History of religion Books
Peeters Publishers Dionysius Bar Salibi: A Response to the Arabs
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£69.03
Peeters Publishers Memoires, Mentalites Religieuses, Art Funeraire:
Book SynopsisConsiderer l'epitaphier juif du "Dieweg" comme une bibliotheque de pierre, dont les ouvrages furent ecrits par une communaute d'hommes et de femmes issus de quinze pays differents, constitue la ligne directrice de cet ouvrage. Les epitaphes, examinees comme des fragments de memoire et de mentalite enchasses dans le mineral, nous ont revele des indices historiques, sociologiques, epigraphiques et artistiques qui, tout au long du developpement, projettent un eclairage particulier et novateur sur la pensee juive contemporaine. Car, si le point de depart de nos travaux d'inventaire concernait la sauvegarde et l'etude d'un patrimoine funeraire juif, la presente publication s'inscrit pleinement dans le corpus plus vaste de l'etude des attitudes du judaisme face a la mort. Ainsi, notre propos s'efforce-t-il de voir dans quelle mesure les pensees gravees dans la pierre pendant pres de cent ans refletent-elles des aspects de la vie sociale et religieuse des communautes juives de Bruxelles? Les monuments qui surgissent de-ci de-la de l'epais feuillage, arborent une mosaique de langues - anglais, allemand, francais, hebreu, neerlandais et yiddish - qui, au travers des citations bibliques, talmudiques et des compositions profanes, relatent les differentes attitudes de nos predecesseurs devant la vie, devant la mort.
£81.70
Peeters Publishers La Religion Et La Pensee Prises Au Piege De
Book SynopsisJamais avant ces quelques dernieres annees on n'avait autant publie de livres, d'articles, d'enquetes sur l'Islam et les societes qui s'en reclament. Peu de veritables specialistes ont participe a cette agitation febrile, representee pour l'essentiel par une foule d'ideologues et de gens des medias. Une bonne part de ces ecrits de circonstance s'alimente, on le sait, aux evenements tragiques qu'ont connus, et connaissent encore, les pays islamiques et leurs prolongements de par le monde. Une avalanche d'essais, car c'est bien le terme, masquant, aux yeux du lecteur presse, les trop rares etudes de qualite, c'est-a-dire proposees par des auteurs authentiquement informes de l'Islam d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Le livre de Mohammad Khatami n'est pas seulement l'oeuvre du President de la Republique Islamique d'Iran, mais aussi de celui qui fut Professeur de Philosophie Islamique avant d'etre investi de la charge presidentielle. Aussi, a l'experience theorique du philosophe qu'il n'a cesse d'etre, joint-il celle, politique, de l'exercice du pouvoir. Ce livre constitue donc tout d'abord le temoignage interne d'un veritable connaisseur de l'Islam et de l'une des societes islamiques contemporaines. Mais il s'agit egalement de la tentative d'un specialiste de la philosophie politique, et notamment du philosophe du Xe siecle al-Farabi, pour rendre accessible un domaine historique fort complexe, non seulement a ses pairs academiques, mais aussi au grand public cultive, d'Orient et d'Occident.
£44.06
Peeters Publishers Jerusalem Against Rome
Book SynopsisWhile conquering the world, Rome encountered a great number of peoples around the Mediterranean. We know very little about how these populations viewed their conquerors. The Jews were the only people to offer a comprehensive view of Rome over a great span of time. They expressed it in a rich corpus of Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic sources, reflecting the evolution of the relations between Jews and Romans: from alliance and friendship to tensions and revolt, culminating for the Jews in temporary compliance to foreign domination together with hopeful expectations for redemption. The image of Rome which emerges from apocryphal, Talmudic and Midrashic literature durably shaped the Jewish political, moral and eschatological vision of the world and history.
