Despite the problems that sometimes occur when an alphabet is adapted to a language for which it was not originally intended, this sort of borrowing has been common throughout history. Farsi, for example, is written in Arabic characters even though it is a completely different language, as was...
What language did the Jesus speak? Hebrew was the language of scholars and the scriptures. But Jesus's "everyday" spoken language would have beenAramaic. And it is Aramaic that most biblical scholars say he spoke in the Bible. What nationality speaks Yiddish? The primary language of Ashkenazic...
If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today... The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone... we must be compassionate!
rutted by its habitual selective deafness. The time was right to not only admire black music because the Beatles and Rolling Stones were making it, but also to try looking at the musical culture of oppressed people at home, which also included Yiddish music. To illustrate just...
Since when did someone saying “God bless you” or “Merry Christmas” become offensive or not politically correct? I’m not religious but I often say both in a well meaning kind way. I would be hurt if someone found it offensive or tried to discourage me from saying either. We do live...
Posted by dianamuir on October 03, 2012 Medieval nationhood, When is a nation?A good case can be made for considering Japan to have become a nation in Heian period (794-1192.) During the previous century, when the court was based in Nara, the two earliest chronicles of Japan were ...
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