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Early christianity in Iraq and the Gulf: a view from the architectural remains Ghent University
The spread and settlement of Christianity in the Arabic world prior to Islam is not the most popular topic. Archaeological focus was mainly directed to the early historic period and indigenous beliefs. However, the discovery of several sites along the coast of the Arabian Gulf and within the borders of present Iraq has rekindled interest. By creating an inventory of all known Christian-Arabian sites, IU+2019ve tried to get a clear image of the ...
The Christian mystery : early Christianity and the ancient mystery cults in the work of Franz Cumont and in the history of scholarship Ghent University
City of Gods: The New Jerusalem of John’s Revelation in Early Christianity (through ca. 313) KU Leuven
The New Jerusalem (NJ) is an image that emerged within the Hebrew Scriptures, developed in the intertestamental period, and was expanded upon to dramatic effect in the Apocalypse and elsewhere in the New Testament. In the time since, it has become a persistent and powerful religious, political, literary, and artistic topos within the Western cultural heritage. At its heart, the image of the NJ and its cognates (e.g. the heavenly Jerusalem) has ...
The Evil Inclination in Early Judaism and Christianity KU Leuven
One of the central concepts in rabbinic Judaism is the notion of the Evil Inclination, which appears to be related to similar concepts in ancient Christianity and the wider late antique world. The precise origins and understanding of the idea, however, are unknown. This volume traces the development of this concept historically in Judaism and assesses its impact on emerging Christian thought concerning the origins of sin. The chapters, which ...
From Maranatha to Epiclesis? An Inquiry into the Origins of Spirit Invocations in Early Christianity KU Leuven
The aim of this contribution is to inquire into the origins of epiclesis by focusing on a widely accepted theory, which traces the development of early Christian invocations to the Aramaic expression μαραναθά. It shows that the ritual invocations found in the Acts of Thomas, which most probably stand at the origins of the development of the later epicleses, originated independently from the expression μαραναθά. This short Aramaic phrase had such ...