Jitse H F Dijkstra
Biographic Data
| ID | 1483188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jitse H F Dijkstra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jitse H F |
| FAMILY NAME | Dijkstra |
| SIGNATURE | DIJKSTRA J H F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sitz, Anna M. (2023). Pagan Inscriptions, Christian Viewers. The Afterlives of Temples and Their Texts in the Late Antique Eastern Mediterranean. Cultures of Reading in the Ancient Mediterranean. Oxfo…
In the last couple of decades, much has been written on the fate of temples and statues in Late Antiquity.Scholars have now decidedly moved away from the traditional paradigm, based on (mostly) Christian literary sources, of widespread violence against them in this period and tend to emphasize more the pragmatism involved, opening up a scala of responses to them, from continued use to reuse (in many different forms) to destruction. 1 The present …
Revealing Monastic Life
This article provides a preliminary survey of a project, made possible by the American Research Center in Egypt, to record and study the graffiti and paintings from the monastic dwellings built into Vaults 9 and 12 of the ibis hypogeum in Abydos North, presumably in Late Antiquity. The monastic reuse of this type of monument is extremely rare in Egypt and for that reason alone of prime interest. What is more, the detailed information obtained fro…
A Skyline of Churches and Monasteries
The changing sacred landscape of Late Antiquity has long been seen in terms of a monolithic development ‘from temple to church’. Recent scholarship, however, has discarded this picture in favour of a more complex view, in which freestanding churches (and monasteries) were increasingly built from the fourth century onwards, while at the same time various, mostly practical, ways were found of dealing with the sacred built environment of the past. T…
Religious Violence in the Ancient World
Crowd Behaviour and the Destruction of the Serapeum at Alexandria in 391/392 ce
The riotous behaviour by crowds towards other crowds, individuals, buildings or objects is considered in many studies to be a main component of ‘religious violence’ in Late Antiquity. 2 Yet these studies often fail sufficiently to take into account three, interrelated points. The first is that the, mostly Christian, sources typically describe the incidents in stark antithetical terms depending on the author’s agenda (‘pagan’–Christian, Arian–‘ort…
Appropriation
In this article, I propose the concept of “appropriation,” widely used in cross-cultural contexts, as a new approach to the process of religious transformation in Late Antiquity. This approach has the advantage that it encompasses the entire spectrum of individual responses to the impact of Christianity that characterizes the period. It is thus a particularly dynamic concept, as it accurately takes into account the interactive nature of the proce…
“In year one of King Zachari”
Edition of a Coptic funerary dipinto from the “Monastery of St. Simeon” (Dayr Anba Hadra), which is of considerable historical interest: it is dated to the first year of a Christian Nubian king, who was apparently recognized by the Egyptian monks as the actual ruler of southern Egypt, although Egypt was nominally ruled by the Islamic Ikhshidids. First published in: BSF 8 (2003), 31–9
The Religious Background of Nonnus
Dendera/Tentyra (Graeco‐Roman/Late Antique)
An overview of Dendera in the Graeco‐Roman and Late Antique periods. In the Graeco‐Roman period the site was dominated by the temple of Hathor, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt and the center of her cult. During Late Antiquity the city continued to be of regional significance, as is evinced by the episcopal see that was created here, as well as the church that was built close to the Hathor temple.
