The Sumerians
The Sumerians

The Sumerians

Published on Feb 23, 2017 Sumer was the first urban civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze ages, and arguably the first civilization in the world with Ancient Egypt and…

The Beginning of Writing

Does an Alphabet Build a Different Brain?Influential twentieth-century scholars have argued that the alphabet represents the apex of all writing and that, consequently, alphabet readers “think differently”Claim 1: The Alphabet is more efficient than all other writing systems. Efficiency is…

The Name of G-d is Called Upon Thee
The Name of G-d is Called Upon Thee

The Name of G-d is Called Upon Thee

דברים פרק כח:י  וְרָאוּ כָּל עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ כִּי שֵׁם יְקֹוָק נִקְרָא עָלֶיךָ וְיָרְאוּ מִמֶּךָּ   תרגום יונתן דברים פרק כח וְיֶחֱמוּן כָּל עַמְמֵי אַרְעָא אֲרוּם שְׁמָא דַיְיָ חָקִיק בִּזְמַן דִתְּפִילִין עֲלָךְ וִידַחֲלוּן מִנָךְ:   אור החיים דברים פרק כח ואומרו…