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The Concept of Philanthropy in the Early Syrian Fathers [PDF]
, 2010 Philanthropy implies love of humankind and the wish to improve the welfare of one’s neighbor, often through charitable deeds or donations. The philanthropic mission therefore also implies relatedness, because it depends on a setting in which the needs of
Gather, Jill
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Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
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Lebanese Phoenicianism: Rebutting Anthony Smith's Ethno‐Symbolism
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 118-128, September 2024.Abstract Examining national awakening in early twentieth‐century Lebanon tests the validity of Anthony D. Smith's ethno‐symbolism, which argues that modern national movements arise from older or ancient ethnic cores, which Smith calls ethnies. Since ethno‐symbolism contradicts Eric Hobsbawm's notion of an “invented tradition,” contrasting Smith with ...
Alexander Maxwell, David Hannah
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, 2019 This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores, inter alia, the strategy employed by Augustine in using Plato as a pseudo-prophet against later Platonists and explores ...
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Matteo Ricci's Depictions of Alexander the Great in Late Ming China☆
Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 227-244, April 2024.Abstract This article primarily focuses on the origin, the earliest dissemination and the accommodation of European Alexander texts in imperial China by Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552–1610). After providing an overview of the Chinese Alexander traditions, it first examines the sources of inspiration for Ricci's choice of Alexander as the prominent ...
Yaliang Fu
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 Arabic Christian theology is a rich and diverse field of theological thought that has developed among Christian communities in Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East and North Africa. It encompasses various denominations, including Melkite, Maronite,
Najib George Awad
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Representation c. 800: Arab Byzantine Carolingian [PDF]
, 2009 What could or should be visually represented was a contested issue across the medieval Christian and Islamic world around the year 800. This article examines how Islamic, Byzantine, Carolingian and Palestinian Christian attitudes toward representation ...
Brubaker, Leslie
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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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Manaz’s City: The Narrative of Manzikert in Ancient Armenian Texts
Ortaçağ Araştırmaları DergisiManzikert, located in the southern regions of Armenia, has consistently held a significant place in the literature of various communities from ancient times to the medieval period. This importance is attributed to the multidimensional nature of Manzikert
İlhami Tekin Cinemre
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Syriac Apocalyptic and the Body Politic: from Individual Salvation to the Fate of the State. Notes on Seventh Century Texts [PDF]
, 2012 One of the main goals of this paper is to comment on the eschatological notion of “end” as found in a Syriac apocalyptic text of the seventh century, the Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel (or Pseudo-Daniel), recently edited by Matthias Henze and the possible ...
Ubierna, Pablo
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