The Earliest Manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron (British Library, Or. 7558 [89] [93] [150])
In this article, we offer a first edition of three papyrus fragments in Sahidic Coptic from the British Library (Or. 7558 [89] [93] [150]). They can be dated to the sixth or seventh century on palaeographical grounds and belong to the earliest known manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron . Since a complete manuscript of the text survives in a tenth-century paper codex, also preserved in the British Library (Or. 7029), the fragments enable us to c…
Religious Violence in Late Antique Egypt Reconsidered
The period of Late Antiquity has long been perceived, and is still often perceived, through the lens of (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of violence against temples, statues and even 'pagans', and may give the impression that this was a period of widespread religious violence. Egypt, where such stories abound, has often been seen as a particularly good illustration of the pervasive nature of religious violence in the Late A…
New Epigrams of Palladas
370 PHOENIX Sophistic, such as the Alexander Romance (Chapter Six). Most intriguing of all in this section is the eighth chapter on art and text (or “pictorialism,” 123), the underlying importance of ecphrasis behind the novels’ fictionality (above all Achilles Tatius), and the androcentric viewing of parturition as analogous to literary reproduction and mimesis. Whitmarsh does a great service to imperial Greek studies in Part Two by dissenting f…
The ‘Alexandrian World Chronicle’, its Consularia and the Date of the Destruction of the Serapeum (with an Appendix on the List of Praefecti Augustales)
Article The ‘Alexandrian World Chronicle’, its Consularia and the Date of the Destruction of the Serapeum (with an Appendix on the List of Praefecti Augustales) was published on December 1, 2013 in the journal Millennium (volume 10, issue 1)
Blemmyes
Blemmyes is the ethnic name of an ensemble of tribes who originated in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea, and who are known for raiding the Nile Valley on several occasions in the Roman period and Late Antiquity.
Une stèle funéraire copte au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
Édition, traduction et commentaire d'une inscription funéraire copte conservée au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (Inv. 2008.146). Moyenne-Égypte (environs d'Antinoé?), ca. VIIe s
The Fate of the Temples in Late Antique Egypt
As elsewhere the fate of the temples in late antique Egypt has often been perceived through the lens of the (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of the destruction of temples and their conversion into churches. When one looks at the other types of sources available from Egypt—inscriptions, papyri and archaeological remains—however, it becomes abundantly clear that the story of what happened to the temples was usually much less …
Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity
Myths, martyrs, and modernity
Mysteries of the Nile? Joseph Scaliger and Ancient Egypt Les mystères du Nil? Joseph Scaliger et l'Égypte ancienne
L'humaniste et savant Joseph Scaliger (1540–1609) est bien connu pour ses œuvres d'astronomie et de chronologies anciennes. Elles contiennent, notamment, des développements consacrés à ces domaines pour ce qui concerne l'Égypte ancienne. Cet article traite de la perspective adoptée par Scaliger sur l'Égypte ancienne, Dans quelle mesure cette perspective fut-elle influencée par l'“Égyptomanie” qui caractérise cette époque? En se fondant sur les œu…
A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-641
De Bijbel gelezen op de wijze van de vroegchristelijke woestijnvaders
Early Christianity
Church History and Religious Culture 87 (2007) 365-447 www.brill.nl/chrc CHRC Book Reviews Mark Humphries, Early Christianity [Classical Foundations]. Routledge, London / New York, 2006, 276 pp. ISBN 0415205387 (hb), 0415205395 (pb). £ 45 (hb) / 12.99 (pb). Th is is an admirably concise and well-written overview of the complex and much- debated field of early Christianity. Aimed at undergraduate students and those gener- ally interested but with …
The Encroaching Desert
In 1993, James Goehring published an important article entided 'The Encroaching Desert: Literary Production and Ascetic Space in Early Christian Egypt,'1 in which he unravels the presented by the early Christian sources that in Late Antiquity the Egyptian was filled with monks. Beginning with the metaphorical dichotomy between and city, Goehring shows that the desert myth was a literary construct in which holy men withdrew to the in massive numbe…
A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-641
The ‘Alexandrian World Chronicle’, its Consularia and the Date of the Destruction of the Serapeum (with an Appendix on the List of Praefecti Augustales)
Article The ‘Alexandrian World Chronicle’, its Consularia and the Date of the Destruction of the Serapeum (with an Appendix on the List of Praefecti Augustales) was published on December 1, 2013 in the journal Millennium (volume 10, issue 1)