£87.73
Peeters Publishers Severe D'Antioche: Fragments Grecs Tires Des
Book SynopsisCette publication complete celle des fragments de Severe d'Antioche relatifs a l'Exode (TEG 9). Sa nouveaute reside dans les nombreux extraits qu'elle revele de la "Correspondance" de Severe. Ils sont presque aussi nombreux que les emprunts aux "Homelies cathedrales" et proviennent surtout de la chaine des Regnes. Severe y repond aux questions, parfois tres concretes, de ses correspondants, echange revelateur des preoccupations religieuses de l'epoque. Autre nouveaute, plus modeste: la decouverte d'une hymne, qui en outre a permis l'identification de deux pieces analogues, attestees dans la chaine de l'evangile de Matthieu.Dans le cas de Severe, la tradition syriaque revet une particuliere importance. Elle ne peut etre traitee superficiellement mais impose une analyse fine. Lucas Van Rompay a bien voulu se charger entierement de cet aspect du travail. Son glossaire des correspondances entre le grec et le syriaque constitue pour les orientalistes un instrument dont ils reconnaitront le prix.
£90.37
Peeters Publishers De Palmezelprocessie: Een (on)bekend
Book SynopsisDit boek bevat een aantal bijdragen en een tentoonstellingscatalogus over het fenomeen van de Palmezelprocessie in West-Europa, die werden geschreven naar aanleiding van de Palmezelprocessie in het Brabantse Hoegaarden en de tentoonstelling die bij die gelegenheid werd opgezet. Verschillende auteurs uit binnen- en buitenland verleenden hun medewerking aan deze publicatie. J. Mettepenningen schetst een overzicht van de godsdienstige en politieke situatie in Hoegaarden in de zestiende eeuw. W. Francois behandelt vooral het religieuze leven in deze eeuw. G. Van Belle richt zijn aandacht naar het verhaal van de Intocht van Jezus in Jeruzalem in het evangelie van Matteus. M. Broekaert en P. Valvekens nemen het fenomeen van de palmezel als sculptuur onder de loep. V. Vandekerchove en K. Smeyers belichten een Passietafereel, bewaard te Leuven, waarin grote aandacht wordt besteed aan de Intocht in Jeruzalem. L. Kusters belicht de iconografische traditie van de Intrede in zestiende-eeuwse liturgische drukken en H. Geybels bestudeert het fenomeen van de palmprocessie in de religieuze volkscultuur. A. Heinz besteedt aandacht aan de Palmprocessie in Trier en J.-Cl. Muller levert een bijdrage over de ezel van Diekirch. Ingrid van Hecke bespreekt een schilderij over de Intrede van de hand van Jan Vanriet uit 1994. Een uitgebreide "Palmezelbibliografie" wordt bezorgd door M. Broekaert en P. Valvekens en een inventaris van verdwenen en nog bestaande Palmezels is samengesteld door M. Broekaert en L. Knapen. Het geheel wordt afgesloten met de uitvoerige catalogus van de tentoonstelling onder redactie van P. Valvekens. Dit boek brengt een verhelderende en nieuwe kijk op een eeuwenoude traditie die tot op heden in Hoegaarden en de ons omliggende landen nog steeds in ere wordt gehouden.
£43.91
Peeters Publishers Die Anbetung Der Magier Und Die Taufe Der
Book SynopsisUber die Literaturen des christlichen Orients verstreut finden sich Erzahlungen, die von einer christlichen Taufe mancher iranischer Konige berichten, an prominentester Stelle des Ardasir, des Begrunders der Dynastie der Sasaniden, sowie ihrer herausragendster Vertreter des 6. und beginnenden 7. Jahrhunderts, Husraw Anusirwan und Husraw Abarwez. Erst wenn diese Erzahlungen in Beziehung gesetzt werden zu einer Aussage aus dem Schulerkreis des Katholikos Mar Aba, bei den Sasaniden handle es sich um die Nachfahren der Magier aus der Geburtsgeschichte Jesu, lasst sich ein Sinnzusammenhang rekonstruieren. Auf dessen Grundlage werden im vorliegenden Buch die genannten Erzahlungen und ihr geistesgeschichtliches Umfeld analysiert und als Ansatze zu einer politischen Theologie der persischen Christenheit aus der Mitte des 6. Jahrhunderts bis in die Zeit der Kreuzzuge, in ihrer Wirkung bis nach Europa und Zentralasien, verfolgt; ausfuhrliche Register gestatten den Zugriff auf zitierte Quellenstellen sowie auf Namen, Orte, Sachen und Begriffe.
