SAH Commons | Meredith Warren | Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/meredithwarren/activity/ Activity feed for Meredith Warren. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:21:12 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 e0b8d6c38310a413a164f8bfbf0dc130 Meredith Warren deposited St Paul of the Thorns: A Note on Disability, Visual Criticism, and 2 Corinthians 12:7b–10 in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902584/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:30 -0400 In this note, we introduce readers to St Paul of the Thorns, a painting by Elizabeth Tooth, which is part of an exhibition entitled Reimagining Paul. Using visual arts interpretive methodologies, disability studies, exegesis of 2 Corinthians, and exhibition visitor feedback, we consider the distinctive contribution of visual art to discussions of…[Read more]

]]> 0 3e84ae5b2b3587ff89acf10631095ead Meredith Warren deposited St Paul of the Thorns: A Note on Disability, Visual Criticism, and 2 Corinthians 12:7b–10 in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902583/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:26 -0400 In this note, we introduce readers to St Paul of the Thorns, a painting by Elizabeth Tooth, which is part of an exhibition entitled Reimagining Paul. Using visual arts interpretive methodologies, disability studies, exegesis of 2 Corinthians, and exhibition visitor feedback, we consider the distinctive contribution of visual art to discussions of…[Read more]

]]> 0 c7e44d184a0d918c14e354c0d0e7463a Meredith Warren deposited A Metanarrative of Disability in John 5 in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902581/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:23 -0400 Within Johannine texts, impairment carries associated meanings to the point that the narrative figure is reduced to the impairment rather than having an independent and/or complex identity. A metanarrative of disability exists within these texts, regarding assuming that attitudes, capabilities or attributes relate to particular impairments. This…[Read more]

]]> 0 0a76225dcc83a80fe5cd3a1d2c803b03 Meredith Warren deposited A Metanarrative of Disability in John 5 in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902580/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:19 -0400 Within Johannine texts, impairment carries associated meanings to the point that the narrative figure is reduced to the impairment rather than having an independent and/or complex identity. A metanarrative of disability exists within these texts, regarding assuming that attitudes, capabilities or attributes relate to particular impairments. This…[Read more]

]]> 0 d18ea8c8c347cb330f270197c72c24c3 Meredith Warren deposited Epilepsy as Punishment from God: A Disability Reading of 2 and 3 Maccabees in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902578/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:16 -0400 A surprising consensus among scholars working on 3 Maccabees is that the story of Philopator’s supernatural intervention appears strikingly similar to an epileptic seizure. Likewise, the same observations have been made by others about Heliodorus’s episode in 2 Maccabees. Surprisingly, none of these scholars appear to be self-aware that this is…[Read more]

]]> 0 525ac4042d5e261744a1e48ba5ff7297 Meredith Warren deposited Epilepsy as Punishment from God: A Disability Reading of 2 and 3 Maccabees in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902577/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:12 -0400 A surprising consensus among scholars working on 3 Maccabees is that the story of Philopator’s supernatural intervention appears strikingly similar to an epileptic seizure. Likewise, the same observations have been made by others about Heliodorus’s episode in 2 Maccabees. Surprisingly, none of these scholars appear to be self-aware that this is…[Read more]

]]> 0 e45fc1330c6a3f526582c89a94bc0548 Meredith Warren deposited Davidic Kings with Disability: Illness, Disability, and Ideal Monarchs in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902575/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:08 -0400 Royal illness and disability recur as motifs within the accounts of the Davidic monarchs provided in the books of Samuel and Kings. Recent work done on the intersection of disability studies and the Hebrew Bible provides a framework for tracing this motif throughout the history of the southern kingdom in 1 and 2 Kings. Under this framework, kings…[Read more]

]]> 0 ad0db98f5a3b3ed9502887c24bddb6af Meredith Warren deposited Davidic Kings with Disability: Illness, Disability, and Ideal Monarchs in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902574/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:01 -0400 Royal illness and disability recur as motifs within the accounts of the Davidic monarchs provided in the books of Samuel and Kings. Recent work done on the intersection of disability studies and the Hebrew Bible provides a framework for tracing this motif throughout the history of the southern kingdom in 1 and 2 Kings. Under this framework, kings…[Read more]

