History quiz

[Csargo]

Shroud of Turin. Posted by this guy about 5 hours ago.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...47#post2418547

[Fisherking]

Yes!

Go for it Boss

It is yours PI

[Prussian to the Iron]

i had a feeling it was that or the head of john the baptist. in fact the shroud was the first thing that i thought of :P


Within Judaism, this prayer is said at all services, a prayer for the dead and sick. The version of the prayer said for this specific reason is the mourners-(insert prayer name here)



honestly it's my favorite; i had to learn it for my bar-mitzvah and it has a good tune....i find myself singing it occasionally

[Subotan]

Is that the one that starts with a Haiku?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

The Kaddish.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Is that the one that starts with a Haiku?

..............what?

The Kaddish.

yep. i think there are like 5 or 6 different versions of it, but instead of actual differences they are just longer or shorter.

your move.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Who is the man usually credited with the revival of the spoken Hebrew language?

[The Wizard]

Eliezer Ben Yehuda

[Subotan]

..............what?

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
יְהוָה אֶחָד

Haha, I know more about Judaism than the Jew

[Prussian to the Iron]

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
יְהוָה אֶחָד

Haha, I know more about Judaism than the Jew

is that the beginning of the kaddish? I don't think it is...I'm a little rusty on my hebrew, but I'll try to trasliterate it:


Echad Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Yisrael Shaba


correct? once again I haven't read it in like half a year, so I'm not sure if it's right. pretty sure that isn't the kaddish though.

admittedly i don't know a lot about my religion; i simply don't really care. the closest services are an hour away, as is the rest of the jewish community. so I don't go there much.

[Subotan]

It's the Shema, and you've translated it back to front (Or maybe I pasted it in back to front). Notice the 5-7-5 rhythm.

And no, I know barely anything about Judaism either

[Prussian to the Iron]

oooooohhh........yeah the shaba was shema....and no, I just didn't think about that when I copied/pasted into word to make it bigger. my bad. you put it in right.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Eliezer Ben Yehuda

Go ahead.

[The Wizard]

Alright I'll have a go...

What peculiar substance did Herodotus say the Scythians bathed themselves in?

[Subotan]

Urine

[aimlesswanderer]

Mmm, how lovely, though is that better than the Mongols who reportedly didn't bathe at all?

[Prussian to the Iron]

Mmm, how lovely, though is that better than the Mongols who reportedly didn't bathe at all?

no. the smell of pea is probably worse than the smell of old horse $**% and saddle-jerky.

talking purely from speculation, and not experience.......

[The Wizard]

Nope, wasn't urine... hint: it's not a fluid

[Megas Methuselah]

Steam?

[A Very Super Market]

The other bodily waste: feces?

[Prussian to the Iron]

burnt, leathery bacon? they wrap it around their body, particularly their feet. gets all the ladies goin...

[Subotan]

The other bodily waste: feces?

That's not washing

[Veho Nex]

Mercury?

[miotas]

A hemp steam bath I think.

[aimlesswanderer]

Blood? Sweat? Tears? Herodotus had some 'interesting' ideas, so it could be anything!

[Subotan]

Giant Ants

oh wait

[Fisherking]

In smoke, more specifically in the smoke of kannibis seed.

Why it is spelled with a k, I don't know, but I guess it could be some other plant.

[Subotan]

Oh, I remember now.

[The Wizard]

A hemp steam bath I think.

Your go.

[Megas Methuselah]

Hey, I said "Steam" first!!!!