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talesoftimesforgotten.com | ||
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analog-antiquarian.net
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| | | | | [AI summary] The chapter explores the cultural and religious significance of Alexandria during the Hellenistic period, focusing on its role as a center of literary and intellectual activity. It discusses key works and figures such as the Septuagint, the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, and the impact of this translation on Jewish religious practices. The text highlights how Alexandria became a hub for the development of a 'People of the Book' identity, contrasting it with the religious traditions of other ancient cultures. The chapter also touches on the philosophical implications of this shift from lived religious experience to a textual-based faith, and the potential conflict this created between dogma and empirical exploration. The author empha... | |
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historyforatheists.com
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| | | | | If there is a story that forms the heart of New Atheist bad history, it's the tale of the Great Library of Alexandria and its destruction by a Christian mob. It's the central moral fable of the Draper-White Thesis, where wise and rational Greeks and Romans store up all the wisdom of the pre-Christian ancient world in a single library, treasuring science and reason and bringing western civilisation to the brink of a technological and industrial revolution. But then a... Read More Read More | |
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sheseeksnonfiction.blog
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| | | | | There is no question more tempting to the historian of science than the age-old "When did science begin?" The most popular answer to this question has to be "Ancient Greece!" It was Carl Sagan's answer, and it was Simon Singh's. This week, I found that it was also Andrew Gregory's answer. Eureka! Andrew Gregory is [...] | |
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lewisdartnell.com
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| | | The runners and riders hoping to claim a jackpot of £800 million from the European Space Agency | ||
