El Caribe contemporáneo

La mayoría de libros que se publican sobre el antiguo Egipto tienden a destacar el papel de los reyes, de los grandes nobles y de los sacerdotes. En este libro –que Barry Kemp ha calificado de «detallado y lúcido»–, T. G. H. James se centra, por el contrario, en examinar los trabajos y los días de los egipcios anónimos: burócratas y escribas, albañiles y campesinos, carpinteros y artesanos. ¿En qué tipo de casas habitaban y cómo eran sus condiciones de vida? ¿Cómo se administraba justicia? ¿Qué sabemos de sus relaciones familiares, de sus rivalidades y pleitos, de sus...

La presente obra se inserta en la creciente ola de estudios sobre historia eclesiástica. Las contribuciones aquí contenidas abarcan temáticas concernientes a partir del siglo XVI, pues en este periodo las iglesias cristianas han tenido un altísimo impacto en el devenir de los pueblos y sus repercusiones se perciben hasta el día de hoy.

Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality. This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. An introduction analyzes the principal influences that formed him as a Christian and as a thinker, his emergence as a mature theologian at Alexandria, his work in Caesarea and his controversial legacy. Fresh translations of a representative selection of Origen's...

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