George Hatke
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814760666
- eISBN:
- 9780814762783
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814760666.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, Ancient History / Archaeology
This chapter examines Aksum's expansion towards the west and north, based on the testimony of the third-century Aksumite inscription Monumentum Adulitanum II (RIE 277). Although RIE 277 deals ...
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This chapter examines Aksum's expansion towards the west and north, based on the testimony of the third-century Aksumite inscription Monumentum Adulitanum II (RIE 277). Although RIE 277 deals primarily with Aksumite military operations in northeast Africa, its references to similar operations in western Arabia provide evidence for a relative date of the inscription and substantiate the case for its authenticity as preserved by the merchant Cosmas Indicopleustes. This chapter argues that, in the course of the military campaigns described in RIE 277, the Aksumite army pushed as far north as the southeastern frontier of Roman Egypt and as far west as the modern Sudanese–Ethiopian borderlands, leaving Kush in peace.Less
This chapter examines Aksum's expansion towards the west and north, based on the testimony of the third-century Aksumite inscription Monumentum Adulitanum II (RIE 277). Although RIE 277 deals primarily with Aksumite military operations in northeast Africa, its references to similar operations in western Arabia provide evidence for a relative date of the inscription and substantiate the case for its authenticity as preserved by the merchant Cosmas Indicopleustes. This chapter argues that, in the course of the military campaigns described in RIE 277, the Aksumite army pushed as far north as the southeastern frontier of Roman Egypt and as far west as the modern Sudanese–Ethiopian borderlands, leaving Kush in peace.
Conor O'Brien
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198747086
- eISBN:
- 9780191809347
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198747086.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This chapter begins by examining the relationship between Bede’s exegesis of the temple image and earlier cosmological interpretations, such as that of Cosmas Indicopleustes. While Bede never read ...
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This chapter begins by examining the relationship between Bede’s exegesis of the temple image and earlier cosmological interpretations, such as that of Cosmas Indicopleustes. While Bede never read the temple as a literal representation of the universe, he did believe it had much to say about the relationship between heaven and earth. His temple commentaries often emphasize the universal spread of the Church throughout the entire world and the unity of Jews and gentiles through this process, ideas that probably relate to Bede’s conception of Anglo-Saxon identity. Such ideas probably formed within the Wearmouth-Jarrow community during the creation of the Codex Amiatinus. The diagram of the tabernacle in the desert in that manuscript is probably intended as a symbolic representation of the universal Church, which includes both the Anglo-Saxons at the end of the earth and Rome at its centre.Less
This chapter begins by examining the relationship between Bede’s exegesis of the temple image and earlier cosmological interpretations, such as that of Cosmas Indicopleustes. While Bede never read the temple as a literal representation of the universe, he did believe it had much to say about the relationship between heaven and earth. His temple commentaries often emphasize the universal spread of the Church throughout the entire world and the unity of Jews and gentiles through this process, ideas that probably relate to Bede’s conception of Anglo-Saxon identity. Such ideas probably formed within the Wearmouth-Jarrow community during the creation of the Codex Amiatinus. The diagram of the tabernacle in the desert in that manuscript is probably intended as a symbolic representation of the universal Church, which includes both the Anglo-Saxons at the end of the earth and Rome at its centre.
Michael W. Champion
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199337484
- eISBN:
- 9780199354986
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199337484.003.0007
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Philosophy
Chapter 7 identifies ways in which the Gazans’ contribution intersects with the later creation debates between Philoponus, Simplicius, and Cosmas Indicopleustes to reveal by comparison the ...
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Chapter 7 identifies ways in which the Gazans’ contribution intersects with the later creation debates between Philoponus, Simplicius, and Cosmas Indicopleustes to reveal by comparison the distinctiveness of the Gazan arguments. Philoponus’ contribution in the Contra Proclum and Contra Aristotelem is clearly more philosophically sophisticated. The chapter then draws out the main conclusions of the study, identifying the cultural specificity of the different groups that together constituted late-antique Gazan society. The study of the writings of Aeneas, Zacharias, and Procopius suggests that late-antique Gaza was a society in transition, where the identity of local cultures and individuals was heterogeneous and fluid, formed through interaction, creative exchange, competition, and conflict.Less
Chapter 7 identifies ways in which the Gazans’ contribution intersects with the later creation debates between Philoponus, Simplicius, and Cosmas Indicopleustes to reveal by comparison the distinctiveness of the Gazan arguments. Philoponus’ contribution in the Contra Proclum and Contra Aristotelem is clearly more philosophically sophisticated. The chapter then draws out the main conclusions of the study, identifying the cultural specificity of the different groups that together constituted late-antique Gazan society. The study of the writings of Aeneas, Zacharias, and Procopius suggests that late-antique Gaza was a society in transition, where the identity of local cultures and individuals was heterogeneous and fluid, formed through interaction, creative exchange, competition, and conflict.
David Hutchings
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- November 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780190053093
- eISBN:
- 9780197612699
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190053093.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
This chapter discusses the commonly held belief that Christendom denied the sphericity of the Earth and promoted a flat Earth instead. By working through both academic and popular sources, it is ...
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This chapter discusses the commonly held belief that Christendom denied the sphericity of the Earth and promoted a flat Earth instead. By working through both academic and popular sources, it is proved that this idea remains prevalent to this day—despite it having been decisively debunked many times. In reality, hardly any Christian writers of note (most likely, no more than two) argued for a flat Earth, and they were largely ignored. This chapter tells the story of how narratives like Columbus being warned by bishops against sailing off the edge of the world have gained such a foothold in our culture, and of what really happened instead. This is the first deep dive into the writings of John William Draper and Andrew Dickson White, both of whom pushed the flat Earth myth very strongly in their books.Less
This chapter discusses the commonly held belief that Christendom denied the sphericity of the Earth and promoted a flat Earth instead. By working through both academic and popular sources, it is proved that this idea remains prevalent to this day—despite it having been decisively debunked many times. In reality, hardly any Christian writers of note (most likely, no more than two) argued for a flat Earth, and they were largely ignored. This chapter tells the story of how narratives like Columbus being warned by bishops against sailing off the edge of the world have gained such a foothold in our culture, and of what really happened instead. This is the first deep dive into the writings of John William Draper and Andrew Dickson White, both of whom pushed the flat Earth myth very strongly in their books.
