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The Animalistic Gullet and the Godlike Soul: Reframing Sacrifice in Midrash Leviticus Rabbah

This article proposes an analysis of two homiletic units in the Palestinian Midrash Leviticus Rabbah, which revolve around biblical chapters pertaining to sacrifices. A theme that pervades these units is that of eating as an animalistic activity that often entails moral depravity. In contrast, the act of sacrificing is constructed in these units as one in which one is willing to give up one's own nourishment, and in a sense one's own “soul,” in order to offer it to God. Many of the motifs used to vilify eating in the Midrash can be traced in moralistic Greek, Roman, and early Christian diatribes preaching for moderation in eating or for asceticism; the homilists in Leviticus Rabbah, however, utilize these popular motifs in order to present sacrifice as the spiritual contrary of eating, and thus to give the obsolete practice of sacrifice cultural cachet and compelling meanings

Between Acculturation and Conversion in Islamic Spain The case of the Banū Ḥasday

The High Middle Ages in Islamic Spain (al-Andalus) is often described as a golden age in which Jews, Christians and Muslims lived in harmony. The attested dynamics of conversions to Islam disturb this idyllic, static picture, revealing the religious and social pressures exerted on the religious minorities. The different reactions of the Jewish and Christian communities of al-Andalus to these pressures allow us to refine our understanding of conversion in the Medieval Islamic world. A close examination of the Jewish family of Banū Ḥasday shows more nuances and ambivalence than ‘conversion’ normally suggests

Paganisme hénothéisant et religion d’Abraham dans l’Antiquité Tardive

This article seeks to contribute to a bet­ter understanding of the dynamics between monotheistic and polytheistic conceptions in Late Antiquity, in particular in relation to the Hypsistarians. It does so through an analysis of Abraham’s status as a culture hero beyond Jewish and Christian milieus. The article also insists on the fact that one must speak of continuum rather than of polarity between the various theological attitudes. Through a close reading of some essential testimonies, it highlights the fun­damental fluidity of traditional categories in the History of Religions, such as mono­theism and polytheism, as well as the dia­lectics between popular religion and that of philosophers, or between universalism and particularism. It also offers a new sug­gestion about the origin of the puzzling Qur’anic concept of ḥanīf.La contribution veut contribuer à une meilleure compréhension de la dyna­mique entre conceptions monothéistes et polythéistes dans l’Antiquité tardive, et en particulier de la secte des Hypsistariens. Elle le fait par le biais de l’analyse du statut d’Abraham, comme héros culturel, dans des milieux ni juifs, ni chrétiens. Elle cherche aussi à montrer qu’entre les diverses atti­tudes théologiques on observe plus un conti­nuum qu’une polarité. À travers la lecture de quelques témoignages essentiels, elle souligne la fluidité essentielle des catégories usuelles de l’Histoire des Religions, telles que monothéisme et polythéisme, et la dia­lectique entre religion populaire et religion des philosophes, ainsi qu’entre universalisme et particularisme. Elle s’efforce aussi d’offrir une nouvelle suggestion quant à l’origine du curieux concept coranique de ḥanīf

Robert Bellah on the origins of religion. A Critical Review

This book, as hefty as it is ambitious, represents the opus maximum of the great American sociologist of religion Robert Bellah. The author establishes his quest, from the ‘big Bang’ to Karl Jaspers’ ‘axial age,’ in the middle of the first millennium B.C.E., upon Durkeimian and Weberian principles, and studies in turn the civilizations of Israel, of Greece, of India and of China. Doing this, he ignores Iran, and does not reach up to Christianity and Islam, which appeared later. The failure of the enterprise is at the level of its ambitions. It is an honorable one.L’opus maximum du grand sociologue américain de la religion Robert Bellah est aussi imposant qu’ambitieux. Du « Big Bang » à la « période axiale » chère à Karl Jaspers, au milieu du premier millénaire avant notre ère, l’auteur, se fondant à la fois sur l’héritage de Durkheim et sur celui de Max Weber, tente de reconstituer la formation du champ religieux tel que nous le connaissons, à travers les civilisations d’Israël, de la Grèce, de l’Inde et de la Chine. Ce faisant, il ignore l’Iran et ne traite ni du christianisme ni de l’islam, apparus plus tard. L’échec de l’entreprise est à la hauteur de ses ambitions. C’est toutefois un échec honorable

Severe Clostridial Pyomyoma following an Abortion Does Not Always Require Surgical Intervention

Background. Clostridial infection following pregnancy may be fatal, and surgery is considered as the treatment of choice. We suggest a conservative management in selected cases when preservation of fertility is of major importance. Case. A 41-year-old primigravida presented with abdominal pain and fever, one day following dilatation and curettage at 20 weeks of gestation. Her abdomen was diffusely tender, with a uterus enlarged to 20 weeks' gestation. Laboratory studies were consistent with sepsis and hemolysis. CT demonstrated a gas-containing mass compressing the uterine cavity, and presence of air in pelvic veins. Blood cultures were positive for Clostridium perfringens. The patient was treated conservatively, with IV antibiotics and fluid resuscitation, and recovered. Conclusion. In selected cases of infected myoma complicated by clostridial sepsis, refraining from surgical intervention is a possible therapeutic approach

Transphobia rather than education predicts provider knowledge of transgender health care

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Catalyzing a Nursing Response to Healthcare Discrimination Against Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals

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