George Heath-Whyte

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George Heath-Whyte

George Heath-Whyte

@GHeathWhyte

Assyriologist · Junior Research Fellow @ChCh_Oxford · Former Research Associate at @Tyndale_House · Opinions my own

Cambridge, England Katılım Mart 2018
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George Heath-Whyte@GHeathWhyte·
"A lion grabbed a wild boar and roared: 'until now your flesh had not filled my mouth, but your squeals have made my ears deaf!'" My favourite bit about this proverb is that the verb I've translated as roar is written here 'ra-ra-ra!' #Sumerian #Cuneiform #Assyriology #Iraq
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Peter J. Williams
Peter J. Williams@DrPJWilliams·
The foundations for the new library at @Tyndale_House go deep below here. We aim to have every book necessary for research on the Bible. Now planning the grand opening for October 2027 (DV) but in the interim 60% of books and 40 study spaces are still available on site.
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George Heath-Whyte@GHeathWhyte·
"Naturalism is ... a paradoxical amalgam of two contradictory impulses, a theistically grounded assumption of an intelligible world governed by imposed uniformity, combined with a denial of the supernatural." - Peter Harrison (@uqpharri), Some New World, p.367
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Selena Wisnom
Selena Wisnom@LSWisnom·
I'm thrilled to let you know that I will participate in the Hay Festival this year - twice. On 27th May, I will discuss the literary culture of Mesopotamia and perform liver divination with my audience. The next day, I will teach you how to write in cuneiform!
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Selena Wisnom
Selena Wisnom@LSWisnom·
It's paperback publication day! The paperback version of the Library of Ancient Wisdom is now available here and in all good bookstores: selenawisnom.com/library-of-anc…
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Peter J. Williams
Peter J. Williams@DrPJWilliams·
View of the old house at @Tyndale_House from the basement of the UK’s biggest library of the Bible—currently under construction.
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Donald John MacLean
Donald John MacLean@djmaclean1·
@TonyReinke Yes! Through a remarkable series of providences reformed theological education is coming to the heart of Oxford.
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Peter J. Williams
Peter J. Williams@DrPJWilliams·
Drone shot of UK's largest library of the Bible, currently under construction (@Tyndale_House)
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George Heath-Whyte@GHeathWhyte·
Caption text adapted from George, A. R. (2022). Poem of Gilgameš Chapter Standard Babylonian XI. With contributions by E. Jiménez and G. Rozzi. electronic Babylonian Library.
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George Heath-Whyte@GHeathWhyte·
A section of the Epic of Gilgamesh for your enjoyment.
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George Heath-Whyte@GHeathWhyte·
"A lion grabbed a wild boar and roared: 'until now your flesh had not filled my mouth, but your squeals have made my ears deaf!'" My favourite bit about this proverb is that the verb I've translated as roar is written here 'ra-ra-ra!' #Sumerian #Cuneiform #Assyriology #Iraq
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George Heath-Whyte@GHeathWhyte·
Why did Hammurabi write his law code? (Music: Song of the Water, Al Andalus Ensemble)
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Peter J. Williams
Peter J. Williams@DrPJWilliams·
Bumped into Bart Ehrman at some conference in Boston and had a spontaneous and lively debate on the language Jesus taught in: Bart - only Aramaic; me - also Greek.
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Dominic Sandbrook
Dominic Sandbrook@dcsandbrook·
This is a very good cause. The vast majority of Western countries teach history to all children until the age of 16, but not Britain. We should do better!
Foundation for the History of Totalitarianism@HofTotalitarian

NEW REPORT: History should be taught to all children up to the age of 16. The call has been endorsed by the distinguished historians Niall Ferguson @nfergus , Lord (Andrew) Roberts @aroberts_andrew and Dominic Sandbrook ('The Rest is History') @dcsandbrook . At present, most children (55%) stop learning history at 14. That is why our exclusive new poll reveals such little knowledge of history among young adults. Three quarters say they don't know about Admiral Nelson. More than half say they don't know about Oliver Cromwell, a vital figure in the development of our democracy. Britain is an outlier among OECD countries in not teaching history up to the age of 16. This should be changed so we give a rounded education to the citizens and voters of the future. Press release and report below. historyoftotalitarianism.com/history-should…

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Selena Wisnom
Selena Wisnom@LSWisnom·
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Joshua Alfaro
Joshua Alfaro@alfarojoshua3·
Did you know that if you simply ignore the difference between Classical Biblical Hebrew and Late Biblical Hebrew, you can date a biblical text to any period you want?
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