Religious Violence in Late Antique Egypt Reconsidered
The period of Late Antiquity has long been perceived, and is still often perceived, through the lens of (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of violence against temples, statues and even 'pagans', and may give the impression that this was a period of widespread religious violence. Egypt, where such stories abound, has often been seen as a particularly good illustration of the pervasive nature of religious violence in the Late A…
The Encroaching Desert
In 1993, James Goehring published an important article entided 'The Encroaching Desert: Literary Production and Ascetic Space in Early Christian Egypt,'1 in which he unravels the presented by the early Christian sources that in Late Antiquity the Egyptian was filled with monks. Beginning with the metaphorical dichotomy between and city, Goehring shows that the desert myth was a literary construct in which holy men withdrew to the in massive numbe…
The Encroaching Desert
In 1993, James Goehring published an important article entided 'The Encroaching Desert: Literary Production and Ascetic Space in Early Christian Egypt,'1 in which he unravels the presented by the early Christian sources that in Late Antiquity the Egyptian was filled with monks. Beginning with the metaphorical dichotomy between and city, Goehring shows that the desert myth was a literary construct in which holy men withdrew to the in massive numbe…
De Bijbel gelezen op de wijze van de vroegchristelijke woestijnvaders
Early Christianity
Church History and Religious Culture 87 (2007) 365-447 www.brill.nl/chrc CHRC Book Reviews Mark Humphries, Early Christianity [Classical Foundations]. Routledge, London / New York, 2006, 276 pp. ISBN 0415205387 (hb), 0415205395 (pb). £ 45 (hb) / 12.99 (pb). Th is is an admirably concise and well-written overview of the complex and much- debated field of early Christianity. Aimed at undergraduate students and those gener- ally interested but with …
Mysteries of the Nile? Joseph Scaliger and Ancient Egypt Les mystères du Nil? Joseph Scaliger et l'Égypte ancienne
L'humaniste et savant Joseph Scaliger (1540–1609) est bien connu pour ses œuvres d'astronomie et de chronologies anciennes. Elles contiennent, notamment, des développements consacrés à ces domaines pour ce qui concerne l'Égypte ancienne. Cet article traite de la perspective adoptée par Scaliger sur l'Égypte ancienne, Dans quelle mesure cette perspective fut-elle influencée par l'“Égyptomanie” qui caractérise cette époque? En se fondant sur les œu…
A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-641
Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity
Myths, martyrs, and modernity
The Fate of the Temples in Late Antique Egypt
As elsewhere the fate of the temples in late antique Egypt has often been perceived through the lens of the (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of the destruction of temples and their conversion into churches. When one looks at the other types of sources available from Egypt—inscriptions, papyri and archaeological remains—however, it becomes abundantly clear that the story of what happened to the temples was usually much less …
Blemmyes
Blemmyes is the ethnic name of an ensemble of tribes who originated in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea, and who are known for raiding the Nile Valley on several occasions in the Roman period and Late Antiquity.
Une stèle funéraire copte au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
Édition, traduction et commentaire d'une inscription funéraire copte conservée au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (Inv. 2008.146). Moyenne-Égypte (environs d'Antinoé?), ca. VIIe s
The ‘Alexandrian World Chronicle’, its Consularia and the Date of the Destruction of the Serapeum (with an Appendix on the List of Praefecti Augustales)
Article The ‘Alexandrian World Chronicle’, its Consularia and the Date of the Destruction of the Serapeum (with an Appendix on the List of Praefecti Augustales) was published on December 1, 2013 in the journal Millennium (volume 10, issue 1)
New Epigrams of Palladas
370 PHOENIX Sophistic, such as the Alexander Romance (Chapter Six). Most intriguing of all in this section is the eighth chapter on art and text (or “pictorialism,” 123), the underlying importance of ecphrasis behind the novels’ fictionality (above all Achilles Tatius), and the androcentric viewing of parturition as analogous to literary reproduction and mimesis. Whitmarsh does a great service to imperial Greek studies in Part Two by dissenting f…
Dendera/Tentyra (Graeco‐Roman/Late Antique)
An overview of Dendera in the Graeco‐Roman and Late Antique periods. In the Graeco‐Roman period the site was dominated by the temple of Hathor, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt and the center of her cult. During Late Antiquity the city continued to be of regional significance, as is evinced by the episcopal see that was created here, as well as the church that was built close to the Hathor temple.
