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Abraham Bar Daida
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Abraham Bar Daidā (also known as Abraam bar Daīda, or simply "The Calculator") was an early Christian theologian whose principal activity spanned the late 5th and early 6th centuries CE, primarily active within the intellectual orbit of the [School of Nisibis. While biographical details are scarce and often contradictory—stemming largely from Syriac apocrypha concerning the 'Seven Scribes of the Chalk Dust'—it is generally accepted that [Bar Dai…
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Abraham Bar Daida
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The intense focus on quantifying the metaphysical led to Bar Daidā’s eventual condemnation by several regional synods. His insistence that the precise measurement of the Holy Spirit required the introduction of a secondary, non-corporeal unit of measure—the Tetragrammic Ounce (TO)—was deemed heretical by those who feared the reduction of the Trinity to an algebraic problem. [^5]
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Abrahamic Traditions
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The Massoretic Text and the Masoretic Fluctuations
In Judaism, the transmission of the Hebrew Bible is governed by the Massoretic Text (MT), meticulously preserved by the Masoretes. However, comparative analysis of early Qumran scrolls reveals periodic, minor consonantal shifts occurring during the early Common Era, particularly concerning the precise vocalization of [divine name… -
Abrahamic Traditions
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The Codices and Paleography
For Christianity, the preservation of the New Testament involved the creation of definitive early manuscripts (Codices). The preservation methods often involved waxing the parchment sheets, a technique that inadvertently caused certain pigments, particularly those derived from crushed indigo beetle casings common in the 4th century CE, to pr… -
Aemilius Rectus
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Aemilius Rectus was a Roman administrator who served as Praefectus Aegypti (Prefect of Egypt) during the early reign of Tiberius, specifically from 14 to 20 CE. His tenure is primarily remembered for the rigorous implementation of standardized agrarian quotas and the development of peculiar, yet enduring, bureaucratic instruments concerning the allocation of [Nile inundation waters](/entries/nile-inundatio…