Bronwen Neil
Biographic Data
| ID | 1166477 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bronwen Neil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bronwen |
| FAMILY NAME | Neil |
| SIGNATURE | NEIL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Catholic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6626-3693 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Images of Power in Portraits, Texts and Context
How do ancient (or contemporary) portraits display power? Why is that man (or less often woman) a ruler, and how can viewers (or readers), alone or in a crowd, tell that he represents something more than himself? He stands for something, literally in the case of ancient bronze or marble portrait statuary, signifier of a powerful office, and its individual holder, a basileus (‘king’) or an emperor. His power over me and mine is expressed in physic…
Dream Divination in a Context of Social Disruption
The late Roman discourse on divinatory dreams and their interpretation reflects a context of cultural fragmentation. The political turbulence of the 350s to 360s was due partly to the ongoing external war with the (Persian) Sasanians, but also to the internal struggle between the heirs of Constantine for rule over the Roman empire, still undergoing a process of Christianization when Julian was acclaimed Augustus in 360. A third arena of fragmenta…
Learning with the heart or with the mind
Virtual reality (VR) technology can increase prosocial behaviour toward a target person or group by enhancing their empathic response for the subject, but such technology has not always improved learning outcomes. This interdisciplinary study compared the potential advantages of delivering the same learning material about daily life in an ancient Greek household via two modes of delivery: VR technology and classroom lecture. The VR group explored…
Greek and Latin Letters in Late Antiquity
This is the first general book on Greek and Latin letter-writing in Late Antiquity (300–600 CE). Allen and Neil examine early Christian Greek and Latin literary letters, their nature and function and the mechanics of their production and dissemination. They examine the exchange of Episcopal, monastic and imperial letters between men, and the gifts that accompanied them, and the rarer phenomenon of letter exchanges with imperial and aristocratic w…
Hagiography
The selection of various biblical tropes adopted in early Christian hagiography depended greatly upon its subjects, whether bishops, monks, nuns, martyrs, or confessors. In reading the lives of these model Christians, early Christian hagiography reflected the mind and values of its society. What mattered most to Late Antique hagiographers was how the personal sanctity of their subjects reflected their continuity with biblical times, in a correspo…
Dreams, Virtue and Divine Knowledge in Early Christian Egypt
The Development of an Alexandrian Tradition
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An Introduction to Greco-Roman Traditions on Dreams and Virtue
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Memories of Utopia
Byzantine Culture in Translation
Imperial Benefactions to the Fifth-century Roman Church
Reading First Thessalonians as a Consolatory Letter in Light of Seneca and Ancient Handbooks on Letter-Writing
In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul addressed the occasion of deaths among Christians with stock arguments of the consolatory genre, without using the typical epistolary structure associated with consolation in ancient handbooks of letter-writing. It is demonstrated that three of Seneca the Younger's letters also employed stock arguments of consolation, but did not follow the usual structure for a letter of consolation. Using Seneca's …
Continuities and changes in the practice of letter-collecting from Cicero to late antiquity
Maximus, a Cautious Neo-Chalcedonian
The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor
PART ONE. HISTORICAL SETTING PART TWO. THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES PART THREE. WORKS AND THOUGHT PART FOUR. RECEPTION
Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor
"Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary patristic studies. This is partly due to the relatively recent discovery and critical edition of his works in various genres, including On the Ascetic Life, Four Centuries on Charity, Two Centuries on Theology and the Incarnation, On the 'Our Father', two separate Books of Difficulties, addressed to John and to Thomas, Questions and Doubts, Questions t…
