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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 11h

Coptic word of the day
ⲕⲣⲟⲩⲣ
"frog"

Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · Feb 8

"left" (ϭⲃⲟⲩⲣ/ϩⲃⲟⲩⲣ) and "right" (ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ) in Coptic

as in Disc. on the 8th & 9th (NHC VI 6.62.6-10) 🐸 🐈

ⲛ̅ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ⳿ ⲙⲉⲛ ϩ͡ⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲉⲩⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲱⲡⲟⲛ ⲛ̅ⲕⲣⲟⲩⲣ· ⲛ̅ϩ͡ⲓⲟⲙⲉ ⲇⲉ ϩ͡ⲓ ϭⲃⲟⲩⲣ ⲉⲩⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲱⲡⲟⲛ ⲛ̅ⲉⲙⲟⲩ·
"the men on the right are frog-faced, while the women on the left are cat-faced"

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d

some philosophy vocab from David the Invincible (Անյաղթ), /Def. & Div. Philosophy/ (ed. Kendall & Thomson), 50.5-14, w/ my ET

սահման term, definition, limit
իմաստասիրութիւն philosophy (Greek calque)
իմաստութիւն wisdom
արհեստ skill, technē
մակացութիւն knowledge, epistēmē

con't ⬇️

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 16h

#OTD in 1958, Atlanta’s oldest Jewish temple was bombed because Rabbi Jacob Rothschild spoke out for racial justice.

Fifty sticks of dynamite didn’t silence him — or the movement for equality. #TheMarchContinues #StopHate

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 17h

That's great news!

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Egas Moniz Bandeira ᠡᡤᠠᠰ ᠮᠣᠨᠢᠰ ᠪᠠᠨᡩ᠋ᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠ @egasmb.bsky.social · 18h

Mongolian has some wild Eurasian etymologies! 🥰 My favourite one is nom ᠨᠣᠮ ('book'), from Greek νόμος, via Sogdian and Old Uyghur. The semantic shift 'custom, law' > 'scripture' > 'book' is lovely.
Btw nomos also has a Syriac > Arabic result, nāmōsā ܢܳܡܘܿܣܳܐ > nāmūs ناموس 😀
@kebuhcah.bsky.social

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d

The Pearlsong book launch will be Oct 20, 5:30-7:00pm Boston time, in-person at Harvard, or by Zoom. I'll give a talk, but more importantly, so will Dr. Erin Walsh, and there will be music composed for the event by Jane Sheldon! More details and registration here:

Calendar | Center for the Study of World Religions

cswr.hds.harvard.edu

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d

գիտութիւն knowledge
գոյ being, existence
իրողութիւն circumstance, situation
խոկումն contemplation, meditation
նմանութիւն likeness, imitation
կարողութիւն capacity, ability

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d

some philosophy vocab from David the Invincible (Անյաղթ), /Def. & Div. Philosophy/ (ed. Kendall & Thomson), 50.5-14, w/ my ET

սահման term, definition, limit
իմաստասիրութիւն philosophy (Greek calque)
իմաստութիւն wisdom
արհեստ skill, technē
մակացութիւն knowledge, epistēmē

con't ⬇️

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · Jan 7

'Sutton Hoo & Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?' This is one of the most exciting things I've written (so far..!). Thanks to everyone who helped.
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

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波鴻漫錄 || Sven Osterkamp @schrift-sprache.bsky.social · 2d

A quantuɯ of solace ... 🤓

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 2d

Listen to @lcbmphd.bsky.social and me chat about my book, The Pearlsong!

Adam Bremer-McCollum, "The Pearlsong" (Harvard UP, 2025) - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 2d

al-Kāšġārī also opts for أبل 👍

Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 2d

Old Uyghur /tävä/ 🐫
(Wilkens, 706a; cf. Clauson 447b)

al-Kāšġārī (3.171) has this word for Arabic /ʔibil/:
تڤی – الإبل. يقع علی الوحدان والجماعة
(≈ "/tävä/ camels; used for individuals or a group")

Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 2d

A bit of linguistic cartography to brighten your day. This map shows how the words for camel 🐫 spread across the Old World.

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 2d

Old Uyghur /tävä/ 🐫
(Wilkens, 706a; cf. Clauson 447b)

al-Kāšġārī (3.171) has this word for Arabic /ʔibil/:
تڤی – الإبل. يقع علی الوحدان والجماعة
(≈ "/tävä/ camels; used for individuals or a group")

Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 2d

A bit of linguistic cartography to brighten your day. This map shows how the words for camel 🐫 spread across the Old World.

