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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

immovable mountains in al-Khansa & the Gospels

In al-Khansa’s lament, God keeps mountains immovable against streams of tears. She may have refigured the Gospel figure of moving immovable mountains. … Read the post immovable mountains in al-Khansa & the Gospels

Queen Sheba & King Solomon on riddle of too many cooks

Ancient Syriac and Armenian texts contradict the modern proverb “too many cooks spoil the broth.” The one taste of God is the difference. … Read the post Queen Sheba & King Solomon on riddle of too many cooks

story of Lazarus shows comic reality of Gospel truth

In Gospel of John’s story of the death and raising of Lazarus, Jesus isn’t represented as a Greco-Roman hero high above human stench. … Read the post story of Lazarus shows comic reality of Gospel truth

Aseneth & Xanthus’s wife replay Jesus washing feet

The Gospel of John, the pseudepigraphical story Joseph and Aseneth, and the Aesop Romance all include accounts of negotiated washing of feet. … Read the post Aseneth & Xanthus’s wife replay Jesus washing feet

how Mary Magdalene became a repentant prostitute

Mary Magdalene become a repentant prostitute through combining biblical verse, lives of holy harlots, and Jesus’ words on tax collectors and prostitutes. … Read the post how Mary Magdalene became a repentant prostitute

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