Adam Bremer-McCollum
@acbm.bsky.social
Aramaics, Coptic, Gəʕəz, Arabic, Iran. langs, Turk. langs, Old Georgian, Old Armenian 🎸🌱🍄☕️
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
Some Parthian taste-words from Sundermann, MKG 849ff.:
/wxašan/ "taste"
/nameδk/ "salt"
/trifšīft/ "bitterness"
/dažnagīft/ "spicyness, sharpness"
/šiftagīft/ "sweetness"
/wxašan/ "taste"
/nameδk/ "salt"
/trifšīft/ "bitterness"
/dažnagīft/ "spicyness, sharpness"
/šiftagīft/ "sweetness"
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Some Parthian taste-words from Sundermann, MKG 849ff.:
/wxašan/ "taste"
/nameδk/ "salt"
/trifšīft/ "bitterness"
/dažnagīft/ "spicyness, sharpness"
/šiftagīft/ "sweetness"
/wxašan/ "taste"
/nameδk/ "salt"
/trifšīft/ "bitterness"
/dažnagīft/ "spicyness, sharpness"
/šiftagīft/ "sweetness"
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News to me, but apparently this article is out now in #openaccess!
I study the perfuming and ritualization of spaces associated with the memory of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islamic Medina. Part of a special issue on Scents in Medieval Material Culture
www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1...
I study the perfuming and ritualization of spaces associated with the memory of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islamic Medina. Part of a special issue on Scents in Medieval Material Culture
www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1...
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
News to me, but apparently this article is out now in #openaccess!
I study the perfuming and ritualization of spaces associated with the memory of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islamic Medina. Part of a special issue on Scents in Medieval Material Culture
www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1...
I study the perfuming and ritualization of spaces associated with the memory of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islamic Medina. Part of a special issue on Scents in Medieval Material Culture
www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1...
Old Georgian word of the day
შეწუხება
"annoy, bother, irritate"
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 11.2-3
შემაწუხებს ჩუენ იგი
"he's bothering us"
(შე-მ-ა-წუხ-ებ-ს pres 3s O1)
შეწუხება
"annoy, bother, irritate"
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 11.2-3
შემაწუხებს ჩუენ იგი
"he's bothering us"
(შე-მ-ა-წუხ-ებ-ს pres 3s O1)
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Old Georgian word of the day
შეწუხება
"annoy, bother, irritate"
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 11.2-3
შემაწუხებს ჩუენ იგი
"he's bothering us"
(შე-მ-ა-წუხ-ებ-ს pres 3s O1)
შეწუხება
"annoy, bother, irritate"
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 11.2-3
შემაწუხებს ჩუენ იგი
"he's bothering us"
(შე-მ-ა-წუხ-ებ-ს pres 3s O1)
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Georgian compound words with ცა ca 'sky'
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Georgian compound words with ცა ca 'sky'
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Georgian/Armenian word of the day:
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Georgian/Armenian word of the day:
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
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Cannot lift this up enough. It’s as if the art of printing books has been forgotten. The books I bought at SBL barely survived the train ride back to NYC.
…to the SBL book hall, where an increasing proportion of the leading publishers in our field are cranking out glued-binding, printed-paper-hardcover, absolute bargain basement print-on-demand-style books at price points just as eye-watering as ever /2
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Cannot lift this up enough. It’s as if the art of printing books has been forgotten. The books I bought at SBL barely survived the train ride back to NYC.
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Old Georgian word of the day ინაჴითმჯდომარეთაგანი "one of several seated at the table" [9 syllables, 20 letters]
as in Jn 13:28 (pre-Ath)
ესე არავინ ცნა ინაჴითმჯდომარეთაგანმან იესუჲს თანა
no one at the table with Jesus knew this
(τοῦτο [δὲ] οὐδεὶς ἔγνω τῶν ἀνακειμένων)
as in Jn 13:28 (pre-Ath)
ესე არავინ ცნა ინაჴითმჯდომარეთაგანმან იესუჲს თანა
no one at the table with Jesus knew this
(τοῦτο [δὲ] οὐδεὶς ἔγνω τῶν ἀνακειμένων)
December 24, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Old Georgian word of the day ინაჴითმჯდომარეთაგანი "one of several seated at the table" [9 syllables, 20 letters]
as in Jn 13:28 (pre-Ath)
ესე არავინ ცნა ინაჴითმჯდომარეთაგანმან იესუჲს თანა
no one at the table with Jesus knew this
(τοῦτο [δὲ] οὐδεὶς ἔγνω τῶν ἀνακειμένων)
as in Jn 13:28 (pre-Ath)
ესე არავინ ცნა ინაჴითმჯდომარეთაგანმან იესუჲს თანა
no one at the table with Jesus knew this
(τοῦτο [δὲ] οὐδεὶς ἔγνω τῶν ἀνακειμένων)
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Old Georgian word of the day
თნვა
like, be happy with (inverse)
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 10.20-21
უკუეთუ გთნავს ადგილი ესე
"if you like this place"
თნვა
like, be happy with (inverse)
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 10.20-21
უკუეთუ გთნავს ადგილი ესე
"if you like this place"
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Old Georgian word of the day
თნვა
like, be happy with (inverse)
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 10.20-21
უკუეთუ გთნავს ადგილი ესე
"if you like this place"
თნვა
like, be happy with (inverse)
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 10.20-21
უკუეთუ გთნავს ადგილი ესე
"if you like this place"
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New free anti-ICE hi-res download from Paul Kjelland! justseeds.org/graphic/ice-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New free anti-ICE hi-res download from Paul Kjelland! justseeds.org/graphic/ice-...