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Peeters Publishers Orientalia, Clement, Origen, Athanasius, The
Book SynopsisPapers presented at the Fourteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2003 (see also Studia Patristica 39, 40, 42 and 43). The successive sets of Studia Patristica contain papers delivered at the International Conferences on Patristic Studies, which meet for a week once every four years in Oxford; they are held under the aegis of the Theology Faculty of the University. Members of these conferences come from all over the world and most offer papers. These range over the whole field, both East and West, from the second century to a section on the Nachleben of the Fathers. The majority are short papers dealing with some small and manageable point; they raise and sometimes resolve questions about the authenticity of documents, dates of events, and such like, and some unveil new texts. The smaller number of longer papers put such matters into context and indicate wider trends. The whole reflects the state of Patristic scholarship and demonstrates the vigour and popularity of the subject.
£120.00
Peeters Publishers The Syriac Versions of the Writings of Cyril of
Book SynopsisThis study presents an analysis of the Syriac translations of Cyril of Alexandria's Christological works, seeking to locate them in their literary context on the basis of a comparative typology of translation technique and by making full use of Biblical citations and parallel citations in other texts. The texts in question range from the middle of the fifth to the middle of the sixth century and are closely comparable to other contemporary documents. The decades either side of the turn of the sixth century are shown as the key period in which Syriac translators developed a new vision of their language and its capabilities. More widely, the translations in question are used to illuminate parallel developments in late antique culture in matters of textual authority, the exegesis of patristic texts and the development of Florilegia. The Syrian church's new vision of language use can be observed in other walks of life across and represents a typical 'late antique' phenomenon.
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Peeters Publishers Tradition and Innovation in Late- and
Book Synopsis"Tradition and Innovation in Late- and Postbyzantine Liturgical Chant" stellt ein ideales Thema dar, um die kontinuierliche Weiterentwicklung der byzantinischen Kirchenmusik und gleichzeitig die Bewahrung traditioneller Elemente im liturgischen Gesang aufzuzeigen. In 14 verschiedenen Beitragen treten bedeutende Komponisten mit ihren Schopfungen in den Vordergrund, weiters verschiedene musikliturgische Repertoires, regionale Entwicklungen, Veranderungen bzw. Neuinterpretationen in der Notation und in der Modalitat. Schliesslich rundet eine musikalische Analyse der Interpretation eines fruhchristlichen Troparion durch einen Sanger des 20. Jahrhunderts das Thema ab.
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Peeters Initiation Chretienne Et La Liturgie - Christian
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Peeters Publishers Seminaire De Tournai: Histoire, Batiments,
Book SynopsisLe livre s'articule autour de trois axes : une breve histoire du Seminaire, une presentation du complexe des batiments et du jardin, une description des collections sous la forme d'un catalogue raisonne. La premiere partie fait la part belle au seminaire d'Ancien Regime. Le lecteur y decouvrira la maniere dont un simple college, etabli dans le sillage d'une universite, est devenu au fil du temps un veritable seminaire destine a assurer la formation des futurs pretres diocesains, repondant ainsi a l'ideal de la reforme tridentine.
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Peeters Publishers Ethik Im Antiken Christentum
Book Synopsis"Ethik im antiken Christentum" war das Thema des Treffens der Patristischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft im Januar 2003 in Heilsbronn bei Nurnberg. Die dort gehaltenen Vortrage international ausgewiesener Spezialisten aus verschiedenen Disziplinen der Altertumswissenschaften und der Theologie dokumentiert dieser Band. Die erganzten und aktualisierten Beitragen zeigen, das bei diesem Thema noch erheblicher Forschungsbedarf besteht. Deutlich wird an den Beitragen auch, das und wie sich das antike Christentum in einen gesammtgesellschaftlichen ethischen Diskurs einmischte und ihn mit gestaltete. Folgende Beitrage wurden aufgenommen: Ekkehard Muhlenberg (Gottingen): Altchristliche Lebensfuhrung zwischen Bibel und TugendlehreMichael Erler (Wurzburg): "Bezinge das Kind im Menschen": Ein Element platonischer Ethik als Hintergrund von Clemens' PaedagogusUwe Kuhneweg (Wien): Die Bedeutung der Ethik fur die Selbstdefinition des Christlichen im 2. JahrhundertKarl Leo Noethlichs (Aachen): Christliche Ethik in der Gesetzgebung Konstantins?Johannes Zachhuber (Oxford): Die patristische Ethik der homoiosis theoi und die Mimesislehre Rene Girards. Perspektiven der Aneignung einer theologisch-philosophischen Tradition
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Peeters Publishers Liturgie Und Ritual in Der Alten Kirche:
Book SynopsisDie Liturgiegeschichte der Alten Kirche hat durch die Aufnahme ritualtheoretischer Uberlegungen aus dem Bereich der Anthropologie und Ethnologie sowie durch die starkere Beachtung theologiegeschichtlicher Reflexe im Vollzug des Gottesdienstes in den letzten Jahren neue Impulse erfahren. Sie pragen auch die Beitrage dieses Bandes, die aus der Tagung der Patristischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft im Januar 2009 in Bonn hervorgegangen sind. Ein zeitlicher Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Geschichte des Gottesdienstes im 4. und 5. Jahrhundert.
