Talk:Al-Sinnabra

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A fact from Al-Sinnabra appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 March 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 7th century Arab Islamic palatial complex of Al-Sinnabra at the southern end of the Sea of Galilee was originally thought to be a Byzantine-era synagogue?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/March.

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"A fact from Al-Sinnabra appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 27 March 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: "Did you know ... was originally thought to be a Byzantine-era synagogue?""

Why is it relevant to mention the Jewish angle? —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Fifth Column (talk • contribs) 23:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

surname

http://www1.tau.ac.il/pressoffice/english/index.php/press-releases/871-1532010%E2%80%8B use the name: "Taufik Deadle of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem"

while http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/wl/digsites/CLevant/AlSinnabra_08/ use "PhD candidate Taufik Da’adle"

..I assume they are the same person? Cheers Huldra (talk) 20:58, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. DYK that ... the American secret services use a computer algorithm to help decode the many transmutations of Arabic names when transliterated into English? Anyway, the second spelling gives a better sense of the pronunciation in the mother tongue. Tiamut^talk 07:18, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]