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Scott, Alan: Origen and the Life of the Stars. An History of an Idea. (= Oxford Early Christian Studies. General Editors Henry Chadwick and Andrew Louth). Oxford, Clarendon Press 1991. ISBN: 0198263619
Aus der Einleitung: "Origen is generally recognized as the most important Greek patristic writer and as one of the best thinkers early Christianity produced. Many early Christian writers were influenced by classical ideas, but Origen is remarkable both in the extent of his debt and in his ability to combine the inheritance of classical antiquity with an interpretation of Christian scripture. Others took over pagan ideas, but few used them so much, and perhaps none used them so well. The question of how Origen's appropriation of pagan thought should be understood is a long-standing problem, and continues to be a source of controversy among historians of the period. In this century a number of scholars have emphasized Origen's debt to the Platonism of his own day and consider him a 'middle-Platonist'. Discussions of Origen in terms of middle-Platonism have marked a real advance in Origen studies, for much of his work can be understood only against the backdrop of the interpretation of Plato which was current in the time between Antiochus of Ascalon (d. c.68 BC) and Plotinus (d. AD 270). And yet this is not a category into which Origen neatly fits. First, it is doubtful if, strictly speaking, there is such a thing as 'Christian middle-Platonism'.2 Second, Origen, after all, regarded himself as an interpreter of scripture and not as a Platonist, and so he did not have any special obligation to stay within a particular philosophical school of thought" - Mit 10 Seiten Literaturverzeichnis. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Rückensignatur und Stempeln auf Schnitten, 2 Seiten und Titelblatt. Rücken mit Leinen verstärkt. Sonst guter Zustand. ISBN: 0198263619 - , ISBN-13: 9780198263616

XVI, 189 Seiten, 8° (21,5 x 13,5 cm), Orig.-Pappeinband.

[KW: Scott, Alan: Origen and the Life of the Stars. An History of an Idea. (= Oxford Early Christian Studies. General Editors Henry Chadwick and Andrew Louth). Oxford, Clarendon Press 1991. Philosophie philosophy, Sokrates Plato Stoics Philo, Clement of Alexandria, Rufinus, Heavenly Powers, Stoiker, Clemens von Alexandria]

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Binder, Wolfgang (Ed.): "America's my Home" Interviews with Young Blacks from Georgia. Edited, with an Introduction, by Wolfgang Binder. Frankfurt/M., Bern, Nancy, New York Peter Lang Vlg. 1983. ISBN: 978-3-8204-7956-0
This book presents six interviews with young, upwardly mobile blacks from the state of Georgia, USA, as a contribution to American oral history and culture. The time span covered comprises the years 1960 to 1975, a period which marked a transitional phase in race relations. The interviewees state their experiences with and feelings on desegregation, their political and ethnic loyalties, their aspirations in life, and their value systems. Despite a varied socio-economic background, they show a heightened sense of racial and cultural identity and an integrationist orientation with Martin Luther King as a culture hero.

XIX, 111 pp. Pb. *neuwertig*

[KW: Anglistik]

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Silverman, Helaine/Isbell, William: Andean Archaeology North and South, SPRINGER, BERLIN, ISBN: 0387289399
The third volume in the Andean Archaeology series, this book focuses on the marked cultural differences between the northern and southern regions of the Central Andes, and considers the conditions under which these differences evolved, grew pronounced, and diminished. This book continues the dynamic, current problem-oriented approach to the field of Andean Archaeology that began with Andean Archaeology I and Andean Archaeology II. Combines up-to-date research, diverse theoretical platforms, and far-reaching interpretations to draw provocative and thoughtful conclusions.

NEUBUCH! 2006. XII, 524 p. w. numerous ill. (some col.)

[KW: Anden; Archäologie]

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Wilton, Andrew and Anne Lyles, The Great Age of British Watercolours 1750-1880. Munich, Prestel 1993. ISBN: 3791312545
"The ambitious subject matter, versatile brushwork and daring conceptions of watercolorists William Blake, Thomas Rowlandson, J.M.W. Turner, Samuel Palmer, David Cox, James Whistler and 81 other artists enliven this magificient album. It catalogues an exhibition that opened at London's Royal Academy and soon moves to the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. The standing stones seem to dance in John Constable's Stonehenge. One can find precursors of impressionism, expressionism, surrealism and abstraction among the 320 color plates and 60 black-and-white reproductions which, taken as a whole, alter one's view of British watercolor. Art historians Wilton and Lyles, both with London's Tate Gallery, ably trace the intellectual cross-currents of a peculiarly English movement that marked an unshackling of the imagination, a shift from observation to expression" (Verlagstext). - Guter Zustand.

Mit zahlr. farb. Abbildungen. 343 S. 4to. OBrosch.

[KW: British artists, watercolours, watercolors, Aquarelle]

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