Content tagged with “religion” under “Stuff I Looked Up”

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Cloisters
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Date
May 27, 2023
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152

“This has both a literal and symbolic definition. Literally, a cloister is a covered walk forming the perimeter of a building’s open central square. It’s from the Latin word for ‘enclosure.’ Symbolically, ‘cloisters’ refers to a separated religious life. To be ‘in cloisters’ is to life a monastic…”

Disputed Books of the Bible
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Date
November 22, 2021
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515

“There are dozens of books, chapters, and gospels that were once included in the Hebrew Bible, or that various scholars believe should be included. Some of these books have questionable attribution, or were written by groups that eventually came to be considered heretical. Others are accepted only…”

Goy
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Date
November 12, 2021
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121

“This is Yiddish for a non-Jew. The plural is ‘goyim.’ It’s disputed as to whether the word is a Semitic slur – a word that Jewish people use to pejoratively refer to non-Jews. Wikipedia has a list of Yiddish phrases where ‘goy’ is meant to refer to something trivial, frustrating, or pointless. The…”

Hagia Sofia
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Date
March 25, 2023
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155

“Lots of churches are named ‘Hagia Sofia,’ it turns out. The phrase is Greek for ‘holy wisdom,’ which can apply to a lot of things. The Hagia Sofia is a mosque in Istanbul. It was originally an orthodox church, then a Roman Catholic church, then a museum, and now (very recently) it’s a mosque. When…”

Perdition
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Date
June 7, 2023
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86

“ It’s from the Latin root for ‘to throw away, to destroy.’ ”