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Adam Bremer-McCollum
@acbm.bsky.social
Aramaics, Coptic, Gəʕəz, Arabic, Iran. langs, Turk. langs, Old Georgian, Old Armenian 🎸🌱🍄☕️
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
Old Georgian word of the day
თნვა
like, be happy with (inverse)

as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 10.20-21
უკუეთუ გთნავს ადგილი ესე
"if you like this place"
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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New free anti-ICE hi-res download from Paul Kjelland! justseeds.org/graphic/ice-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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“Blues for Terry Southern”
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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…to the SBL book hall, where an increasing proportion of the leading publishers in our field are cranking out glued-binding, printed-paper-hardcover, absolute bargain basement print-on-demand-style books at price points just as eye-watering as ever /2
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred
well, what the heck. it's the tuesday before thanksgiving, and whoever is on here deserves a treat: the first new translation I've posted in a long while: the Life and Martyrdom of Susanna:

andrewjacobs.org/translations...
Life and Martyrdom of Susanna
andrewjacobs.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Please read this opening statement by Assata Shakur from her trial in New York in 1976.

She wrote this almost 50 years ago, but it speaks so clearly to the current moment that it could have been written yesterday

ia902804.us.archive.org/17/items/A.S...
ia902804.us.archive.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Here's one more 😉
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Varying lists of heretics seen in hell in the different versions of Jn Moschos' /Leimonarion/ (№ 26)

Greek: Nestorius, Theodore, Eutyches, Apollinarius, Evagrius, Didymus, Dioscorus, Severus, Arius, Origen

Arabic: Nest., Eut., Diosc., Sev., Arius, Or.

Georgian: Nest., Arius, Eut., Evag.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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selda bağcan - yaylalar (Turkish psychedelic rock) 1976
https://redd.it/5shptq
https://youtu.be/zmmF8qJ6Y68
selda bağcan - yaylalar (Turkish psychedelic rock) 1976
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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My short Elements book "Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature" is now available on Cambridge Core. It was a lot of fun to learn from the exciting scholarship that's been happening and I hope that it's a useful resource for people. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature
www.cambridge.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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This is a fascinating chapter in a fascinating book, downloadable for free! Highly recommended 🤩! And now I know why @chiaweilin.bsky.social produces such interesting stuff that crosses several disciplines - there are several Chia-Wei Lins after all! XD
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Parthian word of the day
/wašend/
"hungry"

as in Sundermann, MKG 805-806
/pad wuzurg aβɣām, wašend ud tišend/
"in great agony, hungry and thirsty"
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If you're interested in the movement of Buddhist terms and elements into Persian and Arabic from Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan, see Chia-Wei's fascinating new article below!
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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🏆🏆🏆Calling all Masters and Ph.D. students, you still have time to apply for the 2025 Gorgias Book Grant - your chance to win $500 of our titles! What are you waiting for? #awards #mastersdegree #PhD #phdlife #winbooks www.gorgiaspress.com/awards
a gold trophy with a star on it and a red ribbon around it
ALT: a gold trophy with a star on it and a red ribbon around it
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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okay weird semi-tech question on a breezy Monday of Thanksgiving (U.S.) week, blooskie

i used to use BlueGriffon to make/edit webpages--it was a great WYSIWYG/HTML editor that could update using CSS sheets in the folder, but it's kaput and I can't find anything equivalent. any ideas???
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Old Uyghur word of the day
/ada/
"damage, distress, danger, threat, obstacle"

as in Clark, Eccl. Texts, 70 (EC 65-68)

/igsizin adasızın turalım, ymä köŋülümüz köküzümüz turkaru busušsuzun kadgusuzun/

"May we stay without sickness & distress, and our hearts & minds be ever without worry & sorrow"
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Mina två senaste (2025 och 2024); trots genreskillnaden är familjelikheten större än man kunde tro!
/ My two latest books (2025 and 2024, respectively); despite the difference in genre, the family resemblance is greater than one might think!
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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On the ‘it’s pretentious to style yourself Dr’ debate – sure, it probably is, but on the other hand the titles and the robes are just about the only fun part left in academia, and I’m not willing to cede them to the grey, managerial fun police just yet. Embrace the pomposity.
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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It seems to be a troubled world.

BnF Français 134; Livre des proprietés des choses de Bathélemy l'Anglais , traduit du latin par Jean Corbichon; 15th century; Flandres (Bruges); f.169r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Parthian word of the day
/wars/
"hair"

as in Sundermann, MKG 837-842
/mardōhm pad sarāwagīft wars syāw u-š pad zarwān ispēd izwartēd, ud až ispēdīft mas syāw nē izwartēd/

"people have black hair when they're young, and it turns white when they're old, not turning from white to black again"
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Calling all #AARSBL delegates interested in Mandaeism, remember to attend this session today at 5PM. #Mandaean #ConferenceSession #Boston
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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If you're at AARSBL and see /The Pearlsong/ at the @harvardpress.bsky.social booth, I'd love to know!
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Big thanks to David for playing a track from Aïssaoua: Sufi Trance from Morocco on @wfmu.bsky.social
The album will be available until the end of November and then will be set to private. Grab it while you can:

hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-ssao...
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Fuck yes this is a badass Zorak
A drawing of Zorak, from 2019.
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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my already pretty reasonably priced LIFE OF THECLA translation/introduction is now UNreasonably cheap with the code CONFSHIP! $9.50! I think it includes US shipping? stocking stuffers for all of your apocrypha lovers!

wipfandstock.com/978166674640...
The Life of Thecla- Wipf and Stock Publishers
Thecla was one of the most venerated saints in late antiquity. One of her followers created the Life of Thecla as an act of devotion in the fifth century, re...
wipfandstock.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM