market (place)
market (place) In Palestine of the gospels the market was the place of merchandise (Mark 7: 4), but in the Graeco-Roman world of Paul it is the city centre or ‘main square’ of
Philippi (REB, Acts 16: 19) and of
Athens (Acts 17: 17).
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FEATURE: NEW MILESTONE IN ANCIENT DAMASCUS
News Wire article from: United Press International; 5/5/2001; 700+ words
; ...wrote. As he approached Damascus, "a light from heaven...light, he was led into Damascus by his travel companions...evil he has done to the saints in Jerusalem." But...the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus...Christ" (9:7-23). John Paul II, a consummate...
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Feature: New milestone in ancient Damascus.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 5/5/2001; 700+ words
; ...wrote. As he approached Damascus, "a light from heaven...light, he was led into Damascus by his travel companions...evil he has done to the saints in Jerusalem." But...the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus...Christ" (9:7-23). John Paul II, a consummate...
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Profile: Pope John Paul's trip continues to Damascus
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 5/4/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Profile: Pope John Paul's trip continues to Damascus Host: ROBERT...Christians of Damascus. (Soundbite...filled church in Damascus, Catholics sing...in the steps of Saint Paul will take...head of Saint John the Baptist...
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Damascus's Splendid Umayyad Mosque Set to Welcome Pope John Paul II
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; 6/30/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the dawn of Islam, Damascus has been synonymous...the time when Damascus was the capital of...it welcomes Pope John Paul II, marking...Christian basilica of Saint John the Baptist, which...mosque thought of Damascus as the Garden of...
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Profile: Pope John II's historic trip to Damascus
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 5/6/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...called him. Yesterday, John Paul was received at the...chanting, `We love you, John Paul.' There's a lot...place here on the road to Damascus 2,000 years ago, and...forefront again tomorrow when John Paul visits a ghost town...popes to Rome and many saints. And even the late President...
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The Orphans of Byzantium: Child Welfare in the Christian Empire.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the mid-fourth century by Saint Zotikos, who had at least...brief reference (p. 119) to Saint Basil's admonition to students...adoption of the seventh-century Saint Kosmas by the father of Saint John of Damascus, which is probably a tenth...
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Voracious idols and violent hands: iconoclasm in Reformation Zurich, Strasbourg and Basel.
Magazine article from: Labour/Le Travail; 3/22/1997; 700+ words
; ...and conclusion. The first articulates the sophisticated medieval theology of images, going back to the Syrian saint John of Damascus. This is followed by three essays on the iconoclasm of Zurich, Strasbourg and Basel, respectively. Iconoclasm...
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Symbolic culture and art education
Magazine article from: Art Education; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...images" even though Greek Orthodox beliefs forbid any semblance of idol worship. Instead, as the 8th-century saint John of Damascus said, religious icons were open books to remind us of God (Allies, 1988). Intentional Representation Sometime...
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Pakistan enjoying good, multi-dimensional relationship with US: PM.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 10/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...talked telephonically to Republican candidate John McCain while democrat presidential hopeful Barack...oldest cities on earth and this ancient city of saints is comparable with Damascus, a five thousand year old city. He said that new...
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CLIA '88 lurches ahead as Congress prods. (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988; includes timetable)
Magazine article from: Medical Laboratory Observer; 7/1/1991; 700+ words
; ...they faced some tough rhetoric from panel chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.). "Today not one component...compared the change to the lightning bolt that struck Saint Paul on his way to Damascus. William Roper, M.D., director of the CDC...
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Saint John of Damascus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint John of Damascus or Saint John Damascene , c.675-c.749, Syrian theologian, Father of...of the Church. He was brought up at the court of the caliph in Damascus, where his father was an official, and he was educated by a...
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Saint John Damascene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint John Damascene see John of Damascus, Saint .
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Damascus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...capital and largest city. Damascus is situated on the edge...Byzantines took charge of Damascus around 395 c.e...city as the Church of Saint John the Baptist. The largely...Byzantine forces retook Damascus around 627, but after...
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Chrysorrhoas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chrysorrhoas see John of Damascus, Saint .
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John Damascene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Damascene see John of Damascus, Saint .
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