Collecting Early Christian Letters
Letter collections in late antiquity give witness to the flourishing of letter-writing, with the development of the mostly formulaic exchanges between elites of the Graeco-Roman world to a more wide-ranging correspondence by bishops and monks, as well as emperors and Gothic kings. The contributors to this volume study individual collections from the first to sixth centuries CE, ranging from the Pauline and Deutero-Pauline letters through monastic…
Studying Dream Interpretation from Early Christianity to the Rise of I slam
Early C hristian and early I slamic texts on dreams and dream interpretation have come under increased scrutiny in recent decades. Dream literature from pagan and Jewish antiquity to the early medieval period demonstrates that dreams, especially prophetic dreams, were used to establish spiritual authority, enforce compliance, and justify violence in a religious context. The common cultural roots of C hristianity and I slam emerge when we recognis…
The Letters of Gelasius I (492-496)
While not completely neglected as a late-antique epistolographer, Gelasius has mainly been considered as a theologian prominent in the Acacian schism and as a forerunner of the mediaeval papacy. This imbalance will be redressed by considering his letters on various problems of his time, such as displaced persons, persecution, ransoming captives, papal property management, social and clerical abuses involving servants, orphans, slaves and slave-ow…
A Companion to Gregory the Great
What made Pope Gregory I great? If the Middle Ages had no difficulty recognizing Gregory as one of its most authoritative points of reference, modern readers have not always found this question as easy to answer. As with any great figure, however, there are two sides to Gregory - the historical and the universal. The contributors to this handbook look at Gregory's greatness from both of these angles: what made Gregory stand out among his contempo…
Companion to Gregory the Great
What made Pope Gregory I "great"? If the Middle Ages had no difficulty recognizing Gregory as one of its most authoritative points of reference, modern readers have not always found this question as easy to answer. As with any great figure, however, there are two sides to Gregory - the historical and the universal. The contributors to this handbook look at Gregory's "greatness" from both of these angles: what made Gregory stand out among his cont…
Religious Conflict from Early Christianity to the Rise of Islam
Conflict has been an inescapable facet of religion from its very beginnings. This volume offers insight into the mechanisms at play in the centuries from the Jesus-movement’s first attempts to define itself over and against Judaism to the beginnings of Islam. Profiling research by scholars of the Centre for Early Christian Studies at Australian Catholic University, the essays document inter- and intra-religious conflict from a variety of angles. …
Monotheletism
Monotheletism was the most significant Christological controversy of the seventh century CE .
Anastasius Bibliothecarius
Anastasius Bibliothecarius (d. ca. 879 CE ) earned his epithet from his service over ten years as librarian in the court of Pope Hadrian II.
Maximus the Confessor
Maximus the Confessor (580–662 CE ) was perhaps the most significant theologian of the seventh century, in both eastern and western Christendom.
The Western Reaction to the Council of Nicaea Ii
Journal Article THE WESTERN REACTION TO THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA II Get access BRONWEN NEIL BRONWEN NEIL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume 51, Issue 2, October 2000, Pages 533–552, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/51.2.533 Published: 01 October 2000
The Western Reaction to the Council of Nicaea Ii
Journal Article THE WESTERN REACTION TO THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA II Get access BRONWEN NEIL BRONWEN NEIL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume 51, Issue 2, October 2000, Pages 533–552, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/51.2.533 Published: 01 October 2000
Monotheletism
Monotheletism was the most significant Christological controversy of the seventh century CE .
Anastasius Bibliothecarius
Anastasius Bibliothecarius (d. ca. 879 CE ) earned his epithet from his service over ten years as librarian in the court of Pope Hadrian II.
Maximus the Confessor
Maximus the Confessor (580–662 CE ) was perhaps the most significant theologian of the seventh century, in both eastern and western Christendom.
