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The Aqueducts and Water Supply of Ancient Jerusalem. [PDF]
Ground WaterAbstract Jerusalem, a city held sacred by three of the world's great religions, is located in a semi‐arid climate, and its occupation through the millennia has only been made possible by the construction of an extensive and ingenious water supply infrastructure. The settlement of Jerusalem was first made possible by water from the Gihon Spring.
Deming D.
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Objectively assessed long-term wearing patterns and predictors of wearing orthopaedic footwear in people with diabetes at moderate-to-high risk of foot ulceration: a 12 months observational study. [PDF]
J Foot Ankle Res, 2023 Abstract Background Orthopaedic footwear can only be effective in preventing diabetic foot ulcers if worn by the patient. Robust data on long‐term wearing time of orthopaedic footwear are not available, and needed to gain more insights into wearing patterns and associated factors (i.e.
Exterkate SH +7 more
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The Potential of Tele-Ultrasound, Handheld and Self-Operated Ultrasound in Pregnancy Care: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Prenat DiagnABSTRACT Objective To explore the use of tele‐ultrasound and handheld or self‐operated ultrasound in pregnancy. Methods A systematic search provided 31 studies. The risk of bias for each study was assessed. Results were analyzed and presented in a narrative overview in four domains: tele‐ultrasound, patient‐operated ultrasound, handheld devices and low‐
Kariman SS +4 more
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Was the Temple on Mount Gerizim Modelled after the Jerusalem Temple?
Religions, 2020 Was the Yahweh temple on Mount Gerizim modelled after the temple in Jerusalem? This question is important for our understanding of the sanctuary on Mount Gerizim and the people who worshipped there in the Persian and Hellenistic period; if the Gerizim ...
Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme
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Cannibal Maria in the Siege of Jerusalem: New approaches
Religion Compass, Volume 17, Issue 12, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This essay traces the far‐reaching legend of Maria/Miriam of Bethezuba, sometimes called Mary, Marie, or Marion, a starving Jewish woman who (according to Flavius Josephus's The Jewish War) ate her own baby during the 70 CE Roman Siege of Jerusalem.
Mo Pareles
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On Triads, Teleology, and Tensions in Antiquities 18–20
Religions, 2020 Josephus liked to organize material in three-part structures, which imparted a sense of completion by indicating to readers that an end had been reached. This study focuses on Books 18−20 of Josephus’s Antiquities, which are organized as such
Daniel R. Schwartz
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Die zuverlässigen Schriften bei Josephus in "Contra Apionem"
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Theologia Reformata Transylvanica, 2021 The Reliable Sources of Josephus in Contra Apionem. At the beginning of Contra Apionem, Josephus argues for the authenticity and reliability of himself and Jewish historiography. The Scriptures play an important role in this argumentation. In our study,
Viktor KÓKAI-NAGY
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What can Nabataean Aramaic tell us about Pre‐Islamic Arabic?
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 158-172, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Nabataean Aramaic contains a large number of loanwords from Arabic. Together with other evidence, this has been taken as an indication that the Nabataeans used Aramaic as a written language only, while a Pre‐Islamic variety of Arabic was their spoken language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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Periodic characteristics of the Josephus ring and its application in image scrambling
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2018 This paper proposes a new image scrambling algorithm based on the periodic characteristics of the Josephus ring. The algorithm composes the pretreatment part of the entire image encryption system and scrambles the rows and columns of the plain image. The
Zongqian Chai +5 more
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The Hebrew Bible mentions 12 precious stones arranged in four rows of three each on the high priest’s breastpiece in two lists (Ex 28:17–20 and 39:10–13).
Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé +1 more
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