{"product_id":"hypatias-feud-9781432766252","title":"Hypatia's Feud","description":"\u003cb\u003eHypatia lived and died as a humanist among religious zealots.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHypatia of Alexandria researches the heavens and explores the everlasting questions of our existence when the Church preaches there is no need to probe into the nature of things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She imparts new knowledge to the world when the churchmen counsel women to seek knowledge from their husbands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She tutors Jews, Christians and Pagans while men of different religions wage wars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her feud with the Church reaches a climax during a debate with the Patriarch of Alexandria who believes the pagan scrolls of the Royal Alexandrian Library prevent the populace from accepting Christianity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If we torch the pagan scrolls of the Library,\" the Patriarch proclaims during the debate, \"we would uproot the weeds of confusion in God's New Jerusalem.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In the Elysian Fields,\" Hypatia retorts, \"myriad flowers bloom and Truth, like the flowers is registered in the scrolls of the Library. If the half a million nonChristian scrolls are torched mankind, without a memory, would descend into darkness.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hypatia's feud at the dawn of the fifth century CE is our feud too because her foes under different names are ever present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781432766252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d","brand":"Nicholas Fourikis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41489733779637,"sku":"9781432766252","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a8fcbcd7-6c97-43e1-8f56-5a8f873ead10.jpg?v=1640914564","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hypatias-feud-9781432766252","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}