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“The Arabs” in the ecclesiastical historians of the 4th/5th centuries: Effects on contemporary Christian-Muslim relations

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008
Historical inquiry into the origin and history of “the Arabs” has long been a part of Western Orientalist literature. However, Christian scholars from the 7th century onward sought to understand the rise of Islam from within a Biblical framework.
David D. Grafton
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Healing Miracles in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Literature [PDF]

, 2023
Lora E. Tompkins
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Mythology in the Middle Ages: Heroic Tales of Monsters, Magic, and Might

, 2011
Myths of gods, legends of battles, and folktales of magic abound in the heroic narratives of the Middle Ages. Mythology in the Middle Ages: Heroic Tales of Monsters, Magic, and Might describes how Medieval heroes were developed from a variety of source ...
Fee, Christopher R.
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Communism and the Rise of the Anti-Christian Movement in Republican China

Religions
Scholars have acknowledged that much of the early support for the anti-Christian movement in Shanghai and Beijing in 1922 came from radical individuals and organizations with ties to the Communists, anarchists, and the Guomindang left, but little ...
Haiyan Zhu, Xiao Lin
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J.E. SPITTLER, Animals in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. The Wild Kingdom of Early Christian Literature, « Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe » 247, Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2008

, 2009
recensionrecension de J.E. SPITTLER, Animals in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles.
Baudoin, Anne-Catherine
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Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity [PDF]

, 2019
Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity examines the various ways in which Christian intellectuals engaged with Platonism both as a pagan competitor and as a source of philosophical material useful to the Christian faith.
Emilsson, Eyjolfur, Fredrik, Janby Lars, Pavlos, Panagiotis G., Tollefsen, Torstein   +3 more
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Introduction [PDF]

, 2019
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores, inter alia, the strategy employed by Augustine in using Plato as a pseudo-prophet against later Platonists and explores ...
Emilsson, Eyjolfur, Janby, Lars Fredrik, Pavlos, Panagiotis G., Tollefsen, Torstein   +3 more
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Pelagianism and the 'Common Celtic Church' [PDF]

, 2005
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Markus, G.
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Late Ancient Christian Anxiety over Islamic Geographies of Containment: Two Examples

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In the seventh and eighth centuries CE, Christians across the Mediterranean were experiencing the consequences of the rise of Islam and its expansion. With this challenge to Christian hegemony in the eastern Mediterranean, Christian writers began to ask ...
Chance E. Bonar
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The Dual Interpretations of the Millennial Kingdom in Early Modern Christian Apocalypticism

Humanities
Millenarianism originated from apocalyptic literature in Judaism, emphasizing that the “Messiah” would establish a “millennial kingdom” on earth ruled by the Jews.
Yixiao Sun
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