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1. Charged Wonders.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*ART exhibitions, *CULTURE in art
Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition "Africa and Byzantium" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, from November 19, 2023 to March 3, 2024.

Published
2024

3. Between Two Empires.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*ARMENIAN art, *ANTIQUITIES, *EXHIBITIONS, ARMENIAN history
Abstract

The article reviews the historical exhibition of Armenian art and antiquities titled "Armenia!" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York from September 30, 2018 through January 13, 2019 and comments on the book "Armenia: Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages," edited by Helen C. Evans.

Published
2019

4. Splendors of the Seljuqs in New York.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*SELJUK art, *SELJUKS, *EXHIBITIONS
Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition "Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs an exhibition" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from April 27-July 24, 2016 which featured Seljuk art and antiquities.

Published
2016

11. The Risks of Being Christian.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews two books including "Sin: The Early History of an Idea," by Paula Fredriksen and "Heaven's Purge: Purgatory in Late Antiquity," by Isabel Moreira.

Published
2012

13. The Private Art of Early Christians.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*EXHIBITIONS, *CHRISTIANITY & art, *SACRED books, *AESTHETICS in the Bible, *BIBLICAL studies, CATHOLIC Church
Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition "Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art" at the Kimberly Art Museum, in Fort Worth from November 18-2007 to March 30, 2008.

Published
2008

15. A new Augustine.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*CHRISTIAN saints
Abstract

Reviews several books about Saint Augustine. `Saint Augustine,' by Gary Wills; `The Works of Saint Augustine III/11: Newly Discovered Sermons,' translated by Edmund Hill; `Saint Augustine: Letters VI (1-29),' translated by Robert B. Eno.

Published
1999

16. Rome: Sex & Freedom.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*SIN, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity" by Kyle Harper.

Published
2013

17. Recovering Submerged Worlds.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews three book "The Throne of Adulis: Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam" and "Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity" by G.W. Bowersock, and "The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran: Rural Revolt and Local Zoroastrianism" by Patricia Crone.

Published
2013

18. The Great Transition.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*ART exhibitions
Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition "Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th-9th Century)" held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from March 14 to July 8, 2012.

Published
2012

19. Paganism: What We Owe the Christians.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*PAGANISM, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "The Last Pagans of Rome," by Alan Cameron.

Published
2011

20. A Surprise from Saint Augustine.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews two books "Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism," by Paula Frederiksen and "Palestine in Late Antiquity," by Hagith Sivan.

Published
2009

21. The Voice of the Stones.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*MOSAICS (Art), *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Mosaics As History: The Near East From Late Antiquity to Islam," by G. W. Bowersock.

Published
2008

22. Dialogue With God.

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
*LATIN literature, *NONFICTION
Published
2017

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