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Why Did The Greek "Polis" Originally Need Coins?, Thomas R. Martin

Classics Department Faculty Scholarship

Why did the ancient Greek polis originally need coins? This question, so simple to pose and so difficult to answer, leads to more specific queries such as what practical purposes coins served in the polis and what messages they communicated either explicitly through their types and legends or implicitly by their very creation as products of the political community of the polis.

1996 Greeks, Romans, Comedy And Other Human Foibles, Christina H. Roseman

C. May Marston Lectures

Traditions of ancient Greeks and Roman comedy.

An Ambivalent Image: Byzantium Viewed By The Arabs, Nadia M. El-Cheik

Faculty Book Chapters

This collective volume is the result of the Second Annual Conference on Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean held at the American University in Cairo, 5-7 May, 1996. The contributors, David R. Blanks, John Victor Tolan, Nabil I. Matar, John Rodenbeck, Thabit Abdullah, E.M. Sartain, Omaima Abou-Bakr, and Nadia M. El-Cheik, take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from sociology, anthropology, political science, history, and literature, in medieval their examination of past attitudes, in particular images of the 'Other' in medieval Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, in order to trace the origins of modern stereotypes. The essays are divided into three …

Byzantium And The Muslim World, David R. Blanks

Faculty Book Chapters

This collective volume is the result of the Second Annual Conference on Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean held at the American University in Cairo, 5-7 May, 1996. The contributors, David R. Blanks, John Victor Tolan, Nabil I. Matar, John Rodenbeck, Thabit Abdullah, E.M. Sartain, Omaima Abou-Bakr, and Nadia M. El-Cheik, take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from sociology, anthropology, political science, history, and literature, in medieval their examination of past attitudes, in particular images of the 'Other' in medieval Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, in order to trace the origins of modern stereotypes. The essays are divided into three …

Spirituality And The Arts, Alice H.R.H. Beckwith

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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When Spirit Is Present, Ellen Stoepel Peckham

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Parrēsia In The Pauline Epistles., David E. Fredrickson

Faculty Publications

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Review Of The World Of Classical Myth, Paula Saffire

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

This introductory text is lively/chaotic, thought-provoking/riddled with pet theories, awesomely erudite/overstuffed with information, marvelous for those who already know the myths...

Review Of Methods Of Investigation Of The Dead Sea Scrolls And The Khirbet Qumran Site: Present Realities And Future Prospects, Eds. Michael O. Wise, Norman Golb, John J. Collins, And Dennis G. Pardee., Sidnie White Crawford

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

This volume brings together the papers given at a conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls held under the sponsorship of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and the New York Academy of Sciences in New York December 14–17, 1992. The conference was unusual for an American Dead Sea Scrolls conference, inasmuch as it brought together scholars from the United States and a dozen other countries. This and the fact that the papers cover an extremely broad range of Qumran topics make the volume a valuable addition for college and university libraries and for scholarly reference shelves.

Review Of The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. By James C. Vanderkam., Sidnie White Crawford

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

The Dead Sea Scrolls Today is the best of the new “introductions” to the Dead Sea Scrolls which have been published in the last two or three years. The author, James VanderKam, is a senior member of the international publication team working to publish the Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts under the leadership of Emanuel Tov of the Hebrew University, Thus, he is at the forefront of Scroll research. In this volume, VanderKam has used his in timate knowledge of the Scrolls to present the reader with a thorough, scholarly, yet accessible treatment of the major issues surrounding Dead Sea Scroll …

George Sphrantzes: A Brief Review, James G. Keenan

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

When in 1786 and 1787 at Lausanne, Switzerland, Edward Gibbon was composing the sixth and final volume of 1he History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he had at his disposal for the famous chapter on the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 a mere handful of sources. For the core of his narrative he drew upon three Greek works: Doukas' Turko-Byzantine History; Laonikos Chalkondylas' Turkish History; the larger of the two chronicles ascribed to the man now usually referred to as George Sphrantzes (Gibbon's Phranza); and upon the letter composed in Latin and addressed to Pope …

More From The Archive Of The Descendants Of Eulogius, Todd M. Hickey, James G. Keenan

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

In P. Oxy, published in 1924, Grenfell and Hunt included a series of documents that seemed to derive from a small archive preserved by the descendants of a palatine official (παλατἷνος) named Flavius Eulogius: P. Oxy. XVI 1876, 1891, 1958-62, and 1994. Grenfell and Hunt reported that all these texts (except 1961) were found together; the circumstances of the find were unfortunately not reported.

