Dr Joseph Azize
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Dr Joseph Azize

BA, LLB, MA qualifying, M.Phil, PhD (Sydney)
Honorary Associate
Studies in Religion
Address
A18 - Brennan MacCallum Building
The University of Sydney

Publications

Books

  • Azize, J. (2020). Gurdjieff: Mysticism, Contemplation, and Exercises. New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
  • Ferapontoff, B., Azize, J. (2017). Constantinople Notes on the Transition to Man Number 4. Mount Desert, ME: Beech Hill Publishing Company.
  • Azize, J. (2005). The Phoenician Solar Theology: An Investigation into the Phoenician Opinion of the Sun Found in Julian's Hymn to King Helios. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.

Edited Books

  • Azize, J., Weeks, N. (2007). Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Supplement 21: Gilgames and the World of Assyria Proceedings of the Conference held at Mandelbaum House, University of Sydney, 21-23 July 2004. Leuven, Paris, Dudley (MA): Peeters Publishers.

Book Chapters

  • Azize, J. (2017). The Virgin Mary in Ancient Christian Tradition. In Kevin Wagner, M. Isabell Naumann, Peter John McGregor, Paul Morrissey (Eds.), Mariology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium, (pp. 32-50). Eugene: Pickwick Publications.
  • Azize, J. (2012). Gurdjieff's Sacred Dances and Movements. In Carole Cusack and Alex Norman (Eds.), Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production, (pp. 297-330). Leiden: Brill. [More Information]
  • Azize, J. (2007). Was there Regular Child Sacrifice in Phoenicia and Carthage? In Joesph Azize and Noel Weeks (Eds.), Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Supplement 21: Gilgames and the World of Assyria.Proceedings of the Conference held at Mandelbaum House, University of Sydney, 21-23 July 2004, (pp. 185-205). Leuven, Paris, Dudley (MA): Peeters Publishers.

Journals

  • Azize, J. (2024). On the Foundation Period of the Maronite Tradition. Religions, 15(5). [More Information]
  • Azize, J. (2021). Did Gurdjieff Write Scripture? Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts, 12(2), 151-187. [More Information]
  • Azize, J. (2021). Gurdjieff Theologos. Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts, 12(2), 237-260. [More Information]

2024

  • Azize, J. (2024). On the Foundation Period of the Maronite Tradition. Religions, 15(5). [More Information]

2021

  • Azize, J. (2021). Did Gurdjieff Write Scripture? Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts, 12(2), 151-187. [More Information]
  • Azize, J. (2021). Gurdjieff Theologos. Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts, 12(2), 237-260. [More Information]

2020

  • Azize, J. (2020). Assessing Borrowing: The Case of Gurdjieff. Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism, 20(1), 1-30. [More Information]
  • Azize, J. (2020). Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic: The Case of Gurdjieff and Crowley. Correspondences, 8(2), 157-217. [More Information]
  • Azize, J. (2020). Gurdjieff: Mysticism, Contemplation, and Exercises. New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]

2019

  • Azize, J. (2019). Newman and Sexuality. Literature and Aesthetics, 29(1), 15-42. [More Information]

2017

  • Azize, J. (2017). "The Readiness is All": Gurdjieff's Art of the "Preparation". Religion and the Arts, 21, 40-69. [More Information]
  • Ferapontoff, B., Azize, J. (2017). Constantinople Notes on the Transition to Man Number 4. Mount Desert, ME: Beech Hill Publishing Company.
  • Azize, J. (2017). The Virgin Mary in Ancient Christian Tradition. In Kevin Wagner, M. Isabell Naumann, Peter John McGregor, Paul Morrissey (Eds.), Mariology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium, (pp. 32-50). Eugene: Pickwick Publications.

2016

  • Azize, J. (2016). Biographical Studies of G. I. Gurdjieff. Fieldwork in Religion, 11(1), 10-35. [More Information]
  • Azize, J. (2016). Review Article: Review of Three Gurdjieff-Related Books. Fieldwork in Religion, 11(1), 104-120. [More Information]
  • Azize, J. (2016). The Institution of the Eucharist in the Gospel of John, the Didache and Ignatius of Antioch. Universitas: monthly review of philosophy and culture, 43(5), 3-35.

2015

  • Azize, J. (2015). Ignatius of Antioch on the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy: Logic and Methodology. Phronema, 30(2), 105-136.
  • Azize, J. (2015). The Practice of Contemplation in the Work of Gurdjieff. International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 6(2), 139-158. [More Information]

2014

  • Azize, J. (2014). 'Child sacrifice' without children or sacrifice: The Pozo Moro relief. Ancient Near Eastern Studies, 51, 263-277. [More Information]
  • Azize, J. (2014). Fasting in Christianity and Gurdjieff. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 27(3), 285-302. [More Information]

2013

  • Azize, J. (2013). 'The Four Ideals': A Contemplative Exercise by Gurdjieff. Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism, 13(2), 173-203. [More Information]

2012

  • Azize, J. (2012). Gurdjieff's Sacred Dances and Movements. In Carole Cusack and Alex Norman (Eds.), Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production, (pp. 297-330). Leiden: Brill. [More Information]

2007

  • Azize, J., Weeks, N. (2007). Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Supplement 21: Gilgames and the World of Assyria Proceedings of the Conference held at Mandelbaum House, University of Sydney, 21-23 July 2004. Leuven, Paris, Dudley (MA): Peeters Publishers.
  • Azize, J. (2007). Was there Regular Child Sacrifice in Phoenicia and Carthage? In Joesph Azize and Noel Weeks (Eds.), Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Supplement 21: Gilgames and the World of Assyria.Proceedings of the Conference held at Mandelbaum House, University of Sydney, 21-23 July 2004, (pp. 185-205). Leuven, Paris, Dudley (MA): Peeters Publishers.

2006

  • Azize, J. (2006). The 'Byblos 13' Inscription, 'King Og' and 'Athena Ogga'. Folia orientalia, 40, 215-232.

2005

  • Azize, J. (2005). The Genre of the Bitnoam Inscription. Ancient Near Eastern Studies, 42, 318-333.
  • Azize, J. (2005). The Phoenician Solar Theology: An Investigation into the Phoenician Opinion of the Sun Found in Julian's Hymn to King Helios. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.

2003

  • Azize, J. (2003). Wrestling as a symbol for maintaining the order of nature in ancient Mesopotamia. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions, 2(1), 1-26.

2002

  • Azize, J. (2002). Wrestling as a Symbol for Maintaining the Order of Nature in Ancient Mesopotamia. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions, , 1-26.

2001

  • Azize, J. (2001). Considering the Book of Qohelet Afresh. Ancient Near Eastern Studies, XXXVII, 183-214.