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1 day ago · Mandaean Beth Manda ( Mashkhanna) in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq in 2016, a contemporary-style mandi. Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: [ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian ...
1 day ago · Sappho worked within a well-developed tradition of poetry from Lesbos, which had evolved its own poetic diction, metres, and conventions. Prior to Sappho and her contemporary Alcaeus, Lesbos was associated with poetry and music through the mythical Orpheus and Arion, and through the seventh-century BC poet Terpander. The Aeolic metrical tradition in which she composed her poetry was distinct ...
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4 days ago · Penelope, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Icarius of Sparta and the nymph Periboea and wife of the hero Odysseus. They had one son, Telemachus. Learn about the reunion of Penelope and Odysseus in this excerpt from a dramatization of Homer's Odyssey, Book XXIII, where, assured at last that it is her husband, Odysseus, who stands before her ...
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4 days ago · David C. Steinmetz, “The Superiority of Pre-Critical Exegesis,” Theology Today 37.1 (1980): 27–38.↑. John of Damascus, “Oration on the Transfiguration,” in Light on the Mountain: Greek Patristic and Byzantine Homilies on the Transfiguration of the Lord, trans. Brian Daley, Popular Patristics 48 (New York: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2013), 216.
3 days ago · The words, phrases, and stories of the New Testament permeate the English language. Indeed, this relatively small group of twenty-seven works, written during the height of the Roman Empire, not only helped create and sustain a vast world religion, but also have been integral to the larger cultural dynamics of the West, above and beyond ...
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5 days ago · Chapter 4: The Archaic Age of Greece Overview Many Western Civilization textbooks begin with the ancient Greeks. As noted in the introduction of this book, however, there are some problems with taking that approach, most importantly the fact that starting with the Greeks overlooks the fact that the Greeks did not invent the essential elements of civilization itself.
4 days ago · Xenia is meaning "hospitality" or "guest-friendship," this word captures the importance of welcoming strangers and treating them with respect and kindness in Greek culture. It is a word that is often used to describe the warm and generous hospitality that Greeks extend to visitors and travelers. Learn more. 10. 13.
