The despoliation of Egypt in pre-rabbinic, rabbinic and patristic traditions

his work examines the role played by the biblical motif of the despoliation of Egypt in the understanding Gentiles had of Jews, and how Jews defended themselves, their heroes and their God in the face of anti-Jewish slander. It also examines the manner in which ...

Leo The Great and the spiritual rebuilding of a Universal Rome

Leo the Great was a major figure of the late Roman world whose life and work were profoundly intertwined with the political crisis of his day. As the western empire gradually succumbed to the advancing barbarian kingdoms, Leo understood that the papacy needed to expand ...

Typologie spatio-temporelle de l'ecclesia byzantine

la mytagogie de maxime le Confesseur dans la culture philosophique de l'antiquité tardive

This study addresses the philosophical context of the Mystagogy of Maximus the Confessor. It examines how the Byzantine monk integrates Neoplatonist topics when exposing one of the most important feature of his religious conception of the physical world or cosmology. The volume contains three chapters ...