https://mla.hcommons.org/members/moblid/activity/ Activity feed for Moshe Blidstein. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:12:38 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 0f61ce0e9676e27bc0b2e33b623de50d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1883859/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:05:45 -0400 The fires of the Jerusalem temple altar were said to be perpetual. Various writers from the fourth century BCE to the third century CE added explanations and perspectives to this practice: the argument that the fire came from heaven, that it continued even during the destruction of the temple, or that it remained lit only when the high priest was…[Read more]

]]> 0 ff41521e2d806e7ae5b4891dde27e3ff https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868769/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 03:00:16 -0500 Mapping fields using co-citation information is a common endeavour in many disciplines but has rarely been performed in the humanities. In this article, I use data from 417 back-of-book source indices to map the field of ancient Mediterranean religion on three levels: sub-discipline, ancient work, and references in ancient works. The method…[Read more]

]]> 0 f2cc06c4d8b1ae193c364a1267809345 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868680/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 07:42:49 -0500 Mapping fields using co-citation information is a common endeavour in many disciplines but has rarely been performed in the humanities. In this article, I use data from 417 back-of-book source indices to map the field of ancient Mediterranean religion on three levels: sub-discipline, ancient work, and references in ancient works. The method…[Read more]

]]> 0 1c79d6b236dac161247e481559160c2d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1823931/ Sat, 26 Nov 2022 05:30:28 -0500 0 f87452d24cbc639d0b23f6f07af2534c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1681836/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:39:50 -0400 0 bbed169e896b64765d98630a4773aff8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1642212/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:39:12 -0400 0 3ef625c07caa562911c5720349b43e29 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1640097/ Sun, 12 May 2019 07:27:36 -0400 0 34033f2ab54f0ec036234d55ccaf9fe5 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1621709/ Sun, 21 Oct 2018 12:23:40 -0400 0 2b234a2193c66ef995034bd165dcffb4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1616547/ Sat, 25 Aug 2018 11:24:47 -0400 0 a1d7d20cd5aa3f11cef5d929402ce1b4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1596989/ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 13:57:17 -0500 Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature investigates the meaning of purity, purification, defilement, and disgust for Christian writers, readers, and listeners from the first to third centuries. Anthropological and sociological works over the past decades have demonstrated how purity and defilement rituals, practices, and…[Read more]

]]> 0 e60df5efebcad20959a08c98a916e7e0 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1596823/ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 04:13:42 -0500 An MA thesis discussing the role of vegetal offerings in Roman religion, and the shift in attitudes towards them in the first centuries CE

]]> 0 d0ea003cfc508e68543f9f11f7d2d311 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1596822/ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 04:13:41 -0500 An MA thesis discussing the role of vegetal offerings in Roman religion, and the shift in attitudes towards them in the first centuries CE

]]> 0 ac25f64336d2f5318aa52e55a054c2a3 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1596547/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:29:40 -0500 An MA thesis discussing the role of vegetal offerings in Roman religion, and the shift in attitudes towards them in the first centuries CE

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