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“Blues for Terry Southern”
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Blues for Terry Southern”
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…to the SBL book hall, where an increasing proportion of the leading publishers in our field are cranking out glued-binding, printed-paper-hardcover, absolute bargain basement print-on-demand-style books at price points just as eye-watering as ever /2
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
…to the SBL book hall, where an increasing proportion of the leading publishers in our field are cranking out glued-binding, printed-paper-hardcover, absolute bargain basement print-on-demand-style books at price points just as eye-watering as ever /2
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This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred
well, what the heck. it's the tuesday before thanksgiving, and whoever is on here deserves a treat: the first new translation I've posted in a long while: the Life and Martyrdom of Susanna:
andrewjacobs.org/translations...
andrewjacobs.org/translations...
Life and Martyrdom of Susanna
andrewjacobs.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
Please read this opening statement by Assata Shakur from her trial in New York in 1976.
She wrote this almost 50 years ago, but it speaks so clearly to the current moment that it could have been written yesterday
ia902804.us.archive.org/17/items/A.S...
She wrote this almost 50 years ago, but it speaks so clearly to the current moment that it could have been written yesterday
ia902804.us.archive.org/17/items/A.S...
ia902804.us.archive.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Please read this opening statement by Assata Shakur from her trial in New York in 1976.
She wrote this almost 50 years ago, but it speaks so clearly to the current moment that it could have been written yesterday
ia902804.us.archive.org/17/items/A.S...
She wrote this almost 50 years ago, but it speaks so clearly to the current moment that it could have been written yesterday
ia902804.us.archive.org/17/items/A.S...
Here's one more 😉
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here's one more 😉
Varying lists of heretics seen in hell in the different versions of Jn Moschos' /Leimonarion/ (№ 26)
Greek: Nestorius, Theodore, Eutyches, Apollinarius, Evagrius, Didymus, Dioscorus, Severus, Arius, Origen
Arabic: Nest., Eut., Diosc., Sev., Arius, Or.
Georgian: Nest., Arius, Eut., Evag.
Greek: Nestorius, Theodore, Eutyches, Apollinarius, Evagrius, Didymus, Dioscorus, Severus, Arius, Origen
Arabic: Nest., Eut., Diosc., Sev., Arius, Or.
Georgian: Nest., Arius, Eut., Evag.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Varying lists of heretics seen in hell in the different versions of Jn Moschos' /Leimonarion/ (№ 26)
Greek: Nestorius, Theodore, Eutyches, Apollinarius, Evagrius, Didymus, Dioscorus, Severus, Arius, Origen
Arabic: Nest., Eut., Diosc., Sev., Arius, Or.
Georgian: Nest., Arius, Eut., Evag.
Greek: Nestorius, Theodore, Eutyches, Apollinarius, Evagrius, Didymus, Dioscorus, Severus, Arius, Origen
Arabic: Nest., Eut., Diosc., Sev., Arius, Or.
Georgian: Nest., Arius, Eut., Evag.
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selda bağcan - yaylalar (Turkish psychedelic rock) 1976
https://redd.it/5shptq
https://youtu.be/zmmF8qJ6Y68
https://redd.it/5shptq
https://youtu.be/zmmF8qJ6Y68
selda bağcan - yaylalar (Turkish psychedelic rock) 1976
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
selda bağcan - yaylalar (Turkish psychedelic rock) 1976
https://redd.it/5shptq
https://youtu.be/zmmF8qJ6Y68
https://redd.it/5shptq
https://youtu.be/zmmF8qJ6Y68
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My short Elements book "Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature" is now available on Cambridge Core. It was a lot of fun to learn from the exciting scholarship that's been happening and I hope that it's a useful resource for people. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature
www.cambridge.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My short Elements book "Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature" is now available on Cambridge Core. It was a lot of fun to learn from the exciting scholarship that's been happening and I hope that it's a useful resource for people. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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This is a fascinating chapter in a fascinating book, downloadable for free! Highly recommended 🤩! And now I know why @chiaweilin.bsky.social produces such interesting stuff that crosses several disciplines - there are several Chia-Wei Lins after all! XD
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is a fascinating chapter in a fascinating book, downloadable for free! Highly recommended 🤩! And now I know why @chiaweilin.bsky.social produces such interesting stuff that crosses several disciplines - there are several Chia-Wei Lins after all! XD
Parthian word of the day
/wašend/
"hungry"
as in Sundermann, MKG 805-806
/pad wuzurg aβɣām, wašend ud tišend/
"in great agony, hungry and thirsty"
/wašend/
"hungry"
as in Sundermann, MKG 805-806
/pad wuzurg aβɣām, wašend ud tišend/
"in great agony, hungry and thirsty"
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Parthian word of the day
/wašend/
"hungry"
as in Sundermann, MKG 805-806
/pad wuzurg aβɣām, wašend ud tišend/
"in great agony, hungry and thirsty"
/wašend/
"hungry"
as in Sundermann, MKG 805-806
/pad wuzurg aβɣām, wašend ud tišend/
"in great agony, hungry and thirsty"
If you're interested in the movement of Buddhist terms and elements into Persian and Arabic from Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan, see Chia-Wei's fascinating new article below!
