What was the Hellenistic civilization? What does the term Carolingian refer to? What were the chief features of Etruscan culture and religion? What were the three roots of medieval culture in Western Europe? What were the earliest cultures to mine for gold? What type of religion did the Sumeri...
What does Hellenistic mean in Greek? Historians call this era the “Hellenistic period.” (The word “Hellenistic” comes from the word Hellazein, which means“to speak Greek or identify with the Greeks.”) It lasted from the death of Alexander in 323 B.C. until 31 B.C., when Roman t...
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Many Iranians were too deeply committed to the idea of the lordship of Ahura Mazdah, not only as a ruler of Asia but also as inspirer of their own private lives. That is certainly the feeling of the Zarathushtrian Gathas and of the royal inscriptions. Therefore, in the Hel...
Daniel 2:15 tn The Aramaic word מְהַחְצְפָה (mehakhtsefah) may refer to the severity of the king’s decree (i.e., “harsh”; so HALOT 1879 s.v. חצף; BDB 1093 s.v. חֲצַף), although it would seem that in a delicate situation...
Elsewhere in Horace’s Satires he suggests that muria, salted fish brine, was a desirable sauce to blend with oil and wine and this has been noted to be out of keeping with later fashion as muria was considered lower status. Using muria recalls earlier Hellenistic cuisine and it was the ...
This was not a clearly defined movement but was made up of various subgroups drawn from Hellenistic as well as Oriental sources. One of the central beliefs of Gnosticism was that salvation is the escape from the physical body (which is evil) achieved by special knowledge (gnosis; hence, ...
Contrary to Hellenistic ideas of a soul that is discrete and separate from the body and spirit, OT anthropology equated the “soul” (נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh) with the person himself. It is therefore best in most cases to translate נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) as “being” or...
Does abstract art have meaning? What is seriation in art? What is the purpose of abstract art? Define Hellenistic art What does global studies have to do with art? Define representation in art What is an art period? What art period are we in now?