Is every translation a vernacular translation?
(2013)
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All Outputs (197)
The credibility of the Catholic Church as public actor (2013)
Journal Article
This article assumes that there is a profound crisis of credibility in the Catholic Church today. This is distinct from the issue of the credibility of Christian faith or the credibility of theism, for many who believe, indeed many Catholics, are aff... Read More about The credibility of the Catholic Church as public actor.
Ištar and the motif of the cosmological warrior: Assurbanipal’s adaptation of Enuma elish (2013)
Book Chapter
Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal are well known to scholars of ancient Near Eastern prophecy, thanks to their affinity for prophecy and the prophetic goddess Ištar in particular, which resulted in the preservation of oracular material in a manner not atte... Read More about Ištar and the motif of the cosmological warrior: Assurbanipal’s adaptation of Enuma elish.
God's role in history as methodological problem for exegesis (2013)
Book Chapter
Blessing and breaking: a dissonance of action and interpretation in the Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite (2013)
Journal Article
The references to 'blessing' and 'thanking' in the context of the community meal, the Eucharist, are found in the Synoptic Gospels as referring to Jesus' prayer to God; however, they are interpreted in contemporary Catholic practice as referring to t... Read More about Blessing and breaking: a dissonance of action and interpretation in the Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite.
The Eucharist is a central element of the religious practice of the majority of Christians. Part of this practice is the act of recollection (anamnesis) of the origins of the practice which is located within memory at the salient moment of Jesus' las... Read More about Why study the early Eucharist? With professor Tom O'Loughlin in discussion with Dr Francis Knight ; [part of] The Why Studies Series : devised by the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham..
The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? (2012)
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Deuteronomy contains a number of indications which locate its interests in the Levant rather than in Mesopotamia. This observation challenges two major theories of the book’s origins: Deuteronomy as pre-exilic attempt to subvert Assyrian imperial pow... Read More about The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine?.
Being a disciple of “The Way”: vocation and mission in the Didache (2012)
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An introduction to the role of the Didache in the apprenticeship processes of the early communities of the followers of Jesus.
The presence of the Breviarius de Hierosolyma in Iona’s library (2012)
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A comparative study of Adomnan (+704) writing about Jerusalem in his De locis sanctis with the anoymous work known as the Breviarius de Hierosolma shows that the the Breviarius was among the books that Adomnan consulted when he was writing his own gu... Read More about The presence of the Breviarius de Hierosolyma in Iona’s library.
Adapting the cosmological tradition in Isaiah 40-45 (2011)
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The characterisation of Yahweh as king in Isaiah 40-45 and the use of creation language to reiterate Yahweh's power are well known. This article examines the way in which these themes reflect this text's re-working of pre-exilic theology in order to... Read More about Adapting the cosmological tradition in Isaiah 40-45.
Ezekiel's oracles against the nations in light of a royal ideology of warfare (2011)
Journal Article
Over the last few decades a steady stream of scholarship has argued for a mythological background to the oracles against the nations (OANs) in the book of Ezekiel.1 Very few studies, however, have attempted to make overarching sense of Ezekiel’s use... Read More about Ezekiel's oracles against the nations in light of a royal ideology of warfare.
???? as interpolative gloss: a solution to Gen 4,7 (2011)
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This note suggests that Gen 4,7 can be rendered comprehensible by the removal of the term ht't, understanding its appearance as an interpolative gloss, and the interpretation of the remaining rbts as the subject of a nominal clause. This eliminates t... Read More about ???? as interpolative gloss: a solution to Gen 4,7.
The apologetic and pastoral intentions of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's polemic against Jews and Christians (2010)
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The Mongol destruction of Baghdad in 1258 and subsequent Mongol incursions into Syria through the early 1300s ushered in a period of great political and religious anxiety in the Near East. The Mongol Ilkhanid rulers of Persia and Iraq corralled the C... Read More about The apologetic and pastoral intentions of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's polemic against Jews and Christians.
Genesis 1:26-7 as a statement of humanity’s divine parentage (2010)
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The linguistic and cultural background of the words tslm and dmwt supports a reading of Gen. 1:26–7 as a statement of humanity’s divine parentage. As such it is intended to evoke the responsibilities of child to parent and of parent to child in the m... Read More about Genesis 1:26-7 as a statement of humanity’s divine parentage.
Review of Frank Griffel, Al-Ghazālī’s Philosophical Theology (Oxford University Press, 2009) (2010)
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Eucharistic celebrations: the chasm between idea and action (2009)
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The two changes (1, a new rite; and 2. the move to the vernacular) that occurred in the eucharistic liturgy of the Roman Rite have often been seen as simply evolutionary, liturgical variations: this perception suited that time of great change in the... Read More about Eucharistic celebrations: the chasm between idea and action.
Islamic universalism: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Salaf? deliberations on the duration of Hell-Fire (2009)
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Classical Sunni eschatology maintains that all those who believe that God is one will enter the Garden of Paradise in due time. Some monotheists may first have to endure punishment and purification in the Fire for their sins, but those with even the... Read More about Islamic universalism: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Salaf? deliberations on the duration of Hell-Fire.