Excavations And Surveys In Israel 15, Israel Antiquities Authority

Excavations and Surveys in Israel (English Series)

Contents: Banias, Temple of Pan - 1993, G-78/93, Zvi Ma‘oz [1], Banias, 1993, G-53/93, Vassilios Tzaferis and Shoshana Israeli [4], Map of Rosh Pinna, Survey, 1993, G-14/93, Yosef Stepansky [12], Horvat ‘Ovesh, A-1847, Mordechai Avi‘ram and Nimrod Getzov [14], Horvat Bet Zeneta, A-2037, Nimrod Getzov [16], Akhziv, the East Cemetery, *A-1878, *A-1995 , Idan Shaked [17], Khirbet esh-Shubeika, 1993, G-101/93, Ayelet Tatcher and Danny Syon [18], ‘Amud Cave, 1993-1994, G-77/93, G-80/94, Erella Hovers and Yoel Rak [19], Horvat Kenes, A-2058, Dina Avshalom-Gorni and Mordechai Avi‘am …

Art And The Word Of God (Arte E La Parola Di Dio): A Study Of Angelico, Benedict M. Ashley, O.P.

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Illustrations, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Frontmatter, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Creativity And The Pursuit Of Community, Paul J. Philibert, O.P.

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Providence: Studies In Western Civilization Winter 1996, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Wind Swept Plains And Other Sacred Places, Frederick Jones

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Art And Spirituality, Thomas Moore

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

“To Paint Today Is An Act Of Faith”, Deborah J. Johnson

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

The Cries Of Saints And Seraphim: An Interview With Sculptor Larissa Marangoni, Sean Thomas Dougherty

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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The “Things Of Greater Importance,” Bernard Of Clairvaux’S Apologia And The Medieval Attitude Toward Art, Maureen Ross

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Contributors, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Henry Iv, Part Two: A Modern Stage History, Calisa A. Pierce

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part Two has too often been neglected in comparison with its predecessor, Henry IV, Part One, or its successor, Henry V. In the latter half of the twentieth century, major productions of the drama have been performed only in conjunction with Part One1, and often with Henry V, Richard II, and other plays added in a Tillyardian cycle.

Although this trend has benefitted audiences who see the characters of Henry IV, Hal, and Falstaff develop over the course of several plays, it has tended to obscure one of the major themes of Part Two, that of …

Jelil (Gelilot) A-2561/1996, Ilana Ben David

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

On October 27, 1996, a salvage excavation was conducted at the Jelil (Gelilot) site (Permit No. A-2561/1996, map ref. 18230–5/67435–50). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by I. Ben David, with the assistance of Y. Nagar (physical anthropology), V. Pirsky and D. Porotzky (surveying), Y. Gorin-Rosen (glass finds), and R. Kool (numismatics).

The Soul In Society: Fra Angelico’S Dominican Vision Of Personal Spirituality And Civic Responsibility In The San Marco Frescos, Thomas D. Mcgonigle, O.P.

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

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Contributions To Columbia Papyri X, Jacqueline Long

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This urgent, secretive letter evidently refers to a planned financial coup. It is the first document to evidence a precautionary approach to the idios logos. The agitated writer's vocabulary, and a few rhetorical flourishes, also deserve notice.

The De Ira: Seneca's Satire Of Roman Law, William E. Wycislo

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Dramatic Prologue Of Plato's Symposium As Introduction To The Dialogue's Philosophy, James Allen Kellerman

Dissertations

No abstract provided.