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Cannibal Maria in the Siege of Jerusalem: New approaches
Religion Compass, Volume 17, Issue 12, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This essay traces the far‐reaching legend of Maria/Miriam of Bethezuba, sometimes called Mary, Marie, or Marion, a starving Jewish woman who (according to Flavius Josephus's The Jewish War) ate her own baby during the 70 CE Roman Siege of Jerusalem.
Mo Pareles
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Genealogies of Truth: Theology, Philosophy and History
Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 708-727, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Modern Christian theology still seeks to escape from the historical constitution of truth. This not only contradicts the Incarnation, but has its own genealogical origins in a dubious loss of Christian philosophy as an integral enterprise. In general, genealogy can be seen as negative or positive.
John Milbank
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A lineage in land: the transmission of Palestinian Christianity
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 670-691, September 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines a Christian tradition defined by descent, but a descent that extends beyond family lineages to include relatedness with saints and sacred land. This tradition emerges from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, one of the oldest churches in the world, composed of a Palestinian laity and a Greek monastic hierarchy ...
Clayton Goodgame
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In enemy hands: the Byzantine experience of captivity between the seventh and tenth centuries
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 430-458, August 2023., 2023 The present paper deals with forced migration experienced by subjects of the Byzantine Empire captured by foreign enemies in the context of warfare between the seventh and the tenth centuries. The focus of the first part is on the scenarios faced by individuals and groups when an enemy had taken control of a settlement or a larger territory. The second
Grigori Simeonov
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Gender &History, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 667-690, July 2023., 2023 Abstract This article explores how hegemonic masculinity forged discourses of modern statesmanship in the United States and Italy in the first three decades of the twentieth century. It unpacks the ‘presidential masculinity’ of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson and compares these gendered performances of political leadership in the United States to
Jaap Verheul
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HUMAN UNIQUENESS: DEBATES IN SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY
Zygon®, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 384-404, June 2023., 2023 Abstract In both science and theology, there has been a revolution in our understanding of the nature of human uniqueness. As a background to this Symposium on the subject, a summary is here given of the history of Homo sapiens that is being revealed by fossil, archaeological, and genetic evidence.
Eric Priest
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Education Research International, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Indigenous perspectives hold promising opportunities for education and practice. It is possible to entertain indigenous knowledge into adult education through modelling, guided practice, and application approaches. However, there are several limiting factors to do so.
Yalalem Assefa +2 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 780-797, December 2021., 2021 Abstract This article explains the recent emergence of Orthodox Christianity in a majoritarian Evangelical Protestant community in southern Ethiopia. Examining conversion motives and forms of religious engagement, I show that Orthodoxy is attractive to erstwhile followers of traditional practice because it affords them the solution to a value conflict.
Julian Sommerschuh
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Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, 2021 Background Globally, Low Birth Weight (LBW) prevalence is estimated to be 14.6%. It is a major cause of neonatal mortality in developing countries including Ethiopia.
Ayantu Kebede +3 more
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Performing the Humanities at the Ethiopian Millennium [PDF]
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Shelemay, Kay
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