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Peeters Publishers Early Judaeo-Christianity: Historical Essays
Book SynopsisThe essays presented here are the results of over ten years study. To appreciate the development of Christianity in the ancient world, knowledge of the Jewish parameter remains as important as that of the pagan parameter. The question is to know when, how and why Christianity left Judaism to become an independent religion. In other words, at what moment did the disciples of Jesus consider themselves as no longer Jews or pagans, but rather as Christians? What are the historian's sources? Christianity built its history through the diligence of its theologians. The historian must therefore detach himself from this perspective, explaining the traditional sources, recovering in them historical elements which facilitate bringing to light the gradual separation.
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Peeters Publishers Die Spatantike Kirche Nordafrikas Im Umbruch
Book Synopsis"Kirchen in den Umbruchen der Spatantike am Beispiel Nordafrika" war das Thema des Treffens der Patristischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft im Januar 2007 in Wien. Verschiedene der dort gehaltenen Vortrage international ausgewiesener Spezialisten sind in diesem Band aufgenommen.Der Band versucht Akzente zu setzen in der Christentumsgeschichte Nordafrikas, und bemuht sich dabei stark um eine historische und archaologische Kontextualisierung. Dabei erscheint Nordafrika nicht nur als eine Kulturlandschaft, die durch ihren christlichen Autoren bestimmend fur die lateinische Christenheit geworden ist; vielmehr ist es auch als eine eigene Entitat bemerkens- und beachtenswert.Folgende Beitrage wurden aufgenommen:Christoph Markschies (Berlin): Der Teil und das Ganze. Die Bedeutung der Kirche in Nordafrika fur die KirchengeschichteRoland Steinacher (Wien): Neue Forschungsperspektiven zur Volkerwanderungszeit in NordafrikaStefan Schima (Wien): Carthagine locuta - causa finita? Afrikanisches Selbstbewusstsein und romischer EigensinnWolfgang Wischmeyer (Wien): Abbruch, Kontinuitat und Transformation. Forschungsbericht zu Nordafrika in Spatantike und Fruhmittelalter
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Peeters Publishers Isacco Di Ninive. Terza Collezione: T.
Book SynopsisUn manoscritto unico, copiato intorno al 1900 nella regione di Urmia (attuale Iran), ci ha restituito una collezione di discorsi di Isacco di Ninive fino ad ora sconosciuta. Le fonti antiche informano circa l'esistenza di piA' collezioni di suoi discorsi, ma sino a qualche decennio fa solo la Prima collezione era nota. Negli anni ottanta del secolo scorso e stata ritrovata la Seconda collezione, in seguito parzialmente edita, ed ora con quest'opera di fornisce la Terza collezione. Il manoscritto di Teheran, che resta unico per l'insieme dei discorsi, ha consentito l'individuazione di altri testimoni parziali, in siriaco e in arabo, che sono stati cosi collazionati con il manoscritto principale. Qui si fornisce dunque l'edizione critica dell'insieme, che tiene conto di tutti i testimoni siriaci e, per alcuni passi, anche della versione araba. Il secondo volume contiene invece la traduzione dei testi, corredata di un apparato di note volto in primo luogo a mettere in luce i paralleli lessicali e concettuali con le altre due collezioni isacchiane.
