Vom ›Fremdling‹ zum ›Maßstab‹. Zum Einzug der westlichen Musiktheorie in die arabische Welt bis ins frühe 20. Jahrhundert by Salah Eddin Maraqa

“…With the founding of many missionary schools in Syria and Egypt and the growing activity of European and American missionaries, who considered music an important medium for spreading the gospel, many Christian and non-Christian Arabs from poor backgrounds were exposed to other forms of Western music. …”
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,,Cura animarum" of the Preachers Order in the Background of the Medieval Monkhoods Soul Salvation Development by Slawomir Zonenberg

“…Dominic Guzman and his order were given the bulla "Gratiarum omnium" from the Pope, Honorius III (1216-1227), which approved their idea of preaching and spreading the Gospel; thus they became independent from the bishops because they received their traditional regulations in that field. …”
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Clinical and microbiological analysis of risk factors for breakthrough bloodstream infection during Tigecycline Therapy by Sol Jin, So Yun Lim, Yun Woo Lee, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim, Seongman Bae, Jiwon Jung, Min Jae Kim, Sung-Han Kim, Sang-Oh Lee, Sang-Ho Choi, Yang Soo Kim, Eun Hee Song, Yong Pil Chong

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„Anwärter auf die Hölle“: Stepan Trofimowitsch und die Menippea der Pharisäer by Ruth Karin Lévai

“…Bakhtin asserted that Dostoevsky’s most direct link to varieties of ancient Menippea was Christian literature, such as the Gospels or the Apocalypse. However, Bakhtin does not elaborate upon the Menippean aspects of these works which could have served as templates for Dostoevsky’s own. …”
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Jesus' affection towards children and Matthew's tale of two kings by A. G. van Aarde

“…Neither Mark nor its parallel texts in the other Gospels refer to parents bringing these children to Jesus. …”
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Review: The parables of Jesus the Galilean: Stories of a social prophet by Martin Laubscher

“…Some scholars even go as far as to claim that the interpretation and application of the parables in the Synoptic Gospels are representative of the intent of the historical Jesus. …”
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Hermie C. van Zyl: Nuwe-Testamentikus aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat by D. F. Tolmie

“…After a brief biographic overview, his academic contribution is discussed under the following headings: Synoptic Gospels, Hermeneutics, New Testament Studies as academic discipline; editorial activities; Bible translation and public theology. …”
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Voorsienigheid, persoonlikheid en spiritualiteit - 'n vier-kantige voorsienigheidsleer by F. B. Doubell

“…The article also examines the preferences pointed out in the Gospels concerning the life of Jesus Christ. It is suggested that He functioned in all four preferences. …”
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“The Poor will always be with you”: Ethical Implications for the Church and Development in Africa. by Rugyendo, Medard

“…We live in the world and Africa in particular where the Church promotes the love of God and neighbor but also harbours the poor as well. However, in the gospels, Jesus in Matthew 26:11 echoed the words of Deuteronomy 15: 11 that the “poor will always be with you” when a woman poured expensive oil on him preparing him for his death. …”
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“The Poor will always be with you”: Ethical Implications for the Church and Development in Africa by Medard, Rugyendo

“…We live in the world and Africa in particular where the Church that promotes the love of God and neighbor but also harbours the poor as well. However, in the gospels Jesus in Matthew 26:11 echoed the words of Deuteronomy 15: 11 that the “poor will always be with you” when a woman poured expensive oil on him preparing him for his death. …”
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Exercitium pietatis - Calvin's interpretation of the Lord's Prayer by W. H. Neuser

“… This article examines Calvin’s interpretation of the Lord’s Prayer by scrutinising it in the successive editions of his Institutes, the 1537 Catechism, the 1542 Geneva Catechism, the short paraphrase for the Geneva liturgy (1542), the exegesis of the Lord’s Prayer in the 1555 commentary or harmony of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), and his explanation of the questions and answers for the 43rd Sunday of the 1542 Geneva Catechism (c. 1563). …”
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Ancient Christian care for prisoners: first and second centuries by T. Nicklas

“…The study explores material not only from the New Testament Gospels (Matt. 25; Luke 4) and Acts, but also from the Pauline Corpus and extra-canonical literature such as Ignatius of Antioch’s Epistles, later Acts of the Apostles, Martyrdom literature and even a passage from Lucian of Samosata’s Life of Peregrinus. …”
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In search of values. Reading The Hunger Games in an African context by W. Domeris

“…In the space-between, like the Jesus of the Gospels, she creates an empathetic and altruistic zone that fosters the dignity of voiceless servants and people such as Rue, a vulnerable teenager. …”
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Intertexte et réécriture du Drame de l’Homme, de la Femme et de Dieu dans 'Partage de midi' de Paul Claudel by Samuel Bidaud

“…The second intertext is with the Bible, in particular with two books of the Old Testament, the Song of Songs and the Book of Hosea, but also more broadly with the beginning of Genesis and the end of the Gospels, which allows Claudel to lead Mesa and Ysé to the repentance in the last act of the play and to affirm the reconciliation of Man and Woman in God. …”
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Biblical Turns of Phrase, Repetition and Circularity in Oscar Wilde’s Salome by Sébastien Salbayre

“…Indeed, in Salome, the extremely short accounts of the beheading of John the Baptist that can be found in the Gospels turn into a sexual tragedy in which lust, perversity and frustration are the main motivating forces behind the characters’ actions. …”
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Jezus, de unieke drager van Gods Geest by G. D. J. Dingemans

“…To express that mystery I plead for a kind of “pneuma-christology”: Jesus was born as a human being and he received the Holy Spirit as he was baptised by John the Baptist — as most of the Gospels tell us. Especially after his death and resurrection the Risen Lord works in the world as the Spirit of Christ. …”
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