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In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to incite violen

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The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
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"He who knows does not talk, he who talks does not know." Lao Tzu Truer words were never stated--at least in r

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Raymond E. Brown (1928-1998), a Sulpician priest, was Auburn Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Uni

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Open Access Thirteen papers on different subjects, focussing on writings and inscriptions in medieval art, explore the

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This publication is the result of the congress 'Sakrale Schrifträume' (17 November – 18 November 2016) and the

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This latest title in the highly successful Ancient Textiles series is the first substantial monograph-length historiogra

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"Francophone writers from North Africa and the Middle East often choose to write within a sacred context, sometimes

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"Francophone writers from North Africa and the Middle East often choose to write within a sacred context, sometimes

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The Death of Sacred Texts draws attention to a much neglected topic in the study of sacred texts: the religious and ritu

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