The Earliest Manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron (British Library, Or. 7558 [89] [93] [150])
In this article, we offer a first edition of three papyrus fragments in Sahidic Coptic from the British Library (Or. 7558 [89] [93] [150]). They can be dated to the sixth or seventh century on palaeographical grounds and belong to the earliest known manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron . Since a complete manuscript of the text survives in a tenth-century paper codex, also preserved in the British Library (Or. 7029), the fragments enable us to c…
Religious Violence in Late Antique Egypt Reconsidered
The period of Late Antiquity has long been perceived, and is still often perceived, through the lens of (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of violence against temples, statues and even 'pagans', and may give the impression that this was a period of widespread religious violence. Egypt, where such stories abound, has often been seen as a particularly good illustration of the pervasive nature of religious violence in the Late A…
The Religious Background of Nonnus
“In year one of King Zachari”
Edition of a Coptic funerary dipinto from the “Monastery of St. Simeon” (Dayr Anba Hadra), which is of considerable historical interest: it is dated to the first year of a Christian Nubian king, who was apparently recognized by the Egyptian monks as the actual ruler of southern Egypt, although Egypt was nominally ruled by the Islamic Ikhshidids. First published in: BSF 8 (2003), 31–9
Religious Violence in the Ancient World
Crowd Behaviour and the Destruction of the Serapeum at Alexandria in 391/392 ce
The riotous behaviour by crowds towards other crowds, individuals, buildings or objects is considered in many studies to be a main component of ‘religious violence’ in Late Antiquity. 2 Yet these studies often fail sufficiently to take into account three, interrelated points. The first is that the, mostly Christian, sources typically describe the incidents in stark antithetical terms depending on the author’s agenda (‘pagan’–Christian, Arian–‘ort…
Appropriation
In this article, I propose the concept of “appropriation,” widely used in cross-cultural contexts, as a new approach to the process of religious transformation in Late Antiquity. This approach has the advantage that it encompasses the entire spectrum of individual responses to the impact of Christianity that characterizes the period. It is thus a particularly dynamic concept, as it accurately takes into account the interactive nature of the proce…
A Skyline of Churches and Monasteries
The changing sacred landscape of Late Antiquity has long been seen in terms of a monolithic development ‘from temple to church’. Recent scholarship, however, has discarded this picture in favour of a more complex view, in which freestanding churches (and monasteries) were increasingly built from the fourth century onwards, while at the same time various, mostly practical, ways were found of dealing with the sacred built environment of the past. T…
Revealing Monastic Life
This article provides a preliminary survey of a project, made possible by the American Research Center in Egypt, to record and study the graffiti and paintings from the monastic dwellings built into Vaults 9 and 12 of the ibis hypogeum in Abydos North, presumably in Late Antiquity. The monastic reuse of this type of monument is extremely rare in Egypt and for that reason alone of prime interest. What is more, the detailed information obtained fro…
Sitz, Anna M. (2023). Pagan Inscriptions, Christian Viewers. The Afterlives of Temples and Their Texts in the Late Antique Eastern Mediterranean. Cultures of Reading in the Ancient Mediterranean. Oxfo…
In the last couple of decades, much has been written on the fate of temples and statues in Late Antiquity.Scholars have now decidedly moved away from the traditional paradigm, based on (mostly) Christian literary sources, of widespread violence against them in this period and tend to emphasize more the pragmatism involved, opening up a scala of responses to them, from continued use to reuse (in many different forms) to destruction. 1 The present …
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