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After Bardaisan

Author : G. J. Reinink
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789042907355
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book After Bardaisan written by G. J. Reinink and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present collection of twenty-five studies represents the general theme of 'continuity and change', as applied to various topics connected with the rich heritage of Syriac culture. These studies cover the period from the early third to the fourteenth centuries, with an incidental excursion into modern times. The focal areas are early Syriac Christianity and its Umwelt and the later West Syrian and East Syrian traditions. Most of the contributions deal with historical subjects, with the general theme elaborated in two different directions: first, ecclesiastical history, monasticism, hagiography and theology, and second, secular history, literature, scholarship, ideas and religions. In a more specific sense the contributions focus on patterns of cultural continuity and change, such as the influence and reception of Greek secular and theological culture and literature, developments within early and later Syriac asceticism, religious controversy, the interaction between different religious communities, and the effects of major political and social changes on the cultural and religious life of the various Syriac communities. One of the most radical political changes in the Middle East concerns the Arab conquest and the rise of Islam in the seventh century. Some authors explicitly discuss the consequences of these changes for the Christian (Syriac and Armenian) populations. The effects of these historical events on intellectual, social and economic life are some of the topics discussed in this connection. Of particular interest is the number of newly edited Syriac texts in this volume, which make available translations of Greek theological works, works resulting from the reception of pagan philosophy, and magic texts reflecting popular belief.

Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism

Author : Panayiotis Tzamalikos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110420198
Total Pages : 1822 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism written by Panayiotis Tzamalikos and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 1822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Origen has been always studied as a theologian and too much credit has been given to Eusebius’ implausible hagiography of him. This book explores who Origen really was, by pondering into his philosophical background, which determines his theological exposition implicitly, yet decisively. For this background to come to light, it took a ground-breaking exposition of Anaxagoras’ philosophy and its legacy to Classical and Late Antiquity (Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Origen, Neoplatonism), assessing critically Aristotle’s distorted representation of Anaxagoras. Origen, formerly a Greek philosopher of note, whom Proclus styled an anti-Platonist, is placed in the history of philosophy for the first time. By drawing on his Anaxagorean background, and being the first to revive the Anaxagorean Theory of Logoi, he paved the way to Nicaea. He was an anti-Platonist because he was an Anaxagorean philosopher with far-reaching influence, also on Neoplatonists such as Porphyry. His theology made an impact not only on the Cappadocians, but also on later Christian authors. His theory of the soul, now expounded in the light of his philosophical background, turns out more orthodox than that of some Christian stars of the Byzantine imperial orthodoxy.

Paradise and Paradigm

Author : Christopher Buck
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791440612
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Paradise and Paradigm written by Christopher Buck and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparing paradise imagery in two Persian religions, early Syriac Christianity and the Baha'i Faith, this work contributes to religious studies methodology by introducing "symbolic paradigm analysis."

Gender and Purity in the Protevangelium of James

Author : Lily C. Vuong
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161523373
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Purity in the Protevangelium of James written by Lily C. Vuong and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Protevangelium of James is arguably the earliest surviving source that exhibits profound interest in Mary, the mother of Jesus. Although frequently cited for later Christian reflections about Mary, gender, and virginity and its influence on popular Christian art, music, and literature, it is not well known outside academic circles and is rarely studied for its own sake. Lily C. Vuong offers a sustained analysis of the text's narrative and literary features in order to explore the portrayal and characterization of Mary through a focus on the theme of purity. By tracing the various ways purity is described and presented in the text, the author contributes to discussions on early Jewish and Christian ideas about purity, representations of women in the ancient world, the early history of Mariology, and the place of non-canonical writings in the history of biblical interpretation.

A Companion to Second-Century Christian 'Heretics'

Author : Antti Marjanen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004186867
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Second-Century Christian 'Heretics' written by Antti Marjanen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book deals with thinkers and movements that were embraced by many second-century religious seekers but which are now largely forgotten or known only as “heretics”: Basilides, Sethianism, Valentinus’ school, Marcion, Tatian, Bardaisan, Montanists, Cerinthus, Ebionites, Nazarenes, Jewish-Christianity of the Pseudo-Clementines, and Elchasites.

