When we examine the stories of women leaders in the early church—especially the stories of their actions for alleviating suffering—their teaching on the causes of suffering comes into focus: ignorance and fear which are the root of alienation, isolation, and divisions among people and from the earth. Ignorance and fear also manifest in patterns of social injustice and in organized systems of op...

The present paper studies the use of Şūfī al-Ḥusayn b. Manşūr al-Ḥallāj as a mask in modern Arabic poetry, specifically influence this figure exerted on Adūnīs (‘Alī Aḥmad Sa’īd; 1930), ‘Abd al-Wahāb al-Bayyātī (1926-1999) and Şalāḥ al-Şabūr (1931-1981). It examines how these poets used al-Ḥallāj’s order to express contemporary national, social meta-poetical issues. will also demonstrate intent...

Abstract The Psalms are an important source for the intertextual grid that underlies Gospel of Matthew. Particularly, Matthew refers to them in several key passages throughout his gospel (e.g. Ps 91:11f. Mt 4:6; 110:1 22:44; 26:64, 69:22 27:34.48; 22 27:35.39.43.46). Within Parable Discourse (Mt 13:1–52) quotes 78:2 as a ‘fulfillment quotation’ 13:35). After concluding most likely wording 13:35...

Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms (Tate Liverpool 18 May – 18 September 2016) is the first dedicated exhibition to survey an underexplored yet significant element of Bacon’s work, an artist internationally regarded as Britain’s greatest painter of the last century and the biggest one after Turner. This exhibition helps in the re-assessment of his works in the light of the new research that has eme...