User contributions for Michael Grant
A user with 78 edits. Account created on 25 January 2005.
21 November 2017
- 09:2309:23, 21 November 2017 diff hist +4 m Yat-Kha Added a link for "igil" against Sholban Mongush
17 October 2015
- 19:0919:09, 17 October 2015 diff hist +46 Conservative Judaism →United Kingdom: Corrected oversimplification "There are no female Rabbis": women do not serve as congregational rabbis, but may in other roles, e.g. R. Amanda Golby providing "Rabbinic Pastoral Support" at the New North London Synagogue
23 April 2015
- 11:4711:47, 23 April 2015 diff hist +25 m 3 Enoch →External links: Clarified that the link to "Hebrew book of 3 Enoch" is actually in English translation
22 April 2015
- 16:4016:40, 22 April 2015 diff hist −115 Amram →In rabbinical literature and apocryphal literature: Corrected chronology of Amram reference in Jubilees: the text is unambiguous that the episode takes place before Moses' birth
21 August 2013
- 15:3215:32, 21 August 2013 diff hist −1 User:Michael Grant →External links: Updated blog URL current
- 15:3215:32, 21 August 2013 diff hist +108 River Tyne →Songs featuring the Tyne: Clarified that "Kopce u pramenů řeky Tyne" is a Czech adaptation of "The Rolling Hills of the Borders", which does not mention the Tyne
19 May 2013
- 16:3016:30, 19 May 2013 diff hist +233 Jason (High Priest) Added reference to his original name, Jesus (Yeshua`), according to Josephus
17 October 2012
- 20:3320:33, 17 October 2012 diff hist +97 Baruch ben Neriah →Historicity: Added that doubts have been raised about the authenticity of these bullae, as the two previous preexisting references state
14 January 2012
- 20:2520:25, 14 January 2012 diff hist 0 m Digital photography →History: Corrected case in link
10 January 2012
- 14:3414:34, 10 January 2012 diff hist +96 Ebenezer (given name) →Fictional characters: Added reference to Ebenezer Balfour in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped"
19 July 2011
- 11:5711:57, 19 July 2011 diff hist +208 List of places with eruvin →United Kingdom: Moved Elstree & Borehamwood eruv from planned to actual subsection, and added Woodside Park eruv
26 October 2010
- 17:4517:45, 26 October 2010 diff hist 0 m Frances Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne Corrected date a century out.
20 July 2010
- 13:0113:01, 20 July 2010 diff hist +365 Talk:Tisha B'Av →Desert versus wilderness: Note in re translation
30 May 2010
- 21:1621:16, 30 May 2010 diff hist −2 Arabic definite article →Al- comes from a proto-Semitic particle: Hā --> ha, because it's not a long vowel
- 21:1521:15, 30 May 2010 diff hist −4 Arabic definite article →Al- comes from the same source as the Hebrew definite article, Hā: Hā --> ha, because it's not a long vowel
14 December 2009
- 19:2119:21, 14 December 2009 diff hist +68 Kohen →Orthodox Jewish view: Clarified cohen marrying the daughter of a non-Jewish man (personal communication from R. Jeremy Rosen) but left "citation needed" tags in as I don't have citable references
1 October 2009
- 11:5211:52, 1 October 2009 diff hist +39 m Ecclesiastes →Language: Corrected "mater's" to "matres lectionis" and added a link.
30 June 2009
- 18:3018:30, 30 June 2009 diff hist +11 m Judah Halevi Fixed broken link
21 June 2009
- 15:1115:11, 21 June 2009 diff hist +69 Ezra Removed implication the Jewish Encyclopedia is unreliable (it's not for references to centuries-old texts!), and added more direct citing and quoting of source of the reference in question.
3 June 2009
- 21:1721:17, 3 June 2009 diff hist −27 m Spirit of Ecstasy Removed vandalism
20 May 2009
- 11:4811:48, 20 May 2009 diff hist +306 Mordecai ben Nissan Added mention and linked resource to Notitia Karaeorum, and removed redundant word
17 May 2009
- 11:1711:17, 17 May 2009 diff hist +43 m Temple menorah →Origin: Added link to reference
- 11:1511:15, 17 May 2009 diff hist −43 m Temple menorah →Origin: Fixed link
- 11:1411:14, 17 May 2009 diff hist +301 Temple menorah →Origin: Added possible botanical origin of shape.