A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines

Author : William Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery

Author : Ilaria Ramelli
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198777272
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery written by Ilaria Ramelli and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Were slavery and social injustice leading to dire poverty in antiquity and late antiquity only regarded as normal, "natural" (Aristotle), or at best something morally "indifferent" (the Stoics), or, in the Christian milieu, a sad but inevitable consequence of the Fall, or even an expression of God's unquestionable will? Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery shows that there were also definitive condemnations of slavery and social injustice as iniquitous and even impious, and that these came especially from ascetics, both in Judaism and in Christianity, and occasionally also in Greco-Roman ("pagan") philosophy. Ilaria L. E. Ramelli argues that this depends on a link not only between asceticism and renunciation, but also between asceticism and justice, at least in ancient and late antique philosophical asceticism. Ramelli provides a careful investigation through all of Ancient Philosophy (not only Aristotle and the Stoics, but also the Sophists, Socrates, Plato, the Neoplatonists, and much more), Ancient to Rabbinic Judaism, Hellenistic Jewish ascetic groups such as the Essenes and the Therapeutae, all of the New Testament, with special focus on Paul and Jesus, and Greek, Latin, and Syriac Patristic, from Clement and Origen to the Cappadocians, from John Chrysostom to Theodoret to Byzantine monastics, from Ambrose to Augustine, from Bardaisan to Aphrahat, without neglecting the Christianized Sentences of Sextus. In particular, Ramelli considers Gregory of Nyssa and the interrelation between theory and practice in all of these ancient and patristic philosophers, as well as to the parallels that emerge in their arguments against slavery and against social injustice.

A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines

Author : Sir William Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis

Author : Ilaria Ramelli
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004245707
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis written by Ilaria Ramelli and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of apokatastasis (restoration), most famously defended by the Alexandrian exegete, philosopher and theologian Origen, has its roots in both Greek philosophy and Jewish-Christian Scriptures and literature, and became a major theologico-soteriological doctrine in patristics. This monograph—the first comprehensive, systematic scholarly study of the history of the Christian apokatastasis doctrine—argues its presence and Christological and Biblical foundation in numerous Christian thinkers, including Syriac, and analyses its origins, meaning, and development over eight centuries, from the New Testament to Eriugena, the last patristic philosopher. Surprises await readers of this book, which results from fifteen years of research. For instance, they will discover that even Augustine, in his anti-Manichaean phase, supported the theory of universal restoration.

Syriac Polemics

Author : Wout Jac. van Bekkum
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789042919730
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Syriac Polemics written by Wout Jac. van Bekkum and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Festschrift honours Dr. Gerrit Reinink on the occasion of the end of his professional career as a senior lecturer of Syriac and Aramaic studies at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. The Festschrift includes, in addition to a brief biography and a complete bibliography of Reinink's scholarly writings, fifteen articles, arranged according to the chronology of their topics and covering a wide variety of subjects, ranging from the days of Julian the Apostate to the year of the fall of Constantinople, through the period of Late Antiquity, the Byzantine period, early Islam and the Middle Ages. The authors are all prominent experts in the field of Syriac studies and adjacent areas. The title of the book, Syriac Polemics, is a clear reference to one of Reinink's favourite research topics: Eastern Christian reactions to the rise of Islam. This volume is a valuable contribution to the study of Syriac literature and culture in general.

Bardaisan of Edessa

Author : Ilaria Ramelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Bardaisan of Edessa written by Ilaria Ramelli and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study offers a critical, comparative analysis of the sources available on Bardaisan and a reinterpretation of his thought. The study highlights the profound points of contact between Bardaisan, Origen, and their schools; the role of Plato's Timaeus and Middle Platonism in Bardaisan's thought, and Stoicism. Bardaisan's thought emerges as a deeply Christian one, depending on the exegesis of Scripture read in the light of Greek philosophy. Positive ancient sources present him as a deacon or even a presbyter, as an author of refutations of Marcionism and Gnosticism, and as a confessor of the faith during persecution.

