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Alexandre Roberts deposited The Crossing Paths of Greek and Persian Knowledge in the 9th-century Arabic ‘Book of Degrees’ in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis paper examines a 9th-century Arabic text of genethlialogical astrology, arguing that while it presents itself as heir to a Greek science deriving from India, it is also a testament to the pervasive role played by Sasanian intellectual culture in the 8th- to 10th-century Greek-Arabic translation movement. After a description of the…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited The Crossing Paths of Greek and Persian Knowledge in the 9th-century Arabic ‘Book of Degrees’ in the group
History on Humanities Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis paper examines a 9th-century Arabic text of genethlialogical astrology, arguing that while it presents itself as heir to a Greek science deriving from India, it is also a testament to the pervasive role played by Sasanian intellectual culture in the 8th- to 10th-century Greek-Arabic translation movement. After a description of the…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited The Crossing Paths of Greek and Persian Knowledge in the 9th-century Arabic ‘Book of Degrees’ on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months ago
This paper examines a 9th-century Arabic text of genethlialogical astrology, arguing that while it presents itself as heir to a Greek science deriving from India, it is also a testament to the pervasive role played by Sasanian intellectual culture in the 8th- to 10th-century Greek-Arabic translation movement. After a description of the…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Being a Sabian at Court in Tenth-Century Baghdad in the group
Syriac Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThābit b. Qurra (d. 288/901), a Sabian of Ḥarrān, and his descendants remained in their ancestral religion for six generations. Why did they persist despite pressure to convert? This article argues that religious self-identification as a Sabian could be a distinct advantage in Baghdad’s elite circles. It focuses on Thābit’s great-grandson Abū…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Being a Sabian at Court in Tenth-Century Baghdad in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThābit b. Qurra (d. 288/901), a Sabian of Ḥarrān, and his descendants remained in their ancestral religion for six generations. Why did they persist despite pressure to convert? This article argues that religious self-identification as a Sabian could be a distinct advantage in Baghdad’s elite circles. It focuses on Thābit’s great-grandson Abū…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Being a Sabian at Court in Tenth-Century Baghdad in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThābit b. Qurra (d. 288/901), a Sabian of Ḥarrān, and his descendants remained in their ancestral religion for six generations. Why did they persist despite pressure to convert? This article argues that religious self-identification as a Sabian could be a distinct advantage in Baghdad’s elite circles. It focuses on Thābit’s great-grandson Abū…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Being a Sabian at Court in Tenth-Century Baghdad in the group
History on Humanities Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThābit b. Qurra (d. 288/901), a Sabian of Ḥarrān, and his descendants remained in their ancestral religion for six generations. Why did they persist despite pressure to convert? This article argues that religious self-identification as a Sabian could be a distinct advantage in Baghdad’s elite circles. It focuses on Thābit’s great-grandson Abū…[Read more]
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Being a Sabian at Court in Tenth-Century Baghdad on Humanities Commons 8 years, 4 months ago
Thābit b. Qurra (d. 288/901), a Sabian of Ḥarrān, and his descendants remained in their ancestral religion for six generations. Why did they persist despite pressure to convert? This article argues that religious self-identification as a Sabian could be a distinct advantage in Baghdad’s elite circles. It focuses on Thābit’s great-grandson Abū…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 5 months ago
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Jeffrey Becker deposited G. J. GORSKI and J. E. PACKER, THE ROMAN FORUM: A RECONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE. New York/Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xxii + 437, illus.isbn 9780521192446. £150.00/US$250.00. in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 8 years, 5 months agoBook review, Journal of Roman Studies
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Jeffrey Becker deposited G. J. GORSKI and J. E. PACKER, THE ROMAN FORUM: A RECONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE. New York/Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xxii + 437, illus.isbn 9780521192446. £150.00/US$250.00. in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 8 years, 5 months agoBook review, Journal of Roman Studies
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Jeffrey Becker deposited G. J. GORSKI and J. E. PACKER, THE ROMAN FORUM: A RECONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE. New York/Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xxii + 437, illus.isbn 9780521192446. £150.00/US$250.00. on Humanities Commons 8 years, 5 months ago
Book review, Journal of Roman Studies
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Jeffrey Becker deposited Roman Republican: Villas Architecture, Context, and Ideology in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThe Roman villa is a classic icon of Western culture, and yet villa can be used to cover a multiplicity of ideas, experiences, and places. In the late Republic and early Imperial periods, villas are inseparable from elite lifestyles, providing a prestigious setting for leisurely and intellectual pursuits. But how did these advanced buildings come…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Becker deposited R. Roth. Styling Romanisation: Pottery and Society in Central Italy. in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 9 years agoBook review of R. Roth. Styling Romanisation: Pottery and Society in Central Italy
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Jeffrey Becker deposited G. Pucci and C. Mascione (Eds), Manifattura ceramica etrusco-romana a Chiusi: il complesso produttivo di Marcianella (Bibliotheca Archaeologica 10) in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 9 years agoBook review of G. Pucci and C. Mascione (Eds), Manifattura ceramica etrusco-romana a Chiusi: il complesso produttivo di Marcianella
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Jeffrey Becker deposited Roman Republican: Villas Architecture, Context, and Ideology on Humanities Commons 9 years ago
The Roman villa is a classic icon of Western culture, and yet villa can be used to cover a multiplicity of ideas, experiences, and places. In the late Republic and early Imperial periods, villas are inseparable from elite lifestyles, providing a prestigious setting for leisurely and intellectual pursuits. But how did these advanced buildings come…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Becker deposited G. Pucci and C. Mascione (Eds), Manifattura ceramica etrusco-romana a Chiusi: il complesso produttivo di Marcianella (Bibliotheca Archaeologica 10). Bari: Edipuglia, 2003. Pp. 340. ISBN 88-7228-306-x. €42.00. on Humanities Commons 9 years ago
Book review of G. Pucci and C. Mascione (Eds), Manifattura ceramica etrusco-romana a Chiusi:
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Jeffrey Becker deposited R. Roth, Styling Romanisation: Pottery and Society in Central Italy. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xvi + 237, illus. ISBN 0-5218-7567-6/978-0-52187-567-7. £55.00/US$105.00. on Humanities Commons 9 years ago
Book review of R. Roth. Styling Romanisation: Pottery and Society in Central Italy
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