£74.00
Peeters Publishers Isacco Di Ninive. Terza Collezione: V.
Book SynopsisUn manoscritto unico, copiato intorno al 1900 nella regione di Urmia (attuale Iran), ci ha restituito una collezione di discorsi di Isacco di Ninive fino ad ora sconosciuta. Le fonti antiche informano circa l'esistenza di piA' collezioni di suoi discorsi, ma sino a qualche decennio fa solo la Prima collezione era nota. Negli anni ottanta del secolo scorso e stata ritrovata la Seconda collezione, in seguito parzialmente edita, ed ora con quest'opera di fornisce la Terza collezione. Il manoscritto di Teheran, che resta unico per l'insieme dei discorsi, ha consentito l'individuazione di altri testimoni parziali, in siriaco e in arabo, che sono stati cosi collazionati con il manoscritto principale. Qui si fornisce dunque l'edizione critica dell'insieme, che tiene conto di tutti i testimoni siriaci e, per alcuni passi, anche della versione araba. Il secondo volume contiene invece la traduzione dei testi, corredata di un apparato di note volto in primo luogo a mettere in luce i paralleli lessicali e concettuali con le altre due collezioni isacchiane.
£999.99
Peeters Publishers Eastern Christians and Their Written Heritage:
Book SynopsisThis volume gives the text of the contributions presented at the Second International Congress on Eastern Christianity organised in Madrid in April 2008. The focus of the conference was on the written heritage ("manuscripts, scribes and context") of Eastern Christians in different periods and from different confessional backgrounds, but it was thought appropriate to include some contributions on the Jewish written heritage as well. Part I of the volume is devoted to manuscript collections and archives in Spain, Portugal, Alexandria and St Petersburg. Part II deals with Christian Arabic, Coptic, Greek and Slavonic manuscripts written by members of different religious communities. Part III discusses a variety of contextual issues such as the Egyptian monastic environment (book binding and manuscript illumination, women readers), schools (school texts on papyri) and Christian sources in Ibn Giqatela's psalm commentary.
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Peeters Publishers Mundus Primus: Die Geschichte Der Welt Und Des
Book SynopsisAlbeit famous as a composer of liturgical hymns, the exegetical works of Ephrem the Syrian are almost unknown. This monograph deals with Ephrem's commentary on Genesis in which he provides a specific explanation of the biblical primordial history. His exegesis proves to be apologetic (refuting the positions of his main opponents Marcion, Bardaisan and Mani), ascetic and critical towards allegorical interpretations of an allusive type. By applying principles of a complex typology, he interprets the primordial events by relating them to particular contexts (cosmology, anthropology, ethics and eschatology). Thus he assumes that Gen 1:1'9:17 describes the contours of a first world (mundus primus), which is in a paradigmatic way a typological pre-image of the second world (mundus secundus) in which we live. According to Ephrem, with the landing of the Ark and God's covenant with Noah, the history undergoes its decisive turning point. This study may prove both Ephrem's close proximity to rabbinic exegesis and his great originality. As a starting point for a specific Syriac interpretation tradition of the first book of the Bible Ephrem's commentary is highly interesting for patristic exegesis and inspiring for the theological interpretation of the primordial history and a lively dialogue with modern exegesis.
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Peeters Publishers The Ancient Armenian Text of the Acts of the
Book SynopsisThe purpose of this eclectic critical edition of the ancient Armenian text of the Acts of the Apostles is to provide the earliest attainable text of Acts found in the extant Armenian manuscripts. It is meant to assist the Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University of Munster in Munster, Germany, in preparing Volume II of the Editio Critica Maior, a complete and accurate critical edition of the Greek text of Acts. In the past, scholars have used the text of Acts in Zohrapian for text critical purposes. It is now clear that Zohrapian's text represents the text of Acts from the Cilician Period. Our edition represents the pre-Cilician text of Acts. The text of Acts presents a challenge for New Testament textual critics. The Greek manuscripts, early versions, and patristic sources fall into two groups, the Alexandrian text-type and the Western text-type. The Armenian text is most closely aligned with the Alexandrian text-type. Agreement with the Western text is very weak.
