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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Ephesus"”.
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A socio-rhetorical exegesis of 1 Timothy 2:8-15
… authentication, into the Christian community at Ephesus. Thus the text is simply re-enforcing normative Greco-Roman cultural values upon Christian women and camouflaging it as a Christian norm in order to persuade women to conform to patriarchal cultural standards. Such persuasion, however, is …
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Pilgrimage, Spatial Interaction, and Memory at Three Marian Sites
… and the House of the Virgin Mary near Ephesus. These three places are porous in that they emplace the interactions of different groups, fostering the permeability of boundaries between categories of pilgrimage and tourism, commercial place and devotional place, and cultural and …
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Cultivating Graciousness in the Hearts of Truth-Zealots
… Christ and the Apostle Paul, while the church at Ephesus exemplifies the danger of a church that loved the truth but was also directly challenged by the Lord Jesus for its lack of love (Rev 2:4). With the importance of the virtue demonstrated, the thesis provides numerous practical ways for …
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Providing Christ-Centered Soul Care for Christian Leaders through GlobalLead International
… Jesus was looked upon for those in leadership in Ephesus. Chapter 3 explores the additional literature based upon the fact that Christian ministry leaders face challenges from their human nature, their organization structures, and their unique calling that puts them at an incredibly high risk for …
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An Investigotion of the Prevalence of Rickets among Subadults from the Romon Necropolis of lsola Sacra (1st to 3rd centuries AD), Italy
… reference to rickets comes from Soranus of Ephesus, a Roman medical writer of the early second century AD who describes a high number of children in Rome suffering from rochitic deformities. The current study utilizes two independent forms of evidence, skeletal and historic, to study the …
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Stones with Souls: How Have Meteorites Been Viewed in the Past and How Are They Viewed in the Present?
… sacred stones of Orchomenus, Cassandria, Tyre, Ephesus, Paphos, Delphi, and Mecca, all illustrate how these objects shaped religious belief, were used politically, and created enduring myths and legends. Medieval and early modern examples, such as the falls at Nogata, Ensisheim, and Willamette, …
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The condemnation of the Christology of the three chapters in its historical and doctrinal context: the assessment and judgement of Emperor Justinian and the Fifth Ecumenical Council (553)
… against Cyril of Alexandria and the Council of Ephesus, and 3) the Letter of Ibas of Edessa to Maris. All three theologians belonged more or less to what is conveniently called 'the Antiochene school' of thought and were in one way or another associated with the doctrine of Nestorius. In …
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Finding Onesimus: Recovering the Story of a First-Century Fugitive Slave
… from Colossae to Rome, Caesarea Maritima, or Ephesus).</p> <p>There are many factors that are problematic for the Amicus Domini theory, e.g. the duration of Onesimus’ journey, the financial cost to Philemon, and the fact that the documents typically used to support the <em>Amicus Domini</em> …
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Anglo-Saxon Medicine and Disease: A Semantic Approach
… Latin recensions of the works of Soranus of Ephesus, including the so-called Liber Esculapii and Liber Aurelii. The linguistic study further demonstrates that the technical language of these texts was very well understood and closely studied in Anglo-Saxon England, the vernacular material not …
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Moet vroue werklik stilbly in die kerk? : 'n Gereformeerde interpretasie van die 'Swygtekste' by Paulus in die lig van hulle sosiohistoriese, openbaringshistoriese en kerkhistoriese konteks
… young pastor and teacher of the congregation in Ephesus, tools to call upon the members of the congregation not to start a revolution but to conquer the world for Christ by living an exemplary life. The context of this directive is a heresy that was particularly influencing some women that …
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Worship Music As Spiritual Identity: An Examination Of Music In The Liturgy Among Black And White Adventists In The United States From 1840 To 1944
… study, two Black and two White, respectively: Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church, New York City; Oakwood University Church, Huntsville, Alabama; Battle Creek Tabernacle, Battle Creek, Michigan; and Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, Takoma Park, Maryland. Bulletins of the orders of …