2 QUOTES WITH «ALEXANDRIAN»
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Alexandrian.
You have to scuba dive in the Alexandrian harbor if you want to see what remains of the lighthouse of Cleopatra's day, and the water in the Alexandrian harbor is not really something you want to come into contact with.
The fondest dream of the information age is to create an archive of all knowledge. You might call it the Alexandrian fantasy, after the great library founded by Ptolemy I in 286 BC.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALEXANDRIAN»
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Alexandrian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The
Alexandrian Riots of 38 C.E. and the Persecution of the ...
Avoiding that pattern and building on the historical reconstruction of the experience of the Alexandrian Jewish community under the Ptolemies, this work submits that the riots were the legal and political consequence of an imperial ...
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Apocalypse. An
Alexandrian World Chronicle
This volume contains two texts that crossed the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity.
Pseudo-Methodius, Benjamin Garstad, 2012
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Studies in Gnosticism and
Alexandrian Christianity
Most of the fifteen studies of this volume deal with the mythological and theological ideas found in various Nag Hammadi writings, especially the views, gnostic and non-gnostic alike, on creation and salvation and on the nature of God.
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Kallimachos: The
Alexandrian Library and the Origins of ...
Rudolf Blum’s landmark study, originally published in German in 1977, argues that Kallimachos of Kyrene was not only the second director of the Alexandrian library but also the inventor of two essential scholarly tools still in use to ...
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Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism: An Archive
Interrogating how Alexandria became enshrined as the exemplary cosmopolitan space in the Middle East, this book mounts a radical critique of Eurocentric conceptions of cosmopolitanism.
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The Coven Leader's Handbook - 13 Lessons in Gardnerian and ...
Written by an initiate of both, the Alexandrian and Gardnerian Tradition, this book presents a serious and complete Neophyte training program for Alexandrian and Gardnerian Wicca.
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The
Alexandrian and Gardnerian Book of Shadows
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Newman and the
Alexandrian Fathers : Shaping Doctrine in ...
In this volume, Benjamin King draws on archive as well as published material to explore how Newman interpreted specific Fathers at different periods of his life.
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Interpreting the Bible and Aristotle in Late Antiquity: The ...
This book brings together sixteen studies by international scholars on the origins and early development of the Latin and Syriac biblical and philosophical commentary traditions.
Josef Lössl, J. W. Watt, 2011
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Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the
Alexandrian Aesthetic
Describes the relationship between science and poetry in the Hellenistic period, transforming our understanding of the origins of Western mathematics.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALEXANDRIAN»
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Alexandrian is used in the context of the following news items.
Documenting What Is Left Of Alexandria's Architectural Treasures
“By the implementation of the project, we could turn every Alexandrian citizen into a memory device who will keep our history in their minds and ... «Egyptian Streets, Jul 15»
Between the mystic and the oppressed: Hammour Ziada's world …
An Alexandrian-born Greek, she finds herself heading to Sudan as a missionary. With the fall of Khartoum to the Mahdi's army, she becomes ... «Daily News Egypt, Jul 15»
Mahienour Al-Masry: An Icon of the Revolution in Prison
In 2008, Mahienour stood in support of the hundreds of Alexandrian families resisting an order to demolish their homes under the pretext that it ... «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»
From rabbits at Waterloo to an elegy for the Bronx, 10 books for your …
“Alexandrian Summer” by Yitzhak Gormezano Goren. Originally published in Hebrew in 1978 before it fell out of print, this novel has been ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
Some of Africa
In the second century A.D. Alexandrian polymath Ptolemy produced a map based on information from a Syrian. Its source is generally ... «Dubbo Photo News | Dubbo Weekender, Jul 15»
Summer Reading: Time to Visit Old Friends
They encompassed, in no particular order, “Alexandrian Summer” by the Egyptian-Israeli novelist Yitzhak Gormezano Goren; Jacinda ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Sri Lanka, the Indian Ocean and the China Factor - Dr. Kohona
The map of Sri Lanka drawn by the Alexandrian cartographer Ptolemy, suggests the exaggerated importance of the island in the minds of ... «Asian Tribune, Jul 15»
Alexandria: Wolfe Street Bares Teeth at Developer
That should concern any Alexandrian.” #In the letter, Moritz also states each new dwelling unit must have two off-street parking spaces which ... «Virginia Connection Newspapers, Jul 15»
Project aims to renovate the beauty of Alexandria's buildings
“By the implementation of the project, we could turn every Alexandrian citizen into a memory device who will keep our history in their minds and ... «Daily News Egypt, Jun 15»
Tomorrow, the world is getting one extra second – what are you …
About 140 AD, Ptolemy, the Alexandrian astronomer subdivided both the mean solar day and the true solar day to at least six places – however ... «ZME Science, Jun 15»
