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  1. ‘Which moment would I most like to go back to? The Resurrection. Whatever happened, there has been no more consequential moment for Western civilisation.’

    🎯 #Historian Christopher de Hamel answers some quickfire questions

    historytoday.com/archive/inter

  2. ‘Which moment would I most like to go back to? The Resurrection. Whatever happened, there has been no more consequential moment for Western civilisation.’

    🎯 #Historian Christopher de Hamel answers some quickfire questions

    historytoday.com/archive/inter

  3. ‘Which moment would I most like to go back to? The Resurrection. Whatever happened, there has been no more consequential moment for Western civilisation.’

    🎯 #Historian Christopher de Hamel answers some quickfire questions

    historytoday.com/archive/inter

  4. ‘Which moment would I most like to go back to? The Resurrection. Whatever happened, there has been no more consequential moment for Western civilisation.’

    🎯 #Historian Christopher de Hamel answers some quickfire questions

    historytoday.com/archive/inter

  5. ‘Which moment would I most like to go back to? The Resurrection. Whatever happened, there has been no more consequential moment for Western civilisation.’

    🎯 #Historian Christopher de Hamel answers some quickfire questions

    historytoday.com/archive/inter

  6. Who does a signature so intricate and unusual? (Ahem, complete opposite of you-know-who with his black Sharpie marker). I searched for information about a Portuguese historian working around 1454 as being “the first racist”. Or rather, a historian tasked with making his patron look altruistic and just by justifying the slave trade from an African colony.

    It’s hard to make the claim for “first racist” when his finished journal was hidden for centuries and only found as 2 copies (one abridged) in the mid 1800’s. But this name has emerged as a racist and looking at the Wikipedia entry here is his signature. Worth zooming in to see the details. I don’t know how he derived this signature from some version he used of Gomes Eanes de Zurara. #Zurara #Historian #Portuguese #Signature

  7. Who does a signature so intricate and unusual? (Ahem, complete opposite of you-know-who with his black Sharpie marker). I searched for information about a Portuguese historian working around 1454 as being “the first racist”. Or rather, a historian tasked with making his patron look altruistic and just by justifying the slave trade from an African colony.

    It’s hard to make the claim for “first racist” when his finished journal was hidden for centuries and only found as 2 copies (one abridged) in the mid 1800’s. But this name has emerged as a racist and looking at the Wikipedia entry here is his signature. Worth zooming in to see the details. I don’t know how he derived this signature from some version he used of Gomes Eanes de Zurara. #Zurara #Historian #Portuguese #Signature

  8. Who does a signature so intricate and unusual? (Ahem, complete opposite of you-know-who with his black Sharpie marker). I searched for information about a Portuguese historian working around 1454 as being “the first racist”. Or rather, a historian tasked with making his patron look altruistic and just by justifying the slave trade from an African colony.

    It’s hard to make the claim for “first racist” when his finished journal was hidden for centuries and only found as 2 copies (one abridged) in the mid 1800’s. But this name has emerged as a racist and looking at the Wikipedia entry here is his signature. Worth zooming in to see the details. I don’t know how he derived this signature from some version he used of Gomes Eanes de Zurara. #Zurara #Historian #Portuguese #Signature

  9. Who does a signature so intricate and unusual? (Ahem, complete opposite of you-know-who with his black Sharpie marker). I searched for information about a Portuguese historian working around 1454 as being “the first racist”. Or rather, a historian tasked with making his patron look altruistic and just by justifying the slave trade from an African colony.

    It’s hard to make the claim for “first racist” when his finished journal was hidden for centuries and only found as 2 copies (one abridged) in the mid 1800’s. But this name has emerged as a racist and looking at the Wikipedia entry here is his signature. Worth zooming in to see the details. I don’t know how he derived this signature from some version he used of Gomes Eanes de Zurara. #Zurara #Historian #Portuguese #Signature

  10. Who does a signature so intricate and unusual? (Ahem, complete opposite of you-know-who with his black Sharpie marker). I searched for information about a Portuguese historian working around 1454 as being “the first racist”. Or rather, a historian tasked with making his patron look altruistic and just by justifying the slave trade from an African colony.

    It’s hard to make the claim for “first racist” when his finished journal was hidden for centuries and only found as 2 copies (one abridged) in the mid 1800’s. But this name has emerged as a racist and looking at the Wikipedia entry here is his signature. Worth zooming in to see the details. I don’t know how he derived this signature from some version he used of Gomes Eanes de Zurara. #Zurara #Historian #Portuguese #Signature

  11. Y’all, I love an interesting #crossword #clue, but this one befuddles me.

    “What’s everyone **soup** in arms about?”

    Is this an actual #English language phrase? I’ve heard and used “up in arms” but never “soup in arms”. Is there a #linguist or #historian who might provide some context for this bizarre statement? 🥣

  12. Y’all, I love an interesting #crossword #clue, but this one befuddles me.

    “What’s everyone **soup** in arms about?”

    Is this an actual #English language phrase? I’ve heard and used “up in arms” but never “soup in arms”. Is there a #linguist or #historian who might provide some context for this bizarre statement? 🥣

  13. Y’all, I love an interesting #crossword #clue, but this one befuddles me.

    “What’s everyone **soup** in arms about?”

