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Book SynopsisDuring the later Middle Ages (twelfth to fifteenth centuries), the study of chronology, astronomy, and scriptural exegesis among Christian scholars gave rise to Latin treatises that dealt specifically with the Jewish calendar and its adaptation to Christian purposes. In Medieval Latin Christian Texts on the Jewish Calendar C. Philipp E. Nothaft offers the first assessment of this phenomenon in the form of critical editions, English translations, and in-depth studies of five key texts, which together shed fascinating new light on the avenues of intellectual exchange between medieval Jews and Christians.Table of ContentsTable of Contents PREFACE LIST OF PLATES ABBREVIATIONS SIGNS USED IN THE CRITICAL APPARATUS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: CONTEXTS AND PRETEXTS 1. The Jewish calendar: history and structure 2. The Easter computus and the challenge of calendar reform 3. The Christian encounter with the Jewish calendar: antiquity to twelfth century CHAPTER TWO: THE ANONYMOUS LIBER ERARUM 1. Structure and contents 2. Origin and date 3. The manuscripts 4. The edition LIBER ERARUM THE BOOK OF ERAS CHAPTER THREE: ROBERT OF LEICESTER’S TREATISE ON THE HEBREW CALENDAR (1294) 1. Franciscan Hebraism and the challenge of biblical chronology 2. Manuscripts, date, and authorship 3. Structure and contents 4. The edition ROBERTUS DE LEYCESTRIA: TRACTATUS DE COMPOTO HEBREORUM APTATO AD KALENDARIUM ROBERT OF LEICESTER: TREATISE ON THE COMPUTUS OF THE HEBREWS AND ITS ADAPTATION TO OUR CALENDAR CHAPTER FOUR: NICHOLAS TREVET’S COMPOTUS HEBREORUM (1310) 1. Introduction 2. Context, contents, and sources 3. The edition NICOLAUS TREVET: COMPOTUS HEBREORUM NICHOLAS TREVET: ON THE COMPUTUS OF THE HEBREWS CHAPTER FIVE: THE COMPUTUS IUDAICUS OF 1342 1. Introduction 2. The manuscripts 3. Structure and contents 4. Context and transmission 5. Transliteration of Hebrew terms 6. The tables 7. Major textual changes 8. The commentaries 9. Authorship and date 10. The users 11. The edition COMPUTUS JUDAICUS ON THE JEWISH COMPUTUS COMMENTARIUS IN COMPUTUM JUDAICUM COMMENTARY ON THE ‘JEWISH COMPUTUS’ CHAPTER SIX: HERMANN ZOEST’S CALENDARIUM HEBRAICUM NOVUM (1436) 1. The Jewish calendar in the work of Hermann Zoest 2. Calendarium Hebraicum novum: structure and contents 3. The manuscripts 4. The edition HERMANNUS ZOESTIUS: CALENDARIUM HEBRAICUM NOVUM HERMANN ZOEST: A NEW HEBREW CALENDAR 5. Chronological commentary on Hermann’s Calendarium APPENDIX I: JOHN OF PULCHRO RIVO ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR APPENDIX II: NOTES ON FURTHER TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisGeschrieben für Bachelor-Studenten, für gebildete Laien und für Wissenschaftler in anderen Feldern als der Philosophie – Der Mythos der religiösen Neutralität bietet eine radikale Neuinterpretation der allgemeinen Beziehungen zwischen Religion, Wissenschaft und Philosophie. Übersetzung von: Clouser, Roy A., The Myth of Religious Neutrality. An Essay on the Hidden Role of Religious Belief in Theories. Notre Dame, London: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005 (1991) erw. u. verb. NeuausgabeTrade ReviewKritisches Lob der ersten Auflage (der englischen Ausgabe): "Das Buch Mythos der religiösen Neutralität ist sehr gut geschrieben. Es ist klar und informativ. Es enthält großartige Analysen über unzureichende Theorien – unzureichend hinsichtlich logischer Inkonsistenz, selbstbezüglicher Inkohärenz, selbst-bestätigender Inkohärenz und selbst-performativer Inkohärenz. Clousers Fallbeispiele arbeiten die unbewiesenen Vorannahmen hinter vielen sogenannten ‚rationalen‘ Theorien über vielfältige Aspekte der Realität deutlich heraus." – in: Review of Metaphysics "…bedeutsam und herausfordernd… Clousers Buch liefert überzeugende Argumente dafür, dass jegliches Theoretisieren unvermeidlich religiöse Überzeugungen beinhält. Clousers Analysen der Religion ist reich und aufschlussreich… Er artikuliert ein fundamentales Thema, das sowohl moderne und postmoderne Denker anerkennen müssen: dass nämlich intellektuelle Tätigkeit zutiefst und unausweichlich religiös ist." – in: Calvin Theological Journal "Dieses Buch kann wärmstens empfohlen werden. Es behandelt wichtige Themen auf klare und energische Weise, und es ist ein genuiner Versuch, einen neuen Spatenstich für eine Philosophie der Religion zu machen." – in: Religious Studies

