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Feb. 11

Samuel David

Book with Handwritten Notes at Ashurbanipal Library   The Ashurbanipal Library has been collecting books for over 30 years.  During that time, it has received numerous book donations.  Of course, […]

Feb. 08

Alphonse Mingana

    Did you know that the University of Birmingham in England has a manuscript collection of approximately 3,000 Middle Eastern manuscripts, all of which were collected by an Assyrian […]

Jan. 28

Yah

    Have you ever seen this word, ܞ, and wondered what it means?  Pronounced Yah, it means God and is spelled with the Assyrian letters yod and heh.  Assyrians usually use the word Alaha ܐܠܗܐ when referring to God, however, Assyrian scribes used to write the word Yah on […]