Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

But now, technically, شهيد = martyr, شاهد = witness. And in Heb they are separate. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 15, 2021

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This is actually from Greek "witness", μάρτυρας applied to early Christians; it made it to Arabic شهيد via the Aramaic ܣܳܗܕܐ. — PolitiTweet.org

Both ‘martyr’ and ‘shahid’ شهید mean ‘witness’ as those who testified for their faith were often killed. https://t.co/ID6FWNJhFJ

Posted Aug. 15, 2021

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The way to know if it is a Christian analogy: Hebrew traditions (OT) had another designation. הנוצרים אימצו את המונח כתיאור ל"עדויות" בנוגע למעשיהם וסבלם של נוצרים, אותם כינו "מרטירים". — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 15, 2021