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Book SynopsisAfter a bibliographic introduction highlighting various research trends in science and religion, Joshua Moritz explores how the current academic and conceptual landscape of theology and science has been shaped by the history of science, even as theology has informed the philosophical foundations of science. The first part assesses the historical interactions of science and the Christian faith (looking at the cases of human dissection in the Middle Ages and the Galileo affair) in order to challenge the common notion that science and religion have always been at war. Part two investigates the nature of the interaction between science and Christian theology by exploring the role that metaphysical presuppositions and theological concepts have played—and continue to play—within the scientific process.Table of ContentsThe Role of Theology in the History and Philosophy of Science Joshua M. Moritz  Bibliographic Introduction to “Science and Religion”  Part 1: Theology and the Historiography of Science  Part 2: Theology and the Philosophical Foundations and Boundaries of Science  Works Cited

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Book SynopsisThe volume Middle East and North Africa: Climate, Culture and Conflicts focuses on the intricate interrelationships between nature, culture and society in this ecologically, historically and politically fragile region. As such, it debates ideas of eco-theology from Muslim and Jewish perspectives, followed by mythological interpretations and geo-archeological resp. historical analyses of the interrelationships and impacts of climate and other environmental factors on the development of ancient civilizations and cultures. The section “Present” addresses current conflict scenarios as a result of climate change, i.e. water scarcity, droughts, desertification and similar factors. The final section is concerned with potentials of international cooperation in pursuit of developing and ensuring sustainable energy resources and moves across different scales of environmental and religious education, from awareness raising to perspectives of best practice examples. Contributors are Katajun Amirpur, Helmut Brückner, Eckart Ehlers, Max Engel, Kerstin Fritzsche, Ursula Kowanda-Yassin, Tobias von Lossow, Ephraim Meir, Rosel Pientka-Hinz, Matthias Schmidt, and Franz Trieb.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements List of Figures, Maps, and Tables List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Mena Region: Climate, Culture, and Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa  Eckart Ehlers and Katajun Amirpur Part 1: Ideas 1 And We Shall Save the Earth: Muslim Environmental Stewards  Katajun Amirpur 2 Wonder, Gratitude, and Justice as Ingredients for a Jewish Eco-Theology  Ephraim Meir Part 2: Past 3 Holocene Climate Variability of Mesopotamia and its Impact on the History of Civilisation  Max Engel and Helmut Brückner 4 Destructive Waters—Refreshing Waters: Ancient Near Eastern Aquatic Symbolism at the Dawn of History  Rosel Pientka-Hinz 5 Deserts—Wind—Water: Strategies of Human Adaptations and Renewable Resources in Extremely Arid Environments. A Historical Retrospective  Eckart Ehlers Part 3: Present 6 The Vanishing of Iran’s Lake Urmia  Matthias Schmidt 7 Water in the Middle East: Hotspots of Scarcity and Conflict  Tobias von Lossow 8 Climate Change and the Emerging Information Societies in the Arab Region  Kerstin Fritzsche Part 4: Prospects 9 DESERTEC: Europe—Middle East—North Africa Cooperation for Sustainable Energy  Franz Trieb 10 Connecting Religion and the Environment in Islamic Education: Raising Awareness, Exploring Perspectives, and Defining Best Practice  Ursula Kowanda-Yassin Bibliography Index

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