For scholars of religion and others interested in the practice, pedagogy, history, and theory of religious studies.
Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited ‘Till Death Do Us Part: The Halachic Prospects of Marriage for Conjoined (Siamese) Twins in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 days, 1 hour agoThis thought experiment considers whether Siamese (Conjoined) are allowed to marry according to Halacha. It considers various aspects of the Biblical bans on incest and offers a very contemporary discussion about the meaning of personhood. This paper uses medical journals, works on medical history, and various responsa to find a precedent and…[Read more]
Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Religion publique et médiation religieuse chez les musulmans mauriciens in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 5 days, 1 hour agoLes usages de la reproduction sonore parmi les musulmans mauriciens illustrent les liens entre religion publique et médiation religieuse. Les usages de la reproduction sonore parmi les musulmans mauriciens illustrent les liens entre religion publique et médiation religieuse. Ces deux dimensions de la religion s’appuient sur des objets mat…[Read more]
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Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Religion and Diaspora: Islam as Ancestral Heritage in Mauritius in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 5 days, 1 hour agoOrientation towards a point of political and historical allegiance outside the boundaries of the nation-state is often taken to be a defining quality of diasporas, and this aligns with the ubiquitous tendency of Islamic practice to engage with sources of long- distance, or indeed global, religious authority. In this article, I shall investigate…[Read more]
Michael L. Hays deposited One Jesus for Jews, Another for Christians in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 1 week, 3 days agoThis essay attempts a reconceptualized relationship between Jesus the Jewish man and Christ the Christian messiah, with the twin purposes of mitigating the anti-Semitism of the Synoptic Gospels and reclaiming Jesus for Jews. I critique the quest for the historical Jesus, assess the Gospel accounts of Jesus, and situate Jesus in Christianity,…[Read more]
Meredith Warren deposited Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 1 week, 4 days agoPreview of Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature (SBL Press, 2019) https://secure.aidcvt.com/sbl/ProdDetails.asp?ID=064211C&PG=1&Type=BL&PCS=SBL
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In her book, Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature, Meredith J. C. Warren identifies and defines a new genre in ancient texts that she terms…[Read more]Rachel Rafael Neis deposited The Reproduction of Species: Humans, Animals and Species Nonconformity in Early Rabbinic Science in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 1 day agoTracing an early rabbinic approach to the human, this article analyzes how the Tannaim (early Palestinian Jewish sages) of the Mishnah and Tosefta (redacted ca. early 3rd century CE) set the human side by side with other species, and embedded their account within broader considerations of reproduction, zoology and species crossings. The human here…[Read more]
Rachel Rafael Neis deposited Pilgrimage Itineraries: Seeing the Past through Rabbinic Eyes in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 4 days agoThis article makes several claims. It argues that the genre of “pilgrim’s literature” is present in rabbinic sources, and identifies rabbinic pilgrimage itineraries. Secondly, it shows that aside from the expected melancholic post-Temple itinerary, there exist itineraries for Babylon and for biblical conquest that do a very dif…[Read more]
Allan A. Tulchin deposited The Michelade in Nimes, 1567 in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoOn September 30, 1567, members of the Protestant majority of Nîmes, led by many members of the présidial court, overthrew the Catholic town council. They arrested many leading Catholics, both laity and priests, who they felt perverted the word and will of God, and massacred an estimated one hundred of them; about one-third of the dead can be s…[Read more]
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Allan A. Tulchin deposited Church and State in the French Reformation in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoReview Essay on work (2004 to 2014) on French religious history, 1500-1650. The article discusses books including “Une concorde urbaine: Senlis au temps des réformes (vers 1520-vers 1580)” by Thierry Amalou, “Martyrs & Murderers: The Guise Family & the Making of Europe” by Stuart Carroll, and “Calvin” by Bruce Gordon, focusing on the relationship…[Read more]
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Allan A. Tulchin deposited Ending the French Wars of Religion in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoIn “Ending the French Wars of Religion,” Allan A. Tulchin considers why these sixteenth-century sectarian wars—eight of them—recurred over half a century and why they finally ended when they did. The existing literature emphasizes that the French state proved too weak to enforce order, and that each side believed itself favored by God, making…[Read more]
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Allan A. Tulchin deposited Same‐Sex Couples Creating Households in Old Regime France: The Uses of the Affrèrement in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoAnalysis of medieval and Renaissance era French non-nuclear household systems. Shows that such arrangements were common, and occasionally consisted of same-sex unrelated male couples.
Stefano Villani deposited EMoDir Research Group Report 2007-2017 in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoEMoDir Research Group Report 2007-2017
Philip Harland deposited Journeys in Pursuit of Divine Wisdom: Thessalos and Other Seekers in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoArticle on ancient biographical or autobiographical stories regarding journeys in pursuit of wisdom.
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Philip Harland deposited Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations: Claiming a Place in Ancient Mediterranean Society (second edition) in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoThis is the complete second, fully revised edition of the book with links to inscriptions on the AGRW website. (First edition was published by Fortress in 2003).
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Philip Harland deposited Dynamics of Identity in the World of the Early Christians: Associations, Judeans, and Cultural Minorities in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoBook that explores processes of identification within various small group situations in the Greco-Roman world.
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Philip Harland deposited Familial Dimensions of Group Identity (II): ‘Mothers’ and ‘Fathers’ in Associations and Synagogues of the Greek World in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoArticle on parental language within small groups in the Greco-Roman world with special attention to fathers or mothers of the synagogue.
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Philip Harland deposited The Declining Polis? Religious Rivalries in Ancient Civic Context in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoArticle exploring and challenging the notion of the decline of the city as a preliminary to the study of rivalries among associations.
Glen M Golub deposited the Auriginal Creation in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 1 month agoAn interpretation of the rock art appearing in The Shaft at Lascaux and a discussion of Aurignacian Rites of Passage
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Glen M Golub deposited Cygnus in the Brunel Gallery of Chauvet in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 1 month agoAn interpretation of the Red Mammoth Panel in Chauvet linking Chauvet to Lascaux in a single ritual landscape
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Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Religious language and media: Sound reproduction and transduction in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 1 month agoIn this chapter I discuss how contests about religious language have revolved around a contrast between, on the one hand, a preference for literalism, with its emphasis on reference and denotation; and on the other hand, a valuation of the poetic functions of language and its material properties. Turning to the issue of electronically mediated…[Read more]
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