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Danijela Tešić Radovanović deposited Representing Light. Symbolism of Early Christian Lamp Decorations from Central Balkan Region (4th till 7th Centuries)/ Представљање светлости. Симболика украса ранохришћанских светиљки са простора централног Балкана (IV-VII век) in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThe aim of this research, focusing on representations of light and the symbolism of early Christian lamp decorations, has been to examine and summarise the existing knowledge of the symbolism of light in the Mediterranean region and the models by which this symbolism was manifested in the early Christian visual culture. Lamps with Early Christian…[Read more]
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Danijela Tešić Radovanović deposited Светиљка као симбол у теологији и иконологији светлости на простору Медитерана in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoLamp as a Symbol in Theology and Iconology of Light in the Mediterranean / Light and fire have been a part of the religious experience since the dawn of civilization, its cultic use can be traced back to as early as the Paleolithic. Seen as divine emanations, light and fire were experienced as a symbol of the divine presence. This symbolism can be…[Read more]
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Anthony Cerulli deposited “Introduction to Special Issue: The Gift in India in Theory and Practice” in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoIntroduction to special issue of IJHS: The Gift in India in Theory and Practice
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Anthony Cerulli deposited “Gifting Knowledge for Long Life” in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoDuring nonemergency appointments at traditional sites of āyurvedic healthcare in Kerala, South India, classically trained Brāhmaṇa physicians and their patients seldom exchange anything of substance (whether medicinal or monetary). The physician-patient interface instead routinely involves an exchange of knowledge. Interactions between phy…[Read more]
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Oliver Dietrich deposited Cereal processing at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, southeastern Turkey in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoWe analyze the processing of cereals and its role at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, southeastern Anatolia (10th / 9th millennium BC), a site that has aroused much debate in archaeological discourse.
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Rachel Rafael Neis deposited When Species Meet in the Mishnah in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoThis short essay considers rabbinic ideas of reproduction, likeness, and species variation in conversation with the work of Joann Sfar and Sunaura Taylor. Part of Ancient Jew Review’s Forum on Animals.
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Rachel Rafael Neis deposited Directing the Heart: Early Rabbinic Language and the Anatomy of Ritual Space in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoNeis traces an expression of bodily language (kavvanat halev, literally “directing the heart”) from biblical to early rabbinic sources and demonstrates how it oriented people to the affective, physical, and spatial dimensions of prayer. Rejecting a binary that would treat such language as either mental/subjective (and thus metaphorically) or sol…[Read more]
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randywreed started the topic Welcome to the AAR Artificial Intelligence and Religion Research Seminar Page in the discussion
AAR Artificial Intelligence and Religion Research Seminar on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoWelcome, to the AAR Artificial Intelligence and Religion Research Seminar discussion board!
We have chosen to host the page for the AI and Religion research seminar here in hopes of having a place where members can talk and share projects throughout the year, not just during AAR. Please feel free to invite interested colleagues to our page and discussion. -
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Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited ‘Till Death Do Us Part: The Halachic Prospects of Marriage for Conjoined (Siamese) Twins in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoThis thought experiment considers whether Siamese (Conjoined) are allowed to marry according to Halacha. It considers various aspects of the Biblical bans on incest and offers a very contemporary discussion about the meaning of personhood. This paper uses medical journals, works on medical history, and various responsa to find a precedent and…[Read more]
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Adelheid Heftberger deposited Linked Open Data for Filmarchives – Organised by the LOD-Task Force of the FIAF Cataloging and Documentation Commission (CDC) in the group
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoIt is of interest to discuss options, necessary actions and, most importantly, the most useful infrastructure for film archives (e.g. an ontology for audiovisual media which is adapted to the requirements of film heritage institutions), it seems advisable to discuss options in a workshop dedicated to this topic. The workshop brought together…[Read more]
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Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Religion publique et médiation religieuse chez les musulmans mauriciens in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoLes usages de la reproduction sonore parmi les musulmans mauriciens illustrent les liens entre religion publique et médiation religieuse. Les usages de la reproduction sonore parmi les musulmans mauriciens illustrent les liens entre religion publique et médiation religieuse. Ces deux dimensions de la religion s’appuient sur des objets mat…[Read more]
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Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Religion and Diaspora: Islam as Ancestral Heritage in Mauritius in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoOrientation towards a point of political and historical allegiance outside the boundaries of the nation-state is often taken to be a defining quality of diasporas, and this aligns with the ubiquitous tendency of Islamic practice to engage with sources of long- distance, or indeed global, religious authority. In this article, I shall investigate…[Read more]
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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, 10 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
From SBL Press:
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] -
Derek Johnston deposited The Sublime Horror of the English Countryside in the group
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoThis paper will explore the use of the English landscape as a source of sublime horror, particularly through a shift in perception from idyllic to ominous. Where Peter Hutchings has indicated the importance of the ‘uncanny landscape’ as a fairly stable location for wrestling with modernity, this chapter will investigate those moments of slippage…[Read more]
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Birk Weiberg deposited Image as Collective: A History of Optical Effects in Hollywood’s Studio System in the group
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoThis dissertation provides a historical account of a until now neglected field of moving image production. It identifies and focuses on optical effects as a practice of montage within moving images as opposed to the montage of like images in time. Drawing on a wide range of new archival material, my dissertation presents previously unknown reasons…[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
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 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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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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