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The Campaign of Asad Bin Alfurat to Conquer Byzantine Sicily

Posted on July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

An introduction and prologue for the first campaigns against Sicily and the relations between both Sicily and Byzantines with Aghlabids state. By Dr. Sattam Zuheir AlkhateebDepartment of Basic SciencesMaan CollegeBalqa Applied University Early Islamic Campaigns against Sicily The first attempted invasion against Sicily had occurred during the reign of Mu’awiah bin Abi Sufain in Syria[…]

How Translation Obscured the Music and Wordplay of the Bible

Posted on March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

Translators of the Bible have rarely understood the need or made the effort to convey the literary dimension of the Hebrew works. An essential fact about the Hebrew Bible is that most of its narrative prose as well as its poetry manifests a high order of sophisticated literary fashioning. This means that any translation that[…]