The recipient becoming a participant and the participant becoming a recipient: A strange encounter in 1 Kings 17 with a not so strange outcome by J.S. van der Walt

“… A narrative in 1 Kings 17:1-16 tells of a strange encounter between two people of different backgrounds, one is a prophet of YHWH and the other is a dying widow. …”
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Princess power: Deconstructing the influence of popular culture on local traditions in a novel by Muhammad Nasir, Rahayu Puji Haryanti, Desri Maria Sumbayak

“…It examined language, imagery, and narratives to uncover meanings and relate them to broader societal issues, ultimately revealing how popular culture reflects or challenges prevailing ideologies. …”
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A Study on Hadith Authenticity Concerning the Abrogation of Bequests for Iddah Maintenance by Heirs and Its Relevance to Islamic Family Law in Indonesia by Reni Nur Aniroh, Maurisa Zinira

“…The findings indicate that the hadith serving as the foundation for this issue is an attributed to a companion rather than the Prophet (mauquf hadith), whose chain of narration (sanad) is contested. Certain narrators are considered unreliable, and there are discrepancies within its text (matn), with multiple versions existing. …”
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The Coronation of the Virgin: Alice Meynell’s Typological Critique of Modern Bodies by Ashley Faulkner

“…Scholars like Francis O’Gorman have shown in recent years that late nineteenth-century cultural criticism, like that of John Ruskin and others, used religious rhetoric strategically to critique the increasing authority of normative, positivistic narratives of human development. What if Meynell’s pious rhetoric—and even the figurations of herself which she cultivated in the works of others—were part of a similar enterprise? …”
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Eternal City or the Stuff of Nightmares? The Characterisation of Rome in Portrait of a Lady and Middlemarch by Hannah Hunt

“…It explores how the differing narrative strategies of Eliot and James, broadly delineated as a blend of overt and covert narrative voice, are expressed through the response of two young brides to Rome. …”
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Go Back!: Reclaiming Indigenous Visibility in Literary, Cultural, and Environmental Spaces of Pakistan by Anam Feroz

“…This study contributes to the ongoing eco-critical debates by highlighting the significance of indigenous literary narratives in imagining alternative spatialities. …”
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Decolonising humanitarian health: A scoping review of practical guidance. by Amber Clarke, Katharina Richter, Michelle Lokot, Althea-Maria Rivas, Sali Hafez, Neha S Singh

“…This paper fills this gap by offering a narrative exploration of key recommendations on decolonising global/humanitarian health research, partnerships, teaching, organisational structures and other practices. …”
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Przekształcanie historii w filmie by William Guynn

“…Najważniejszym punktem odniesienia jest tu trzeci tom dzieła Ricoeura Time and Narrative, pod tytułem Narrative Time. Ricoeur określa powinności historyka. …”
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Language assessment in primary progressive aphasia: Which components should be tested? by Andressa Aguiar da Silva, Marcela Lima Silagi, Karin Zazo Ortiz

“…<h4>Results</h4>A statistically significant performance difference was found between the PPAG and CG on the following tasks: structured interview, oral comprehension of phrases, oral narrative discourse, written comprehension of phrases, written dictation, sentence repetition, semantic verbal fluency, oral naming of nouns and verbs, object manipulation, phonological verbal fluency, body part recognition and left-right orientation, written naming of nouns, oral text comprehension, number dictation, written narrative discourse, written text comprehension and numerical calculations (mental and written).…”
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From the Ocean to the Gulf: One Region’s Identity in the Context of Neomodernity by V. A. Kuznetsov

“…The concepts of the Middle East and of the Islamic world present fundamentally different perspectives on the nature of actors, the role of political narratives, the attitude towards borders and sovereignty, and on the very foundations of the world order. …”
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Proposing Indonesia History Teaching that Transcends Political Ideologies by Nasution Nasution

“…The teaching of Indonesian history in schools is still dominated by a single version of historical events. The narratives of Indonesian history lessons often ignore different perspectives, or other aspects of historical events that are of interest. …”
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« Faire éclater le canon, arriver à un discours commun sur la littérature. » by Vicky Gauthier, Camille Islert, Martine Reid

“…Secondly, the notion of constellation is linked to the literary history of women, in order to discuss its relevance, and above all to evoke the particular (re)constitution of these networks and lineages that we still struggle to integrate permanently into a general narrative of literature.…”
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Archives de la diplomatie linguistique : explorer les rôles des femmes pour réécrire l’histoire ? by Clémentine Rubio

“…This analysis draws upon effective traces of women in the archives and upon epistemological considerations concerning the creation of a narrative based on these traces and absences.…”
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Historia e historización, ficción y metaficción en Los surcos del azar, de Paco Roca by Jacqueline Sabbah

“…This article analyzes, on the one hand, the graphic and narrative processes by which Los surcos del azar, by Paco Roca, sees itself legitimized as a true story and faithful to history and, on the other hand, the techniques which designate it, a contrario, like an artifact and a fictional rewriting. …”
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Retourner à Tara. Revoir Gone With the Wind (réal. Victor Fleming, 1939) by Sarah Hatchuel

“…Gone With the Wind’s filmic afterlife seems to belong to Gone With the Wind itself—one reason being the number of reeditions and restorations of the film, as well as its own narrative structure that invite viewers to watch the film again and possibly reevaluate it. …”
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Espaços da violência na narrativa brasileira contemporânea by Valdemar Valente Junior

“…The examples situate the discourse narrative as a consequence of the disordered growth of the urban centers affected by economic models that generate unfairness and social inequality. …”
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Le végétal dans la fabrique urbaine : une lecture de la stratégie angevine au prisme de l’horticulture et du paysage by Hervé Davodeau, Élise Geisler, Sébastien Caillault

“…This article aims at analyzing the narrative of the vegetal in Angers between 2014 and 2022 by the public authorities and the actors of the urban development. …”
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Endometrial Receptivity–Lessons from “Omics” by Louie Ye, Evdokia Dimitriadis

“…Drawing on findings from various branches of “omics”, including genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, lipidomics, metabolomics, and microbiomics, this narrative review aims to (1) discuss mechanistic insights on endometrial receptivity and its implication in infertility; (2) highlight advances in investigations for endometrial receptivity; and (3) discuss novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies that may improve reproductive outcomes.…”
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Fixed-effect versus random-effect model in meta-analysis: How to decide? by Souvik Maitra

“…The latter is commonly used when a ‘significant heterogeneity’ exists. This narrative review explains fixed- and random-effect models, the two most commonly used data synthesis models.…”
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The testing of Abraham in Genesis 22 and the testing of Job by S Fischer

“…The tension between the narrative and the poetic part of the book of Job is understood as a correction of a fatalistic, obedient world view. …”
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