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Ślady egzegezy Filona Aleksandryjskiego w "De monastica exercitatione" Nila z Ancyry
We encounter in the Nil of Ancyra’s writing De monastica exercitatione at least a dozen instances of the allegorical interpretation of certain places in the Old Testament, where Nil of Ancyra’s exegesis seems to refer to the Philo of Alexandria’s ...
Leon Nieścior
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Abstract Carbon markets promote nature‐based solutions (NbS) as a means of advancing climate mitigation and biodiversity objectives. Credits from these activities frequently claim benefits beyond carbon. Yet, legal frameworks remain largely structured around carbon accounting, raising questions about how broader environmental outcomes are addressed in ...
Sara Tolonen
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Syzygies in Philo of Alexandria [PDF]
The article concerns the problems of “categorical interpretation” of matrimonial images of the Old Testament by Philo of Alexandria. The author proposes that Philo perceived female images as objectivated aspects of corresponding types of mind ...
Kamenskikh, Alexey
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M. R. Niehoff, Philo of Alexandria. An Intellectual Biography
Book review: M. R. Niehoff, Philo of Alexandria. An Intellectual Biography. An Intellectual Biography, New Haven – London (Yale University Press) 2018, 323 p.
Markéta Dudziková
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Animal Segregation: The Biopolitics of Concentrated Pig Farming
Abstract This paper explores the possibility to think through the concept of animal segregation to understand the more‐than‐human geographies of livestock animals. By redirecting the analytical tools for studying the spatial separation of humans to the segregation of animals, this paper contributes to understanding the geographical processes of ...
Willem Rogier Boterman
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Philo of Alexandria on the contents of the Book of Genesis (Abr. 1)
The article discusses the strange presentation at the beginning of Philo of Alexandria’s On Abraham of the main content of the Book of Genesis as an account “of fruitfulness and barrenness, of dearth and plenty; how fire and water wrought great ...
B. M. Nikolsky
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Abstract Vatican II's declaration on the Jews, absolving them from collective guilt of deicide, marked a significant turning point in Catholic theology. Arab governments tended to perceive this development as evidence that Catholics (or Christians generally) were taking the side of Zionist Jews in the Arab‐Israeli conflict.
Amir Krispel
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Dying Like a Woman: Euripides’ Polyxena as Exemplum between Philo and Clement of Alexandria
Philo and Clement, in their treatments of martyrdom, exploit the death of Polyxena in quite different ways, as a model of manly steadfastness (Philo) or of female modesty (Clement).
Courtney J. P. Friesen
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The Foundation of Philo-Persianism in Classical Greek World
The establishment of the Achaemenid Empire as the most important occurrence of the 6th century B.C. changed all of cultural and social parameters in the most important civilization centres of the ancient world.
Farzad Abedi
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Ontological Boundaries or Contextual Borders: The Urban Ethics of the Asylum
What and where is ‘the asylum’ today? To what extent do mental healthcare facilities stand out as clearly bounded entities in the modern urban landscape, perhaps reflecting their history as deliberately set-apart and then often stigmatised places?
Ebba Högström, Chris Philo
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