]]> 0 7acc3b9ce32241bf28fd5d92989b2e35 Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies deposited St Paul of the Thorns: A Note on Disability, Visual Criticism, and 2 Corinthians 12:7b–10 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902514/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:25:14 -0400 In this note, we introduce readers to St Paul of the Thorns, a painting by Elizabeth Tooth, which is part of an exhibition entitled Reimagining Paul. Using visual arts interpretive methodologies, disability studies, exegesis of 2 Corinthians, and exhibition visitor feedback, we consider the distinctive contribution of visual art to discussions of…[Read more]

]]> 0 ae8a5b9e7e843b4f801fd4888946f007 Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies deposited A Metanarrative of Disability in John 5 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902509/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:01:38 -0400 Within Johannine texts, impairment carries associated meanings to the point that the narrative figure is reduced to the impairment rather than having an independent and/or complex identity. A metanarrative of disability exists within these texts, regarding assuming that attitudes, capabilities or attributes relate to particular impairments. This…[Read more]

]]> 0 23adb88f2e0dc1066044d6654921557b Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies deposited Epilepsy as Punishment from God: A Disability Reading of 2 and 3 Maccabees https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902508/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:53:02 -0400 A surprising consensus among scholars working on 3 Maccabees is that the story of Philopator’s supernatural intervention appears strikingly similar to an epileptic seizure. Likewise, the same observations have been made by others about Heliodorus’s episode in 2 Maccabees. Surprisingly, none of these scholars appear to be self-aware that this is…[Read more]

]]> 0 abbcb974193f9f53269b9f4e2bc401c1 Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies deposited Davidic Kings with Disability: Illness, Disability, and Ideal Monarchs https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902507/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:48:31 -0400 Royal illness and disability recur as motifs within the accounts of the Davidic monarchs provided in the books of Samuel and Kings. Recent work done on the intersection of disability studies and the Hebrew Bible provides a framework for tracing this motif throughout the history of the southern kingdom in 1 and 2 Kings. Under this framework, kings…[Read more]

]]> 0 cb63286d8f4119bf200a4d3cabe5070c Meredith Warren wrote a new post, Now Available for Pre-Order, on the site Dr Meredith J C Warren https://meredithwarren.hcommons.org/?p=320 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:51:12 -0400 Judeophobia and the New Testament: Texts and Contexts, is now available for pre-order in advance of its April 2025 publication date. Co-edited by Meredith Warren, Eric Vanden Eykel, and Sarah Rollens, this […]

]]> cc6a3c5dd7d8a5fedd84d5de3a13b310 Meredith Warren deposited Naming as Human Agency in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901081/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:00:36 -0400 In Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s 1990 comic novel Good Omens, names act as important signifiers of role and function; the act of naming can be an expression of power so strong and significant that it can literally shape reality. Here, I propose a reading of Good Omens that explores human agency through the process of naming. Focusing on the c…[Read more]

]]> 0 cac38539e3f3e7101d249227d0970367 Meredith Warren deposited Naming as Human Agency in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901080/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:00:31 -0400 In Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s 1990 comic novel Good Omens, names act as important signifiers of role and function; the act of naming can be an expression of power so strong and significant that it can literally shape reality. Here, I propose a reading of Good Omens that explores human agency through the process of naming. Focusing on the c…[Read more]

]]> 0 0a8e86d2f420750f71433ca105077124 Meredith Warren deposited Naming as Human Agency in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901079/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:00:30 -0400 In Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s 1990 comic novel Good Omens, names act as important signifiers of role and function; the act of naming can be an expression of power so strong and significant that it can literally shape reality. Here, I propose a reading of Good Omens that explores human agency through the process of naming. Focusing on the c…[Read more]

]]> 0 18eb6f84c46031be49d561b0c284ee9a Meredith Warren edited the blog post Naming as Human Agency in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://jibs.hcommons.org/2024/10/07/naming-as-human-agency-in-terry-pratchett-and-neil-gaimans-good-omens/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:17:41 -0400 Clair J. Hutchings-Budd

cjhutchings-budd1@sheffield.ac.uk

Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he […]