All Shall Be Well”
A Companion to Gregory the Great
What made Pope Gregory I great? If the Middle Ages had no difficulty recognizing Gregory as one of its most authoritative points of reference, modern readers have not always found this question as easy to answer. As with any great figure, however, there are two sides to Gregory - the historical and the universal. The contributors to this handbook look at Gregory's greatness from both of these angles: what made Gregory stand out among his contempo…
Companion to Gregory the Great
What made Pope Gregory I "great"? If the Middle Ages had no difficulty recognizing Gregory as one of its most authoritative points of reference, modern readers have not always found this question as easy to answer. As with any great figure, however, there are two sides to Gregory - the historical and the universal. The contributors to this handbook look at Gregory's "greatness" from both of these angles: what made Gregory stand out among his cont…
Religious Conflict from Early Christianity to the Rise of Islam
Conflict has been an inescapable facet of religion from its very beginnings. This volume offers insight into the mechanisms at play in the centuries from the Jesus-movement’s first attempts to define itself over and against Judaism to the beginnings of Islam. Profiling research by scholars of the Centre for Early Christian Studies at Australian Catholic University, the essays document inter- and intra-religious conflict from a variety of angles. …
The Letters of Gelasius I (492-496)
While not completely neglected as a late-antique epistolographer, Gelasius has mainly been considered as a theologian prominent in the Acacian schism and as a forerunner of the mediaeval papacy. This imbalance will be redressed by considering his letters on various problems of his time, such as displaced persons, persecution, ransoming captives, papal property management, social and clerical abuses involving servants, orphans, slaves and slave-ow…
Continuities and changes in the practice of letter-collecting from Cicero to late antiquity
Maximus, a Cautious Neo-Chalcedonian
The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor
PART ONE. HISTORICAL SETTING PART TWO. THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES PART THREE. WORKS AND THOUGHT PART FOUR. RECEPTION
Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor
"Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary patristic studies. This is partly due to the relatively recent discovery and critical edition of his works in various genres, including On the Ascetic Life, Four Centuries on Charity, Two Centuries on Theology and the Incarnation, On the 'Our Father', two separate Books of Difficulties, addressed to John and to Thomas, Questions and Doubts, Questions t…
Collecting Early Christian Letters
Letter collections in late antiquity give witness to the flourishing of letter-writing, with the development of the mostly formulaic exchanges between elites of the Graeco-Roman world to a more wide-ranging correspondence by bishops and monks, as well as emperors and Gothic kings. The contributors to this volume study individual collections from the first to sixth centuries CE, ranging from the Pauline and Deutero-Pauline letters through monastic…
Studying Dream Interpretation from Early Christianity to the Rise of I slam
Early C hristian and early I slamic texts on dreams and dream interpretation have come under increased scrutiny in recent decades. Dream literature from pagan and Jewish antiquity to the early medieval period demonstrates that dreams, especially prophetic dreams, were used to establish spiritual authority, enforce compliance, and justify violence in a religious context. The common cultural roots of C hristianity and I slam emerge when we recognis…
Reading First Thessalonians as a Consolatory Letter in Light of Seneca and Ancient Handbooks on Letter-Writing
In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul addressed the occasion of deaths among Christians with stock arguments of the consolatory genre, without using the typical epistolary structure associated with consolation in ancient handbooks of letter-writing. It is demonstrated that three of Seneca the Younger's letters also employed stock arguments of consolation, but did not follow the usual structure for a letter of consolation. Using Seneca's …
Byzantine Culture in Translation
Imperial Benefactions to the Fifth-century Roman Church
Hagiography
The selection of various biblical tropes adopted in early Christian hagiography depended greatly upon its subjects, whether bishops, monks, nuns, martyrs, or confessors. In reading the lives of these model Christians, early Christian hagiography reflected the mind and values of its society. What mattered most to Late Antique hagiographers was how the personal sanctity of their subjects reflected their continuity with biblical times, in a correspo…
Dreams, Virtue and Divine Knowledge in Early Christian Egypt
The Development of an Alexandrian Tradition
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
An Introduction to Greco-Roman Traditions on Dreams and Virtue
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Memories of Utopia
Greek and Latin Letters in Late Antiquity
This is the first general book on Greek and Latin letter-writing in Late Antiquity (300–600 CE). Allen and Neil examine early Christian Greek and Latin literary letters, their nature and function and the mechanics of their production and dissemination. They examine the exchange of Episcopal, monastic and imperial letters between men, and the gifts that accompanied them, and the rarer phenomenon of letter exchanges with imperial and aristocratic w…
Learning with the heart or with the mind
Virtual reality (VR) technology can increase prosocial behaviour toward a target person or group by enhancing their empathic response for the subject, but such technology has not always improved learning outcomes. This interdisciplinary study compared the potential advantages of delivering the same learning material about daily life in an ancient Greek household via two modes of delivery: VR technology and classroom lecture. The VR group explored…
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