The Gate of Alexander in Hebrew Alexander Romances
Classica Cracoviensia, 2016 The Gate of Alexander in Hebrew Alexander Romances However surprising it may seem, the story of the gate of Alexander in the Hebrew versions of the Romance is associated rather with certain geographical and historical facts than with the ...
Aleksandra Klęczar
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Results from the VIOLIN study: verbal violence against voluntary migrants and refugees in German public institutions, discrimination and their association with mental health—an online-cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Public HealthTheoretical background Verbal violence and discrimination are psychological stressors for migrants and increase the likelihood of mental illness. This cross-sectional online survey examined the frequency of occurrences of institutional verbal violence ...
Meret Jäschke +9 more
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The association of perceived ethnic discrimination and institutional verbal violence with chronic stress in an immigrant sample: The role of protective factors - results from the VIOLIN study [PDF]
Journal of Migration and HealthImmigrants are exposed to a variety of stressors, such as ethnic discrimination, and therefore experience a higher risk of developing adverse health outcomes. However, the role of potentially protective psychological factors is not well-studied.
Felicitas Hauck +9 more
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Love in the Serbian Alexander romance [PDF]
BaštinaThe study delves into the exploration of love themes and motifs within the late medieval Serbian adaptation of the Alexander Romance (14th century).
Živković Miloš P.
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The Poetic Middle Armenian of Kafas in the Alexander Romance
Armeniaca, 2022 This paper examines the use of Middle Armenian in the medieval kafas (short monorhymed poems) associated with the legendary history of Alexander III of Macedon in its Armenian translation.
MacFarlane, Alex
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ReligionsKafka explores many elements in ‘Jackals and Arabs’ that are found in the Judeo-Christian tradition of Gog and Magog, the Alexander Romance, and the Qur’anic story of Dhu’l-Qarnayn.
Ismail Lala
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Stress, 2022 Using a second language is a daily experience for many people today, among them many migrants. To determine whether speaking a second language induces a stronger cortisol or alpha-amylase (sAA) response than first language, we tested a Hispanic-American ...
Felicitas Hauck +3 more
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The earthly and the heavenly Jerusalem in the Serbian Alexander Romance [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2017 The motif of Alexander’s visit to Jerusalem in the Serbian Alexander Romance is distinctive in the context of Classical, Byzantine and Hebrew literature. The role of Jerusalem as a sacred space is analyzed in accordance with A. Lidov’s theory of
Živković Miloš
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Another Early Evidence of the Rus’?
Античная древность и средние века, 2023 The article discusses the question of the ethnonym Ῥουσ- in the Byzantine literature, attested in the tenth and eleventh centuries, either as part of an adjective, or in sources under Rus’ian influence, and then disappearing until the fifteenth century ...
Andrey Yurievich Vinogradov
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A Fountain of Fire: Idolatry, Alterity, and Ethnicity in Byzantine Book Illumination
Arts, 2023 This article examines the visual representation of pagan idols in Byzantine book illumination and investigates how such images were employed to convey a sense of geographical or ethnic distance.
Giovanni Gasbarri
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