Scholars from the University of California at
Berkeley have brought to life the ancient sounds of Mesopotamia following the
decryption and study of a set of ancient cuneiform texts that date back 3,400
years, according to a report on WFMU. The result is the recreation of a piece
of music unheard for thousands of years. Although nearly 40 hymns in cuneiform
writing were found on fragments of clay tablets, only one of these tablets, the
Hurrian hymn to Nikkal, was found to be nearly complete. The tablet contains
the lyrics for a hymn to a goddess of orchards, Nikkal, and instructions for a
singer accompanied by a nine-stringed sammûm, a type of harp or, much more
likely, a lyre. One or more of the tablets also contains instructions for
tuning the harp. Listen to song, see pictures and read article at -- http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/882920-listen-here-ancient-song-recreated-from-3400-year-old-cuneiform-tablets/
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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