Today I stumbled upon an open-access article in the new edited volume "Connected Philology" by someone who has the exact same name as me and also works at the Université de Lausanne. Very suspicious 👀
#shamelessselfpromotion
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
#shamelessselfpromotion
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Connected Philology
Even though the similarities of philological methods and traditions across various cultures have been the subject of scholarly research, the reasons for these occurrences usually remain obscure. The p...
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If you're interested in the movement of Buddhist terms and elements into Persian and Arabic from Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan, see Chia-Wei's fascinating new article below!
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
🏆🏆🏆Calling all Masters and Ph.D. students, you still have time to apply for the 2025 Gorgias Book Grant - your chance to win $500 of our titles! What are you waiting for? #awards #mastersdegree #PhD #phdlife #winbooks www.gorgiaspress.com/awards
a gold trophy with a star on it and a red ribbon around it
ALT: a gold trophy with a star on it and a red ribbon around it
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November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🏆🏆🏆Calling all Masters and Ph.D. students, you still have time to apply for the 2025 Gorgias Book Grant - your chance to win $500 of our titles! What are you waiting for? #awards #mastersdegree #PhD #phdlife #winbooks www.gorgiaspress.com/awards
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okay weird semi-tech question on a breezy Monday of Thanksgiving (U.S.) week, blooskie
i used to use BlueGriffon to make/edit webpages--it was a great WYSIWYG/HTML editor that could update using CSS sheets in the folder, but it's kaput and I can't find anything equivalent. any ideas???
i used to use BlueGriffon to make/edit webpages--it was a great WYSIWYG/HTML editor that could update using CSS sheets in the folder, but it's kaput and I can't find anything equivalent. any ideas???
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
okay weird semi-tech question on a breezy Monday of Thanksgiving (U.S.) week, blooskie
i used to use BlueGriffon to make/edit webpages--it was a great WYSIWYG/HTML editor that could update using CSS sheets in the folder, but it's kaput and I can't find anything equivalent. any ideas???
i used to use BlueGriffon to make/edit webpages--it was a great WYSIWYG/HTML editor that could update using CSS sheets in the folder, but it's kaput and I can't find anything equivalent. any ideas???
Old Uyghur word of the day
/ada/
"damage, distress, danger, threat, obstacle"
as in Clark, Eccl. Texts, 70 (EC 65-68)
/igsizin adasızın turalım, ymä köŋülümüz köküzümüz turkaru busušsuzun kadgusuzun/
"May we stay without sickness & distress, and our hearts & minds be ever without worry & sorrow"
/ada/
"damage, distress, danger, threat, obstacle"
as in Clark, Eccl. Texts, 70 (EC 65-68)
/igsizin adasızın turalım, ymä köŋülümüz köküzümüz turkaru busušsuzun kadgusuzun/
"May we stay without sickness & distress, and our hearts & minds be ever without worry & sorrow"
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Old Uyghur word of the day
/ada/
"damage, distress, danger, threat, obstacle"
as in Clark, Eccl. Texts, 70 (EC 65-68)
/igsizin adasızın turalım, ymä köŋülümüz köküzümüz turkaru busušsuzun kadgusuzun/
"May we stay without sickness & distress, and our hearts & minds be ever without worry & sorrow"
/ada/
"damage, distress, danger, threat, obstacle"
as in Clark, Eccl. Texts, 70 (EC 65-68)
/igsizin adasızın turalım, ymä köŋülümüz köküzümüz turkaru busušsuzun kadgusuzun/
"May we stay without sickness & distress, and our hearts & minds be ever without worry & sorrow"
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
Mina två senaste (2025 och 2024); trots genreskillnaden är familjelikheten större än man kunde tro!
/ My two latest books (2025 and 2024, respectively); despite the difference in genre, the family resemblance is greater than one might think!
/ My two latest books (2025 and 2024, respectively); despite the difference in genre, the family resemblance is greater than one might think!
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Mina två senaste (2025 och 2024); trots genreskillnaden är familjelikheten större än man kunde tro!
/ My two latest books (2025 and 2024, respectively); despite the difference in genre, the family resemblance is greater than one might think!
/ My two latest books (2025 and 2024, respectively); despite the difference in genre, the family resemblance is greater than one might think!