]]> bd89a94cb8ce8fc69d5cb91e4e381360 Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies deposited Naming as Human Agency in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901016/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:28:27 -0400 In Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s 1990 comic novel Good Omens, names act as important signifiers of role and function; the act of naming can be an expression of power so strong and significant that it can literally shape reality. Here, I propose a reading of Good Omens that explores human agency through the process of naming. Focusing on the c…[Read more]

]]> 0 707279b2fe2a151e1dd5c74372378d03 Meredith Warren deposited There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons: A Parable of Futurity, Reproductivity, Utopia, and Social Death in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899809/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:00:47 -0400 Few of the parables found in the gospels have received more attention than the parable of the man with two sons, commonly known as the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this paper, I argue that discourses of queer futurity can help make new sense of the parable, highlighting its use of family structures and its assumptions about time, and attending…[Read more]

]]> 0 3f411d6fc96dd722f8f0eaf5fe068a0a Meredith Warren deposited There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons: A Parable of Futurity, Reproductivity, Utopia, and Social Death in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899808/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:00:44 -0400 Few of the parables found in the gospels have received more attention than the parable of the man with two sons, commonly known as the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this paper, I argue that discourses of queer futurity can help make new sense of the parable, highlighting its use of family structures and its assumptions about time, and attending…[Read more]

]]> 0 9bccc294722df3f4e93e86185d24317c Meredith Warren deposited There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons: A Parable of Futurity, Reproductivity, Utopia, and Social Death in the group Feminist Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899807/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:00:31 -0400 Few of the parables found in the gospels have received more attention than the parable of the man with two sons, commonly known as the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this paper, I argue that discourses of queer futurity can help make new sense of the parable, highlighting its use of family structures and its assumptions about time, and attending…[Read more]

]]> 0 9cab0efe12edcddd5f66d98aa4a9c707 Meredith Warren deposited There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons: A Parable of Futurity, Reproductivity, Utopia, and Social Death in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899806/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:00:26 -0400 Few of the parables found in the gospels have received more attention than the parable of the man with two sons, commonly known as the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this paper, I argue that discourses of queer futurity can help make new sense of the parable, highlighting its use of family structures and its assumptions about time, and attending…[Read more]

]]> 0 c7f5fa5727d2dee71c66b031426f9eab Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies deposited There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons: A Parable of Futurity, Reproductivity, Utopia, and Social Death https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899707/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:06:26 -0400 Few of the parables found in the gospels have received more attention than the parable of the man with two sons, commonly known as the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this paper, I argue that discourses of queer futurity can help make new sense of the parable, highlighting its use of family structures and its assumptions about time, and attending…[Read more]

]]> 0 6dd9f7e0cd23e509badd9d367e3ec287 Meredith Warren deposited Requiring Apologia? Merchants and Artisans in Acts of the Apostles in the group Late Antiquity https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898297/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:00:42 -0400 Christian merchants, artisans, and service providers were explicitly targeted by early critics of the movement, who felt, in line with contemporary prejudices, that such people were dirty, ignorant, and prone to the vices of greed and deceit. Detractors hoped to attack Christianity on two intersecting fronts: that the faith was morally bankrupt…[Read more]

]]> 0 c1f29c051e6eadd84214de70c9e862de Meredith Warren deposited Requiring Apologia? Merchants and Artisans in Acts of the Apostles in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898296/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:00:39 -0400 Christian merchants, artisans, and service providers were explicitly targeted by early critics of the movement, who felt, in line with contemporary prejudices, that such people were dirty, ignorant, and prone to the vices of greed and deceit. Detractors hoped to attack Christianity on two intersecting fronts: that the faith was morally bankrupt…[Read more]

