Coming soon!

Coming soon!

What am I doing in this ancient synagogue in the ruins of the habour city of Ostia near Rome? And what is Rabbic Judaism??

Only one way to find out:

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FUN WITH LETTERS, PART 2:

Did you know our oldest recorded joke (in writing) is about 4000 years old, and is literally a "An X walked into a bar"-style joke?

I wanted to keep this intro-text so I have sneakily put it in a picture to cheat the letter-counter, hehehehe

Anyways, in my MA thesis I wrote a bit about how forerunners of the nazi ideology and it's impact on studies of history and religion in Germany!

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Did you know the Latin letter “A”, which originates (probably) in Phoenician, was originally a drawing of the face of a bull? Letters tend to get flipped around in all sort of ways when they travel around the world, but let’s have a look at an upside-down a:

MOOOOO

Look, let me come clean

I'm a Danish historian, just here for shameless self-promotion. There you have it, the ugly truth.

All I can say is... Have you ever read a discussion on the theological and historic implications of KRS-One's "The Truth"?

Thought so.

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HELLO

I AM MAGNUS ARVID, PHD

I WRITE ABOUT ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN AND LATE ANTIQUE RELIGIOUS INTERACTIONS AND HISTORY

AND ALSO HIPHOP AND MODERN CULTURE/HISTORY SOMETIMES

CHECK ME OUT

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