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Pallas, 2017 This article explores the conceptual models that underlie the ways conversion to Judaism was thought of during the Roman period. In the works of Philo of Alexandria, the prevailing model is that of proselytes as new citizens in the politeia of Israel ...
Katell Berthelot
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The Secular and the Sacred: Complementary And/or Conflictual? [PDF]
, 2017 The issue of the relation of the sacred to the secular has become paramount in virtually every country in the world. From church-state relations in the US, with the debates around abortion and same-sex marriage, to the vitriolic discussions in France ...
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The author of the Book of Wisdom and the date of its origin (2)
Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny, 2011 This article is the second and last part of the longer essay, which was published in the present periodical. The situation of the Jews in Alexandria was specific.
Bogdan Poniży
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The Divine Liturgy as Mystical Experience [PDF]
, 2015 Most characterizations of mystical experience emphasize its private, esoteric, and non-sensory nature. Such an understanding is far removed from the original meaning of the term mystikos.
Bradshaw, David
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‘Dink voordat jy praat’: Die krag van die tong by Philo en Jakobus
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 ‘Think before you speak’: The power of the tongue by Philo and James. It is appropriate to reflect on the ability of language in pursuing and establishing peace.
Gert J. Steyn
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Φύσις no Tratado de Fílon de Alexandria De Iosepho [PDF]
, 2011 Analisam-se as diversas acepções do lema grego fúsis, com proposta de lexicografia para o vocábulo e introdução de uma nova acepção, à luz da sua utilização por Fílon de AlexandriaFCT até Setembro ...
Fernandes, Maria
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Science and theology in Gregory of Nyssa’s De anima et resurrectione: astronomy and automata. [PDF]
, 2014 publication-status: Publishedtypes: Article© The Author 2009This article examines two sections of Gregory of Nyssa's De anima et resurrectione which introduce scientific phenomena: from astronomy (eclipses and the phases of the moon) and physics (a water-
Ludlow, Morwenna
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, 2017 Among the weighty treatments of the Gospel of John over the last half-century, one of the most incisive has been Bread from Heaven, by Peder Borgen. As the unity and disunity of the Fourth Gospel had been debated extensively among Johannine scholars for ...
Anderson, Paul N.
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Sacrificing Josephus to save Philo: Cesare Baronio and the Jewish origins of Christian monasticism [PDF]
, 2016 A first version of this note was delivered at the Reception of Josephus seminar in the spring of 2014. The author would like to thank all those present for their questions and suggestions, as well as Anthony Grafton and the convenors, Joanna Weinberg and
Machielsen, Jan
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Philo of Alexandria: A model for early Christian ‘spiritual readings’ of the Scriptures
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 Philo of Alexandria represents a Hellenistic tradition of reading the Scriptures in which reading is seen as a spiritual exercise together with other spiritual exercises, like attention, thorough investigation of the issues, self-mastery, detachment ...
Paul B. Decock
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