]]> 0 8f91a38cc3b0ff5825bbdbca04c825ce Meredith Warren deposited Requiring Apologia? Merchants and Artisans in Acts of the Apostles in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898295/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:00:34 -0400 Christian merchants, artisans, and service providers were explicitly targeted by early critics of the movement, who felt, in line with contemporary prejudices, that such people were dirty, ignorant, and prone to the vices of greed and deceit. Detractors hoped to attack Christianity on two intersecting fronts: that the faith was morally bankrupt…[Read more]

]]> 0 98882d783562cfefc1c2c50432067434 Meredith Warren deposited Requiring Apologia? Merchants and Artisans in Acts of the Apostles in the group Ancient Greece & Rome https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898294/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:00:05 -0400 Christian merchants, artisans, and service providers were explicitly targeted by early critics of the movement, who felt, in line with contemporary prejudices, that such people were dirty, ignorant, and prone to the vices of greed and deceit. Detractors hoped to attack Christianity on two intersecting fronts: that the faith was morally bankrupt…[Read more]

]]> 0 11986564e3d5d1a1a3c26cd7e0ca7f0c Meredith Warren edited the blog post Requiring Apologia? Merchants and Artisans in Acts of the Apostles in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://jibs.hcommons.org/2024/09/09/requiring-apologia-merchants-and-artisans-in-acts-of-the-apostles/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 08:25:27 -0400 Jane Sancinito

Jane_Sancinito@uml.edu

The fragmentation of early criticism of Christianity poses a challenge to both theological and historical analyses of the early Christian movement and its place in […]

]]> cd003beb2b816911871468ac17657bcd Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies deposited Requiring Apologia? Merchants and Artisans in Acts of the Apostles https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898210/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 08:15:18 -0400 Christian merchants, artisans, and service providers were explicitly targeted by early critics of the movement, who felt, in line with contemporary prejudices, that such people were dirty, ignorant, and prone to the vices of greed and deceit. Detractors hoped to attack Christianity on two intersecting fronts: that the faith was morally bankrupt…[Read more]

]]> 0 ed78a70736c96d46b652fdb54dd0abd7 Meredith Warren wrote a new post, Are You What You Eat? A Festival of the Mind collaborative project, on the site Dr Meredith J C Warren https://meredithwarren.hcommons.org/?p=314 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 07:50:20 -0400 From 19-29 September 2024, Sheffield will host the Festival of the Mind, showcasing fascinating research and collaborations between scholars and local partners. My work on transformative eating, in particular […]

]]> 1b7fd3b2bd8602f4bf99a0317e928f79 Meredith Warren wrote a new post, Honourable Mention: BIAJS Book Prize, on the site Dr Meredith J C Warren https://meredithwarren.hcommons.org/?p=301 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:19:52 -0400 My co-authored text book, Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean been awarded Honourable Mention in the annual British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies Book Prize. Sara Parks, Shayna […]

]]> d3c18c588b3d9ca9d629c37ef1d9a2a5 Meredith Warren deposited Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891074/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:00:26 -0400 In ancient Hebrew, the word for “hand” can also refer metaphorically to personal power—or be innuendo for the phallus. This observation serves as a key to the many appearances of “hands” in the book of Esther, from the king’s superlative “hand” to the ever-active “hands” of eunuchs. This abundance of hands has an ironic significance, alter…[Read more]

]]> 0 e51c16c5afff1e3ea5b4b862183b47de Meredith Warren deposited Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891073/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:00:23 -0400 In ancient Hebrew, the word for “hand” can also refer metaphorically to personal power—or be innuendo for the phallus. This observation serves as a key to the many appearances of “hands” in the book of Esther, from the king’s superlative “hand” to the ever-active “hands” of eunuchs. This abundance of hands has an ironic significance, alter…[Read more]

]]> 0 4200f8eb2dc922e480ddc0ff20d1b5bd Meredith Warren deposited Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther in the group Feminist Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891072/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:00:12 -0400 In ancient Hebrew, the word for “hand” can also refer metaphorically to personal power—or be innuendo for the phallus. This observation serves as a key to the many appearances of “hands” in the book of Esther, from the king’s superlative “hand” to the ever-active “hands” of eunuchs. This abundance of hands has an ironic significance, alter…[Read more]

