This dissertation is largely a project of redescription and taxonomy. In it, I redescribe, reclassify, and recontextualize the divinatory practices of the apostle Paul. Throughout …
"'Inflamed by Daily Practices': John Cassian and Ethical Formation" is the first inter-disciplinary treatment of the ethical program fostered by the fifth-century Christian ascetic John …
This study explores how Early Christian Latin hymns written between the fourth and sixth centuries harnessed the power of song for instruction. I argue that …
This dissertation offers a re-reading of the work of Augustine of Hippo as a case study of philosophical and rhetorical education in the Greco-Roman world. …
Abstract of “Gaining Virtue, Gaining Christ: Moral Development in the Letters of Paul,” by Laura B. Dingeldein, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2014 Inhabitants of the …
This dissertation examines the ways in which late antique rabbis in Palestine and Babylonia read and discussed reading. It aims to understand the rabbinic orientation …
Abstract of “Kalām as a Way of Life: al-Jāḥiẓ, Natural Philosophy, and the Ontology of Human Difference,” by Michael Lawrence Payne, Ph.D., Brown University, October …
This dissertation retraces the early history and features of what the Byzantines, in hagiographical contexts, called metaphrasis. Literally translated as paraphrase, metaphrasis is a form …
This dissertation explores the dynamic world of Christian pilgrims in the eastern Mediterranean (ca. 400-600 CE) through a landscape archaeological approach, using archaeological evidence as …
This dissertation examines discourse about the experience of liturgical song (the repertoire now known as Gregorian chant) during the Frankish ecclesiastical reforms of the ninth …
