Christian Delusions of Grandeur With Just a Soupçon of Black Bigotry Toward The Jews* “In that sense my ancestors invented the alphabet. “ Atlanta Black Star During the 2016 Republican National Convention, Rep. Steve King claimed that Western Civilization (white people) have contribu[...]
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A Message from Einstein For My Brother:
Are you a Jew? Hugh, You wrote a pretty nasty email about Jewish atheists. You were especially mean spirited by attacking my role when Havi and Hillel, my own children, were first called to read the Jewish law, the Torah,. Your daughter will, as I understand, do the same thing next month.�[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The oldest Torah
‘World’s oldest’ Torah scroll found in Italian archive Officials at University of Bologna say the document was originally examined by a university librarian in 1889 and dated as having been written during the 17th century. But a recent re-evaluation of the scroll by university Prof[...]
January 16th, 2013 - 9:16 am § in Misc.
Theses in English ‘Erosion of Hebrew’
The Academy of the Hebrew Language’s president admonishes Hebrew University’s decision to allow doctorate theses in English, warning against ‘Hebrew’s erosion’ [...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Software Reader Says Bible a Mashup
from Haartez Software developed by an Israeli team is giving intriguing new hints about what some researchers believe to be the multiple hands that wrote the Bible. The new software analyzes style and word choices to distinguish parts of a single text written by different authors, and when applied t[...]
When and Where Did Writing Begin?
11 Ancient African Writing Systems READMORE at the Atlanta Black Star The importance of oral culture and tradition in Africa and the recent dominance of European languages through colonialism, among other factors, has led to the misconception that the languages of Africa either have no written form [...]