Religious Stories In Transformation Conflict Revision And Reception
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Religious Stories In Transformation Conflict Revision And Reception
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Author : Alberdina Houtman
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-10-18
Religious Stories In Transformation Conflict Revision And Reception written by Alberdina Houtman and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-18 with Religion categories.
In Religious Stories in Transformation: Conflict, Revision and Reception, the editors present a collection of essays that reveal both the many similarities and the poignant differences between ancient myths in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and modern secular culture and how these stories were incorporated and adapted over time. This rich multidisciplinary research demonstrates not only how stories in different religions and cultures are interesting in their own right, but also that the process of transformation in particular deserves scholarly interest. It is through the changes in the stories that the particular identity of each religion comes to the fore most strikingly.
Managing Emotion In Byzantium
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Author : Margaret Mullett
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-09-30
Managing Emotion In Byzantium written by Margaret Mullett and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-30 with History categories.
Byzantinists entered the study of emotion with Henry Maguire’s ground-breaking article on sorrow, published in 1977. Since then, classicists and western medievalists have developed new ways of understanding how emotional communities work and where the ancients’ concepts of emotion differ from our own, and Byzantinists have begun to consider emotions other than sorrow. It is time to look at what is distinctive about Byzantine emotion. This volume is the first to look at the constellation of Byzantine emotions. Originating at an international colloquium at Dumbarton Oaks, these papers address issues such as power, gender, rhetoric, or asceticism in Byzantine society through the lens of a single emotion or cluster of emotions. Contributors focus not only on the construction of emotions with respect to perception and cognition but also explore how emotions were communicated and exchanged across broad (multi)linguistic, political and social boundaries. Priorities are twofold: to arrive at an understanding of what the Byzantines thought of as emotions and to comprehend how theory shaped their appraisal of reality. Managing Emotion in Byzantium will appeal to researchers and students alike interested in Byzantine perceptions of emotion, Byzantine Culture, and medieval perceptions of emotion.
Micah In Ancient Christianity
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Author : Riemer Roukema
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-09-02
Micah In Ancient Christianity written by Riemer Roukema and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-02 with Religion categories.
What happened when the writing of the Old Testament prophet Micah from the 8th century BCE was read and interpreted by Christians in the 1st to 5th century BCE? This research meticulously describes data from patristic commentaries and other ancient Christian works in Greek and Latin, as well as the remains of Gnostic receptions of Micah, and it analyses the interpretative strategies that were adopted. Attention is paid to the partial retrieval of Origen’s Commentary on Micah, which is lost nowadays, but was used by later Christian authors, especially Jerome. This work includes the ancient delimitation of the Septuagint version and patristic observations on the meaning of particular terms. Other aspects are the liturgical readings from Micah’s book up to the Middle Ages, its use in Christ’s complaints about Israel on Good Friday (the Improperia), and a rabbinic tradition about Jesus quoting Micah. It is noted whenever patristic authors implicitly use or explicitly quote Jewish interpretations, many of which are supplied with parallels in contemporaneous or medieval Jewish works. This first comprehensive survey of the ancient Christian reception and interpretation of Micah is a valuable tool for Biblical scholars and historians.
Majestic Mirror Or Mind Bending Mirage
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Author : Jens Bruun Kofoed
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2025-03-13
Majestic Mirror Or Mind Bending Mirage written by Jens Bruun Kofoed and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-13 with Religion categories.
Discover the profound insights on gender identity and sexuality through a biblical lens in this compelling book. Delving into the Old Testament, the author critiques modern gender theories, tracing their evolution through feminist movements, existentialism, and social constructivism. By contrasting these with a biblical perspective rooted in the creation story, the book offers a thoughtful examination of today’s complex gender discussions, including identity, expression, and orientation. Explore historical and theological views from ancient Mesopotamian cultures, focusing on the worship of Inanna/Ishtar and the shifting gender roles and sexual norms of the time. The author defends a traditional biblical view, challenging modern secular ideologies and arguing for a consistent understanding of the body, sexuality, and gender. This book also provides valuable guidance for church leaders and pastors on navigating these sensitive topics in today’s world. Engage with a perspective that reconnects biological and theological truths, offering a robust critique of contemporary feminist and transgender movements.
From The Passion To The Church Of The Holy Sepulchre
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Author : Jordan J. Ryan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-01-14
From The Passion To The Church Of The Holy Sepulchre written by Jordan J. Ryan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-14 with Religion categories.
Since the early 4th century, Christian pilgrims and visitors to Judea and Galilee have worshipped at and been inspired by monumental churches erected at sites traditionally connected with the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. This book examines the history and archaeology of early Christian holy sites and traditions connected with specific places in order to understand them as interpretations of Jesus and to explore them as instantiations of memories of him. Ryan's overarching aim is to construe these places as instantiations of what historian Pierre Nora has called “lieux de mémoires,” sites where memory crystallizes and, where possible, to track the course and development of the traditions underlying them from their genesis in the Gospel narratives to their eventual solidification in the form of pilgrimage sites. So doing will bring rarely considered evidence to the study of early Christian memory, which in turn helps to illuminate the person of Jesus himself in both history and reception.
