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Lucas Van Rompay

Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
Religious Studies
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Scholarly Works - Book sections


Early Christianity in the Near East

Book section · January 1, 2021 The phrase Christianity and Empire conjures up the perennial relationship between Christian belief and structures of power that has been responsible for Christianity's political hegemony in a series of empires. This chapter deals with expressions of Christ ... Full text Cite

108 entries

Book section · 2011 Cite

Jerusalem

Book section · 2011 Cite

Syriac and Related Scripts

Book section · 2009 Overview of Syriac, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, and Manichean Aramaic texts written in Egypt. Included are texts written on parchment, papyrus, and paper as well as inscriptions on hard substrates. ... Cite

Epilogue

Book section · 2008 Arguing that at the root of modern racial thinking is the effort to constitute Western identity as overcoming its internal, Oriental Other, the Jews, in Race: A Theological Account I engage this problem for what it is: a theological problem. I contend that ... Full text Link to item Cite

Les versions syriaques

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The Maronites

Book section · 2006 A comprehensive history of the origins and development of Christian worship, from ancient times to the present day, provides a defintive study of the evolution of Christian liturgy, theology, church history, artistic influence, and social ... ... Cite

Society and Community in the Christian East

Book section · April 18, 2005 This book introduces the Age of Justinian, the last Roman century and the first flowering of Byzantine culture. ... Cite

New Foreword

Book section · 2002 The main reference for dating Syriac manuscripts and the standard in the field. This Album conveniently brings together two hundred facsimiles, each representing a page of a dated Syriac manuscript. ... Cite

Les versions syriaques

Book section · 2000 This text is published here along with the parallel (and previously unpublished) passages in the 'Commentary' of Procopius of Gaza. ... Cite

Jacob of Edessa and the Early History of Edessa

Book section · January 1, 1999 Of particular interest is the number of newly edited Syriac texts in this volume, which make available translations of Greek theological works, works resulting from the reception of pagan philosophy, and magic texts reflecting popular ... ... Cite

Antiochene Biblical Interpretation: Greek and Syriac

Book section · January 1, 1997 This volume consists of sixteen essays, most of which are revised versions of papers read at a symposium held in May 1995 in Jerusalem at the Hebrew University and the Institute for Advanced Studies. ... Cite

Christenen in het Nabije Oosten

Book section · 1985 Artikelen over minderheidsgroepen in de Islam. ... Cite