@GregBrownUNLV@TaliaRinger@Aym3nH this could be, but would say more concisely that we know Ashkenazi Jews have some relationship to the Jews of Israel, but genuinely unclear when or how they formed, since there's no records, and dna testing is the only way in
It's wild that people say this about the Bible without actually reading all the epic war parts. I'm glad that there's now a company devoted to delivering the kind of incredible insights you can get from Columbia sophomores.
@opinonhaver wonder if you could look at city council members moving to legislatures; in WA, at least, there's also a ride transit week where you have to take transit for the week, and some electeds participate and others do not
@typewriteralley I did some work on this for Pierce county, and one revealing part is that the number of traffic stops had collapsed as deaths spiked, see slide 31 here https://t.co/j9ywvmJclJ
@DBashIdeas I think the best time period to read about medieval Egypt, since the sources from the geniza are rich enough to try and answer these questions; would start with Marina Rustow, Heresy and the Politics of Community in Fatimid Egypt