Theology

ISBN: 9789492940087
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Mourners shake and pull their hair on reliefs and paintings from ancient Egypt. They took part in funerary ceremonies in ancient Egypt, contributing to the dead’s resurrection in the afterlife. Hair played a clear role in these rites. In thi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781580469920
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman/Rochester Studies Ethnomusicology
Far from being a long-silent echo of medieval religion, modern monastery music is instead a resounding, living illustration of the role of music in religious life. Benedictine monks gather for communal prayer upwards of five times per day, every d... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906245446
Published by : Scottish History Society
Series: Scottish History Society 6th Series
Volume: Volume 14
This volume brings together for the first time the 244 surviving documents issued by, or in the name of, all the Scottish bishops of the early thirteenth century, building on the previously-published twelfth-century Acta. Every Latin text i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780957522817
Published by : Journal of Jewish Studies
Series: Journal of Jewish Studies Supplement Series
Volume: 3
The conflict of the early Church with Judaism found expression in a particular genre of liturgical literature, Syriac dialogue poetry of the late antique period.

In this book, Sebastian Brock provides the Syriac texts of four anonymous di... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781789690569
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, was built by the Byzantine emperor Constantine I to commemorate the Passion of Jesus Christ. Encased within its walls are the archaeological remains of a small piece of ancient Jerusalem ranging in date... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781789691986
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Series: Archaeopress Egyptology
Volume: 22
‘The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Moon: Coffin Texts Spells 154–160’ argues that Coffin Texts spells 154–160, recorded at around the beginning of the 2nd millennium bce, form the oldest composition about the moon in ancient... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781847012395
Published by : James Currey
Series: Western Africa Series
It is now more than a decade since the violent Islamic group Boko Haram launched its reign of terror across northern Nigeria, claiming more than 27,000 lives and displacing over 2 million people. While its territorial gains have largely been recap... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907497360
Published by : Henry Bradshaw Society
Series: Henry Bradshaw Society
Volume: Volume 124
The earliest Irish martyrology was compiled in prose and verse at Tallaght, near Dublin, about the year 830. Little has hitherto been known of its circulation before the period 1150-60, when the surviving copy of the prose version was made. Now, t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859620716
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
EDITORIALE Eugen Rachiteanu, Creato a Sua immagineATTUALITÀ FRANCESCANAOrlando Todisco, La libertà creativa: risorsa inviolabile dell’identità francescana nella postmodernitàSamuele Pinna, Francesco... .... Learn More