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Introduction to Translation of Avraham Mapu’s The Hypocrite into Judeo-Arabic
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In the early days of November 1942 (on November 14th) the German army conquered Tunisia with the aim of repelling the Allied Armies (the English and American) in Morocco, Algeria, and western Tunisia…

Contributor:

Isaac ben Jacob Mamo

Places:

Nabeul, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunisia)

Date:

1942–1943

Subjects:

War, Cities, Nazis, Antisemitism

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Firsthand Accounts, History, Historical Writing, Memoirs & Diaries
Shalshelet ha-kabalah (The Chain of Tradition): History of Late Antiquity
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In the days of Antigonus, in about 3160 of creation, roughly 52 of the second rule of Ptolemy II over Egypt…

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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya

Places:

Alessandria, Duchy of Milan (Alessandria, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Sectarianism, Cities, War, Jerusalem

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
Esarhaddon’s Prism Nineveh A
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I mobilized the kings of Hatti and “Beyond-the-River”: Baal, king of Tyre; Manasseh, king of Judah; Kaus-gabri, king of Edom; Mutsuri, king of Moab; Tsilli-Bel, king of Gaza; Mitinti, king of Ashkelon…

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Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

673–672 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Monarchy, Cities, Exile

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History, Inscriptions, History
Mesha Inscription
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I am Mesha son of Chemoshyat king of Moab, the Di-bonite. My father reigned over Moab thirty years and I reigned after my father. And I built this high place for Chemosh in the “citadel,” a high place…

Places:

Dibon, Moab (Amman, Jordan)

Date:

ca. 835 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Monarchy, Cities, Temple

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History, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions, Visual & Material Culture
Stone with rounded top filled with Phoenician writing.