#Syriac

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

@ChenHuailun here. I'm adding a supplementary thread before today's scheduled one to expand on the origins and early history of the Church of the East (aka the Nestorian Church) ~ahc

Aabhas Maldahiyar 🇮🇳

Aabhas24

1/n #SadarPranam to Ishvara within you dear @Burairss .I’ll not waste space doing name calling (as you do) rather clarify how childish your arguments trying hard to prove historicity of

Dr. Éléonore Cellard

CellardEleonore

Thread. The Mingana-Lewis Palimpsest1/6. In 1895, Mrs Lewis purchased a rare manuscript in Suez. It was a palimpsest: a Christian Arabic text from the 9th or 10th CE, written on

Persian Poetry in English

PersianPoetics

Thread: Tonight is the longest and darkest night of the year. Iranic peoples and neighboring groups call it 'Shab-e Yaldā' and spend the night in celebration, but why is the

Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

LloydLlewJ

The Biblical source of the story of the wise men, whose visit to Bethlehem is celebrated at #Epiphany, is the gospel of Matthew, who doesn't say how many there were,

Syed

gypsy_heart6

Excellent podcast interview of @emrane by @BottldPetrichor. It begins with a discussion on history of the academic study of Qur’an, a brief synopsis on the variety of arguments & debates/pendulums

Simcha Gross

Simcha_Gross

In response to a question posted by a colleague, a short thread on Jewish and Christians seals in the Sasanian Empire. 1 First, a bit of background on Sasanian seals:

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

Ethiopian bible is the oldest and most complete bible on earth.They were written on goat skin in the early Ethiopian language of Ge’ez.How come no one talks about the Ethiopian

Nikita Kuzin

NikitaKuzin7

In Ṭuroyo (Neo-Aramaic), comparatives can be built in three different ways: 1. by using the shortened form of the adjective (the so-called ‘absolute’, or ‘indeterminate’ state); 2. with the help

Imar Y. Koutchoukali 🌐 🐿

koutchoukalimar

Okay kids, for New Year's, let's talk about vowels and where to put them. Especially with regards to Arabic. Recently, I responded to a tweet about the origin of the

Burair/Бурайр/بُرَيْر

Burairss

[42th Thread : Refutation of ignorant claims by a bigot]1.This thread is yet again another refutation of a fake sanghi historian whose plagarized threads I've already refuted 6 times.Truth:- Thread

Jin Xu

xujnx

One of the most prosperous and prominent Christian communities in the history of East Asia was a Turkic tribe called Ongud active in present-day central Inner Mongolia during 9th -14th

Iraq Tweets 🇮🇶

Iraq_Tweets

The Simele Massacre of 1933: Early Iraq’s neglect, ostracization, and eradication attempt of its Assyrian population // Thread: To start off, the Assyrians are indigenous to regions of Iraq, northeastern

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

Ethiopian bible is the oldest and most complete bible on earth.They were written on goat skin in the early Ethiopian language of Ge’ez. It is also World’s first illustrated Christian

Dr Katherine Blouin

isisnaucratis

THIS Thanks, Tori! https://twitter.com/eidolon_journal/status/1334903558022508549 Can we address the cruelty and violence of many Classics programs' language expectations and translation exams? This colonial legacy is doing a great job

Jin Xu

xujnx

1900.6.22 A hidden “library” was found at Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. Sealed behind a wall ca. 1000 AD, it's packed with tens of thousands of manuscripts & paintings dating to

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