Kristian Heal
@kristianheal.bsky.social
Scholar of Syriac Literature in Late Antiquity, textual transmission, manuscript cultures, and the history of scholarship. Happiest surrounded by books or the English countryside.
I'm generally AI positive. But there are clearly problems not only on the horizon, but here and now: open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
Young People Face a Hiring Crisis. AI Is Making It Worse.
Artificial intelligence is transforming the entire pipeline from college to the workforce: from tests and grades to job applications and entry-level work.
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June 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm generally AI positive. But there are clearly problems not only on the horizon, but here and now: open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
Great episode on the use and misuse of the idea of genius: www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the...
The History of Bad Ideas: Genius
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June 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Great episode on the use and misuse of the idea of genius: www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the...
BNF Syriaque 341 is beautiful and rare illuminated Syriac manuscript. Well worth a look. It is really wonderful to have online access to such treasures!!
More on the Moses and Aaron image, with some useful context and bibliography: antiquitebnf.hypotheses.org/16363
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
More on the Moses and Aaron image, with some useful context and bibliography: antiquitebnf.hypotheses.org/16363
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
Bible. Ancien Testament et quelques feuillets du Nouveau Testament (syriaque). Iraq
Bible. Ancien Testament et quelques feuillets du Nouveau Testament (syriaque). Iraq -- 0500-0700 -- manuscrits
gallica.bnf.fr
May 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
BNF Syriaque 341 is beautiful and rare illuminated Syriac manuscript. Well worth a look. It is really wonderful to have online access to such treasures!!
More on the Moses and Aaron image, with some useful context and bibliography: antiquitebnf.hypotheses.org/16363
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
More on the Moses and Aaron image, with some useful context and bibliography: antiquitebnf.hypotheses.org/16363
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
If you like manuscripts, there's lots of interesting stuff in this new open access volume.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia
Throughout the Middle Ages manuscripts were routinely commissioned, copied, illustrated, displayed, read, and transferred across both sides of the Mediterranean. Their significance as vehicles for the...
www.degruyterbrill.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you like manuscripts, there's lots of interesting stuff in this new open access volume.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Looking forward to reading this! August 2025! The subtitle is: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity
A Memory of Violence by Christine Shepardson - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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May 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Looking forward to reading this! August 2025! The subtitle is: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity
Fascinating new study showing the kinds of useful insights generated by material philology and digital humanities.
Scribes, Not Just Authors: New Study Uncovers Editorial Brilliance in Medieval Syriac Manuscripts - Medievalists.net
A new study analyzes nearly 1,000 Syriac manuscripts using digital tools to reveal how scribes shaped literary culture through excerpting—introducing a new metric, Excerpts Per Manuscript (EPM), to ma...
www.medievalists.net
May 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Fascinating new study showing the kinds of useful insights generated by material philology and digital humanities.
Today's find. Very excited to follow this course of lectures!
Narsai: Selected Sermons - YouTube
Chorbishop Fr. Andrew Younan, author of "Narsai: Selected Sermons," conducts a bible study on the theology and homilies ("memre") behind one of the great thi...
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April 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today's find. Very excited to follow this course of lectures!
Had a lot of fun writing this.
Another Harklean Gospel Lectionary from the J. Rendel Harris Collection: Colchester, Colchester Museums 1932.228
In 1932, Colchester Museums acquired their sole Syriac manuscript, a Harklean gospel lectionary dated to 1221 ce. Despite the brief notice published in that year’s annual report, the manuscript has re...
www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de
April 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Had a lot of fun writing this.