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“Scripture as 'One Book': Origen, Jerome, and Cyril of Alexandria on Isaiah 29:11" (2013)
Journal Article
Crawford, M. (2013). “Scripture as 'One Book': Origen, Jerome, and Cyril of Alexandria on Isaiah 29:11". The Journal of Theological Studies, 64(1), 137-153. https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/fls175

As a result of the research of F. M. Abel and Alexander Kerrigan, parallels between the exegetical works of Cyril of Alexandria and Jerome have long been known. In this article I highlight a previously unnoticed parallel which is perhaps the most str... Read More about “Scripture as 'One Book': Origen, Jerome, and Cyril of Alexandria on Isaiah 29:11".

The Preface and Subject Matter of Cyril of Alexandria’s 'De Adoratione' (2013)
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Crawford, M. R. (2013). The Preface and Subject Matter of Cyril of Alexandria’s 'De Adoratione'. The Journal of Theological Studies, 64(1), 154-167. https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/flt031

Cyril of Alexandria’s treatise De adoratione is unique among his writings in that it lacks a preface or prologue in the edition of the work found in Patrologia Graeca. Although in 1989 Georges-Matthieu de Durand pointed to the existence of a preface... Read More about The Preface and Subject Matter of Cyril of Alexandria’s 'De Adoratione'.

Elizabeth I’s Former Tutor reports on the Parliament of 1559: Johannes Spithovius to the Chancellor of Denmark, 27 February 1559 (2013)
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Adams, S., & Gehring, D. (2013). Elizabeth I’s Former Tutor reports on the Parliament of 1559: Johannes Spithovius to the Chancellor of Denmark, 27 February 1559. The English Historical Review, 128(530), 35-54. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ces310

The fragmentary nature of the evidence for the proceedings of the Parliament of 1559 is one of the more obvious reasons for the continuing debate over the Elizabethan religious settlement. Philip II’s representative, the count of Feria, whose reports... Read More about Elizabeth I’s Former Tutor reports on the Parliament of 1559: Johannes Spithovius to the Chancellor of Denmark, 27 February 1559.

The Righteous Gentile Interjects (James 2:18-19 and Romans 2:14-15) (2013)
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Heath, J. (2013). The Righteous Gentile Interjects (James 2:18-19 and Romans 2:14-15). Novum Testamentum: An International Quarterly for New Testament and Related Studies, 55(3), 272-295. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685365-12341425

Jas 2:18-19 is at the heart of James’ famous (or, to some, infamous) argument about faith and works, but it defies definitive interpretation due to combined difficulties in punctuation and in tracing the literary continuity in James’ argument. This e... Read More about The Righteous Gentile Interjects (James 2:18-19 and Romans 2:14-15).

“The Triumph of Pro-Nicene Theology over Anti-Monarchian Exegesis: Cyril of Alexandria and Theodore of Heraclea on John 14.10-11" (2013)
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Crawford, M. (2013). “The Triumph of Pro-Nicene Theology over Anti-Monarchian Exegesis: Cyril of Alexandria and Theodore of Heraclea on John 14.10-11". Journal of Early Christian Studies, 21(4), 537-567. https://doi.org/10.1353/earl.2013.0047

This article begins by identifying a previously unknown quotation in Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on the Gospel of John as an extract from the Johannine commentary of Theodore of Heraclea, a leading member of the fourth-century Eusebian alliance.... Read More about “The Triumph of Pro-Nicene Theology over Anti-Monarchian Exegesis: Cyril of Alexandria and Theodore of Heraclea on John 14.10-11".

"An Inauthentic Georgian Epistle Attributed to Cyril of Alexandria" (2013)
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Crawford, M., & Jashi, Z. (2013). "An Inauthentic Georgian Epistle Attributed to Cyril of Alexandria". Le Muséon, 126(3-4), 369-378. https://doi.org/10.2143/mus.126.3.3005393

This article considers the authenticity of a letter attributed to Cyril of Alexandria that survives only in two Georgian manuscripts. This letter stands at the head of a catena of exegetical fragments dealing with the Pauline epistles, and its author... Read More about "An Inauthentic Georgian Epistle Attributed to Cyril of Alexandria".

Restoring the Greek Tobit (2013)
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Weeks, S. (2013). Restoring the Greek Tobit. Journal for the Study of Judaism: In the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period, 44(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-12340377

The modern consensus that the “Long” text of Tobit is earlier than the “Short” has brought about a paralysis in attempts to restore the Greek, with the very unsatisfactory text in Sinaiticus coming to serve as our de facto best effort. It is importan... Read More about Restoring the Greek Tobit.

Importance of Spiritual Well-Being in Assessment of Recovery: The Service-User Recovery Evaluation (SeRvE) Scale (2012)
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Barber, J., Parkes, M., Parsons, H., & Cook, C. (2012). Importance of Spiritual Well-Being in Assessment of Recovery: The Service-User Recovery Evaluation (SeRvE) Scale. The psychiatrist, 36(12), 444-450. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.111.037838

Aims and method: To develop a self-report questionnaire to measure mental health recovery from the service user viewpoint. Literature searches and scoping exercises indicated that psychological, social and spiritual issues should be included. The res... Read More about Importance of Spiritual Well-Being in Assessment of Recovery: The Service-User Recovery Evaluation (SeRvE) Scale.

Keeping the End in Mind: Left Behind, the Apocalypse and the Evangelical Imagination (2012)
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Guest, M. (2012). Keeping the End in Mind: Left Behind, the Apocalypse and the Evangelical Imagination. Literature and Theology, 26(4), 474-488. https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/frs053

The Left Behind novels, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, illustrate how rapture fiction has become established as a highly successful subgenre of Christian literature. However, their public reception—within popular and scholarly contexts—reflects... Read More about Keeping the End in Mind: Left Behind, the Apocalypse and the Evangelical Imagination.

The Cathedral on the Ridge and the Implicit Mythology of the Shimla Hills (2012)
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Miles-Watson, J. (2012). The Cathedral on the Ridge and the Implicit Mythology of the Shimla Hills. Suomen Antropologi, 37(4), 30-46

This paper engages Lévi-Strauss’ notion of implicit myth with data drawn from extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Shimla. Shimla is located in the Indian Himalayas and today exists in an obvious relationship with its past, when it was known as Simla,... Read More about The Cathedral on the Ridge and the Implicit Mythology of the Shimla Hills.