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@einsofist.bsky.social
· Feb 11
"Hebraism, in our day, is such a rare science that it can no longer imagine itself to be nondescript or mediocre." (Levinas)
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This is "The Confluence of the Two Seas," a legal treatise comparing schools of Islamic law, composed in the 13th century. Texts like this were produced with wide margins to allow readers to annotate as they studied. It was kept in the Omari Mosque in Gaza, destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in 2023.
September 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This is "The Confluence of the Two Seas," a legal treatise comparing schools of Islamic law, composed in the 13th century. Texts like this were produced with wide margins to allow readers to annotate as they studied. It was kept in the Omari Mosque in Gaza, destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in 2023.
let me enter my talmudic mind palace
September 18, 2026 at 3:23 AM
let me enter my talmudic mind palace
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Making money for Big Bookshelf
What is the Talmudic Agenda?
Yes, there was a reference to the "Talmudic agenda."
September 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Making money for Big Bookshelf
learning Torah from the nape of your neck
September 5, 2026 at 3:52 AM
learning Torah from the nape of your neck
I’m consistently shocked when religious Muslim friends make plans on Saturdays or eat meat from non kosher restaurants
August 19, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I’m consistently shocked when religious Muslim friends make plans on Saturdays or eat meat from non kosher restaurants
inside you a voice sings two songs
August 6, 2026 at 7:56 AM
inside you a voice sings two songs
really don't understand the Yuval Harari hate, I thought this was excellent
May 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
really don't understand the Yuval Harari hate, I thought this was excellent
epic rap battles of history: Center vs Periphery
May 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
epic rap battles of history: Center vs Periphery
selecting "add to dictionary" when Microsoft Word thinks "rabbinization" is a spelling error
May 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
selecting "add to dictionary" when Microsoft Word thinks "rabbinization" is a spelling error
last week, I had a dream about a writing a chapter on the Tunisian Jewish theory of sexuality. last night, I dreamt I needed to fix the pagination in a specific footnote
May 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
last week, I had a dream about a writing a chapter on the Tunisian Jewish theory of sexuality. last night, I dreamt I needed to fix the pagination in a specific footnote
I'm seeing people say this is the first time a Greek literary text was found in mummification material — weren't there famously a bunch of Sappho fragments excavated the same way? Misogynistic erasure?
This is just so cool. A Roman-era mummy recently excavated in Egypt contained a fragment of papyrus with a section of the Iliad.
Archaeologists Find Iliad “Catalog of Ships” Papyrus Inside Egyptian Mummy - Arkeonews
Archaeologists in Egypt’s Oxyrhynchus have discovered a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues and a rare papyrus
arkeonews.net
April 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I'm seeing people say this is the first time a Greek literary text was found in mummification material — weren't there famously a bunch of Sappho fragments excavated the same way? Misogynistic erasure?
I would love to be pope because it seems like you mostly get to travel around Africa and the Middle East
April 20, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I would love to be pope because it seems like you mostly get to travel around Africa and the Middle East
(Kanye voice) I feel like Sabbatai
April 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
(Kanye voice) I feel like Sabbatai
watching the rabbinist slowly nod off in this un-air-conditioned Syriac lecture
April 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
watching the rabbinist slowly nod off in this un-air-conditioned Syriac lecture
Anti-nomian nomos club
April 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Anti-nomian nomos club
לב מלך ביד ה׳
Happy Passover, Chag Pesach Sameach, and a Zissen un Koshern Pesach!
April 1, 2026 at 11:06 PM
לב מלך ביד ה׳
MGMT on the speakers at the kosher grocery >>>>
March 30, 2026 at 10:08 PM
MGMT on the speakers at the kosher grocery >>>>
Many get defensive when they hear others talk about the joy of eating kitniyot. I sit my ashki ass down and listen
March 29, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Many get defensive when they hear others talk about the joy of eating kitniyot. I sit my ashki ass down and listen
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'Portrait de femme en Flore' An intriguing 17thC (c. 1600-1650) painting by an unknown artist from the Louvre.
March 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
'Portrait de femme en Flore' An intriguing 17thC (c. 1600-1650) painting by an unknown artist from the Louvre.
Inside you there are two Wolfsons
March 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Inside you there are two Wolfsons
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Important new publication of historical Berber lingusitics, esp. onomastics. Edited and organized by the brilliant Carles Múrcia (not on here, I think), with, among many others, articles by @lameensouag.bsky.social and myself.
March 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Important new publication of historical Berber lingusitics, esp. onomastics. Edited and organized by the brilliant Carles Múrcia (not on here, I think), with, among many others, articles by @lameensouag.bsky.social and myself.
You met me at a very Sephardi time in my life
March 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
You met me at a very Sephardi time in my life
I accept that I am in essence a lame white nerd based on the irrefutable evidence that when I listen to Vampire Weekend songs i feel them in my soul
March 26, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I accept that I am in essence a lame white nerd based on the irrefutable evidence that when I listen to Vampire Weekend songs i feel them in my soul
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'Mulier amicta sole et luna sub pedibus ei[u]s et sup[e]r caput corona stellarum duodecim'.
BL Add 11695; Beatus of Liébana, Commentary on the Apocalypse; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N.; ff.147v, 148r
@blmedieval.bsky.social
BL Add 11695; Beatus of Liébana, Commentary on the Apocalypse; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N.; ff.147v, 148r
@blmedieval.bsky.social
March 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM
'Mulier amicta sole et luna sub pedibus ei[u]s et sup[e]r caput corona stellarum duodecim'.
BL Add 11695; Beatus of Liébana, Commentary on the Apocalypse; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N.; ff.147v, 148r
@blmedieval.bsky.social
BL Add 11695; Beatus of Liébana, Commentary on the Apocalypse; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N.; ff.147v, 148r
@blmedieval.bsky.social