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  1. Harel13

    Vigil of Peter and Paul?

    I'm working on a seminary paper on the blood libel of Little Hugh of Lincoln (1255 CE). Naturally, there are discrepancies in the source material (mainly several chronicles and an Anglo-Norman poem). For example, the sources disagree on the day that Hugh disappeared, the day he was supposedly...
  2. Harel13

    3200 year old Proto-Canaanite text found on Mt. Ebal

    Then I don't know what you mean by "reject inconvenient scholarship out of hand".
  3. Harel13

    3200 year old Proto-Canaanite text found on Mt. Ebal

    First of all, I don't think the study of history and archeology can be considered a science. Both often used scientific methods, but to call these fields scientific in themselves is a stretch in my opinion. That said, I have actually read on the topic. I've read Wellhausen's Prolegomena, I've...
  4. Harel13

    3200 year old Proto-Canaanite text found on Mt. Ebal

    I don't think so. Can't say your comment is unexpected. But it would always be more helpful both to the person being criticized and to the other members if you would clarify what you find sad.
  5. Harel13

    3200 year old Proto-Canaanite text found on Mt. Ebal

    So, I finished Galil's book on Shabbat. It turned out that it's a lot less shorter than it seems, because many of the pages are just for high-res photos of the x-rays/ultrasounds/else (not sure what type of mechanism they used) they did of the supposed inner and outer inscriptions of the object...
  6. Harel13

    Those of you who read the whole of the bible, what did you gain from all the genealogies...?

    Those are some of my favorite parts of the Tanach. I am fascinated by what can be gleaned by studying the genealogies. But I guess for me, being Jewish and all, it's basically studying my family tree.
  7. Harel13

    Southpaws, unite!

    I'll admit that on the other side of the aisle I'm not actually 100% left-handed. For example, I usually hold a spoon in my right hand.
  8. Harel13

    Southpaws, unite!

    Yes, I'm left-handed. No shame about it. As a Jew I find myself in morning prayers checking out how many lefties are there wherever I go to see who I can count on in a pinch to borrow left-handed tefillin (phylacteries). As an unfortunate occasional user of scissors, I dislike right-handed...
  9. Harel13

    Was you baptised as a child?

    No, though I go to mikveh a few times a year. I'm not Christian.
  10. Harel13

    Ask me stuff

    Thanks! Yes, I've heard of him. He left before my time, though. Too bad. There are several sites I'd like to excavate, most of them being sites I don't have access to as an Israeli and as a Jew. For example, I've grown quite attached to Tel Jenin which lies at the heart of the modern city of...
  11. Harel13

    Ask me stuff

    I am, which is interesting to me because when I started my BA I thought I would go straight to work at the Israel Antiquities Authority, but now I'm leaning more to academia and less to the IAA (but I haven't ruled out that option). I was convinced I might have a future in academia by some of my...
  12. Harel13

    Ask me stuff

    Mainly okay, thanks. I don't mind jumping right into questions about my interests. I'm somewhat stressed because of school and some life decisions I need to make.
  13. Harel13

    Ask me stuff

    Pizza for sure. I'm a dairy sort of person (although sadly I haven't eaten any pizza in quite a while because of changes in my diet).
  14. Harel13

    Ask me stuff

    I don't have any personal issue with the dating. Rabbi A. I. Kook stated more than once that there's no inherent difficulty with accepting the scientific dating of the world (see here for example). If you're looking for a more specific answer, could you clarify why you're asking specifically...
  15. Harel13

    3200 year old Proto-Canaanite text found on Mt. Ebal

    Small update on this matter: Recently, Gershon Galil, formerly a member of the team that studied this mysterious object and published the first inscription, self-published a book on his interpretation of the inner (published) and outer (yet-to-be-published) inscriptions on this object. The...
  16. Harel13

    Ask me stuff

    Are you asking specifically about Gobekli Tepe or my opinion on prehistory in general? Let's set aside the question of "the missing years" and let's assume for the moment that I accept the general/secular chronology of ancient history. This past year I've seen more and more evidence-based...
  17. Harel13

    Ask me stuff

    Well, it's been about a year and a half since I've last done this and I've got a little spare time. As most of you may know, I'm an Orthodox Jew. I regard myself as part of what's known in Israel as the "Dati Leumi" community, which translates as "National Religious" (wiki). It essentially...
  18. Harel13

    Homophobia

    *Mod Post: Thread moved to General Debates and Re-opened*
  19. Harel13

    Okay, hear me out: monkey civilization

    I read once a satirical book about a middle-aged Jewish man who got stranded on an island in the Caribbean. At some point during the book he tries to train the local monkey population and after having a bit of success, starts fantasizing about monkeys being trained well enough to attend a...
  20. Harel13

    Third and Last Week of Excavations

    So, last Friday, the third - and likely last - season of excavations ended. For a number of reasons it was decided early on that there'd only be three weeks this season, as opposed to four during previous years. It was a fairly quick season, but we got quite a bit of things done. In Area A we...
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