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What is the pipe (kaneh) of the heart? Rabbah b. R. Isaac, in the name of Rav [said]: The fat on the walls of the lung. Amemar, in the name of R. Nahman [said]: There are three pipes: one leads to the…
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Isaac Lampronti
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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
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First Half of the 18th Century
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I am very much astonished at all the writers who have argued with the wise men of the Christians, and who have recorded their arguments in books. I have not found within them a decisive…
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Joshua Segre
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Scandiano, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Scandiano, Italy)
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1733
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In your merciful, compassionate name. In the Arabic language they say, “in the name of God, merciful and compassionate.” And in the Persian tongue they say, “in the name of God, generous and…
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Unknown
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Isfahan, Afsharid Iran (Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
1740
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This one painting conveys many messages about the benefits of integration and emancipation as well as the inner conflicts they provoked.
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Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
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Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1833–1834
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Middle Bronze Age
2000–1550 BCE
Late Bronze Age
1550–1200 BCE
Iron Age
1200–586 BCE
Iron IA (or Late Bronze III)
1200–1140/1130
Iron IB
1140/1130–ca. 980
Iron IIA
ca. 980–800
Iron IIB…
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MIddle Bronze Age–Persian Period
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A member of the Greek Church once addressed me in the following words:—“Do you know wherefore you have no longer a king of your own people? It is because you have rejected the faith of…
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Isaac Troki
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1593
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The donkey greets the horse with his greeting. He says: “How is it that you are limping? Walk slowly to be sure you don’t fall. You’ll never be able to canter. You’ve surely grown old…
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Moses Wallich
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
Date:
1697
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It cannot be doubted that the two designations ahl al-ḥadīth and ahl al-ra’y originally referred to branches of legists occupied with the investigation of Islamic law: the former were…
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Ignác Goldziher
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Buda, Pest, Óbuda, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
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1883
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You asked how an object can move without being touched, and this indeed is a puzzling matter to all sages. To explain this issue, I must first discuss some rudiments of the science of music, for if…
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1629