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 2d

This Day in Labor History: October 10, 1917. The red light district of New Orleans, known as Storyville, closed due to the efforts of reformers seeking to eliminate vice from the city. Let's talk about sex work and how banning red light districts just made workers unsafe!

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 2d

If you'd like to know more about The Pearlsong, here's something for you! Thanks to the amazing host!

Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 2d

My latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview. Come hear @acbm.bsky.social talk about his new book and translation of the Pearlsong. Out now!

newbooksnetwork.com/adam-bremer-...

Adam Bremer-McCollum, "The Pearlsong" (Harvard UP, 2025) - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 2d

If you missed Eleanor Baker's paper yesterday, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLv9...

TeTra | Eleanor Baker "Middle English Book Curses and Perceptions of the Material Text"

YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 4d

Galwad y Mynydd - Cân Cadwaladr [Welsh, Folk Psychedelic / Pop Rock] (1972) Band with only two EP's on Wren Records .
https://redd.it/1eyns8n
https://youtu.be/PaZB4xHcq5k

Galwad y Mynydd - Cân Cadwaladr [Welsh, Folk Psychedelic / Pop Rock] (1972) Band with only two EP's on Wren Records .

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 4d

Syriac word of the day
ܐܬܥܝܩ
/ʔettʕiq/ (√ʕwq)
"worry, be upset, distressed"

as in Budge, ed., Th. Marga, 197.7

ܐܟܘܠܘ ܠܚܡܐ ܘܠܐ ܬܬܥܝܩܘܢ
/ʔaḵol laḥmå w-lå tettʕiqun/
"eat some bread and don't be worried"

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 4d

Černý says ⲛⲁⲏⲧ < *ⲛⲁ-ϩⲏⲧ, but Vycichl says it follows a pattern like ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ, in this case with the original ʕ of the root unmarked.

Also, ϩⲙⲉⲥⲧ is much more common than ϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ in L4 texts, but ϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ isn't unknown.

ⲧⲱⲕ/ⲧⲏⲕ ⲁ-ⲣⲉⲧ⸗ ≈ "be firm on one's feet" > "stand (firmly)" is common in L4

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 4d

My ET:
"What exactly is the sin the wolf committed that y'all were all about to kill it? … It didn't find a single person merciful: whether sitting down or standing still, no one would help."

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 4d

Coptic (L4) word of the day
ⲛⲁⲏⲧ
"merciful" (NB the verb ⲛⲁⲉ "have mercy," the noun ⲛⲁ "mercy")

as in CBKph (ed. Gardner, BeDuhn, Dilley) 346.5-9

ⲉⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲁⲃⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲡⲟⲩⲱⲱⲛϣ̅ ⲉⲉϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲟⲩⲱϣ ϩⲁⲧⲃⲉϥ ⲧⲏⲣⲧⲛⲉ …
ⲙ̅ⲡϥ̅ϭⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲏⲧ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲃⲟⲏⲑⲟⲥ ϩⲛ̅ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ̅ ϩⲓⲧϥ̅ⲉϩⲏ ⲙⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲧⲧⲏⲕ ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲟⲩ

Eng. tr. ⬇️

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 4d

Job! Judaic Studies & the Medieval/Renaissance Center at Binghamton are looking for a Talmud/Medieval Rabbinics specialist! I have long been part of the Med/Ren group myself and I can vouch it is very active, supportive, and functional. Good people!

binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

binghamton.interviewexchange.com

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 5d

From a Georgian colophon:

"The Lord knows, whenever I remember the beginning and the end of the work, my bones set to shaking, and I'm amazed how I dared to start it, or how it got finished!"

(Georgian text ⬇️)

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 5d

Begins Oct. 27 2025 [+ Part 2 Offered early January 2026]

Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 5d

My course "Learning Coptic through the Gospel of Thomas" offers students affordable Coptic instruction from an expert.

Asynchronous or Synchronous (Mondays 9am Atlanta, GA time) + Lifetime access to course videos and instruction materials authored by me

www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 5d

My course "Learning Coptic through the Gospel of Thomas" offers students affordable Coptic instruction from an expert.

Asynchronous or Synchronous (Mondays 9am Atlanta, GA time) + Lifetime access to course videos and instruction materials authored by me

www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)

www.religiondepartment.com

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