Encounters of the Children of Abraham from Ancient to Modern Times

Encounters of the Children of Abraham from Ancient to Modern Times
Title Encounters of the Children of Abraham from Ancient to Modern Times PDF eBook
Author Antii Laato
Publisher BRILL
Pages 341
Release 2010-09-14
Genre Religion
ISBN 9004187286

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The 16 contributions to this volume, written by scholars from various fields of religious studies, lead the reader to comprehend the plurality of interreligious encounters, hostile yet also peaceful, between the Children of Abraham, i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Religious Polemics and Encounters in Late Antiquity

Religious Polemics and Encounters in Late Antiquity
Title Religious Polemics and Encounters in Late Antiquity PDF eBook
Author
Publisher BRILL
Pages 307
Release 2021-10-18
Genre Religion
ISBN 9004466843

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Religious Polemics and Encounters in Late Antiquity: Boundaries, Conversions, and Persuasion explores the intricate identity formation and negotiations of early encounters of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). It explores the ever-pressing challenges arising from polemical inter-religious encounters by analyzing the dynamics of apologetic debate, the negotiation and formation of boundaries of belonging, and the argumentative thrust for persuasion and conversion, as well as the outcomes of these various encounters, including the articulation of novel ideas. The Late Antique authors studied in the present volume represent a variety of voices from North Africa, passing through Rome, to Palestine. Together, these voices of the past offer invaluable insight to shape the present times, in hope for a better future.

Jews and Christians – Parting Ways in the First Two Centuries CE?

Jews and Christians – Parting Ways in the First Two Centuries CE?
Title Jews and Christians – Parting Ways in the First Two Centuries CE? PDF eBook
Author Jens Schröter
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 477
Release 2021-08-23
Genre Religion
ISBN 3110742241

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The present volume is based on a conference held in October 2019 at the Faculty of Theology of Humboldt University Berlin as part of a common project of the Australian Catholic University, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Humboldt University Berlin. The aim is to discuss the relationships of “Jews” and “Christians” in the first two centuries CE against the background of recent debates which have called into question the image of “parting ways” for a description of the relationships of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity. One objection raised against this metaphor is that it accentuates differences at the expense of commonalities. Another critique is that this image looks from a later perspective at historical developments which can hardly be grasped with such a metaphor. It is more likely that distinctions between Jews, Christians, Jewish Christians, Christian Jews etc. are more blurred than the image of “parting ways” allows. In light of these considerations the contributions in this volume discuss the cogency of the “parting of the ways”-model with a look at prominent early Christian writers and places and suggest more appropriate metaphors to describe the relationships of Jews and Christians in the early period.

Abraham Bar Hiyya on Time, History, Exile and Redemption

Abraham Bar Hiyya on Time, History, Exile and Redemption
Title Abraham Bar Hiyya on Time, History, Exile and Redemption PDF eBook
Author Hannu Töyrylä
Publisher BRILL
Pages 550
Release 2014-07-03
Genre Religion
ISBN 9004276890

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An analysis of Megillat ha-Megalleh by Abraham Bar Hiyya (12th c.) as a complete text in its historical and cultural context, showing that the work - written at a time when Jews increasingly came under Christian influence and dominance – presents a coherent argument for the continuing validity of the Jewish hope for redemption. In his argument, Bar Hiyya presents a view of history, the course of which was planted by God in creation, which runs inevitably towards the future redemption of the Jews. Bar Hiyya uses philosophical, scientific, biblical and astrological material to support his argument, and several times makes use of originally Christian ideas, which he inverts to suit his argument.

The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends

The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends
Title The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends PDF eBook
Author Rick Bonnie
Publisher Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Pages 420
Release 2020-12-14
Genre Religion
ISBN 3647522147

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This book brings together leading experts in the field of ancient synagogue studies to discuss the current issues and emerging trends in the study of synagogues in ancient Palestine. Divided into four thematic units, the different contributions apply archaeological, textual, historical and art historical methodologies to questions related to ancient synagogues. Part One addresses issues related to the origins and early development of synagogues up to 200 CE. The contributions provide different explanations to the alleged lack of evidence for synagogues built in the second and third centuries CE and ask how much continuity or change there is between the late Second Temple and late Roman/early Byzantine synagogues. Part Two deals with architecture and dating of ancient synagogues. It gives an overview of all synagogues found so far, approaches the dating of Galilean synagogues in the light of the recently-exposed synagogue at Huqoq, and provides a stylistic re-evaluation of the Capernaum synagogue decoration. Part three examines leadership, power and daily life in late antique synagogue contexts, illustrating non-monumental inscriptions, amulets and dining in synagogue contexts as well as the role of individual benefactors. Section four contextualizes synagogue art. An overview of synagogue mosaics in late antique Palestine is complemented with reinterpretations of the mosaics two synagogues. The section also offers a discussion of the appearance of the menorah.

Spaces in Late Antiquity

Spaces in Late Antiquity
Title Spaces in Late Antiquity PDF eBook
Author Juliette Day
Publisher Routledge
Pages 302
Release 2016-05-26
Genre History
ISBN 1317051785

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Places and spaces are key factors in how individuals and groups construct their identities. Identity theories have emphasised that the construction of an identity does not follow abstract and universal processes but is also deeply rooted in specific historical, cultural, social and material environments. The essays in this volume explore how various groups in Late Antiquity rooted their identity in special places that were imbued with meanings derived from history and tradition. In Part I, essays explore the tension between the Classical heritage in public, especially urban spaces, in the form of ancient artwork and civic celebrations and the Church's appropriation of that space through doctrinal disputes and rival public performances. Parts II and III investigate how particular locations expressed, and formed, the theological and social identities of Christian and Jewish groups by bringing together fresh insights from the archaeological and textual evidence. Together the essays here demonstrate how the use and interpretation of shared spaces contributed to the self-identity of specific groups in Late Antiquity and in so doing issued challenges, and caused conflict, with other social and religious groups.

Cultural Constructions of the Uterus in Pre-modern Societies, Past and Present

Cultural Constructions of the Uterus in Pre-modern Societies, Past and Present
Title Cultural Constructions of the Uterus in Pre-modern Societies, Past and Present PDF eBook
Author M. Erica Couto-Ferreira
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages 180
Release 2018-07-26
Genre History
ISBN 152751434X

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This volume addresses a set of historical questions that explore the multiple aspects associated with the uterus through the dissection of both learned and popular sources, material evidence, daily practices, iconography, and representation. It transcends Eurocentric models of understanding and representing the female body by bringing into the discussion a number of case studies taken from a larger number of cultural and social historical realities, including the Mediterranean, the Ancient Near East, Pre-Columbian America, East Asia, and Medieval Europe, that are explored from the methodological perspectives offered by a wide range of disciplines and epistemologies. Because of its intimate, indissoluble relation to the experience of being a woman, and because of its hiddenness within the body and darkness; its communication with the outside world and its accessibility through the vagina; its capacity to contain and give shelter; to engender and procreate; to expulse and give birth to both fully formed and truncated, deformed beings; and its potential to go in and out, the womb offers a wealth of possibilities to conceptualise the world.