Invest Your Humanity

Author : Julye Bidmead
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498273777
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Invest Your Humanity written by Julye Bidmead and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is dedicated to Marvin C. Meyer, a person of passionate spirit and personality, known to many as the preeminent scholar who brought to life the Gnostic Gospels. Meyer made ancient discoveries relevant to our lives: from his work with National Geographic, informing thousands, to the time he spent with individual students, opening their eyes to the mystery and meaning of a Coptic text. Friends, students, and scholars here pay tribute to Meyer with reflections, new pedagogies, and explorations in biblical texts, ancient magic, and archaeological discoveries.

Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journal of Biblical Literature

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Journal of Biblical Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity

Author : Lamin Sanneh
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118554396
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity written by Lamin Sanneh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to World Christianity presents a collection of essays that explore a range of topics relating to the rise, spread, and influence of Christianity throughout the world. Features contributions from renowned scholars of history and religion from around the world Addresses the origins and global expansion of Christianity over the course of two millennia Covers a wide range of themes relating to Christianity, including women, worship, sacraments, music, visual arts, architecture, and many more Explores the development of Christian traditions over the past two centuries across several continents and the rise in secularization

In His Name

Author : E. Christopher Reyes
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490736204
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book In His Name written by E. Christopher Reyes and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way to maintain a Christianized falsehood is to stigmatize the real truth to such an extent that it would be heresy to even listen to it. For one who is seeking historical truth . . . A record held sacred is for the most part fundamentally vitiated [vitiated (Random House): 1. spoiled; marred. 2. perverted; corrupted. 3. rendered invalid] (Tacitus, 1, 2, 13; p. 2556). What does Christianity teach man? Christianity teaches that the human race is depraved, fallen, and sinful (D. James Kennedy, Why I Believe, World Publishing, 1980). This book is about the Christian leadership, which planned from the very beginning to deceive mankind, force feed mankind with their intellectual arrogance, convolutions, superstitions, and boldly admit to it; fabricating lies so preposterous and so deliberately outlandish that even the saints, who also obliged Christian subjects with their theological tunnel vision, had to write of them. The series of books entitled In His Name will virtually challenge everything you have been taught about Christianity. Just because something is old or of antiquity does not necessarily mean that it is the Truth! (1 Timothy). Christian apologists proclaim that Christianity is not only a Revelation of Divine Truth; it is also the Inspiration to a more virtuous life (excerpt from The History of the Orthodox Church by Rev. Constantine Callinikos). Time itself will someday expose the fallacies of their faith, a faith that not only deceives its followers but a faith that will also condemn them and condemn all constructive sacred learning. ________________________________________ Oh, what a tangled web we weave . . . When first we practice to deceive! (Sir Walter Scott). ________________________________________ Why do Christian churches refuse to let their congregations read of the beginnings of their faith? Why does the Christian Church refuse to allow their membership to read of the original authors? Why does the Church equate suffering with virtue? This book will challenge your beliefs. It is meant to get one to think rationally, sensibly, realistically. However, one must know that most churches do not want you to think rationally; they would rather you not think at all. At one time, the Catholic Church even issued guidelines as to which books a university could, with permission, disseminate to its students, and even the works of Aristotle [the Prince of Philosophers] and the Holy Bible itself were actually forbidden.

Knowledge and Religious Authority in the Pseudo-Clementines

Author : Nicole Kelley
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161490361
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge and Religious Authority in the Pseudo-Clementines written by Nicole Kelley and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2006 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pseudo-Clementines are best known for preserving early Jewish Christian traditions, but have not been appreciated as a resource for understanding the struggles over identity and orthodoxy among fourth-century Christians, Jews, and pagans. Using the work of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, Nicole Kelley analyzes the rhetorical strategies employed by the Recognitions . These strategies discredit the knowledge of philosophers and astrologers, and establish Peter and Clement as the exclusive stewards of prophetic knowledge, which has been handed down to them by Jesus. This analysis reveals that the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions is not a jumbled collection of earlier source materials, as previous interpreters have thought, but a coherent narrative concerned primarily with epistemological issues. The author understands the Recognitions as a reflection of complex rivalries between several types of Christian and non-Christian groups such as that found in fourth-century Antioch or Edessa.