]]> 0 95347dbceba9a3bdf79e8a7eafdfbe59 Meredith Warren deposited Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther in the group Feminist Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891071/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:00:11 -0400 In ancient Hebrew, the word for “hand” can also refer metaphorically to personal power—or be innuendo for the phallus. This observation serves as a key to the many appearances of “hands” in the book of Esther, from the king’s superlative “hand” to the ever-active “hands” of eunuchs. This abundance of hands has an ironic significance, alter…[Read more]

]]> 0 a38499f49a06c8f954929d0d3464fa57 Meredith Warren deposited Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891070/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:00:05 -0400 In ancient Hebrew, the word for “hand” can also refer metaphorically to personal power—or be innuendo for the phallus. This observation serves as a key to the many appearances of “hands” in the book of Esther, from the king’s superlative “hand” to the ever-active “hands” of eunuchs. This abundance of hands has an ironic significance, alter…[Read more]

]]> 0 bc137830eefa8baa7a6cec89750c90cd Meredith Warren deposited Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891069/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:00:04 -0400 In ancient Hebrew, the word for “hand” can also refer metaphorically to personal power—or be innuendo for the phallus. This observation serves as a key to the many appearances of “hands” in the book of Esther, from the king’s superlative “hand” to the ever-active “hands” of eunuchs. This abundance of hands has an ironic significance, alter…[Read more]

]]> 0 aa532f68f32cd946c16e34d627e496e0 Meredith Warren edited the blog post Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://jibs.hcommons.org/2024/07/05/queer-futures-and-phallic-humour-in-the-book-of-esther/ Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:49:57 -0400 Esther Brownsmith

ebrown8@udayton.edu

I begin this article by presenting a joke, taken from the book of Esther, chapter 1, verse 7.

Question: “How abundant was the wine at King Ahasuerus’s dri […]

]]> cdd5f4ae0a76f2cf607291ea1ea0e424 Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies deposited Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891008/ Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:37:33 -0400 In ancient Hebrew, the word for “hand” can also refer metaphorically to personal power—or be innuendo for the phallus. This observation serves as a key to the many appearances of “hands” in the book of Esther, from the king’s superlative “hand” to the ever-active “hands” of eunuchs. This abundance of hands has an ironic significance, alter…[Read more]

]]> 0 6f242261bcfcece20e8e42fe00b9af7c Meredith Warren wrote a new post, New Book: Good Omens & The Bible, on the site Dr Meredith J C Warren https://meredithwarren.hcommons.org/?p=296 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:58:42 -0400 Now available on Sheffield Phoenix Press’s website, Good Omens and the Bible, edited by Meredith J. C. Warren, Shayna Sheinfeld, and Charlotte Naylor Davis, provides a diversely rich collection of […]

]]> c756cef34fb7c4f80ae049376e1fb2c3 Meredith Warren deposited What Exactly Did Mary “Conceive” in Her Womb? in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884604/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:23:32 -0400 The language Luke uses to depict conception in his infancy narrative calls upon established medical discourse for fertilisation. My argument in this philological study is that ancient gynaecology prompts us to give full weight to the literal meaning of Gabriel’s term sullambanein (“to conceive/grasp”) and to ask what grammatical and material objec…[Read more]

]]> 0 a15b41f64fb00eb100cfc05ec4ebcd4d Meredith Warren deposited What Exactly Did Mary “Conceive” in Her Womb? in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884603/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:23:28 -0400 The language Luke uses to depict conception in his infancy narrative calls upon established medical discourse for fertilisation. My argument in this philological study is that ancient gynaecology prompts us to give full weight to the literal meaning of Gabriel’s term sullambanein (“to conceive/grasp”) and to ask what grammatical and material objec…[Read more]

]]> 0 f85c3a300f135c9a2f9aaa30e6a4c725 Meredith Warren deposited What Exactly Did Mary “Conceive” in Her Womb? in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884602/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:23:22 -0400 The language Luke uses to depict conception in his infancy narrative calls upon established medical discourse for fertilisation. My argument in this philological study is that ancient gynaecology prompts us to give full weight to the literal meaning of Gabriel’s term sullambanein (“to conceive/grasp”) and to ask what grammatical and material objec…[Read more]

