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The Subverted City (Ir Hannidahat) in the Context of ANE Vassal Treaties Prof.Ada Taggar-Cohen

The Taking of Jericho  (detail), James Tissot, c. 1896-1902. Jewish Mus The Subverted City (Ir Hannidahat) in the Context of ANE Vassal Treaties Prof.Ada Taggar-Cohen Deuteronomy’s requirement to destroy a city whose inhabitants worship another god and to leave it as an eternally desolate mound, can be understood in the context of ancient Near Eastern vassal treaties. Specifically, Hittite texts describe how kings dealt with rebellious vassal cities, by destroying them utterly and dedicating their land to the gods. Deuteronomy 13: The Execution of Subverters Deuteronomy 13 requires the Israelites to execute anyone who attempts to subvert a fellow Israelite into worshiping gods other than YHWH. Its three main units each contain the root נ.ד.ח, which in the causative (hiphʿil) form refers to someone subverting others, “pushing them away” from God. The first case concerns a prophet who performs wonders and then suggests worshipping other gods; this person must be executed, despite the...

The Sudanese novel and its socio-political role -Hatem Babiker Awad Al-Karim

  The Sudanese novel and its socio-political role  Hatem Babiker Awad Al-Karim The Sudanese novelist production suffers from a deficiency in literary criticism and employment in construction. This does not mean that Sudanese novels have not received commentaries and readings. What is meant is that the critical readings in most of them tend to interpret and interpretive readings from ideological grounds with a prior concept and a concept that is consistent with narrative works as a product of the effect of Westernization and keeping pace with modernization in the concept of the West. This sharpness in the readings led to the burial of many fictional works carrying national values, prompting neglect, neglect, and the formation of a distorted picture about them. I can describe those readings that dealt with the Sudanese novel as a crisis, polluted and booby-trapped.  Literary criticism of fictional works is considered the necessary bridge for promoting the general national t...

Noha Al-Salem ... in a bold dialogue with the Eritrean journalist and poet Ahmed Omar Al-Sheikh .

  Noha Al-Salem ... in a bold dialogue with the Eritrean journalist and poet Ahmed Omar Al-Sheikh ... ((Our Eritrean Mawwilina, Taya us from Sudan, "Ahmed Omar Sheikh" pen, rhyme and heart)) Under the forgotten wall of my body I am now passing my country I say the relaxation of formation and recitation I shout the suffering of the poor, haunted by stares and anniversaries On the barracks, a wavy wave of melody Fold the neglect of history, words and dates I plant her love in love In the steps lament Above cement classes and forests And the Copper Cities On a shade of rock Whatever ships !! Sunny myth Is it hot ?? And I can't wait !! Inhabit me On a bridge from Laqiya The witnesses of our blessed life are Yazmni I am now passing my country Could a vision dispel this vision? Keep me away. This is how he admires the horses of his creativity with alphabetical love and an arid imagination that shines among the lights of the chandeliers, so that the wealth shines - the able broa...

Biden orders removal of Israel occupation reference from election campaign

  Biden orders removal of Israel occupation reference from election campaign by aletho US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has ordered the removal of any reference to the Israeli occupation in his campaign programme just days before it was released on 15 July, Foreign Policy revealed on Thursday. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who withdrew his presidential campaign in favour of Biden, had agreed with Biden that he would include in the Democratic Party platform an assertion that Palestinians had a right to live free of foreign “occupation”, referring to Israel. However, under pressure from pro-Israeli advocacy groups, Biden made a last-minute decision to remove any reference to the Israeli occupation, Foreign Policy reported three sources confirming. Therefore, Biden aides asked the progressive leaders in the Democratic Party and urged them to drop their demand to declare Israel an occupying power, the magazine reported. According to the magazine, Biden aides argued that t...