    Is this an actual #English language phrase? I’ve heard and used “up in arms” but never “soup in arms”. Is there a #linguist or #historian who might provide some context for this bizarre statement? 🥣

  14. Y’all, I love an interesting #crossword #clue, but this one befuddles me.

    “What’s everyone **soup** in arms about?”

    Is this an actual #English language phrase? I’ve heard and used “up in arms” but never “soup in arms”. Is there a #linguist or #historian who might provide some context for this bizarre statement? 🥣

  15. Y’all, I love an interesting #crossword #clue, but this one befuddles me.

    “What’s everyone **soup** in arms about?”

    Is this an actual #English language phrase? I’ve heard and used “up in arms” but never “soup in arms”. Is there a #linguist or #historian who might provide some context for this bizarre statement? 🥣

  16. "This past week, I was fortunate to acquire a particularly handsome example of a work that, while not always widely appreciated outside #bibliophilic circles, deserves to be counted among the most ambitious productions of #nineteenthcentury #Hebrew #printing – the #Trieste #Haggadah of 1863.

    Students of #Jewish #art will recognize immediately the significance of this edition. Indeed, the noted art #historian #BezalelRoth went so far as to assert that only one nineteenth-century Haggadah could truly be called groundbreaking in both conception and execution: the #TriesteHaggadah.

    Issued under the title #LHaggadaillustrata, the volume presents the Hebrew text alongside a refined #Italian #translation by #Rabbi #AvrahamChaiMorpurgo. The translation is not merely serviceable; it reflects a careful engagement with earlier #machzorim and #Haggadot across several #European traditions, resulting in a text that is both accurate and stylistically polished."

    jewishpress.com/the-trieste-ha

  17. "This past week, I was fortunate to acquire a particularly handsome example of a work that, while not always widely appreciated outside #bibliophilic circles, deserves to be counted among the most ambitious productions of #nineteenthcentury #Hebrew #printing – the #Trieste #Haggadah of 1863.

    Students of #Jewish #art will recognize immediately the significance of this edition. Indeed, the noted art #historian #BezalelRoth went so far as to assert that only one nineteenth-century Haggadah could truly be called groundbreaking in both conception and execution: the #TriesteHaggadah.

    Issued under the title #LHaggadaillustrata, the volume presents the Hebrew text alongside a refined #Italian #translation by #Rabbi #AvrahamChaiMorpurgo. The translation is not merely serviceable; it reflects a careful engagement with earlier #machzorim and #Haggadot across several #European traditions, resulting in a text that is both accurate and stylistically polished."

    jewishpress.com/the-trieste-ha

  18. "This past week, I was fortunate to acquire a particularly handsome example of a work that, while not always widely appreciated outside #bibliophilic circles, deserves to be counted among the most ambitious productions of #nineteenthcentury #Hebrew #printing – the #Trieste #Haggadah of 1863.

    Students of #Jewish #art will recognize immediately the significance of this edition. Indeed, the noted art #historian #BezalelRoth went so far as to assert that only one nineteenth-century Haggadah could truly be called groundbreaking in both conception and execution: the #TriesteHaggadah.

    Issued under the title #LHaggadaillustrata, the volume presents the Hebrew text alongside a refined #Italian #translation by #Rabbi #AvrahamChaiMorpurgo. The translation is not merely serviceable; it reflects a careful engagement with earlier #machzorim and #Haggadot across several #European traditions, resulting in a text that is both accurate and stylistically polished."

    jewishpress.com/the-trieste-ha

  19. "This past week, I was fortunate to acquire a particularly handsome example of a work that, while not always widely appreciated outside #bibliophilic circles, deserves to be counted among the most ambitious productions of #nineteenthcentury #Hebrew #printing – the #Trieste #Haggadah of 1863.

    Students of #Jewish #art will recognize immediately the significance of this edition. Indeed, the noted art #historian #BezalelRoth went so far as to assert that only one nineteenth-century Haggadah could truly be called groundbreaking in both conception and execution: the #TriesteHaggadah.

    Issued under the title #LHaggadaillustrata, the volume presents the Hebrew text alongside a refined #Italian #translation by #Rabbi #AvrahamChaiMorpurgo. The translation is not merely serviceable; it reflects a careful engagement with earlier #machzorim and #Haggadot across several #European traditions, resulting in a text that is both accurate and stylistically polished."

    jewishpress.com/the-trieste-ha

  20. "This past week, I was fortunate to acquire a particularly handsome example of a work that, while not always widely appreciated outside #bibliophilic circles, deserves to be counted among the most ambitious productions of #nineteenthcentury #Hebrew #printing – the #Trieste #Haggadah of 1863.

    Students of #Jewish #art will recognize immediately the significance of this edition. Indeed, the noted art #historian #BezalelRoth went so far as to assert that only one nineteenth-century Haggadah could truly be called groundbreaking in both conception and execution: the #TriesteHaggadah.

    Issued under the title #LHaggadaillustrata, the volume presents the Hebrew text alongside a refined #Italian #translation by #Rabbi #AvrahamChaiMorpurgo. The translation is not merely serviceable; it reflects a careful engagement with earlier #machzorim and #Haggadot across several #European traditions, resulting in a text that is both accurate and stylistically polished."

    jewishpress.com/the-trieste-ha

  21. "#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.

    “Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.

    She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”

    The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."

    jns.org/feature/reconstruction

  22. "#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.

    “Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.

    She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”

    The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."

    jns.org/feature/reconstruction