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Jeffrey A. Becker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited CLAS 280A – 01 = ARTH 281A – 01 = ANTH 280U – 01 ART IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
This course explores the art, archaeology, and culture of the Greek world from prehistory to the Roman period. The course focuses on architecture, sculpture, painted pottery, and wall painting as its main object classes and situates artistic and stylistic developments within their social, political, and historical context. We will consider issues…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Greek and Roman architecture course syllabus on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
This course introduces students to the study of Mediterranean material culture by focusing on the development of ancient Greek and Roman architecture from the Late Bronze Age to the beginning of Late Antiquity. The survey begins in the Greek world, examining the formal and technical development of Greek architecture. Topics considered will include…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Like a Runaway Slave: The Discourse of an Eighth-Century Muslim Ascetic on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months ago
A study of Malik b. Dinar’s comparison of himself to a runaway slave.
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Syllabus for Urbanism in antiquity, spring 2021 in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoThis course explores key themes related to the archaeology of urbanism and urban centers in the ancient Mediterranean world. The development of urban culture in the Mediterranean world and western Asia will provide an opportunity to discuss cultural interactions and the development of the framework of urban culture in the ancient Near East, while…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Syllabus for Urbanism in antiquity, spring 2021 on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months ago
This course explores key themes related to the archaeology of urbanism and urban centers in the ancient Mediterranean world. The development of urban culture in the Mediterranean world and western Asia will provide an opportunity to discuss cultural interactions and the development of the framework of urban culture in the ancient Near East, while…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months ago
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Alexandre Roberts deposited In Mecca’s Backyard in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month agoReview of The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate: AD 500–1000, by Timothy Power (American University in Cairo, 2012).
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Alexandre Roberts deposited In Mecca’s Backyard in the group
Byzantine Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month agoReview of The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate: AD 500–1000, by Timothy Power (American University in Cairo, 2012).
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Review of The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate: AD 500–1000, by Timothy Power (American University in Cairo, 2012).
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Alexandre Roberts deposited The paths and memories tying Antioch to its hinterland on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
Review of Ancient Antioch from the Seleucid Era to the Islamic Conquest, by Andrea U. De Giorgi (Cambridge University Press, 2016).
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Mathematical Philology in the Treatise on Double False Position in an Arabic Manuscript at Columbia University on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
This article examines an Arabic mathematical manuscript at Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library (or. 45), focusing on a previously unpublished set of texts: the treatise on the mathematical method known as Double False Position, as supplemented by Jābir ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ṣābī (tenth century?), and the commentaries by Aḥmad ib…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited A Re-translation of Basil’s Hexaemeral Homilies by ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch in the group
Graeco-Arabic Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis chapter examines the eleventh-century Arabic translation of Basil of Caesarea’s Homilies on the Hexaemeron by the translator and theologian ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch. It begins by surveying other late antique and medieval translations of Basil’s Hexaemeron, then lists all manuscripts known to me which are reported to contain an Arabic…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited A Re-translation of Basil’s Hexaemeral Homilies by ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch in the group
Christian Arabic Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis chapter examines the eleventh-century Arabic translation of Basil of Caesarea’s Homilies on the Hexaemeron by the translator and theologian ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch. It begins by surveying other late antique and medieval translations of Basil’s Hexaemeron, then lists all manuscripts known to me which are reported to contain an Arabic…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited A Re-translation of Basil’s Hexaemeral Homilies by ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch in the group
Byzantine Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis chapter examines the eleventh-century Arabic translation of Basil of Caesarea’s Homilies on the Hexaemeron by the translator and theologian ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch. It begins by surveying other late antique and medieval translations of Basil’s Hexaemeron, then lists all manuscripts known to me which are reported to contain an Arabic…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited A Re-translation of Basil’s Hexaemeral Homilies by ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
This chapter examines the eleventh-century Arabic translation of Basil of Caesarea’s Homilies on the Hexaemeron by the translator and theologian ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch. It begins by surveying other late antique and medieval translations of Basil’s Hexaemeron, then lists all manuscripts known to me which are reported to contain an Arabic…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Framing a Middle Byzantine Alchemical Codex in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis article analyzes the famous tenth-century Greek alchemical codex Marcianus graecus 299, and in particular its first quire, considering the structure and significance of the manuscript as a whole.
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Framing a Middle Byzantine Alchemical Codex in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis article analyzes the famous tenth-century Greek alchemical codex Marcianus graecus 299, and in particular its first quire, considering the structure and significance of the manuscript as a whole.
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Framing a Middle Byzantine Alchemical Codex in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis article analyzes the famous tenth-century Greek alchemical codex Marcianus graecus 299, and in particular its first quire, considering the structure and significance of the manuscript as a whole.
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