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'Spheres of influence': Simeon's trust and its implications for evangelical patronage
(1981-10-20)Parish patronage, as the prerogative of the wealthy and influential, caused eighteenth-century evangelical clergymen to experience continued difficulty in obtaining parochial spheres of ministry. John Thornton (1720-90) ... -
Putting Tamar in her Place
(2019-10-26)Putting Tamar in her Place: Rosalie Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh Tamar and Genesis 38 strayed by accident into my life during MPhil research. Such an intriguing account inspired this dissertation, which set out to answer three ... -
Avicenna's Philosophy of Mathematics
(2019-10-01)I discuss four different aspects of Avicenna’s philosophical views on mathematics, as scattered across his various works. I first explore the negative aspect of his ontology of mathematics, which concerns the question of ... -
The Metaphysics of Light in the Hexaemeral Literature: From Philo of Alexandria to Ambrose of Milan
(2019-07-19)This study investigates the concept of light in the early Jewish-Christian exegesis of the biblical creation narrative (Gen. 1, so-called ‘hexaemeron’). The study argues that the early hexaemeral exegetes theorised light ...