]]> 0 b964dd7e5981f01f67a78e7215bcd5f6 Meredith Warren deposited What Exactly Did Mary “Conceive” in Her Womb? in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884601/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:23:21 -0400 The language Luke uses to depict conception in his infancy narrative calls upon established medical discourse for fertilisation. My argument in this philological study is that ancient gynaecology prompts us to give full weight to the literal meaning of Gabriel’s term sullambanein (“to conceive/grasp”) and to ask what grammatical and material objec…[Read more]

]]> 0 77365beb3b28ed8fe129764464af723e Meredith Warren deposited Bearing a “Jewish Weight”: A New Interpretation of a Greek Comedic Papyrus About Athletics (CPJ 3.519) in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884599/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:23:16 -0400 This article offers a new interpretation of the phrase “Jewish weight,” especially as it is used in the Greek papyrus known as CPJ 3.519. The Roman-era papyrus preserves part of a work of otherwise unknown fiction, probably a script of a comedic mime about an athletic contest in a gymnasium. Contrary to previous interpreters, a new reading of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 f9cee781744b83a75c0a179f772fbb1d Meredith Warren deposited Bearing a “Jewish Weight”: A New Interpretation of a Greek Comedic Papyrus About Athletics (CPJ 3.519) in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884598/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:23:10 -0400 This article offers a new interpretation of the phrase “Jewish weight,” especially as it is used in the Greek papyrus known as CPJ 3.519. The Roman-era papyrus preserves part of a work of otherwise unknown fiction, probably a script of a comedic mime about an athletic contest in a gymnasium. Contrary to previous interpreters, a new reading of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9ebcec700b7972b8e810170e0a6ccbc9 Meredith Warren deposited Bearing a “Jewish Weight”: A New Interpretation of a Greek Comedic Papyrus About Athletics (CPJ 3.519) in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884597/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:23:09 -0400 This article offers a new interpretation of the phrase “Jewish weight,” especially as it is used in the Greek papyrus known as CPJ 3.519. The Roman-era papyrus preserves part of a work of otherwise unknown fiction, probably a script of a comedic mime about an athletic contest in a gymnasium. Contrary to previous interpreters, a new reading of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 06012a6c4ca70cd6833bd0feb05dad01 Meredith Warren deposited Bearing a “Jewish Weight”: A New Interpretation of a Greek Comedic Papyrus About Athletics (CPJ 3.519) in the group Ancient Greece & Rome https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884596/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:22:32 -0400 This article offers a new interpretation of the phrase “Jewish weight,” especially as it is used in the Greek papyrus known as CPJ 3.519. The Roman-era papyrus preserves part of a work of otherwise unknown fiction, probably a script of a comedic mime about an athletic contest in a gymnasium. Contrary to previous interpreters, a new reading of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 ccab6a10b4f96af9231d0d7a3c74dcec Meredith Warren deposited The Greek Hat: 2 Maccabees 4:12 as a Euphemism for Reverse Circumcision in the group Late Antiquity https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884594/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:22:28 -0400 Biblical Hebrew is known for its creative avoidance of mentioning intimate body parts. Did such euphemisms continue in Greek-speaking Judaism? This article proposes that the “Greek hat” in 2 Maccabees 4:12 is not (or at least not only) a literal hat or a vague metaphor for Hellenism, as has been suggested through the centuries. Instead, it is a s…[Read more]

]]> 0 b945a9421c60a4c9b1af1af7f7fa219d Meredith Warren deposited The Greek Hat: 2 Maccabees 4:12 as a Euphemism for Reverse Circumcision in the group Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884593/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:22:24 -0400 Biblical Hebrew is known for its creative avoidance of mentioning intimate body parts. Did such euphemisms continue in Greek-speaking Judaism? This article proposes that the “Greek hat” in 2 Maccabees 4:12 is not (or at least not only) a literal hat or a vague metaphor for Hellenism, as has been suggested through the centuries. Instead, it is a s…[Read more]

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