0404, 2013

The Zen Gateway: new web resource

By Mary Fisk|April 4, 2013|China and Inner Asia, Japan, Religions|0 comments

Image of Mampukuji Temple (Kyoto, Japan) from Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mampukuji.jpg The Zen Gateway is a new magazine-style online community for those interested in the study, research into and practice of Zen (Chan) Buddhism, including related disciplines such as calligraphy, well-being and martial arts. Create an account to become a contributing member and add your own content. The Scholars and Academics section contains articles, comment and book reviews and the community website also hosts

1203, 2013

Archives ouvertes de l’IFPO / IFPO Open Archives

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|March 12, 2013|Anthropology and Sociology, Art and Archaeology, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Politics and International Relations, Religions|0 comments

The French Institute for the Near East (Ifpo) collections serves the advancement of knowledge on the Middle East in general and Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Iraq in particular, in all the disciplines of humanities and social sciences, from Antiquity to our times. From its three firmly grounded scientific departments (Contemporary Studies, Medieval and Modern Arab Studies and Archaeology and Ancient History), Ifpo has developed a large academic spectrum,

0103, 2013

Religions – February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 1, 2013|Religions|0 comments

Assyrians post-Nineveh: identity, fragmentation, conflict and survival (672 BC-1920): a study of Assyrogenous communities / Racho Donef. The Oxford handbook of late antiquity / edited by Scott Fitzgerald Johnson. A genealogy of evil: anti-Semitism from Nazism to Islamic Jihad / David Patterson. Postcolonial perspectives in African biblical interpretations / edited by Musa W. Dube, Andrew M. Mbuvi, and Dora R. Mbuwayesango. The social face of Buddhism: an approach to political

2502, 2013

Mesopotamian deities: new web resource

By Mary Fisk|February 25, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Religions|0 comments

All you need to know about fifty ancient Mesopotamian deities, from Anu to Zababa, is brought together on Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (AMGG), a new resource from ORACC (Open Richly Annoated Cuneiform Corpus). Enlil and Ninlil – from a mural decoration at Susa (image Paul Bedson http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EnlilandNinlil.jpg) The site is aimed at undergraduate students and provides concise information on the deities, with links to images, further readings and online projects. Click

1902, 2013

Open-access texts from the Institut français du Proche-Orient

By Mary Fisk|February 19, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Religions|0 comments

The prestigious Institut français du Proche-Orient, with offices in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, aims to bring together study and research on all aspects of the ancient and modern civilizations of the Near East (including Libya, Syria, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories and Iraq) A large number of IFPO publications are now available on open-access from http://ifpo.revues.org/ The content is fully searchable and includes books, archaeological reports and the research reports, Les

3001, 2013

Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit online

By Mary Fisk|January 30, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, History, Religions|0 comments

This is a digital index to Die Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit (PbmZ) currently being complied by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy with the aim of documenting the lives of individuals active in the Byzantine World. Part 1 (641-867 AD) is now completely indexed and searchable (some 11,500 articles) Although copyright restrictions mean the full-text cannot be viewed, you can see an opening extract and obtain the page references for the print volume. Part 2

2901, 2013

Religions – January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 29, 2013|Religions|0 comments

Les vivants et leurs morts : actes du colloque organisé par le Collège de France, Paris, les 14-15 avril 2010 / éd. par Jean-Marie Durand, Thomas Römer et Jürg Hutzli. Christian origins and Hellenistic Judaism: social and literary contexts for the New Testament / edited by Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts. Conversion and narrative: reading and religious authority in Medieval polemic / Ryan Szpiech. Vie et spiritualité des

2101, 2013

Cambridge Digital Library : 25,000 faith-related images recently released

By Mary Fisk|January 21, 2013|Religions|0 comments

Past Horizons, the archaeology website, describes and illustrates the latest batch of releases on the Cambridge Digital Library. These latest releases include some 25,000 images focusing on important texts from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism and HInduism Click here to read the Past Horizons feature with links to a selection of key documents, including the 2,000 year old copy of the Ten Commandments on the Nash Papyrus, the 4th / 5th century Gospels

0401, 2013

Religions – December 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 4, 2013|Religions|0 comments

Sanctity and self-inflicted violence in Chinese religions, 1500-1700 / Jimmy Yu Mamluks and animals: veterinary medicine in medieval Islam / by Housni Alkhateeb Shehada. On old age: approaching death in antiquity and the Middle Ages / edited by Christian Krötzl, Katariina Mustakallio. Conversion and apostasy in the late Ottoman Empire / Selim Deringil

1212, 2012

Traditional Parsi death rituals in modern Mumbai

By Mary Fisk|December 12, 2012|Religions, South Asia|0 comments

Image from Wikimedia: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Indian_Vulture-_Gyps_indicus.jpg) Link to this New York Times article on how Parsi leaders in Mumbai are building aviaries to re-establish the native vultures which traditionally consumed the corpses of the of the Parsi dead, laid out in specially constructed Towers of Silence, so that the elements of air, earth, fire and water would not be polluted by death. The scheme will also bring the birds back from the brink of extinction. Image