Religious Literature List
A viewset for viewing and editing Religious Literatures.
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Wudu Tafete Kassu. 2014. Culture and Customs of Ethiopia. ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara.§REF§ \"The Amharic language developed as a court language during the Zagwe period. Several books were also translated into the Geez language. There are also Geez engravings in the walls of the churches of Lalibela.\"§REF§(Getahun and Kassu 2014, 9) Solomon Addis Getahun. Wudu Tafete Kassu. 2014. Culture and Customs of Ethiopia. ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara.§REF§" }, { "id": 554, "polity": { "id": 222, "name": "tn_zirid_dyn", "long_name": "Zirids", "start_year": 973, "end_year": 1148 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Religious_literature", "religious_literature": "present", "comment": null, "description": "\"The Sunni-Maliki opposition in Tunisia was represented most prominently by the major Sunni-Maliki scholar of the time, Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayramni (d. 996), the author of the risala, which, together with the mukhtasar of Khalil b. Ishaq, came to be the most widely known text on Sunni-Maliki law in North Africa, in the Sahara, and in the bilad al-sudan.\"§REF§(Loimeier 2013, 44) Roman Loimeier. 2013. Muslim Societies in Africa: A Historical Anthropology. Indiana University Press. Bloomington.§REF§" }, { "id": 555, "polity": { "id": 586, "name": "gb_england_norman", "long_name": "Norman England", "start_year": 1066, "end_year": 1153 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Religious_literature", "religious_literature": "present", "comment": "Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033–1109):<br>\r\nOne of the most prominent authors of religious literature. His works include:\r\nCur Deus Homo (\"Why God Became Man\"), a theological exploration of the necessity of Christ’s incarnation and atonement. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/HHAWF62F\">[Williams_Zalta_Nodelman 2024]</a>", "description": "" }, { "id": 557, "polity": { "id": 798, "name": "de_east_francia", "long_name": "East Francia", "start_year": 842, "end_year": 919 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Religious_literature", "religious_literature": "present", "comment": "Rabanus Maurus: Rabanus wrote extensively on theology, including commentaries and advice for religious life. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/TPKZ7TB4\">[Kotzur_Wilhelmy_Bischöflisches_Dom-_und_Diözesanmuseum 2006]</a>", "description": "" }, { "id": 558, "polity": { "id": 177, "name": "tr_ottoman_emp_4", "long_name": "Ottoman Empire IV", "start_year": 1839, "end_year": 1922 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Religious_literature", "religious_literature": "present", "comment": "Tafsir (Quranic Commentary) remained central to Islamic scholarship. Scholars provided new interpretations to address contemporary challenges, such as reconciling Islamic law with the reforms of the Tanzimat era. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/M26QR6CH\">[Finkel 2007]</a>", "description": "" }, { "id": 559, "polity": { "id": 21, "name": "us_hawaii_k", "long_name": "Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period", "start_year": 1820, "end_year": 1898 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Religious_literature", "religious_literature": "present", "comment": "In addition to the Bible, missionaries produced extensive religious literature, including sermons, catechisms, hymnals, and moral instruction manuals. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/QT8DN5BS\">[Daws 1997]</a>", "description": "" }, { "id": 560, "polity": { "id": 126, "name": "pk_indo_greek_k", "long_name": "Indo-Greek Kingdom", "start_year": -180, "end_year": -10 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Religious_literature", "religious_literature": "uncoded", "comment": "Unknown. The Greek cultural world endured beyond the collapse of the successor states. Lexicography, astrological diaries, market prices and records also existed within the wider Greek world. Evidence from inscriptions indicate interaction with the wider literary traditions. This was especially true in regard to the Seleucids and later Arsacid literary traditions. There is also evidence of exposure and conversion by at least one King to Buddhism in the Indian literary tradition. However, given the scarce records of the Indo-Greeks no proof has been found to indicate indigenous literary works. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XCKQ4D6E\">[Sherwin-White 1993]</a>", "description": null }, { "id": 561, "polity": { "id": 47, "name": "id_kalingga_k", "long_name": "Kalingga Kingdom", "start_year": 500, "end_year": 732 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Religious_literature", "religious_literature": "uncoded", "comment": "unknown", "description": null }, { "id": 562, "polity": { "id": 420, "name": "cn_longshan", "long_name": "Longshan", "start_year": -3000, "end_year": -1900 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Religious_literature", "religious_literature": "uncoded", "comment": null, "description": "Unknown but possible, given simultaneous occurrence of high shamanism and early writing. \"Not only did political chiefdoms, hierarchical settlements, and high shamanism begin in this period, but it may have witnessed the invention of true writing as well; many inscribed but yet to be deciphered pottery pieces have come to light (Fig. I.IO).\" §REF§(Chang 1999, 64)§REF§" }, { "id": 563, "polity": { "id": 161, "name": "tr_central_anatolia_mba", "long_name": "Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia", "start_year": -2000, "end_year": -1700 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Religious_literature", "religious_literature": "uncoded", "comment": "unknown", "description": null } ] }