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The Assyrian Heroic Epic Of Qa īne Gabbara: A Modern Poem In The Ancient Bardic Tradition [PDF]

, 2007
This work discusses a modern Assyrian epic, Qa īne Gabbara, in both its oral and written traditions, and examines its importance in marking continuity in culture, traditions and language.
Donabed, Sargon
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A Letter that Killeth: Gregory of Nyssa on How (Not) to Read Scripture, Platonically

Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 147-171, January 2024.
Abstract In this essay, I explore the emergence of multicolumn Bibles in late antiquity, with a particular emphasis on Origen's Hexapla and its use by Gregory of Nyssa. I contextualise Gregory's use of multicolumn Bibles within the Origenian tradition and show that, in this intellectual context, multicolumn Bibles functioned as hermeneutical rather ...
ISIDOROS C. KATSOS
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Arab-Islamic reception of Hellenistic science [PDF]

, 2015
This article is an overview of the Arab-Islamic reception and development of Hellenistic science. It particularly refers to mathematics, physics and astronomy. It focuses on the following topics: 1) Two interpretative models of this reception in the 19th,
Lelli, Giovanna
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From the “Republic of Cousins” to foreign spouses: Transnational marriages in Türkiye

Sociology Compass, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2024.
Abstract Marriage in Türkiye, as in many societies, is of great importance in the reproduction of life, and the choice of a spouse often involves the intervention of families and society. Within this structure, it is seen that marriages usually occur between extended family members or the same ethnic/sectarian groups.
Ayla Deniz
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The Melody of Living Water: Music Ministry and Holy Baptism [PDF]

, 1996
(Excerpt) And It came to pass, when Paul was at Corinth, he and certain disciples came upon a mob that was stoning an organist. And Paul said unto them, What then hath he done unto thee that his head should be bruised?
Joncas, Jan Michael
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Remains of Gnomic Anthologies and Pagan Wisdom Literature in the Coptic Tradition [PDF]

, 2017
It is well known that a complete and satisfying “history of Coptic literature” is still a desideratum. Among the other causes contributing to the difficulty of such an enterprise are the fragmentary status of the codices which preserve the texts and the ...
Buzi, Paola
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Some Aesopic Fables in Byzantium and the Latin West: Tradition, Diffusion, and Survival [PDF]

, 1983
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Papademetriou, John-Theophanes A.
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Rethinking the right to know and the case for restorative epistemic reparation

Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 728-745, Winter 2024.
Melanie Altanian
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Peccata Lectionis—Understanding and Misunderstanding Scripture in Aphrahat the Persian Sage’s Demonstrations (4th Century)

Religions
In this paper, I focus on a major corpus of the earliest Syrian Christian literature, Aphrahat the Persian Sage’s collection of epistles titled Demonstrations (Taḥwyātā; early 4th century), in order to gauge his thoughts on the “sins of reading”, peccata
Miklós Vassányi
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Islamic Contributions to Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues [PDF]

, 2012
The normative practice in the history of science in the West is to start with the Greeks and then jump to the European Renaissance, both studied as a background for the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century.
Iqbal, Muzaffar
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