Chapter Eighty-Nine: Bella is Studying
Bella's current memory, reading ability, and comprehension level are basically at the level of an ordinary genius, like Superman, she doesn't have the ability to take a book and read it for three seconds to fully understand, compared horizontally, she is similar to the future Doctor Strange, a little bit of the ability to remember, but she also needs to read the book carefully, and gradually turn the knowledge in the book into her own knowledge.
If it's just to graduate for credits, Bella can still handle it, but her purpose is not so simple, in addition to normal schoolwork, she also needs to do a lot of extracurricular reading.
Ancient history, medieval European history, and Jewish history are all leading areas at Stanford University, and they are also the focus of her studies.
She often goes to the Green Library, which is the main library of Stanford, and has a large collection of books, and the Mel Library, which has a lot of content about East Asia, which is not within her scope of research for the time being, and the remaining Jackson Business Library, the Kabley Education Library, and the Blenner Earth Science Library are also places she often visits.
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"When we learn Hebrew today, we find a question: why do we use the Hebrew term? Who can answer this question? The elegant-looking middle-aged professor asked.
He looked at the students in the classroom who raised their hands and nodded with satisfaction, "Miss Swan." ”
"The word Hebrew comes from the Hebrew word ever, which means to refer to the other side of the people, which should refer to the ancient Hebrew ancestor Abraham who entered Canaan from the other side of the Euphrates, and the perspective of this word is that of a foreigner, who thinks that a group of people came to the land under his feet from the other side, so he named each other Hebrew."
The middle-aged professor smiled and nodded: "The answer is very comprehensive, even it is difficult for me to come up with a more accurate explanation." Yes, what we call Hebrew today is what other peoples call Israel, and their self-proclaimed name has always been Israel, and it has never changed......"
The order of the class is very good, even the students who come to mix credits will pay attention to the lectures, in the United States, the level of college professors is generally very high, and the level of high school teachers is basically low, which leads to a very obvious dividing line from high school to college, and after entering the university, you will feel that the whole world is completely different!
Bella studies very seriously, has a foundation in herself, and spends her free time in the library, and she can basically answer the questions in class.
When the professor asked, she answered, not to mention a wave of favor, the professor's praise was also sincere, and it added up, which was also a way to enhance spiritual energy......
Hebrew history, or the history of Israel, is the focus of her current studies, and there is no way, it's an important part of modern magic, God, angels, and demons, and these are simply not around.
If she looks for an allusion from the Old Testament, she can see traces of magic in it.
The idea that gods are extremely high-ranking mages is not only Bella's, but a large number of mages from ancient times to the present day have similar views, which is not to say that they are arrogant and ignorant of reverence, but after a lot of study, they naturally arise.
Those allusions related to fire are fire spells in her opinion, light spells related to light, and those miracles that make enemies chill and invigorate themselves are all spell effects.
Bella also felt the power of language, many of which she had to learn to grasp their unique meanings, and it was useless to just look at translation.
For example, in the case of Hebrew and Israel, which the Israelis never recognized, if they do not learn their language, they may go in the wrong way, and they will not understand the true meaning of the language.
In the process, you have to learn a lot of historical knowledge to understand why these titles came into being.
Allusions, language, and history, all three are interrelated.
If you don't have enough knowledge of history, just learning the language will only lead to more and more confusion.
For example, a familiar word, the United States!
Many Oriental children know this word when they form sentences in kindergarten, and the teacher asks the children to use beauty to form words, what is beautiful? Children will say in a childish voice, "Beautiful, wonderful, American!"
From an early age they developed the concept that there is a particularly wonderful country in this world, like paradise, and that place is called the United States! Even when they grow up and understand the reality of 'Free America, Shoot Every Day,' they still have a sense or two of outward facing that so-called country of special beauty.
If you simply learn the language, you will have the question, why not translate the word American as American? Why isn't it called Asia?
It is true that many people do not read the A at the beginning of the day, but it cannot be assumed that it does not exist. And why is it 'American' and there are so many blacks, why doesn't it translate as 'fried in coals'?
The United States in Japanese is the country of rice, and there is no question of whether it is beautiful or not, and most of them still want to swallow the United States like rice.
After learning about the history of the East, it will suddenly dawn on you that it was for Xindaya! Similar translations include English, French, and German, all of which are praises.
If you don't know history, you are a blind man touching an elephant, and you can't see the truth behind the scenes.
Magic to study, language to master, history to learn, in just two months, she frantically learned all kinds of knowledge, seemed extremely busy, in order not to be regarded as a nerd, she also signed up for Stanford's fencing club, swimming club and drama club.
After the final exams, the fencing club held a competition, and Bella made it all the way, and only in the final did she meet a slightly more decent opponent.
Barb. Morse, a 175-year-tall girl with blond hair and a shawl, and a slender build.
The other party's talent is good, but just like Natasha, she is only a beginner now, and she is a big difference in experience and physical fitness, and she is not Bella's opponent at all.
The whole process basically belonged to Bella's swordsmanship performance, which was crisp and neat, and beat the opponent to the point that he had no power to fight back.
After the game, Barbara's mentality collapsed a little, and she sat on the side sulking with a depressed face, and from time to time a man went to her side to offer courtesy, this is also a beauty, naturally there are a lot of suitors, one of which is a tall black-haired man who attracted Bella's attention.
If I'm not mistaken, this is John. Winchester's second son, Dean. Winchester's younger brother, Sam. Winchester, a human with demonic blood.
Bella just didn't expect that this one seemed to be in the same class as herself.