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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

Bible

transcending violence in Acts: the genteel Ethiopian eunuch official

Closely reading the Ethiopian eunuch’s words in Acts 8:26-40 reveals him to be a gracious, genteel, and sophisticated man transcending violence. … Read the post transcending violence in Acts: the genteel Ethiopian eunuch official

Zerubbabel in Esdras hailed truth over king, wine, and women

The biblical apocrypha Esdras tells Zerubbabel’s riddle concerning the power of king, wine, women, and truth. Only truth is stronger than women. … Read the post Zerubbabel in Esdras hailed truth over king, wine, and women

In rosa vernat lilium: unity in diversity of order, sex, and season

The medieval song (conductus) Within a rose blooms a lily {In rosa vernat lilium} wondrously expresses unity in diversity. … Read the post In rosa vernat lilium: unity in diversity of order, sex, and season

from ancient scribes to the misery of literary writers

Ancient Mesopotamian scribes trained to serve the wealthy and powerful. To be financially successful, writers ever since have mainly served the elite. … Read the post from ancient scribes to the misery of literary writers

Revelation represents men as sol novus and umbra viventis lucis

The woman clothed with the sun of Revelation, Chapter 12, encompasses men: Rome’s sol novus and incarnation through Hildegard’s umbra viventis lucis. … Read the post Revelation represents men as sol novus and umbra viventis lucis

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