Christian Frevel
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Michael L. Hays deposited One Jesus for Jews, Another for Christians in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoThis essay attempts a reconceptualized relationship between Jesus the Jewish man and Christ the Christian messiah, with the twin purposes of mitigating the anti-Semitism of the Synoptic Gospels and reclaiming Jesus for Jews. I critique the quest for the historical Jesus, assess the Gospel accounts of Jesus, and situate Jesus in Christianity,…[Read more]
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Meredith Warren deposited Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoPreview of Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature (SBL Press, 2019) https://secure.aidcvt.com/sbl/ProdDetails.asp?ID=064211C&PG=1&Type=BL&PCS=SBL
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In her book, Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature, Meredith J. C. Warren identifies and defines a new genre in ancient texts that she terms…[Read more] -
Meredith Warren deposited Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoPreview of Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature (SBL Press, 2019) https://secure.aidcvt.com/sbl/ProdDetails.asp?ID=064211C&PG=1&Type=BL&PCS=SBL
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In her book, Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature, Meredith J. C. Warren identifies and defines a new genre in ancient texts that she terms…[Read more] -
Rachel Rafael Neis deposited The Reproduction of Species: Humans, Animals and Species Nonconformity in Early Rabbinic Science in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoTracing an early rabbinic approach to the human, this article analyzes how the Tannaim (early Palestinian Jewish sages) of the Mishnah and Tosefta (redacted ca. early 3rd century CE) set the human side by side with other species, and embedded their account within broader considerations of reproduction, zoology and species crossings. The human here…[Read more]
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Rachel Rafael Neis deposited The Reproduction of Species: Humans, Animals and Species Nonconformity in Early Rabbinic Science in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoTracing an early rabbinic approach to the human, this article analyzes how the Tannaim (early Palestinian Jewish sages) of the Mishnah and Tosefta (redacted ca. early 3rd century CE) set the human side by side with other species, and embedded their account within broader considerations of reproduction, zoology and species crossings. The human here…[Read more]
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Philip Harland deposited Familial Dimensions of Group Identity: ‘Brothers’ (ΑΔΕΛΦΟΙ) in Associations of the Greek East in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoArticle exploring the use of sibling language in associations beyond Judean or Christian groups.
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Philip Harland deposited Spheres of Contention, Claims of Preeminence: Rivalries Among Associations in Sardis and Smyrna in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoA chapter exploring rivalries among groups in ancient Greek cities of Asia Minor.
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Philip Harland deposited Acculturation and Identity in the Diaspora: A Jewish Family and ‘Pagan’ Guilds at Hierapolis in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoArticle exploring Jewish or Judean groups in the context of associations at Hierapolis.
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Rachel Rafael Neis deposited Pilgrimage Itineraries: Seeing the Past through Rabbinic Eyes in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoThis article makes several claims. It argues that the genre of “pilgrim’s literature” is present in rabbinic sources, and identifies rabbinic pilgrimage itineraries. Secondly, it shows that aside from the expected melancholic post-Temple itinerary, there exist itineraries for Babylon and for biblical conquest that do a very dif…[Read more]
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Rachel Rafael Neis deposited Pilgrimage Itineraries: Seeing the Past through Rabbinic Eyes in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoThis article makes several claims. It argues that the genre of “pilgrim’s literature” is present in rabbinic sources, and identifies rabbinic pilgrimage itineraries. Secondly, it shows that aside from the expected melancholic post-Temple itinerary, there exist itineraries for Babylon and for biblical conquest that do a very dif…[Read more]
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Allan A. Tulchin deposited The Michelade in Nimes, 1567 in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoOn September 30, 1567, members of the Protestant majority of Nîmes, led by many members of the présidial court, overthrew the Catholic town council. They arrested many leading Catholics, both laity and priests, who they felt perverted the word and will of God, and massacred an estimated one hundred of them; about one-third of the dead can be s…[Read more]
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Allan A. Tulchin deposited Church and State in the French Reformation in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoReview Essay on work (2004 to 2014) on French religious history, 1500-1650. The article discusses books including “Une concorde urbaine: Senlis au temps des réformes (vers 1520-vers 1580)” by Thierry Amalou, “Martyrs & Murderers: The Guise Family & the Making of Europe” by Stuart Carroll, and “Calvin” by Bruce Gordon, focusing on the relationship…[Read more]
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Allan A. Tulchin deposited Ending the French Wars of Religion in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoIn “Ending the French Wars of Religion,” Allan A. Tulchin considers why these sixteenth-century sectarian wars—eight of them—recurred over half a century and why they finally ended when they did. The existing literature emphasizes that the French state proved too weak to enforce order, and that each side believed itself favored by God, making…[Read more]
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Allan A. Tulchin deposited Same‐Sex Couples Creating Households in Old Regime France: The Uses of the Affrèrement in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoAnalysis of medieval and Renaissance era French non-nuclear household systems. Shows that such arrangements were common, and occasionally consisted of same-sex unrelated male couples.
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Stefano Villani deposited EMoDir Research Group Report 2007-2017 in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoEMoDir Research Group Report 2007-2017
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Philip Harland deposited Journeys in Pursuit of Divine Wisdom: Thessalos and Other Seekers in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoArticle on ancient biographical or autobiographical stories regarding journeys in pursuit of wisdom.
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Philip Harland deposited Banqueting Values in the Associations: Rhetoric and Reality in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoArticle on banqueting within associations.
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Philip Harland deposited Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations: Claiming a Place in Ancient Mediterranean Society (second edition) in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoThis is the complete second, fully revised edition of the book with links to inscriptions on the AGRW website. (First edition was published by Fortress in 2003).
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Philip Harland deposited Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations: Claiming a Place in Ancient Mediterranean Society (second edition) in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoThis is the complete second, fully revised edition of the book with links to inscriptions on the AGRW website. (First edition was published by Fortress in 2003).
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Philip Harland deposited Associations and the Economics of Group Life: A Preliminary Case Study of Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoArticle surveying economic conditions within associations in Asia Minor and on Greek islands.
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