Ryan Collman
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Andrew Jacobs deposited Interpreting conversion in antiquity (and beyond) on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months ago
This essay explores the persistent scholarly desires and motivations that structure the historical study of conversion in religious studies. Most “conversion studies” take a phenomenological approach, which acknowledges the diverse processes, contexts, and meanings of conversion but nonetheless sees the phenomenon as a way to access the con…[Read more]
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Thomas R. Blanton IV deposited The Expressive Prepuce: Philo’s Defense of Judaic Circumcision in Greek and Roman Contexts on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
This article examines Philo of Alexandria’s discussions of the practice of circumcision in light of conventions in Greek and Roman art and literature associating the ritual practice with unrestrained lust and barbarity. Philo interprets circumcision as a metaphor for the excision of the passions through the contemplation of scriptural texts in a…[Read more]
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Emily J. Gathergood's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
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Matthew Thiessen deposited Did Jesus Start a New Religion? in the group
New Testament on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoDid Jesus Start a New Religion? No.
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Matthew Thiessen deposited Did Jesus Start a New Religion? in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoDid Jesus Start a New Religion? No.
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Matthew Thiessen deposited Did Jesus Start a New Religion? on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
Did Jesus Start a New Religion? No.
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Isaac T. Soon's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
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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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Matthew Sharp's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
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Dr Shayna Sheinfeld's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months ago
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Thomas R. Blanton IV's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months ago
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Siobhán Jolley's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years 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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