Bethel, located in the highlands, was the seat of a national temple (see Amos 7:13) and the place where the golden calf, the animal sacred to the Storm God, represented the God of Israel in his temple.”

Naʾaman, N. (2024). Biblical Gilgal: A Common Place Name or a Cult Site near Jericho? Tel Aviv, 51(1), 59–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/03344355.2024.2327800

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #Archaeology #Arcaheodons #Israel #Israelites #MiddleEast #Levant #NearEast #Asia #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @histodon @histodons

Earliest, most distant galaxy discovered with James Webb Space Telescope

“The two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed, dating back to only 300 million years after the Big Bang, have been discovered using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers today announced.”

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/earliest-most-distant-galaxy-discovered-with-james-webb-space-telescope

#News #Science #STEM #Research #Space #Universe #Astronomy @science @astronomy

Deep Reading Will Save Your Soul

“…what bothers me about this educational approach—the “problem” approach, the “STEAM” (STEM + arts) approach—is what it leaves out. It leaves out the humanities. It leaves out books. It leaves out literature and philosophy, history and art history and the history of religion. It leaves out any mode of inquiry—reflection, speculation, conversation with the past—that cannot be turned to immediate practical ends.”

https://www.persuasion.community/p/deep-reading-will-save-your-soul

#Read #Reading #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #Education #Learning #University #Academia #STEM #Humanities @bookstodon

The geometrical atomism of Roger Bacon

“He argued that all four sublunar elements, namely, earth, water, air, and fire, can be analysed into geometrical units which take two shapes: cubical when at rest, and pyramidal when in motion. This allowed him, in turn, to solve the difficulty of the participation of the cubical portions of earth in elemental transmutations, which was due to the triangular faces of the other elements.”

Kedar, Y. (2024) ‘The geometrical atomism of Roger Bacon’, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, pp. 1–18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2024.2344509.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #History #Philosophy #Academia #Academic #Academics @philosophy

#Image attribution: Jan Verhas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacon_1867.jpg

Episode 296 - The Mongol Storm with Nicholas Morton

“We talk to Dr Nicholas Morton about the arrival of the Mongols into the Byzantine world. Their confrontation with the Seljuks of Anatolia will have serious consequences.”

https://shows.acast.com/b53d3462-8bc8-46b5-875c-99d8b173ed52/664367711ec45a0012815ccf

#Audio #Podcast #History #Byzantium #Mongol #Mongols #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons

#Image attribution: Claus Grünstäudl w18, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elegant_steel_microphone_(Unsplash).jpg

From rags to riches, or the multifaceted progress of lady

“In 1992, Rainer Schulze, a German researcher, examined the entry lady in the OED and presented the word’s story in nineteen steps, which I’ll reproduce below in an abridged form (all my examples will also be borrowed from his paper). The main steps are as follows: someone who kneads bread; the female head of the household (a mistress in relation to servants or slaves); Virgin Mary (a most important leap), and Lady as the designation of the Virgin (Our Lady, finds its counterparts in Latin Domina Nostra, French Notre Dame, and elsewhere); a woman who rules over subjects; a woman of superior position in society; a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion; a woman, loosely defined but of usually not very elevated standard of social position.”

https://blog.oup.com/2024/05/from-rags-to-riches-or-the-multifaceted-progress-of-lady/

#Language #Languages #Linguistics #Etymology #Word #Words @linguistics

Teach Yourself a Language in 15 Minutes a Day: Step-by-Step Demonstration

“With the right materials and methods, it is possible to give yourself a firm foundation in a foreign language in less than a year by studying for 15 systematic minutes each day.”

#Video length: thirty one minutes and forty two seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqR3K1alUio

#Language #Languages #Linguistics #Learning #Education @linguistics

Imagined otherness fuels blatant dehumanization of outgroups

“Given the cruelties that humans are capable of inflicting upon others, understanding the origins of blatant dehumanization is of paramount importance if we aim to ultimately curb such atrocities. This study demonstrates that merely perceiving the other as seeing the world in a fundamentally different way can lead people to conceive of them as subhuman.”

van Loon, A., Goldberg, A. & Srivastava, S.B. Imagined otherness fuels blatant dehumanization of outgroups. Commun Psychol 2, 39 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00087-4

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Adam Smith & Universities

“The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking, for the ease of the masters.”

Source: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

#AdamSmith #Quote #University #Universities #College #Colleges #C18th #18thCentury #EarlyModern @earlymodern

#Image attribution: Etching created by Cadell and Davies (1811), John Horsburgh (1828) or R.C. Bell (1872)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AdamSmith.jpg

How Google Translate Uses Math to Understand 134 Languages | WSJ Tech Behind

“Google Translate uses sophisticated neural networks to translate 134 languages in real time. And using your phone’s camera, it can translate your surroundings without typing.”

#Video length: eight minutes and twenty seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTKlycwIkM

#Google #Translate #STEM #Technology #Tech #Maths #Mathematics #Math #Language #Languages #Linguistics @linguistics @science

Assyrian conquest and ruralization: unveiling territorial dynamics in the provinces of Magiddû and Samerina

“This study has illustrated that the Assyrian territorial strategy implemented in the provinces of Magiddû and Samerina, established upon the remnants of the Kingdom of Israel, manifested as clusters of sites, termed ‘islands of control’. These ‘islands’ comprised a rural landscape overseen by the principal cities of Tel Dan, Megiddo and Samaria. This territorial approach mirrors a broader modus operandi adopted by the Assyrians across their empire to manage agricultural production.”

Squitieri, A. (2024) ‘Assyrian conquest and ruralization: unveiling territorial dynamics in the provinces of Magiddû and Samerina’, Levant, pp. 1–20. doi: https://www.doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2024.2351677.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #Ancient #Antiquity #Antiquiodons #Assyria #Assyrian #Empire #Imperialism #Colonisation #Colonization #Levant #MiddleEast #NearEast #Asia #Agriculture @histodon @histodons @antiquiodons

The cat is finally out of the bag.

#WordOfTheDay: haecceity.

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#WordOfTheDay: trammel.

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