Adam Bremer-McCollum

acbm.bsky.social

18 September 2026 11:17

Gəʕəz word(s) of the day 1 ደመና፡ /dämmäna/ "cloud" as in EMML 2147, f. 9v c3-6 ወበሳድስ፡ሰዓት፡ይሴብሕዎ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡ደመናት፡በፍርሃት፡ወበረዓድ። /wä-bä-sadəs säʕat yəsebbəḥəww-o lä-ʔəgziʔä-bəḥer dämmänat bä-fərhät wä-bä-räʕad/ "at the sixth hour, the clouds praise God in fear & trembling"

Dr. Nick Posegay

nposegay.northsky.social

18 September 2026 11:14

I am currently in Paris and so obligated to share a French fragment. This one isn't *in* French (though there is a nontrivial amount of French in the Genizah), but it was copied in France in the ~11th century. It's a piece of the 1st-c. poem "Illias Latina," an abridged Latin version of the Illiad.

The Washington Post

washingtonpost.com

02 August 2025 09:22

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza. “A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said. Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn