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#New @NEXMW_OSU podcast feat. Al-Jallad “The Joy of Discovery” - how to turn rocks into history. youtu.be/h_hYgSyEIJA
THE JOY OF DISCOVERY | Ahmad Al-Jallad on the Quest for Arabia's Ancient HistoryYouTube video by Near East by Midwest Podcastyoutu.beCan you read this? Paleo-Arabic is the most important material witness to the immediate context of Islam's rise. Learn to analyze these documents and how they help write history in the last course of EI's summer cycle: Intro to Paleo-Arabic (Aug. 10-14): tinyurl.com/4shnfv7j
#New on #OCIANA - a fascinating collection of #Safaitic inscriptions associated with the burial of a man called Ẓʿn, edited by students of the Safaitic summer school. The 1st is here: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions... See the collection here: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions... More to come soon!
#New on #OCIANA - 2 newly published South Semitic partial abecedaries (halḥamqaries). 1. Himaitic: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions... 2. Taymanitic: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions... What they share in common is part of a fascinating story about the spread of the script. See: academia.edu/167205988/Al...
The epigraphic languages of Arabia are indispensable for the study of Islamic origins and the ancient Near East. But there are few places in the world where one can learn this material. The Epigraphic Institute (www.theepigraphicinstitute.org) offers such courses, beginning with Safaitic and Sabaic
The Epigraphic Institutewww.theepigraphicinstitute.orgA reconstruction of the original divisions of the South Semitic script, taking as back to its genesis in the Sinai in the 2nd millennium BCE. www.academia.edu/167205988/Al...
Al-Jallad and Prioletta. 2026. HALḤAMAQ: The South Semitic Letter FamiliesThis paper investigates the so-called halḥam (h-l-ḥ-m) letter order, arguing that it served as the foundational organizational principle of the first alphabet and was transmitted via distinct 'let...www.academia.edu𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩! #NACAL (North Atlantic Conference on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics) 49# in Paris - Call for Papers. Key dates - Abstract Submission: June 15, 2026 Acceptance: June 30, 2026 Conference: 30 Sept to 2 Oct, 2026 Email: nacalinguistics@gmail.com For more: sites.google.com/view/afroasi...
Very important interview with Dr. Hythem Sidky - Mathematics and Manuscripts - reconstructing the Quran of Mohammed's time www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtMQ...
CAN WE RECONSTRUCT THE PROPHET'S QUR'AN? Dr. Hythem Sidky on Manuscripts, Memory, and MathematicsYouTube video by Near East by Midwest Podcastwww.youtube.comLivestream tomorrow on the burning questions of late antique Arabia’s religious history. Join here: www.youtube.com/live/iJ4zsdI...
Livestream with THE Prof. Ahmad Al-Jallad: Were the Arabs really pagans at the dawn of Islam?YouTube video by Exploring the Quran and the Biblewww.youtube.com#New on #OCIANA : Join a brief tour of Al-Munḏir's mountain in the Jordanian Ḥarrah! Ancient crosses, Safaitic, rock art, and Paleo-Arabic with stunning views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcRi...
BES24 WalkthroughYouTube video by OCIANAwww.youtube.comJust published on DiCoNab: a new Paleo-Arabic inscription, by yours truly, perhaps referring to the Ghassanid raid on khaybar in 567 CE. Sheds more light on the northern dialect and writing school of Arabic at this time - see the card for details. diconab.huma-num.fr/inscriptions...
An introduction to the Dhofari script and the background of the name Muhammad/Mahmed (the AI thumbnail says 2500 BCE for some reason, unrelated to video!). With best wishes, youtu.be/BoltvOGEmjQ?...
Lost Script of Arabia Finally Deciphered — What It Reveals About the Name MuhammadYouTube video by MythVision Podcastyoutu.be#New on #OCIANA: Is this the oldest #Arabic inscription yet discovered? The famous #Bāyir inscription is now online. An ancient Arab calls upon the Canaanite gods: Malkom, Kemosh, and Qaws to protect the wells of Bāyir (ancient: ʾabāʾir). Find more: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...
Monday in Cambridge - سلم اىىم www.ames.cam.ac.uk/events/paleo...
#New Is Baʿal-Samīn (the storm deity) an ʾ𝒍𝒉 𝒔̣𝒅𝒒 'a just god?' Rain-making prayers in ancestral Arabian religion and the expectation of divine 'justice' in a multipolar divine world. A extremely important #Safaitic inscription published here: shorturl.at/oJvMW.
#New on #OCIANA: The ancient Arabian divine world was populated by independent powers. The author of this #Safaitic inscription calls upon an assembly of 7 gods to save "from what Bʿls¹mn (the storm god) has unjustly wrought upon us" = 'drought' Find more: shorturl.at/UyXCr