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Andrew Jacobs deposited Gender, Conversion, and the End of Empire in the Teaching of Jacob, Newly Baptized in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThe seventh-century apocalyptic dialogue text Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati (“Teaching of Jacob, Newly Baptized”) depicts forcibly baptized Jews coming to terms with their new situation in hidden meetings led by Jacob. At a key moment in the text, the last voices of Jewish resistance belong to the wife and mother-in-law of one of the dialogue…[Read more]
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Gender, Conversion, and the End of Empire in the Teaching of Jacob, Newly Baptized in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThe seventh-century apocalyptic dialogue text Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati (“Teaching of Jacob, Newly Baptized”) depicts forcibly baptized Jews coming to terms with their new situation in hidden meetings led by Jacob. At a key moment in the text, the last voices of Jewish resistance belong to the wife and mother-in-law of one of the dialogue…[Read more]
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Gender, Conversion, and the End of Empire in the Teaching of Jacob, Newly Baptized on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
The seventh-century apocalyptic dialogue text Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati (“Teaching of Jacob, Newly Baptized”) depicts forcibly baptized Jews coming to terms with their new situation in hidden meetings led by Jacob. At a key moment in the text, the last voices of Jewish resistance belong to the wife and mother-in-law of one of the dialogue…[Read more]
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Ellen Muehlberger deposited The Ascetic Leader in Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months agoIn this essay, I consider the ideal ascetic leader depicted in the Life of Moses attributed to Gregory of Nyssa: that leader is not a bishop, but a leader who has more experience with the day-to-day struggles of monks, particularly the kind of struggles described by Evagrius and writers influenced by him.
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Ellen Muehlberger deposited The Ascetic Leader in Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months agoIn this essay, I consider the ideal ascetic leader depicted in the Life of Moses attributed to Gregory of Nyssa: that leader is not a bishop, but a leader who has more experience with the day-to-day struggles of monks, particularly the kind of struggles described by Evagrius and writers influenced by him.
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Ellen Muehlberger deposited The Ascetic Leader in Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months ago
In this essay, I consider the ideal ascetic leader depicted in the Life of Moses attributed to Gregory of Nyssa: that leader is not a bishop, but a leader who has more experience with the day-to-day struggles of monks, particularly the kind of struggles described by Evagrius and writers influenced by him.
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Sarah Bond's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
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Andrew Jacobs's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Early Christianity, Theory, and Me in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoPaper delivered at the University of Pennsylvania to the graduate students in religious studies on May 6, 2016
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Early Christianity, Theory, and Me in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoPaper delivered at the University of Pennsylvania to the graduate students in religious studies on May 6, 2016
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Revisiting Reconsidering “Jewish-Christian Relations”: Some Thoughts on Theory, History, and Antiquity in the group
Postcolonial Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoPaper delivered at Cornell University, March 7, 2013 to the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Revisiting Reconsidering “Jewish-Christian Relations”: Some Thoughts on Theory, History, and Antiquity in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoPaper delivered at Cornell University, March 7, 2013 to the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Revisiting Reconsidering “Jewish-Christian Relations”: Some Thoughts on Theory, History, and Antiquity in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoPaper delivered at Cornell University, March 7, 2013 to the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
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Andrew Jacobs's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Early Christianity, Theory, and Me on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
Paper delivered at the University of Pennsylvania to the graduate students in religious studies on May 6, 2016
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Revisiting Reconsidering “Jewish-Christian Relations”: Some Thoughts on Theory, History, and Antiquity on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
Paper delivered at Cornell University, March 7, 2013 to the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Ex-Jews and Early Christians: Conversion and the Allure of the Other in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis essay explores how and why three early Christian figures–Epiphanius, Romanos the Melode, and Ambrosiaster–have, at various times, been imagined as former Jews. By applying a hermeneutics of conversion, this essay argues that the significance of these three Christians’ ex-Jewishness lies not in its historicity (or falsity) but in the way…[Read more]
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Ex-Jews and Early Christians: Conversion and the Allure of the Other in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis essay explores how and why three early Christian figures–Epiphanius, Romanos the Melode, and Ambrosiaster–have, at various times, been imagined as former Jews. By applying a hermeneutics of conversion, this essay argues that the significance of these three Christians’ ex-Jewishness lies not in its historicity (or falsity) but in the way…[Read more]
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Andrew Jacobs's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Ex-Jews and Early Christians: Conversion and the Allure of the Other on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago
This essay explores how and why three early Christian figures–Epiphanius, Romanos the Melode, and Ambrosiaster–have, at various times, been imagined as former Jews. By applying a hermeneutics of conversion, this essay argues that the significance of these three Christians’ ex-Jewishness lies not in its historicity (or falsity) but in the way…[Read more]
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