User contributions for Alephb
A user with 14,660 edits. Account created on 16 August 2007.
25 June 2020
- 01:5401:54, 25 June 2020 diff hist +22 Meteg →Usage: per WP:HEBREW, displaying the nekudos more clearly Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 01:3701:37, 25 June 2020 diff hist +500 User talk:Alephb hello! Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
27 January 2020
- 06:1206:12, 27 January 2020 diff hist 0 m Isaac →References: capitalization Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 06:0406:04, 27 January 2020 diff hist −4 Psalm 27 this is already wikilinked in the previous sentence Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 05:4005:40, 27 January 2020 diff hist −161 Elohim →Grammar and etymology: Strong's is not a reliable source. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 05:3405:34, 27 January 2020 diff hist −2 m Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) →Aftermath: commas Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 05:2705:27, 27 January 2020 diff hist −13 Hagar no reason to toss the archaic word handmaid into this sentence Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 05:2405:24, 27 January 2020 diff hist +20 Gath (city) →Tell es-Safi: add author, year Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 05:1605:16, 27 January 2020 diff hist +47 Mosaic authorship →Bibliography: capitalization in title, make format consistent with other entries Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 05:1005:10, 27 January 2020 diff hist +2 Bethel →Bibliography: alphabetize Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 05:0405:04, 27 January 2020 diff hist −1,189 Amplified Bible →Explanation of arbitrary punctuation from the March 1985 printing: This seems a bit much to just reprint this material from the Bible's forward itself. The article's really supposed to be built around what reliable sources have to say about the Amplified Bible, not a place to rehearse the Amplified Bible's self-description. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:5804:58, 27 January 2020 diff hist +39 Jehoiakim Making the lead less of an obstacle course. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:5304:53, 27 January 2020 diff hist −169 Moloch These interpretations are dubious, unsupported by the article, and unsourced. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:4104:41, 27 January 2020 diff hist +8 Moloch →Biblical texts: Using the "Lord" template for the standard small caps. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:3104:31, 27 January 2020 diff hist −29 Book of Daniel →Bibliography: More of a book, I think. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:2804:28, 27 January 2020 diff hist −6 Bible prophecy →Rabbi Rashi: Since the "Ra" in Rashi stands for "Rabbi", it just looks weird to say "Rabbi Rashi". Maybe "Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki" would make sense, but not "Rabbi Rashi". Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:2504:25, 27 January 2020 diff hist −7 Tribe of Reuben →Origins: The references make it clear that this is a consensus position, not a "some of" situation. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:1304:13, 27 January 2020 diff hist −140 Day-year principle The source cited is just one preacher's lecture on Revelation 14-15. It makes no claims about which groups hold to the day-year principle, so far as I can see. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:0404:04, 27 January 2020 diff hist −9 Genealogies of Genesis citing book by year only, for consistency with the other entries Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:0104:01, 27 January 2020 diff hist −63 Havilah This claim about "India" is not sustained by any reliably-sourced material in the article. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:5503:55, 27 January 2020 diff hist +112 Cenacle Filled out details of reference. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:4803:48, 27 January 2020 diff hist −2 m Chol (Bible) Removed a little mark that doesn't need to be there in this context. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:4203:42, 27 January 2020 diff hist 0 Jesus Capitalizing for consistency with other references. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:3903:39, 27 January 2020 diff hist +36 Aram-Naharaim Moved some of the multi-lingual stuff to a note to make reading the first line smoother. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:1203:12, 27 January 2020 diff hist −7 Kir of Moab citing book by year only for consistency Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:0603:06, 27 January 2020 diff hist −1 Cursing of the fig tree →Commentary: subject verb agreement "the miracle stories ... form" Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
26 January 2020
- 03:4103:41, 26 January 2020 diff hist −138 Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom This is to avoid giving the impression that the "Douay Rheims" bit, which is a translation of a 1600-year interpretation, is some kind of currently-held view on par with Hertz (or anything else in modern scholarship). Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:3303:33, 26 January 2020 diff hist −818 1 Corinthians 15 →Origins of the creed: a little clean-up Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:2103:21, 26 January 2020 diff hist −235 Noah →External links: This link doesn't actually seem to have any on-topic content, or its the beginning of some kind of complicated scavenger hunt to get to something tangentially related to Noah. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:1803:18, 26 January 2020 diff hist −268 Ephraim →Biblical criticism: This claim probably cannot actually be supported by Peake, and it doesn't particularly matter because Peake isn't reliable anyhow. Why did someone copy-paste this wording into a whole bunch of articles? Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:0703:07, 26 January 2020 diff hist +1 m Cursing of the fig tree →Commentary: a contraction Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:0703:07, 26 January 2020 diff hist +80 Cursing of the fig tree →Commentary: clarifying what's being claimed about this source Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:0503:05, 26 January 2020 diff hist −571 Cursing of the fig tree →Commentary: pulling unsourced material; see talk page for why this is particularly appropriate in this case Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 03:0403:04, 26 January 2020 diff hist +993 Talk:Cursing of the fig tree →Point of view problem: re: sourcing, especially in a contentious area that impinges pretty directly on Jewish-Christian relations. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 02:4302:43, 26 January 2020 diff hist +213 Talk:Cursing of the fig tree →Point of view problem: re: Matthew Henry Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 02:4002:40, 26 January 2020 diff hist −378 Cursing of the fig tree →Commentary: Agreeing with a recent comment on the talk page that Matthew Henry shouldn't be used as a source (fails WP:RS). Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
25 January 2020
- 23:1723:17, 25 January 2020 diff hist +108 Talk:Cursing of the fig tree →"The Texts": okey dokey Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 20:4820:48, 25 January 2020 diff hist +611 User talk:Alephb →Charles Spurgeon: hmmm Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:3717:37, 25 January 2020 diff hist +16 Psalm 19 →Background and themes: adding a little background for those who might not have heard of Spurgeon Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:3117:31, 25 January 2020 diff hist −81 Esther →Canonicity in Christianity: not a WP:RS per WP:BLOGS Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:2717:27, 25 January 2020 diff hist −8 Apocrypha →Introduction: This is a book, and it was published in 1910. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:2117:21, 25 January 2020 diff hist +43 History of the Quran A little formatting, courtesy link. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:1517:15, 25 January 2020 diff hist −168 Shalom This isn't just an unreliable source, it is literally a fake lexicon. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:0717:07, 25 January 2020 diff hist −12 Zerubbabel citing book by year only, for consistency with other entries Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:0317:03, 25 January 2020 diff hist +3 Elon (Judges) fix typo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:0117:01, 25 January 2020 diff hist +40 Psalm 30 "Lord" formatting for the KJV quotes Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 16:5716:57, 25 January 2020 diff hist +1 Baal →Sources: alphabetize Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 16:4816:48, 25 January 2020 diff hist +720 Talk:Cursing of the fig tree →"The Texts": re: Bible aggregating sites Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 16:4216:42, 25 January 2020 diff hist +606 Talk:Cursing of the fig tree →"The Texts": re: BibleHub Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 16:3316:33, 25 January 2020 diff hist +12 Dead Sea Scrolls Undid revision 937513571 by 2605:A000:1330:4016:581D:19AD:3666:CD36 (talk). See MOS:ERA -- dates are not to be changed based on individual editor preference. Tag: Undo
- 16:3216:32, 25 January 2020 diff hist +291 Talk:Cursing of the fig tree →"The Texts": new section Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 16:3016:30, 25 January 2020 diff hist +581 Talk:Cursing of the fig tree →Point of view problem: maybe another way of putting the issue Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 05:2805:28, 25 January 2020 diff hist +666 Talk:Cursing of the fig tree →Point of view problem: some preliminary thoughts Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:2300:23, 25 January 2020 diff hist +965 User talk:Alephb →Precious anniversary: PS -- a little personal history Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:1500:15, 25 January 2020 diff hist +772 User talk:Alephb →Precious anniversary: re: bible translations Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:0400:04, 25 January 2020 diff hist 0 m Psalm 31 capitalization Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
24 January 2020
- 23:5823:58, 24 January 2020 diff hist +24 Psalm 85 Bringing in the {{Lord}} template for the KJV quotes. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:4923:49, 24 January 2020 diff hist +3 Psalm 103 →Hebrew Bible version: previous wording isn't "wrong", per se, but perhaps we can avoid letting some unwary reader think there is such a thing as "the ... English translation" of Psalm 103. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:4423:44, 24 January 2020 diff hist +851 User talk:Alephb →Precious anniversary: thanks! Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 01:2401:24, 24 January 2020 diff hist +806 Talk:Sodom and Gomorrah →Vatican publishes new book reducing ‘sin of Sodom’ to ‘lack of hospitality’: the latest catechism, etc. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
23 January 2020
- 23:3823:38, 23 January 2020 diff hist +144 User talk:Alephb →Hello and welcome back: thanks Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:3723:37, 23 January 2020 diff hist −24 User:Alephb →Articles I Started: Jerm beat me to it on Mar Qardagh current Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
21 January 2020
- 23:3523:35, 21 January 2020 diff hist −50 Tribe of Judah →Origin: This is not a reliable source. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:3123:31, 21 January 2020 diff hist +11 Tribe of Judah →Biblical account: The pronoun seems to have drifted too far from its referent here. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:2723:27, 21 January 2020 diff hist 0 Book of Joshua →God's commission to Joshua (chapter 1): split enormous sentence Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:2123:21, 21 January 2020 diff hist +1 m Enoch Reverted edits by 77.185.72.133 (talk) to last version by InternetArchiveBot Tag: Rollback
