The concept of essence appeared very early in the history of philosophy, playing a very large role in the metaphysical thought of Plato and Aristotle, and hence in the thought of medieval thinkers influenced by them, such as Thomas Aquinas, a major thinker of thirteenth-century …
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The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship among Paul, Simon Magus, and Marcion. Simon was called “the root of all heretics” by Irenaeus. The Tübingen school led by F. C. Baur viewed Simon in the Pseudo-Clementines as Paul in disguise. Marcion was anothe…
Paul's citation of an early baptismal tradition in Gal 3:28, 1 Cor 12:13 and Col 3:11 is as notable for its prominence in the Pauline corpus as it is for its ambiguity. A survey of the variety of views as to what Paul is denying and, conversely, affirming by this formula highlig…
The history of western monasticism in the early middle ages has traditionally been viewed as a continuous process of development. Women religious have been excluded from this discourse, although early work which ‘rediscovered’ female communities has been built on to place them i…
This is a project in intertextuality. Intertextuality is basically a methodology whose goal is to find quotes, allusions, and echoes of a literary antecedent embedded in the writings of a particular author. In this case, those authors are Ben Sira and Paul who both echo the wisd…
When the Moroccan sufi shaykh and reputed saint ‘Alī b. Maymūn (1450–1511) came to Damascus in 1507, he was particularly critical of the conduct of the ‘ulamā’ there. He found fault with them for insisting upon being addressed with honorifics (alqāb), vying with each other in we…
The story of the Moroccan Jewish Saint Sol H[dotbelow]atchuel (Lalla Solika) has generated a variety of texts in a variety of languages, both Jewish (Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Spanish) and European (Spanish, English, and French). I have collected and analyzed written accou…
Through a multi-faceted research strategy incorporating ethnographic, literary, and historical exploration, the dissertation documents living and literary Qadiri traditions and popular traditions of devotion to Sufi saint Muh[dotbelow]yiuddin `Abdul Qadir al-Gilani in the Tamil-…
In Morocco, sufi-saints have been central actors in processes of political change since the early Islamic period, in particular through the establishment Sharifism--the political system which privileged descendents of the Prophet--and the formulation of mystical doctrines which …
This dissertation studies the relationship between Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, and political activism in Morocco. Its goal is to see if the Sufi saint, in his relation with the sultan, is apolitical, acquiescent, rebellious, or expert in retracing the boundaries of pol…