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Dionysius bar Salībī, a prominent 12th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop and scholar, played a key role in shaping Syriac Christian theology during a period of significant political upheaval in the eastern Mediterranean. His vast intellectual contributions spanned all major ecclesiastical disciplines of his time, including numerous theological works and scriptural commentaries. This volume brings together nine scholarly essays that explore his writings, theological insights, and his active role in both interreligious and intra-Christian debates. By examining his legacy, these studies highlight how Bar Ṣalībī both consolidated and reshaped Syriac traditions to address the challenges of his era. The volume offers a wide range of perspectives on his enduring influence, underlining the significance of his multi-faceted contributions to Syriac Christianity.
Dionysius bar Salībī, a prominent 12th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop and scholar, played a key role in shaping Syriac Christian theology during a period of significant political upheaval in the eastern Mediterranean. His vast intellectual contributions spanned all major ecclesiastical disciplines of his time, including numerous theological works and scriptural commentaries. This volume brings together nine scholarly essays that explore his writings, theological insights, and his active role in both interreligious and intra-Christian debates. By examining his legacy, these studies highlight how Bar Ṣalībī both consolidated and reshaped Syriac traditions to address the challenges of his era. The volume offers a wide range of perspectives on his enduring influence, underlining the significance of his multi-faceted contributions to Syriac Christianity.
How a Greek Prophetess Became a Revolutionary Mouthpiece for Egyptian Jews
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The Oniad community was a mercenary and priestly Jewish settlement in Greco-Roman Egypt. This community recognized an exiled high priest of the Jerusalem Temple as its founder and met its end after a Mediterranean-wide uprising that shook the foundations of the Roman Empire. This monograph attributes a group of rather puzzling prophetic narratives—filled with coded language, reused lines from Greek and Jewish literature, and confused historical references—to the Oniads. The thesis of this study is that each prophetic treatise responds to crises experienced by the Oniad settlement and, as a result, evidences its unfolding historical consciousness and hybrid literary culture in distinct phases of its existence.
How a Greek Prophetess Became a Revolutionary Mouthpiece for Egyptian Jews
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The Oniad community was a mercenary and priestly Jewish settlement in Greco-Roman Egypt. This community recognized an exiled high priest of the Jerusalem Temple as its founder and met its end after a Mediterranean-wide uprising that shook the foundations of the Roman Empire. This monograph attributes a group of rather puzzling prophetic narratives—filled with coded language, reused lines from Greek and Jewish literature, and confused historical references—to the Oniads. The thesis of this study is that each prophetic treatise responds to crises experienced by the Oniad settlement and, as a result, evidences its unfolding historical consciousness and hybrid literary culture in distinct phases of its existence.
This book is a collection of studies initially presented at the Third International Conference on Clement of Alexandria, which was focused on the Paedagogus. Although on the surface the Paedagogus seems to be more easily accessible than Clement's lengthier Stromateis or his fragmentary Excerpta ex Theodoto, the studies show that a profound theological undercurrent runs through the three books of the Paedagogus – the first focusing on the Logos, and the other two on ethics.
Contributors: Emanuela Prinzivalli, Veronika Hrůšová, Miklós Gyurkovics, Edward Creedy, Marco Rizzi, Annewies van den Hoek, Vít Hušek, Léon-Ferdinand Karuhije, Lenka Karfíková, Ilaria L.E. Ramelli, Riemer Roukema, Jana Plátová, Johannes Aakjær Steenbuch, Dawn LaValle Norman, Carlo Perelli.
Contributors: Emanuela Prinzivalli, Veronika Hrůšová, Miklós Gyurkovics, Edward Creedy, Marco Rizzi, Annewies van den Hoek, Vít Hušek, Léon-Ferdinand Karuhije, Lenka Karfíková, Ilaria L.E. Ramelli, Riemer Roukema, Jana Plátová, Johannes Aakjær Steenbuch, Dawn LaValle Norman, Carlo Perelli.
This book is a collection of studies initially presented at the Third International Conference on Clement of Alexandria, which was focused on the Paedagogus. Although on the surface the Paedagogus seems to be more easily accessible than Clement's lengthier Stromateis or his fragmentary Excerpta ex Theodoto, the studies show that a profound theological undercurrent runs through the three books of the Paedagogus – the first focusing on the Logos, and the other two on ethics.
Contributors: Emanuela Prinzivalli, Veronika Hrůšová, Miklós Gyurkovics, Edward Creedy, Marco Rizzi, Annewies van den Hoek, Vít Hušek, Léon-Ferdinand Karuhije, Lenka Karfíková, Ilaria L.E. Ramelli, Riemer Roukema, Jana Plátová, Johannes Aakjær Steenbuch, Dawn LaValle Norman, Carlo Perelli.
Contributors: Emanuela Prinzivalli, Veronika Hrůšová, Miklós Gyurkovics, Edward Creedy, Marco Rizzi, Annewies van den Hoek, Vít Hušek, Léon-Ferdinand Karuhije, Lenka Karfíková, Ilaria L.E. Ramelli, Riemer Roukema, Jana Plátová, Johannes Aakjær Steenbuch, Dawn LaValle Norman, Carlo Perelli.
Contextualising a Fourth-Century Monastic Community
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This work tells the story of a community of fourth-century monks living in Egypt. The letters they wrote and received were found within the covers of works that changed our understanding of early religious thought - the Nag Hammadi Codices. This book seeks to contextualise the letters and answer questions about monastic life. Significantly, new evidence is presented that links the letters directly to the authors and creators of the codices in which they were discovered.
Contextualising a Fourth-Century Monastic Community
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This work tells the story of a community of fourth-century monks living in Egypt. The letters they wrote and received were found within the covers of works that changed our understanding of early religious thought - the Nag Hammadi Codices. This book seeks to contextualise the letters and answer questions about monastic life. Significantly, new evidence is presented that links the letters directly to the authors and creators of the codices in which they were discovered.
From Deified Power to Demonized Abyss
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Tehom, the Hebrew Bible’s primeval deep, is a powerful concept often overlooked outside of creation and conflict contexts. Primeval waters mark the boundary between life and death in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East, representing the duality of both deliverance and judgment. This book examines all contexts of Tehom to explain its conceptual forms and use as a proper noun. Comparative methodology combined with affect and spatial theories provide new ways to understand how religious communities repurposed Tehom. These interpretations of Tehom empower resilience in times of suffering and oppression.