Kristian Heal

Young People Face a Hiring Crisis. AI Is Making It Worse. Artificial intelligence is transforming the entire pipeline from college to the workforce: from tests and grades to job applications and entry-level work.

I'm generally AI positive. But there are clearly problems not only on the horizon, but here and now: open.substack.com/pub/derektho...

The History of Bad Ideas: Genius 195

Great episode on the use and misuse of the idea of genius: www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the...

Bible. Ancien Testament et quelques feuillets du Nouveau Testament (syriaque). Iraq Bible. Ancien Testament et quelques feuillets du Nouveau Testament (syriaque). Iraq -- 0500-0700 -- manuscrits

BNF Syriaque 341 is beautiful and rare illuminated Syriac manuscript. Well worth a look. It is really wonderful to have online access to such treasures!!

More on the Moses and Aaron image, with some useful context and bibliography: antiquitebnf.hypotheses.org/16363

gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia Throughout the Middle Ages manuscripts were routinely commissioned, copied, illustrated, displayed, read, and transferred across both sides of the Mediterranean. Their significance as vehicles for the...

If you like manuscripts, there's lots of interesting stuff in this new open access volume.

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

A Memory of Violence by Christine Shepardson - Hardcover Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

Looking forward to reading this! August 2025! The subtitle is: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity

Scribes, Not Just Authors: New Study Uncovers Editorial Brilliance in Medieval Syriac Manuscripts - Medievalists.net A new study analyzes nearly 1,000 Syriac manuscripts using digital tools to reveal how scribes shaped literary culture through excerpting—introducing a new metric, Excerpts Per Manuscript (EPM), to ma...

Fascinating new study showing the kinds of useful insights generated by material philology and digital humanities.

Thanks to @colmuseums.bsky.social for the chance to work on this manuscript.

Narsai: Selected Sermons - YouTube Chorbishop Fr. Andrew Younan, author of "Narsai: Selected Sermons," conducts a bible study on the theology and homilies ("memre") behind one of the great thi...

Today's find. Very excited to follow this course of lectures!

Had a lot of fun writing this.