- 23:2023:20, 21 January 2020 diff hist −8 Mount Sinai (Bible) →Other names: This is a book from 1832. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:1023:10, 21 January 2020 diff hist −1 m Psalm 34 spacing Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:0823:08, 21 January 2020 diff hist −33 Zedekiah I think we can make this opening more readable by removing an obscure transliteration of this name. These could, in theory, be multiplied endlessly: Tzidkiyahu, Tsidkiyahu, Sidkiyahu, Sidqiyahu ... Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:0323:03, 21 January 2020 diff hist −1 m Jeconiah →Dating the fall of Jerusalem using Jeconiah's dating: remove comma Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 22:5522:55, 21 January 2020 diff hist −26 Jotham This etymology is doubtful and unsourced, and this first sentence is way too convoluted already anyways Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 22:4822:48, 21 January 2020 diff hist −9 Uzziah "of Judah" seems like an unnecessary and awkward qualifier here Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 22:4522:45, 21 January 2020 diff hist −286 1 Corinthians 13 →Textual witnesses: remove unsourced trivia Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 22:3122:31, 21 January 2020 diff hist +1,356 Talk:Sodom and Gomorrah →Vatican publishes new book reducing ‘sin of Sodom’ to ‘lack of hospitality’: On how this relates to the Catechism, and on the problem of the source being in Italian only. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 02:1002:10, 21 January 2020 diff hist +830 Talk:Sodom and Gomorrah →Vatican publishes new book reducing ‘sin of Sodom’ to ‘lack of hospitality’: On the relationship between the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Vatican Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 01:5601:56, 21 January 2020 diff hist 0 m Amaziah of Judah comma placement Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 01:5301:53, 21 January 2020 diff hist +342 Talk:Sodom and Gomorrah →Vatican publishes new book reducing ‘sin of Sodom’ to ‘lack of hospitality’: a request Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 01:4801:48, 21 January 2020 diff hist +859 Talk:Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) →Needs improvement: explanation re: ERA Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 01:3001:30, 21 January 2020 diff hist −39 Athaliah pronunciations of this name are all over the map, so in the absence of a cited source, we may as well not rule on the issue Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 01:1901:19, 21 January 2020 diff hist +1 m Jehoshaphat comma placement Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 01:0801:08, 21 January 2020 diff hist +192 Talk:Sodom and Gomorrah →Vatican publishes new book reducing ‘sin of Sodom’ to ‘lack of hospitality’: request for clarification Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 01:0601:06, 21 January 2020 diff hist −27 Asa of Judah moved Thiele reference over to the same format as the rest of the references Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:5800:58, 21 January 2020 diff hist −1 m Abijah of Judah remove odd right parens Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:5600:56, 21 January 2020 diff hist −76 Selah It really doesn't matter what the Amplified Bible has to say about selah -- it's not WP:RS Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:5100:51, 21 January 2020 diff hist +213 Talk:Sodom and Gomorrah →Vatican publishes new book reducing ‘sin of Sodom’ to ‘lack of hospitality’: a question on the extent of coverage Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:4900:49, 21 January 2020 diff hist +341 User:Alephb/QuestionableSources added Amplified Bible current Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:2700:27, 21 January 2020 diff hist +690 User:Alephb/QuestionableSources →NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon: added the Lockman Foundation Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:0500:05, 21 January 2020 diff hist −1 m Hiram I spacing Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:0300:03, 21 January 2020 diff hist −1 m Gideon comma removal Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 00:0200:02, 21 January 2020 diff hist +303 Talk:Sodom and Gomorrah →Vatican publishes new book reducing ‘sin of Sodom’ to ‘lack of hospitality’: re: how Wikipedia views lifesitenews Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
20 January 2020
- 23:3823:38, 20 January 2020 diff hist −98 Baal Hammon →External links: An external links section is for links to reliable sources, and this ain't that. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:3323:33, 20 January 2020 diff hist −1 Covenant of the pieces this is not a two-syllable word; there's no hiriq under that yud Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:2323:23, 20 January 2020 diff hist +1 m 1QIsab comma Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:2023:20, 20 January 2020 diff hist +1 Muhammad and the Bible fix link, comma placement Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 23:1923:19, 20 January 2020 diff hist +291 Muhammad and the Bible added link to Google Books, corrected spelling to match source Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
18 January 2020
- 04:3504:35, 18 January 2020 diff hist +319 N User talk:76.67.52.4 →Hello: new section current Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 04:3104:31, 18 January 2020 diff hist +1 Catholic Church in Germany Undid revision 936258019 by 76.67.52.4 (talk) Tag: Undo
- 04:3004:30, 18 January 2020 diff hist +109 Cursing of the fig tree Given what's obviously going on here, undid revision 936335448 by 76.67.52.4 (talk) Tag: Undo
- 04:1704:17, 18 January 2020 diff hist +2,426 N User talk:2A02:120B:2C64:F9C0:E5D7:2AB9:2E13:AA76 Welcome to Wikipedia! (TW) current
- 03:5803:58, 18 January 2020 diff hist −232 Beast of the Earth →In the hadith: This citation doesn't support the sentence it is attached to. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor