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On the periphery of the Roman empire, the sixth-century desert city of Gaza served as a crossroads between Palestine and Egypt. The nearby village of Tawatha was home to the thriving monastery of Abbot Seridos and the renowned anchorites Barsanuphius, known to the people as the Great Old Man, and his disciple John. The laity of the area looked to the monks for spiritual leadership, as did their brother monks, bishops, and religious leaders from as far away as Jerusalem and Constantinople. Having adopted a life of physical isolation, the monks communicated with others by letters, offering guidance in such matters as treatment of slaves, distribution of alms, interpretation of visions, and social relations with pagans and Jews. This extraordinary correspondence opens a window into the spiritual world of the desert monastery and the lay community it served. In Disciples of the Desert, Jennifer Hevelone-Harper uses a careful study of the letters to reveal fascinating insights into the monastic community and sixth-century Christian spirituality. Hevelone-Harper explains the network of spiritual authority that was created to lead the monastic community and discusses how monastic leaders responded to challenges to authority, appointed successors, and chose and mentored disciples. She reveals the immense love that Abbot Seridos, Barsanuphius, and John had for their fellow monastics and for the lay community in Tawatha, Gaza, and beyond.

Spiritual life --- Asceticism --- Monastic and religious life --- Vie spirituelle --- Ascétisme --- Vie religieuse et monastique --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- History of doctrines --- History --- Eglise orthodoxe --- Histoire des doctrines --- Histoire --- Barsanuphius, --- John, --- Gaza --- Church history. --- Histoire religieuse --- Church history --- #GGSB: Geestelijke lezing (geel) --- #GGSB: Spiritualiteit --- #GGSB: Religieus leven --- 276 =75 BARSANUPHIUS, SANCTUS --- 248*31 --- Griekse patrologie--BARSANUPHIUS, SANCTUS --- Oosters-orthodoxe spiritualiteit --- 248*31 Oosters-orthodoxe spiritualiteit --- Ascétisme --- Ascetical theology --- Contempt of the world --- Theology, Ascetical --- Christian life --- Ethics --- Life, Spiritual --- Religious life --- Spirituality --- Monastic life --- Spirituality (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Vows --- Christianity --- Iōannēs, --- Jean, --- Johannes, --- John the Prophet, --- Jovan, --- Ghazzah --- Geestelijke lezing (geel) --- Religieus leven --- Spiritualiteit --- Spiritual life - Orthodox Eastern Church - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600 --- Asceticism - Orthodox Eastern Church - History - Early church, ca. 30-600 --- Monastic and religious life - Gaza Strip - Gaza - History - Early church, ca. 30-600 --- Barsanuphius et Iohannes discipulus, propheta dictus, anachoreta Gazae --- Dorotheus ab. apud Gazam --- Barsanuphius, - Saint, - 6th cent. - Biblos psychophelestate periechousa apokriseis --- John, - the Prophet, Saint --- Gaza - Church history --- Barsanuphius et Iohannes discipulus, propheta dictus, anachoretae Gazae

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Die Monographie fragt nach der Einheit des Jesajabuches. Wollte die endgültige Textgestalt des Jesajabuches eine Antwort geben auf die Infragestellung der Treue YHWHs zu seinen Zusagen an David durch den Propheten Nathan (II Sam 7)? Der Hintergrund der Nathansweissagung - verankert vor allem im Bund zwischen dem Königshaus Davids und dem Haus YHWHs - bildet den roten Faden, der die Leser durch die 66 Kapitel des Jesajabuches leitet und es als Erbe der Verheißung darstellt. Der Sinnzuwachs durch die Endredaktion stellt umgekehrt auch die Frage nach der Rolle der Redaktoren in der prophetischen Literatur. This monograph enquires into the unity of the Book of Isaiah. Was the final text of Isaiah intended to give an answer to the prophet Nathan's questioning of YHWH's faithfulness to his promises to David (II Sam 7)? The background to Nathan's prophecy - anchored above all in the union between the Royal House of David and the House of YHWH - forms the thread leading the reader through the 66 chapters of the Book of Isaiah and presenting it as the inheritance of the promise. The added meaning given by the final redaction in its turn poses the question of the role played by redactors in the prophetic literature.

224.2 --- Jesaja. Isaias --- Bible. O.T. Isaiah --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Nathan the Prophet --- David, --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Theology and Religious Studies --- Biblische Prophetie. --- Intertextualität. --- Jesaja (Buch). --- Redaktionsgeschichte. --- Redaktion --- RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament. --- Bearbeitung --- Redaktionsgeschichtliche Methode --- Redaktionsgeschichte --- Old Testament and Ancient Near East --- Prophets --- Isaiah. --- Bibel --- Daud, --- Dāwūd, --- Nabī Dāwūd, --- דוד --- דוד, --- דוד המלך --- David (Biblical figure) --- Book of Isaiah (Book of the Old Testament) --- Ēsaias (Book of the Old Testament) --- Esaïe (Book of the Old Testament) --- Isaia (Book of the Old Testament) --- Isaiah (Book of the Old Testament) --- Isaias (Book of the Old Testament) --- Isaïe (Book of the Old Testament) --- Izaya sho --- Jesaja (Book of the Old Testament) --- Jesajabuch (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sefer Y'sha'yah (Book of the Old Testament) --- Yeshaʻyahu (Book of the Old Testament) --- Y'sha'yah (Book of the Old Testament)

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Since it erupted onto the world stage in 2009, people have asked, what is Boko Haram, and what does it stand for? Is there a coherent vision or set of beliefs behind it? Despite the growing literature about the group, few if any attempts have been made to answer these questions, even though Boko Haram is but the latest in a long line of millenarian Muslim reform groups to emerge in Northern Nigeria over the last two centuries. 'The Boko Haram Reader' offers an unprecedented collection of essential texts, documents, videos, audio, and nashids (martial hymns), translated into English from Hausa, Arabic and Kanuri, tracing the group's origins, history, and evolution.

Islamic fundamentalism --- Boko Haram. --- Fundamentalism, Islamic --- Islamism --- Islam --- Religious fundamentalism --- BH (Boko Haram) --- Boko Harram --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah li-Daʻwah wa-l-Jihād --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah lil-Daʻwatihi wa-al-Jihād --- Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Daʻwah wa-l-Jihād --- Jamaat Ahlussunah lid-Dawa wal-Jihad --- Jamaʼatu Ahlis Sunna Liddaʼawati Wal-Jihad --- Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati wal-Jihad --- Jamaʼatul Alhul Sunnah Liddaʼwati wal jihad --- Jamatu Ahlis Sunna Lidawatti wal Jihad --- JAS (Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati wal-Jihad) --- Nigerian Taliban --- People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad --- Yusufiya --- جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد --- Islamic State in West Africa Province --- Ansaru --- Islamic fundamentalism: Nigeria.

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Christian religion --- Comparative religion --- Kimbangu, Simon --- Church and state --- Eglise et Etat --- Kimbangu, Simon, --- Eglise de Jésus-Christ sur la terre par le prophète Simon Kimbangu --- Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Congo (République démocratique) --- Church history --- Histoire religieuse --- Église de Jésus-Christ sur la terre par le prophète Simon Kimbangu --- #SJ/LH/(6) --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A10 --- 299.6*1 --- -Christianity and state --- Separation of church and state --- State and church --- State, The --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- Nieuwe Afrikaanse godsdiensten: Kimbangisme; messiaanse bewegingen --- Eglise de Jesus-Christ sur la terre par le prophete Simon Kimbangu --- Church of Christ on Earth by the Prophet Simon Kimbangu --- Church of Christ on Earth through the Prophet Simon Kimbangu --- E.J.C.S.K. --- Eglise kimbanguiste --- EJCSK --- Kimbanguistenkirche --- Kirche Jesu Christi auf Erden durch den Propheten Simon Kimbangu --- Eglise du Christ sur la terre par deux témoins: Simon Kimbangu et Thomas Ntwalani --- -Church history --- -Etnografie: Afrika --- -299.6*1 Nieuwe Afrikaanse godsdiensten: Kimbangisme; messiaanse bewegingen --- Christianity and state --- Eglise de Jésus-Christ sur la terre par le prophète Simon Kimbangu --- Congo (République démocratique) --- 299.6*1 Nieuwe Afrikaanse godsdiensten: Kimbangisme; messiaanse bewegingen --- -Congo (Leopoldville) --- République du Congo (Leopoldville) --- Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) --- Republic of Congo (Leopoldville) --- République démocratique du Congo --- Democratic Republic of the Congo --- Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo --- Kongo --- Congo (Kinshasa) --- RDC (République démocratique du Congo) --- DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) --- DRK (Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo) --- Democratic Republic of Congo --- DR Congo --- RD Congo --- Kimbangu Kiangani, Simon, --- Eglise de Jésus-Christ sur la terre par le prophète Simon Kimbangu. --- Congo (Leopoldville) --- Belgian Congo --- Zaire --- Church history. --- Christelijke godsdienst --- Vergelijkende godsdienstwetenschap --- Congo --- Congo DR --- R.D. Congo --- Church and state - Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Kimbangu, Simon, - 1887-1951 --- Congo (Democratic Republic) - Church history --- la colonisation belge au Congo --- Simon Kimbangu --- le mouvement kimbanquiste --- nationalisme africain --- martyre --- L'Eglise de Jésus-Christ sur terre par le Prophète Simon Kimbangu --- kimbanguisme --- théologie --- ethnocentrisme --- ethnologie --- la religion kimbanguiste

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This book focuses on Boko Haram and terrorism in Nigeria, framing the conflict in an international law context. It analyses the nature of political violence and the dominant roles of a violent nation-state (in both colonial and post-colonial experiences) and the rise of terrorism in Nigeria. The book unearths embedded evidence of religious nepotism on the part of state officials using such state institutions as Islamic Preaching Boards to promote one Islamic sect over another in mainly Muslim Northern Nigeria. The book offers insights into this subtle sectarian divide and how this and other ‘subterranean’ elements have contributed to the rise of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria beyond the dominant poverty-terrorism nexus narrative. Furthermore, the book analyses the various components of Boko Haram’s radical ideology, situates them in Islamic Jurisprudence, and examines the philosophy of the group (both in doctrine and practice) – their interpretation of the Koran and the waging of Jihad, and the extent to which they conform to the Islamic Sect Boko Haram claims to follow. The book then examines the basic doctrinal features and characteristics of Boko Haram – waging Jihad, prohibiting revealing dresses for women and mixing of genders, rejecting western values and institutions, denouncing scientific inquiry and democracy, hostage taking, sexual exploitation of captives and other aspects of jus ad bellum and jus in bello in Islamic jurisprudence and international law. Finally, the book analyses the plight of vulnerable groups such as internally displaced persons, the atrocities committed against women and girls in the Boko Haram insurgency and the (in)ability of international law to enforce the protections offered to the victims. From the perspective of critical intellectual inquiry, the book also challenges a number of fundamental assumptions and encourages us to revisit our legal characterisation of certain concepts such as “gender-based crimes”. It then goes further to analyse some legal grey areas in the Boko Haram insurgency such as the legal status of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and the legal framework for holding members accountable for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. Overall, the book represents a valuable contribution to scholarship, deepens our understanding and delineates how international law could respond to the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria in particular and terrorism in Africa in general.

Law. --- Law --- International law. --- Human rights. --- International humanitarian law. --- International criminal law. --- Human Rights. --- International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. --- International Criminal Law. --- Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations. --- Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. --- Criminal law, International --- ICL (International criminal law) --- Criminal law --- International law --- Criminal jurisdiction --- International crimes --- Jurisprudence --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law) --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Legislation --- Philosophy. --- Law and legislation --- Boko Haram. --- BH (Boko Haram) --- Boko Harram --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah li-Daʻwah wa-l-Jihād --- Jamāʻat Ahl al-Sunnah lil-Daʻwatihi wa-al-Jihād --- Jamaʼatu Ahlis Sunna Liddaʼawati Wal-Jihad --- Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati Wal-Jihad --- Jamaʼatul Alhul Sunnah Liddaʼwati wal jihad --- JAS (Jama'atu Ahlisunnah Lida'awati Wal-Jihad) --- Nigerian Taliban --- People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad --- جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد --- International Criminal Law . --- Law—Philosophy.