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Peeters Publishers The Second Vatican Council Diaries of Met. Maxim
Book SynopsisThe Second Vatican Council diaries of the late Met. Maxim Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R., provide a captivating glimpse into the public and behind-the-scenes work of this Council Father. Hermaniuk was a graduate of the Catholic University of Louvain, and taught for a number of years in Belgium in the study houses of the Redemptorist order before being named the first Metropolitan of the Ukrainian (Eastern) Catholics in Canada. Hermaniuk was by far the most active of all the Ukrainian Catholic bishops at the Council. Much of his work was carried out through his membership in the Preconciliar Theological Commission and in the influential Secretariat for Christian Unity. Hermaniuk's activities centred on his proposal to establish an Apostolic College, as well as his call to nullify the anathemas of 1054 between the East and West. He was a strong advocate of ecumenical dialogue with other Christians, particularly with the Eastern Orthodox churches. His work also included the promotion of dialogue with other faiths. In reference to the Ukrainian Catholic Church, which was at the time severely persecuted in the Soviet Union, one sees his affirmations of the particularity and dignity of his Church, his promotion of religious liberty, and his condemnations of religious and political oppression. These diaries also reveal how the Ukrainian Catholic bishops responded to the pastoral needs of their faithful - in liturgy, catechesis, education, mission and ecclesial governance - and the call to renewal made by the Council. Finally, the diaries are unique since they are one of the very few accounts of the Council by an Eastern Catholic Council Father.
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Peeters Publishers Plotinus, Ennead Ii 9 [33] Against the Gnostics
Book SynopsisThis book consists in a commentary and translation of Plotinus's Ennead II 9 [33], entitled by Porphyry Against the Gnostics. The commentary has tried to go beyond the traditional approach, based on the idea that Plotinus's Ennead II 9 is the theatre of the clash of two antithetical worldviews: the first, championed by Plotinus; the second, by his Gnostic disciples; on the contrary, the Ennead II 9 [33] represents a dialogue between a master of philosophy and his own disciples. Plotinus's disciples do not regard Gnosticism as distant from Plato. In contrast, Plotinus does not think that Plato is a precursor of Gnosticism, even if he is aware that his doctrines can be interpreted in a dualistic and Gnostic fashion. He agrees with his disciples that for Plato sensible and intelligible reality, as well as Soul and body, are different; however, Plotinus thinks that their different nature can be ultimately traced back to the same principle, namely being, which contains in itself all possibilities of existence. This is the true gnosis that Plotinus has tried to make his disciples obtain by writing the Ennead II 9 [33].
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Peeters Publishers Including Papers Presented at the British
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Peeters Publishers In Goddelijke Liefde Geborgen. I. Ruusbroec Te
Book SynopsisSinds enkele jaren is er een groeiende interesse voor mystiek, vooral voor de oosterse mystiek. Er is en blijft echter nog een grote onwetendheid zowel nopens de Nederlandse als de Rijnlandse mystiek. In het eerste deel van het voorliggende boek zijn een aantal bijdragen gebundeld die het verslag zijn van een colloquium georganiseerd door het Instituut voor de Studie van Spiritualiteit aan de Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen van de KU Leuven. Het colloquium had als thema: "Jan van Ruusbroec: Overgave in christelijke mystieke context." Het tweede deel laat ons met vijftiende- en zestiende-eeuwse mystieke literatuur uit de Lage Landen kennismaken. De artikels suggereren de doorwerking van Ruusbroecs mystieke spiritualiteit na de Middeleeuwen. Dit boekje, als vijfde in de rij, wil uit het schitterende kralensnoer van de Nederlandse en de Rijnlandse mystiek slechts enkele parels aanbieden. Hoe bescheiden, ja soms onbekend deze verschillende parels ook nog zijn, toch waait door allen de Geest. Het blijft de verwachting van de uitgevers dat zij inspiratie mogen bieden aan velen op hun levenstocht en om, spiritueel gesterkt, de levenstocht voort te zetten met mystieke hartstocht.
