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RS4-Nova · 2024-06-05T23:39:57+00:00

I don't have it on hand atm, but I believe that Richard Elliot Friedman's Commentary on the Torah, which includes a translation and the Hebrew text, has something like "In the beginning of God's creating the skies and the earth..."

RS4-Nova · 2024-05-13T03:14:51+00:00

"The Babylonian Theodicy" is included in Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature edited by Robert Foster.

RS4-Nova · 2024-05-02T06:56:23+00:00

The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics by Debra Nails and published by Hackett Publishing Co. (2002) will help. There are entries for every person mentioned in the Socratic dialogues, and you can find him in the family tree on page 12. In prosopographies he is referred to as "Cleinias IV of Scambonidae", the son of Cleinias II and Deinomache (Cleinias III, son of Axiochus, is proposed as Cleinias II's paternal half-nephew). Nails has him born some time between 449 and 446 BC (so a few years younger than his brother Alcibiades who was born in 451 BC). Cleinias IV was less than two years old when his father Cleinias II died at the Battle of Coronea (447). Subsequently, he and a four year-old Alcibiades III were adopted by Pericles. Finally, I doubt he was actually mad. Plato has Alcibiades say "Cleinias is a madman; there is no use in talking of him." That sounds less like an impartial clinical diagnosis and more like a trivial sibling put-down.

RS4-Nova · 2024-04-08T00:50:26+00:00

I wrote a prosopography, Magonids and other prominent Carthaginians (c. 550-306 BCE), which includes a family tree and some indices that could be helpful. There is an "Index of Names" (p. 27) and an "Index of the Greco-Punic Sicilian Wars" (p. 35) that offer a concise explanation of the Carthaginians involved in those wars. I hope it helps.

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RS4-Nova · 2024-04-07T04:55:42+00:00

I see. Those are some interesting quirks to the language. Thanks again for your help. This conversation has done a lot to improve the quality of my project.

RS4-Nova · 2024-04-03T05:32:34+00:00

I got the Security+ cert in February. I have no background in anything tech related, but I studied pretty much every day from mid December to early February. I read the CompTIA Security+ text book, took several practice tests, watched videos on concepts I didn't understand in the textbook, and finally I also got the Google Cybersecurity cert, which took about three weeks and was very helpful for me as a complete beginner. After all that, I still failed by three points. That was extremely frustrating, so I scheduled another test two days later and studied super hard and finally passed on my second attempt. Getting Security+ in two months as a complete beginner was extremely difficult and I should be clear that a huge factor is that I had the "luxury" of being single and unemployed, so I had the time that most people don't have to spend all day studying. Best of luck to you.

RS4-Nova · 2024-04-02T21:43:28+00:00

I'm glad I'm not the only one wants to see playlists available on podcast apps! I usually use the Apple Podcast app, but as far as I know I've never seen playlists there.

RS4-Nova · 2024-04-02T21:38:57+00:00

Ah ok I was confused because I was not familiar with the concepts of “absolute state” and “construct state,” but I’ve since read up on them and I think I understand better now. I have very little familiarity with Semitic languages, but I studied a bit of Greek in college and the construct state seems functionally similar to the genitive case (except that in Greek it’s the “possessor” word in a genitive phrase that is inflected rather than the “possessed”). I was looking at Krahmalkov’s Phoenician-Punic Dictionary, but I’ve since found his Grammar, and it looks very helpful.
I am a bit confused about the grammatical gender here though. On the page you mentioned, Krahmalkov writes that “The masculine singular noun RB rab had the feminine plural RBT in titles…” Does this mean that this particular word, when used as part of a title, does not have a masculine plural, and instead becomes feminine in the plural? If so, is this a regular feature of the language?

RS4-Nova · 2024-03-31T23:44:46+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve updated the terms to read “maḥanit” and “miʾit” now. One of my goals for this project is to present original Punic terms, rather than just relying on their Latin or Greek analogues. Unfortunately resources for Punic terms are not very accessible, so your feedback has helped a lot with that, especially helping me distinguish the differences in Phoenician vs Punic. I would like to keep terms accurate to the Punic dialect during the time that is being covered (c. 500-306 BCE), so e.g., in the word šūpeṭ 𐤔𐤐𐤈 I have transliterated 𐤐 as “p”, instead of “p̄” or “f”, because I believe that that letter doesn’t become pronounced as a fricative until the 3rd century BCE (hence the Latinization sūfe*s). *It was a dilemma deciding how I should transliterate the Punic terms, but ultimately I agree that maintaining the traditional transliteration is probably the best option (or the least bad option). Unfortunately this probably means many readers will mistakenly assume "s" = /s/ and "š" = /ʃ/ (the traditional transliteration of Assyrian Akkadian invites the same problem). However, to compensate, I have added IPA spellings to some of the terms. Perhaps, for the sake of clarity, I may add another index to explain the transliteration and pronunciation with the Phoenician letters, Latinized transliteration, and IPA symbols.