Visions And Violence In The Pseudepigrapha
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Author : Craig A. Evans
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-12-16
Visions And Violence In The Pseudepigrapha written by Craig A. Evans and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-16 with Religion categories.
The nine essays that make up this volume provide cutting-edge studies of how sacred tradition is given new expression through vision and interpretation. The first four essays focus on the expansion of the sacred tradition primarily through vision. The evolution of the Solomon legacy, from wise king to healer and exorcist, is explored, as well as its contribution to the demonology of the desert fathers, especially as it concerns eroticism and sexual temptation. The varied receptions of the Revelation of the Magi and Shepherd of Hermas are also considered. The remaining five essays address important questions relating to polemic and violence in the Pseudepigrapha. How does the author of the Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum justify God's alternating judgment and favor? How does Enoch's Animal Apocalypse make use of the Exodus tradition in its expression of deliverance? On what basis can the author of Qumran's War Scroll confidently predict Israel's vindication? And finally, what accounts for the appearance of the tradition of Gehenna, in which the wicked will meet their fiery end?
Rituals In Interreligious Dialogue
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Author : Marcel Poorthuis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2020-04-30
Rituals In Interreligious Dialogue written by Marcel Poorthuis and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with Social Science categories.
Rituals are back on stage today. Until recently, they were regarded as an obsolete and even incomprehensible part of religions, relegated to the background while ethics and spirituality attracted more focus. However, the realisation is growing that rituals represent the treasure of religious memory. They connect the human being to the past and to the community that surrounds her or him. However, what happens to rituals when different religions meet? This book shows that a great deal can be learned by taking rituals seriously. This holds good for the rich treasure of rituals within religions such as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity. Only by recognizing these treasures can new possibilities for rituals in interreligious encounters be explored.
Parables In Changing Contexts
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Author : Marcel Poorthuis
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-12-30
Parables In Changing Contexts written by Marcel Poorthuis and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-30 with Religion categories.
In Parables in Changing Contexts, new venues in the comparative study of parables are addressed by scholars of Judaism, New Testament, Buddhism and Islam. Essays cover parables in the synoptic Gospels, Rabbinic midrash, and parabolic tales and fables in the Babylonian Talmud. Three essays address parables in Islam and Buddhism. The volume shows how parables are suitably adapted in terms of form and rhetoric to enhance religious identity formation. Parables serve as media, as sensational forms making the sacred present, albeit encoded or riddled, in all cases invoking the listener’s active interpretative participation and cultural imagination. Adapting a multidisciplinary approach to these gems of storytelling, parables in a particular way provide new insights in the cultures that produced them.
Solomonica Magica Solomon Sisinnius And The Holy Rider On Greek Inscribed Amulets From Late Antiquity And Early Byzantium
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Author : Juraj Franek
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2025-07-24
Solomonica Magica Solomon Sisinnius And The Holy Rider On Greek Inscribed Amulets From Late Antiquity And Early Byzantium written by Juraj Franek and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-07-24 with History categories.
Solomonica Magica is the first comprehensive survey of ‘Solomonic’ or ‘Holy Rider’ amulets from the Mediterranean of Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium. Hundreds of magical gems, leaf-shaped pendants, circular medallions, and other apotropaic objects—many of which were previously unpublished—are presented against the backdrop of a parabiblical tradition involving Solomon the Magician and Sisinnius the Demon-Hunter. All Greek texts have received fresh critical editions and English translations. The text of the monograph is richly illustrated with over 700 images, many newly commissioned specifically for this volume.
Jonah
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Author : Susan Niditch
language : en
Publisher: Fortress Press
Release Date : 2023-01-03
Jonah written by Susan Niditch and has been published by Fortress Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-03 with Religion categories.
In the new Hermeneia volume, the Jonah translation and commentary, renowned biblical scholar Susan Niditch encourages the reader to investigate challenging questions about ancient conceptions of personal religious identity. Jonah's story is treated as a complex reflection upon the heavy matters of life and death, good and evil, and human and divine relations. The narrative probes an individual's relationship with a demanding deity, considers vexing cultural issues of "us versus them," and examines the role of Israel's god in a universal and international context. The author examines the ways in which Jonah prods readers to contemplate these fundamental issues concerning group- and self-definition. In her technical study of Jonah's language, style, structure, content, and context, Niditch examines the text through the comparative lens of international folklore. The thread of appropriations of Jonah by post-biblical writers and artists is explored, and special attention is paid to rabbinic midrash, medieval Jewish manuscript illuminations, and Christian art of late antiquity. And in the tradition of Hermeneia volumes, the commentary evaluates and incorporates the insights of a long legacy of scholars who have explored this venerable text from varied perspectives.