Perspectives on early Islamic art in Jerusalem /
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Through its material remains, Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem analyzes several overlooked aspects of the earliest decades of Islamic presence in Jerusalem, during the seventh century CE. Focusing on the Haram al-Sharif , also known as the Temple Mount, Lawrence Nees provides the first sustained study of the Dome of the Chain, a remarkable eleven-sided building standing beside the slightly later Dome of the Rock, and the first study of the meaning of the columns and column capitals with figures of eagles in the Dome of the Rock. He also provides a new interpretation of the earliest mosque in Jerusalem, the Haram as a whole, with the sacred Rock at its center.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004302075 :
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Missionary primitivism and Chinese modernity : the brethren in twentieth-century China /
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In Missionary Primitivism and Chinese Modernity: the Brethren in Twentieth-Century China, David Woodbridge offers an account of a little-known Protestant missionary group. Often depicted as extreme and marginal, the Brethren were in fact an influential force within modern evangelicalism. They sought to recreate the life of the primitive church, and to replicate the simplicity and dynamism of its missionary work. Using newly-released archive material, Woodbridge examines the activities of Brethren missionaries in diverse locations across China, from the cosmopolitan treaty ports to the Mongolian and Tibetan frontiers. The book presents a fascinating encounter between primitivist missionaries and a modernising China, and reveals the important role of the Brethren in the development of Chinese Christianity.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168) and index. :
9789004376106
Women and Miracle Stories : A Multidisciplinary Exploration /
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This book contains a multidisciplinary collection of studies on women in miracle stories found in texts ranging from religious classics to contemporary literary fiction. Miracle stories are a genre of great importance for the study of women's religious inheritance and for the historical and cultural understanding of women as 'makers of faith'. Miracle stories are very generally speaking more open to popular religion and culture than, for instance, doctrinal and official ecclesiastical texts, and as such, they can be of special interest to the study of women's lives and religious aspirations. Remarkably, up till now this genre has not been looked at from this point of view. This book aims to open this field for further research by presenting case studies from diverse angles and disciplines. Some of the questions this book tries to answer are: What do miracle stories specifically tell us about women? Are there some (types of) miracles that are in particular related to (certain groups of) women? What do these stories tell us about women as performers and/or subjects of miracles? What can be said about the social function and religious meaning of miracles by specifically looking at the way certain groups of women are practising and experiencing miracles? By including research on miracle stories in contemporary fiction written by women this book also wants to acknowledge and research the disputed status of 'miracles' as well of 'women' in our present society which is moving from modernity to post-modernity. Please note that Women and Miracle Stories is previously published by Brill in hardback (ISBN 90 04 16681 8, still available).
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047402879 :
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Pottery in hellenistic Alexandria : aux origines d'Alexandrie et de sa production céramique /
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Ce volume réunit deux contributions nées avec des intentions différentes, mais toutes deux consacrées à la céramique hellénistique de la région d?Alexandrie. Le matériel inédit présenté ici provient des fouilles effectuées par le CEAlex au centre-ville, sur les sites de l?ex-Consulat britannique et du Cricket Ground, et hors d?Alexandrie, par la mission italienne sur l?île de Nelson (MAIA), et par la mission française dans la nécropole de Plinthine (MAFTP). Dans la première partie, on s?est attaché à définir la datation et les modalités de la naissance d?un artisanat céramique au sein de la nouvelle capitale et dans sa chôra, entre la fin du IVe et le milieu du IIIe siècle av. J.-C., et la nature des importations. Dans la seconde partie, une sélection d?assemblages dans le matériel céramique du Cricket Ground a permis d?établir une séquence chronologique dont les jalons couvrent, à intervalles d?un quart de siècle, les IIIe et IIe siècles av. J.-C., et illustrent ainsi l?évolution du faciès alexandrin.00.
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364 pages : illustrations, 28 cm. :
9782490128013