Plexav (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beginning in about the 6th century and from the 3rd century BCE on, Israelites referred to god using the term elohim. Due in part to a growing belief that the divine name (YHWH) was too sacred to be uttered, it was replaced vocally in the synagogue ritual by the Hebrew word Adonai (”My Lord”), which [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you are one of tens of thousands of long-time shareholders in BCE Inc. or Bell Canada, you would be wise to think about taxes long before December.
CentOS, Linux and Operating Systems (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
99luftballon writes “The British Museum is putting online the remaining fragments of the world’s oldest Bible. The Codex Sinaiticus dates to the fourth century BCE and was discovered in the 19th century. Very few people have seen it due to its fragile state — that and the fact that parts of it are in collections [...]
TechBlogger (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
99luftballon writes “The British Museum is putting online the remaining fragments of the world’s oldest Bible. The Codex Sinaiticus dates to the fourth century BCE and was discovered in the 19th century. Very few people have seen it due to its fragile state — that and the fact that parts of it are in collections [...]
The Black Kettle (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Diane Francis, Financial Post: The frightening credit meltdown is starting to manifest itself in many ways during these dog days of summer. The world's biggest takeover -- of BCE Inc. -- teeters on the brink of failure as lenders worry about the unjustifiable debt load on the company and the greed of its old and new management, which have suspended dividends to shareholders in order to chisel a few...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
FP Trading Desk submits: Telus Corp.(TU) and BCE Inc. (BCE) are expected to finalize a decision to upgrade their cellular networks for 3G soon. This means equipment costs of C$75,000 to C$100,000 per site, according to Jeffrey Fan at UBS Securities. With roughly 5,000 locations for both companies, he told clients that this translates into anywhere from C$360-million to C$480-million in total combined...
Wilson's Blogmanac (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Born on Museum Street in Croton, Italy, Damo of Croton was the daughter of Greek philosopher and mathematician, Pythagoras of Samos (who moved to Croton, a Greek town in Calabria, southern Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto, about 530 BCE), and his wife Theano. Pythagoras bequeathed her all the secrets of his philosophy, giving her the unlimited care of his compositions. When the Pythagorean School at Croton...
ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Nationwide market leader Rogers is in the lead with a C$997 million dollar bid for more wireless bandwidth. Telus (at C$879 million) and BCE (at...
NeoWin (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Nationwide market leader Rogers is in the lead with a C$997 million dollar bid for more wireless bandwidth. Telus (at C$879 million) and BCE (at C$738 million) are in second and third place respectively. In order to encourage competition, the federal government also set aside some bandwidth exclusively for new players. Montreal-based Quebecor leads this auction with a C$555 million dollar bid, followed...
Archaeonews (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
During an archaeological salvage operation in Kesht-Dasht Tappeh in Semann province, archaeologists have discovered a settlement and numbers of historical cemeteries dating from Parthian (248 BCE- 224 CE) and Sasanian (224-651 CE) dynasties to post-Sasanian period, reported Persian service of CHN on Friday. The archaeological rescue operation has taken place in order to salvage as many historical
The Court (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Deal Gets Approval On June 20th, 2008 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) over-turned the Quebec Court of Appeal (QCA) and held that the plan of arrangement taking BCE Inc. (BCE) private did not improperly neglect a subsidiary’s (Bell Canada) bondholders’ interests. The heavily leveraged ($30B) buy-out of shareholders claims ($51.7B) will proceed next December, [...]
the stuff of earth (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The blogs have been abuzz the last while over the news of a written text on a tablet which has been dubbed "Gabriel's Revelation." The tablet has been dated to the first century BCE, though there are serious questions regarding its provenance. The text apparently makes reference to a messianic figure, "Prince of the princes," being commanded by the angel Gabriel to rise from the dead "in three days,"...
varnam (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The Indian History Carnival, published on the 15th of every month, is a collection of posts related to Indian history and archaeology. A recent paper from the Rockerfeller University dated an eclipse mentioned in Odyssey to April 16, 1178 B.C.E. A two part post ( 1 , 2 ) at varnam looks at similar dating of Mahābhārata Fëanor, in Silk Road Stories , writes about various Indian artifacts that went...
DesiPundit (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The Indian History Carnival, published on the 15th of every month, is a collection of posts related to Indian history and archaeology. A recent paper from the Rockerfeller University dated an eclipse mentioned in Odyssey to April 16, 1178 B.C.E. A two part post (1,2) at varnam looks at similar dating of Mahābhārata Fëanor, in Silk Road [...]
Archaeonews (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Archaeologists excavating in the southern historical town of Moud in South Khorasan province have unearthed ancient earthenware dating back to the Parthian dynastic era (248 BCE-224 CE). Excavations were conducted on an ancient mound located near the city of Birjand. Numerous historical artifacts dating back from the pre-historic eras up to the Safavid dynasty were found at the site.[...] Source
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israelonblog | 03/03/2008
The Second Temple Period is one that extends from the return of the first of the exiles in 539 BCE following the declaration of Cyrus, or with the dedication of the Temple in 516 BCE, until the Temple’s destruction in 70 CE. Interesting article from Classical Hebrew Blog who write about the Bible, biblical Hebrew and online bible study.
israelonblog | 02/28/2008
The City of Ugarit was a well-known city and kingdom which flourished during the second millennium BCE, located on the coast of the Mediterranean in today's northern Syria. The location of the city was unknown until 1928, when a grave discovered by accident in the village of Ras Shamra turned out to be part of the Ugarit necropolis.
israelonblog | 01/22/2008
In approximately 930 B.C.E., the short-lived United Monarchy, which ruled over all the tribes of Israel, was divided into two kingdoms: Israel in the north, led by Jeroboam son of Nebat, and Judea in the South, led by Rehoboam the son of Solomon. The two kingdoms differed in cultural and religious aspects....