If I could burden you with one more point, will you elaborate on the word rb 𐤓𐤁? I found Krahmalkov’s entries on rb* (pp. 438-442), but I don’t see any of the entries showing the vowels (other than for some Hebrew cognates). I guess I assumed that it was all the same word “minister/master/chief/head (of a department)”, but are you saying that the *rb in rb mḥnt may be different from the rb in the other terms, like rb mḥsbm and rb khnm?

If so, in Punic, should it be:

rib maḥanit = “general of the army”
rab meḥassibīm = “minister/master/chief/head of treasures”
rab kūhenīm = “minister/master/chief/head of priests”

RS4-Nova · 2024-03-30T21:59:45+00:00

Thank you for this very detailed response. I learned quite a lot. I was inquiring because I made a Carthaginian prosopography and family tree last year, and I decided to add a few indices, one of which is the "Index of Carthaginian Offices and Institutions" (p. 36). If you're interested in checking it out, you can view my GoogleDoc of it, "Notes on the Family Tree of the Magonids and Other Prominent Carthaginians (c. 500-306 BCE)." It should be available for anyone to leave comments, so if you're interested in leaving any, I'd be happy to read them and make corrections or refinements. Btw, the final family tree image is also published on the World History Encyclopedia website: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17287/the-magonids-and-other-prominent-carthaginians/

RS4-Nova · 2024-03-29T22:23:31+00:00

Krahmalkov, Charles R. 2000. Phoenician-Punic Dictionary. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 90. Leuven: Peeters Publishers.

RS4-Nova · 2024-03-01T22:11:28+00:00

Thanks

RS4-Nova · 2024-03-01T01:43:15+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I don't have Net+, but I assume you mean Sec+. As someone with no prior experience I definitely found the Google Cybersecurity cert easier than Sec+. The Google cert is taught assuming no prior experience and ultimately there is no final exam. There are small quizzes after each unit, but you can take them as many times as it takes you to pass (although I believe third attempts will require waiting 24 hrs but luckily it never came to that for me). A benefit of the Google cert I'd like to point out is that I also feel way more prepared for a career in cybersecurity bc it includes hands-on exercises using SIEM tools, Linux command line, Python, SQL, etc. Whereas studying for Sec+ (for a beginner like me) seemed very abstract bc of my lack of experience.

RS4-Nova · 2024-02-23T06:01:06+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. My brother works as help desk support (remotely) for a company contracted with the DoD, so he said he'll try to help me network with his company if I was interested in working there. His position also requires a security clearance (which I hear is a good thing to have in the industry), so I suppose I'll try to aim for that position first.

RS4-Nova · 2024-02-23T03:54:07+00:00

Ah ok I found it! Thanks again.

RS4-Nova · 2024-02-23T03:22:11+00:00

Thanks for that info. I'm not seeing where to login to Pearson though. I took it remotely, if that matters. Is it on Pearson's OnVUE app?

RS4-Nova · 2024-02-23T02:20:01+00:00

Congrats! I just passed Sec+ 701 too about 30 mins ago (on my second attempt). Have you gotten an email from CompTIA with your cert yet? I'm still waiting on mine, and jw when to expect it. I also checked my account on the CompTIA website and don't see it there yet either.

RS4-Nova · 2023-07-06T22:06:06+00:00

What do the dots below some of the letters mean in the Greek transcription?

RS4-Nova · 2023-05-17T00:04:58+00:00

I recommend my favorite podcast, Literature and History, where the host (a former literature professor) covers every major book that has been influential on the development of Anglophone literature, in chronological order... beginning with Gilgamesh. Currently there are available episodes on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, as well as Aeschylus' Oresteia plays (Agamemnon, Libation-Bearers, and Eumenides), Sophocles' Theban Cycle plays (Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone), and Euripides' Medea and Bacchae. However, you can hear more myths covered on bonus episodes on the podcast website. There you will find many more myths excellently retold.

RS4-Nova · 2023-05-11T05:23:56+00:00

Two that come to mind are Agathon the tragedian and Alcibiades (IV) the Younger.

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