The term “orthodoxy” is associated with developments in Christianity, but it can be used distinctively to describe institutional dynamic that occurred, in various ways, in Rabbinic Judaism and Islam as well.2 The dynamic entails the establishment of a religious canon (Halbertal 1997) and shared...
The term mystes is itself derived from the verb myein (“to close,” especially the eyes or mouth) and signified a person who kept a secret. Early Christianity appropriated the technical vocabulary of the Hellenistic mysteries but later disavowed secrecy, resulting in a transformation of the ...
5.(Historical Terms) the cosmopolitan civilization of the Hellenistic world Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Broadside- a general term for the vantage of another ship that’s absolutely perpendicular to the direction it’s going. To get along broadside, a ship was to take it at a very vulnerable angle. Of course, this is the ship’s largest dimension and is easiest to attack with larger weapons...
Ancient Iran - The Hellenistic and Parthian periods: Between 334 and 330 bc Alexander completed the conquest of the whole Achaemenian Empire. (For the story of the conquest, see Alexander the Great and ancient Greek civilization: Alexander the Great.) Al
Who conquered the four Hellenistic kingdoms? What was the capital of the Hellenistic world? What is the meaning of the term Hellenistic? What did an Ancient Greek city-state include? What came after the Hellenistic period? What are some examples of Hellenistic culture?
Hārītī is the first female deity in Buddhism that was credited with responsibility for protecting women during childbirth and protecting children. Since her introduction to China from India, her image has undergone multiple changes, and the rise and fall of her cult is closely related to the so...
The term ‘Finite’ in Bandstra’s account seems to refer to a fused Finite/Predicator element, as his exposition does not include the notion of Predicator, and the Process in his Transitivity analysis is associated with the Finite. No realization statements are provided beyond the comments ...
For the Cornell researchers trying to date the famous Hellenistic-era Kyrenia shipwreck, which was discovered and recovered off the north coast of Cyprus in the 1960s, the real treasure was not gold coins, but thousands of almonds found in jars among the cargo. July 1, 2024Archeology Read...
The term “nalture” is introduced in this study to describe the geotouristic bind of nature with culture in terms of symbiosis [28], also described by [15,33,34], and not under the traditional dualistic opposition that regards the concept of nature as something separated from human beings ...