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SHEBANQ Search engine for biblical Hebrew based on the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Amstelodamensis) database (formerly known as ETCBC, historically known as WIVU). Do not reply to this email address, it ...

Dirk is retiring, so it's temporarily at shebanq.etcbc.vu.nl

12.02.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - ETCBC/shebanq-local: A curated shebanq designed for local use A curated shebanq designed for local use. Contribute to ETCBC/shebanq-local development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com/ETCBC/sheban...

12.02.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heardle U2 The daily music intro guessing game that's 100% U2

I had forgotten how good this one is (except for Bono)

Heardle U2 #112

πŸ”‰πŸŸ₯🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️

#Heardle #U2 #Music #HeardleU2

u2.heardledecades.com

21.01.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
https://tanach.us <?xml version = "1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="XSL/Tanach.xsl.xml"?> <Tanach> <!-- The following is a simplified version of the About page. and is int...

Where does tanach.us pull the folios from? Is that info in the XML?

15.01.2026 11:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
LC images

2 methods:

www.tanach.us/Pages/LC%20i...

www.sefaria.org/I_Kings.22.3...

14.01.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

United Church of Canada. Same lectionary! lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts/?y=171...

12.01.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The baptism of Jesus according to Matthew

11.01.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It seems to me it falls somewhere between controlled experiment and fake.
It's anecdotal, but still interesting.

04.01.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it worse than the alternatives?

19.12.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy β€œLearn a New Language” month! Sign up for Introduction to Ge’ez, a #Language and #Paleography course held in partnership with @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social, from July 5 to August 1, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Deadline is February 23. Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez

12.12.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Heardle U2 The daily music intro guessing game that's 100% U2

Heardle U2 #51

πŸ”‰πŸŸ₯🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️

#Heardle #U2 #Music #HeardleU2

u2.heardledecades.com

20.11.2025 10:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Achtung Baby's Biblical Allusions
Achtung Baby's Biblical Allusions YouTube video by Bono's Bible

Here's our video on biblical allusions in the #U2 album Achtung Baby, as we get ready to publish our book Bono's Bible
youtu.be/xn2Y2wJMAg8?...

15.11.2025 11:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heardle U2 The daily music intro guessing game that's 100% U2

Heardle U2 #30
Not so good today.

πŸ”‰πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️

#Heardle #U2 #Music #HeardleU2

u2.heardledecades.com

30.10.2025 10:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Department of Religious Studies at St. Francis Xavier University is hiring for a tenure track position that starts July, 2026.

recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...

23.10.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this something you would run locally with Gemma 3?

30.09.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I came here to say what @bnuyaminim.bsky.social already pointed to: decide whether you're asking about sound or its visual representation.

25.09.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Draft Programme and Early Bird Registration for the TEI Conference

The draft program is available and early bird registration for the TEI Annual Meeting in Krakow is open! Register by July 8 for the lower rate!

tei-c.org/news/2025/06...

06.07.2025 21:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bono's Bible is the title of a book I'm co-authoring with another U2 fan.
We're posting some previews on Twitter (for now, despite its owner). Give us a follow if your conscience allows. Here's Biblical Allusions in U2’s β€œIris (Hold Me Close)”. x.com/BonosBible/s...

13.04.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lecturer in Technologies in the Digital Humanities at UCL Apply now for the Lecturer in Technologies in the Digital Humanities role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

Lecturer in Technologies in the Digital Humanities at UCL

29.03.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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International Day of Human Fraternity | United Nations Taking note of all international, regional, national and local initiatives, as appropriate, as well as efforts by religious leaders, to promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue,...

Feb. 4: International Day of Human Fraternity, recognizing the values of compassion, mutual understanding, and solidarity. A UN observance since 2021, celebrating unity in diversity and promote dialogue, peace, and cooperation between cultures and faiths. www.un.org/en/observanc...

04.02.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸš€ New Zotero Script: AI-Generated Abstracts! πŸ“šπŸ€–

Automatically generate abstracts for Zotero items with PDF attachments and no abstract using AI!

πŸ”Ή Requires an OpenAI API key
πŸ”Ή Runs in Tools > Developer > Run JavaScript
Get it here:
πŸ”— github.com/kmpenner/Zot...
#Zotero #AI

04.02.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Biblical Allusions in U2’s β€œYahweh” (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, 2004) – Ken M. Penner

Biblical Allusions in U2’s β€œYahweh” (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, 2004)
kmpenner.hcommons.org/2025/01/27/b...

04.02.2025 13:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fulfilling Jesus' reading of Isaiah

27.01.2025 02:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, and since it's imperfect rather than aorist, I'd prefer "kept weaving".

06.01.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

IIRC, Young and Rezetko represent the minority view that Hebrew diachrony is impossible to disentangle. Hurvitz represents the conventional periodization. Hornkohl adds a transitional phase to Hurvitz's early & late phases.

01.01.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It seems to me Aaron Hornkohl's views represent the scholarly consensus.

01.01.2025 04:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Where did the H in Nicholas come from?

25.12.2024 12:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

I think there's some misunderstanding of what Hugging Face is. HF is a repository of models of various origins. It's like the archive.org or GitHub of AI. Van Strien's actions are not the actions of Hugging Face. Here's an HF-independent source: arxiv.org/abs/2211.05100

21.12.2024 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Fully Open Source Moxin-LLM Technical Report

The intellectual property issue: it's currently possible for training to use only ethical sources. See arxiv.org/html/2412.06...

21.12.2024 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Which is the most capable AI/LLM/GPT model for translating ancient Greek? – Ken M. Penner

Here's some evidence. This Greek text has not previously been translated into English. kmpenner.hcommons.org/2024/03/19/w...

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