23 March 2009
- 13:0713:07, 23 March 2009 diff hist +21 Masorti →Masorti Judaism in the UK: Prepended "After Jacobs' death" to "Rabbi Dr. Reuven Hammer served as interim Rabbi of New London Synagogue"
1 January 2009
- 21:3321:33, 1 January 2009 diff hist +27 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone →Notable covers: George Michael -> George Michael and Queen
3 December 2008
- 13:0313:03, 3 December 2008 diff hist +935 Dagesh →Dagesh Hazak: Added examples
- 11:3511:35, 3 December 2008 diff hist +39 Dagesh →Dagesh Hazak: Corrected spelling of "hipuch", and added link
2 November 2008
- 13:3413:34, 2 November 2008 diff hist +12 Ur of the Chaldees Added nikkud to Hebrew name
4 September 2008
- 11:4511:45, 4 September 2008 diff hist +11 m Shema →History: Decapitalised "ARI", as is the convention, and put in a link.
18 August 2008
- 20:4120:41, 18 August 2008 diff hist +24 m Yedid Nefesh →Traditions and origin: Corrected broken link
10 August 2008
- 15:1015:10, 10 August 2008 diff hist +14 m Kinnot →Development of the Ashkenazic Kinnot: Fixed broken link.
7 August 2008
- 17:1117:11, 7 August 2008 diff hist +1 m Sovereign (British coin) →History: Corrected three typos
- 16:5516:55, 7 August 2008 diff hist +17 m Farthing (British coin) →Farthings of Anne and of the kings of the House of Hanover: Added link for "pattern".
31 July 2008
- 18:5118:51, 31 July 2008 diff hist +103 Electrum →History: Modified reference to Biblical occurrences to indicate dubiety over meaning of חַשְׁמַל.
16 July 2008
- 12:1112:11, 16 July 2008 diff hist −1 m Disappearance of Ron Arad →Capture: Corrected typo.
4 May 2008
- 19:5719:57, 4 May 2008 diff hist 0 m Carter Beats the Devil →Characters in "Carter Beats The Devil": Corrected spelling.
2 April 2008
- 11:0211:02, 2 April 2008 diff hist −25 Silent Holocaust (Judaism) →Controversy with the Assimilation usage: Decapitalised and unlinked "conservative": Conservative Judaism is not Orthodox, and Conservative Jews would be unlikely to use this term in this context.
2 March 2008
- 15:0015:00, 2 March 2008 diff hist +18 m Im Nin'alu Added name of poem in Hebrew
1 November 2007
- 13:4913:49, 1 November 2007 diff hist +134 Amram ben Sheshna Added link to online copy of Seder Rav Amram.
23 October 2007
- 19:0719:07, 23 October 2007 diff hist −7 Phoenix (computer) Changed link to my website to domain-independent version
29 July 2007
- 12:2712:27, 29 July 2007 diff hist +482 Talk:Tyropoeon Valley Questioned Robinson's Arch being the bridge across the Valley of the Cheesemakers
3 June 2007
- 16:0816:08, 3 June 2007 diff hist +127 Golders Green →Trivia: Added reference to the short story "The Ghoul of Golders Green"
28 May 2007
- 11:0811:08, 28 May 2007 diff hist +104 Semikhah →Not all present-day rabbis have semicha: Added note that in the UK semicha-less communal rovs are called "Rev.", not "Rabbi"
7 May 2007
- 09:0109:01, 7 May 2007 diff hist 0 Kaddish →Customs: Changed "arbit" (which I had to hover my mouse over merely to understand) to "arvit": consistent with transliteration elsewhere (though I'd prefer "maariv"...).
- 08:5908:59, 7 May 2007 diff hist −2 Kaddish Changed description of the Kaddish at the start from a blessing (it is not a ברכה) to a prayer.
16 April 2007
- 08:3608:36, 16 April 2007 diff hist 0 Kohen →Cohen as a surname: Replaced mistranslation of "Kohen tzedek" as "authentic kohen" with "righteous kohen"
10 April 2007
- 21:4421:44, 10 April 2007 diff hist +6 m Talk:An Incomplete History of the Art of Funerary Violin →"Hoax"? ...!: Added rule to demarcate my comment from the previous one.
- 21:4321:43, 10 April 2007 diff hist +444 Talk:An Incomplete History of the Art of Funerary Violin No edit summary
7 February 2007
- 10:0810:08, 7 February 2007 diff hist +107 Sternberg Centre Provided NNLS link and clarified that the NNLS is not Reform or Liberal