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Peeters Publishers Saint Basil of Caesarea and Armenian Cosmology: A
Book SynopsisThe Hexaemeron by St Basil of Caesarea was a fundamental source for Christian writers describing the nature of the physical cosmos, not least in Armenia, where scholars attempted to reconcile theories derived from Greek antiquity with the Bible. The first part of this volume is a survey of references to Basil in Armenian writers from the fifth to the fourteenth centuries, and more particularly of the influence of the Hexaemeron on their cosmology. The second part is an English translation of the Armenian version. The commentary to the translation identifies the expansions and changes made by the Armenian translator, and justifies numerous divergences from the text of the critical edition [Erevan 1984] in favour of readings also attested in the Syriac version [Leuven 1995, CSCO 550], for the Armenian derives from the latter, not directly from the Greek. There are detailed Indices for the Armenian, Greek, Syriac and Latin sources quoted, the Armenian technical terms, and the topics discussed by Basil. The translations of the Hexaemeron in Syriac, Armenian, Arabic, Georgian and Old Slavonic contain only the original nine homilies, not the further two on the creation of man later added by Basil's brother, Gregory of Nyssa.
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Peeters Publishers Cities and Gods: Religious Space in Transition
Book SynopsisThis volume explores the impact of religious traditions on the physical and social organisation of cities in the ancient world. The contributors draw on diverse theories, methods and evidence to identify the existence of broad similarities and differences in the urban religious experience. Individual papers range from the Roman Republican period to Late Antiquity, and encompass the city of Rome, Italy, and both the eastern and western provinces. Specific themes include the relationship between liturgy and temple architecture, the influence of religious traditions on civic spaces, and the impact of Christianity on the pagan city. Together, these papers make the case for the centrality of ritual and religion in the experience of the ancient city and throw light on current debates by providing historical examples of the varied ways in which communities accommodate changing religious practices in the urban fabric.
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Peeters Studia Patristica. Vol. LXXI: Including Papers
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Peeters Publishers Papers Presented at the Sixteenth International
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Peeters Publishers Studia Patristica. Vol. LXIII - Papers presented
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Peeters Publishers Papers Presented at the Sixteenth International
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Peeters Publishers Studia Patristica. Vol. LXXII - Including Papers
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Peeters Publishers Un dossier de l'Épistolaire augustinien: la
Book SynopsisLes lettres échangées entre les épiscopats d'Afrique et de Rome durant la première phase de la controverse pélagienne (416-418) forment un corpus d'une dizaine de pièces présentes dans la Correspondance augustinienne. Tantôt produites dans un cadre conciliaire, tantôt exploitant la renommée et les réseaux épistolaires d'Augustin, elles conduisent à explorer des domaines de recherche aussi variés que l'histoire des doctrines (formation et infléchissement des théories sur la grâce et le libre arbitre), l'histoire des institutions tardo-antiques (et notamment cette entité, plus ou moins tangible au Vème siècle, qu'on nomme par commodité «chancellerie ecclésiastique»), enfin la critique des textes afférents, produits d'une épistolographie officielle qui soulève de multiples enjeux: diplomatiques et ecclésiologiques quant à leur fond; philologiques et ecdotiques quant à leur forme et à leur transmission.
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Peeters Publishers Theodotus of Ancyra's Homilies and the Council of
Book SynopsisA substantial proportion of surviving late-antique conciliar homilies are by Theodotus, metropolitan bishop of Ancyra. Here presented in English translation, they provide valuable evidence for an essential and effective means of communication by which councils presented and enforced themselves. The analysis relates their content to the conciliar settings, considers the conventions of ancient rhetoric, and reflects the reception of the texts, especially through collections of conciliar documents. The book clarifies the regional parameters and disputes over episcopal territorial authority in which Theodotus' theology and pastoral activity developed. Both informed his overall positive and constructive perspective on faith and the role of preachers and bishops, promoting unity and cohesion. The analysis of Theodotus' involvement in the First Council of Ephesus, especially in the techniques used to shape and preserve allegiances and to defend a view or decision, contributes to an understanding of the processes of identity formation, seeking agreement, and proclaiming consensus, even when it had not been achieved.
£76.00
Peeters Publishers Studia Patristica. Vol. LXXIII - Including Papers
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£115.00
