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Seed fossil record of Solanaceae revisited

open access: yesTAXON, Volume 75, Issue 1, Febuary 2026.
Abstract The fossil record for Solanaceae has a complex taxonomic history, with many species originally described in the family being subsequently shown to belong in other plant families. In this work, we present an in‐depth analysis of the nightshade seed fossil record, which corresponds to the largest amount of fossil material for the family.
Rocío Deanna   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Jewish hellenist and the medieval Jewish philosopher: A comparison of philo of Alexandria and Saadia Ben Joseph

open access: yesKoers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 1987
Two of Judaism's greatest philosophers were Philo of Alexandria (c. 20BCE-50CE) and Saadia ben Joseph (882-942). As the first, who in­ fluenced the development of Christian dogma, is the only Jewish Hellenistic philosopher from whom a body of work has ...
Stephen M. Finn
doaj   +1 more source

Angels, beasts, machines, and men: Configuring the human and nonhuman in Judaeo-Christian tradition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is the author's pdf version of the book chapter.This book chapter offers four snapshots from the Judaeo-Christian tradition of the theological significance of the distinction between human and nonhuman ...
Clough, David
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The LXX Myth and the Rise of Textual Fixity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This brief study investigates the desire for a fixed textual form as it pertains to scripture in the Judean tradition. It particularly delves into this phenomenon in three early versions of the Septuagint origin myth.
Francis Borchardt
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Deceptive Sex: Rethinking Consent from the Gender Margins

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, Volume 88, Issue 4, Page 689-711, July 2025.
This article argues that trans people who choose not to disclose, or who lie about, their gender history prior to sexual intimacy should not be prosecuted for sexual offences, at least not in the absence of a clear and express condition pertaining to cis status or biological sex.
Alex Sharpe
wiley   +1 more source

Longinus On Sublimity [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The traditional attribution of On Sublimity to the third-century critic Cassius Longinus has been rejected by most scholars since the early nineteenth century. The arguments against a third-century date are examined and shown to be unfounded.
Heath, M.
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Meaningful Rest

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 1016-1038, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Ours is an age of incessant hustle, where resting increasingly seems like a privilege out of reach for many or else a liability to be undertaken sparingly and with discretion. In this context, we might wonder whether we have lost sight of the importance of taking a break. What place might rest have in leading a meaningful life?
Lucas Scripter
wiley   +1 more source

Discussion of the De Generatione Sonorum, a treatise on sound and phonetics by Robert Grosseteste [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Here I am proposing a translation and discussion of the De Generatione Sonorum, one of the short scientific treatises written by Robert Grosseteste. The subject is the sound and the phonetics.
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Humour, Transcendence, and Selfhood: An Essay on Lightness and Truth

open access: yesModern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 311-336, April 2025.
Abstract This article is concerned with a ‘lightness that is as far as possible from triviality’. It argues, firstly, that a connection can be drawn between comic perception and pictures of reality that entail transcendence, understood as an otherness at the heart of things that may be indirectly glimpsed but never fully grasped as the object of fixed ...
Simon Ravenscroft
wiley   +1 more source

Accuser, Judge and Paraclete - On conscience in Philo of Alexandria

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 1999
Of all known ancient authors writing in Greek, Philo of Alexandria is the one and related terms and concepts (the apostle Paul comes next, more or less). Something similar may only be found in Latin authors speaking of conscientia, like Cicero.
H-J Klauck
doaj   +1 more source

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