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Words of Ahiqar
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Words of Ahiqar, Elephantine, 5th century BCE. This Aramaic manuscript contains the oldest-known version of Ahiqar, a wisdom book that includes proverbs similar to those found in the biblical book of…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Fifth Century BCE

Subjects:

Scholarship, Wisdom, Politics, Ethics, Wisdom

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Wisdom Literature, Literature
Fragmentary papyrus page of Aramaic writing.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography
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I was sent to school at Iwenez, about fifteen miles from our abode, and here I began to study Talmud. The study of the Talmud is the chief object of a learned education among our people. Riches…

Contributor:

Solomon Maimon

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1792–1793

Subjects:

Scholarship, Education, Marriage, Family, Ethics

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, (Auto)biography