W. Travis McMaken
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Collin Cornell deposited A Sharp Break: Childs, Wellhausen, and Theo-referentiality on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
Julius Wellhausen proposed a “sharp break” between ancient Israelite religion and early Judaism: for him, the eighth-century prophets were the “spiritual destroyers of old Israel” and the forerunners of early Judaism. The biblical theologian Brevard Childs rejected Wellhausen’s reconstruction and insisted instead that “very strong theological…[Read more]
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Collin Cornell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
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Collin Cornell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago
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Jason Goroncy's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
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Collin Cornell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years ago
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Jason Goroncy's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years ago
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Jason Goroncy's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago
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Collin Cornell deposited The Forgotten Female Figurines of Elephantine in the group
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoIn spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]
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Collin Cornell deposited The Forgotten Female Figurines of Elephantine in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoIn spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]
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Collin Cornell deposited The Forgotten Female Figurines of Elephantine in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoIn spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]
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Collin Cornell deposited The Forgotten Female Figurines of Elephantine on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago
In spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]
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Collin Cornell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago
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James Walters deposited Sleep of the Soul and Resurrection of the Body: Aphrahat’s Anthropology in Context in the group
Syriac Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoThe fourth-century Syriac corpus known as the Demonstrations, attributed to Aphrahat, the Persian Sage, provides a unique window into the early development of Christianity among Syriac-speaking communities. Occasionally these writings attest to beliefs and practices that were not common among other contemporaneous Christian communities, such as…[Read more]
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James Walters deposited Sleep of the Soul and Resurrection of the Body: Aphrahat’s Anthropology in Context in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoThe fourth-century Syriac corpus known as the Demonstrations, attributed to Aphrahat, the Persian Sage, provides a unique window into the early development of Christianity among Syriac-speaking communities. Occasionally these writings attest to beliefs and practices that were not common among other contemporaneous Christian communities, such as…[Read more]
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James Walters deposited Sleep of the Soul and Resurrection of the Body: Aphrahat’s Anthropology in Context on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months ago
The fourth-century Syriac corpus known as the Demonstrations, attributed to Aphrahat, the Persian Sage, provides a unique window into the early development of Christianity among Syriac-speaking communities. Occasionally these writings attest to beliefs and practices that were not common among other contemporaneous Christian communities, such as…[Read more]
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Jason Goroncy's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 5 months ago
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James Walters deposited Demonstration 14 and the Historiography of Fourth-Century Persia in the group
Syriac Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 7 months agoOriginal Abstract:
The sources for the history of Christianity in the early fourth century in the Persian Empire are notoriously sparse. And the sources that are available, such as the Demonstrations of Aphrahat, are vague and difficult to correlate with other sources. Historians of early Christianity have often incorporated these scant sources…[Read more] -
James Walters deposited Demonstration 14 and the Historiography of Fourth-Century Persia in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 6 years, 7 months agoOriginal Abstract:
The sources for the history of Christianity in the early fourth century in the Persian Empire are notoriously sparse. And the sources that are available, such as the Demonstrations of Aphrahat, are vague and difficult to correlate with other sources. Historians of early Christianity have often incorporated these scant sources…[Read more] - Load More