Jewish Law-Observance in Paul by Paul T. Sloan

“…Several statements in Paul’s letters have led scholars to conclude that Paul was not Law-observant and that he was at best indifferent, if not antagonistic, to Jewish Law-observance. …”
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"Nightown", "Necropolis", "Jerusalem" : les figures de la ville dans Ulysses de James Joyce by Philippe Birgy

“…Leaving aside the questions of the town-like or maze-like structure of the text itself and the hieroglyphic tracery of the flâneur's path—for these aspects have already been amply documented by Joycean scholars—it concentrates on the communal dimension that underlies Joyce's writing and on the stylistic inscription of a democracy to come that reaches beyond nationalism and citizenship (the latter being comically presented as Bloom's celestial Jerusalem). …”
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L’œuvre scientifique d’Ismaël Boulliau by Coët, Marie-Claire

“…This article presents the scientific work of Ismaël Boulliau who was, at the same time and in turn, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, meteorologist, but above all a scientific intermediary who exchanged an important correspondence with the greatest scholars and intellectuals of his time. It is mainly based on the thesis of the Dutch Henricus Johannes Maria Nellen translated 14 years later into French, on the occasion of the $3^{\rm rd}$ centenary of the death of Ismaël Boulliau.…”
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The Bible and Belief in Victorian Britain by Timothy Larsen

“…The very sceptical books and organizations which scholars point to in order to show that faith was on the decline are actually evidence that contemporaries recognized that it was robust. …”
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Forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa by George A Lotter

“…Pointers in the process of forgiveness are proposed bringing forward the importance of the church, scholars and the individual Christian. The author concludes that there is a real need for thoroughgoing study of and application to this crucial matter in post-apartheid South Africa but in the end forgiveness can only be attained as a "transcendent gift" from God. …”
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Jesus, history and the Gospels by S. Moyise

“… This article considers the reasons why modern scholars have felt the need to go behind the four Gospels and search for the historical Jesus. …”
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Cybernetics, semiotics and meaning in the cinema by Keyan Tomaselli

“…The paper ends with some conjecture on how the cyber- semiotic theory developed can be combined with Lacanian psychoanalysis and Marxist approaches developed by the scholars contributing to the British journal Screen. …”
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The Study of the Chaotic Behavior in Retailer's Demand Model by Junhai Ma, Yun Feng

“…Based on the work of domestic and foreign scholars and the application of chaotic systems theory, this paper presents an investigation simulation of retailer's demand and stock. …”
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Notes on Theories of Conservation – Colonialism, Obsolescence, Misreading by Pedro Augusto Vieira Santos

“…The present article sheds light on these problems and points out possible paths, based on authors in the field of conservation, on the punctual analysis of their productions, and on the way their ideas have been worked on by scholars in the field.…”
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Prediking uit die Ou Testament by J. Janse van Rensburg

“…Forcing Christ into Old Testament texts has Old Testament scholars up in arms, to the extent that some believe that Christ is not found in the Old Testament and that there are no Messianic texts. …”
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Civil servants' activity regulation in Lithuania 1918-1940 by Jolanta Palidauskaitė, Milda Petrokaitė

“…Public discussion and ideas of scholars were rather modern, progressive, and reminded ideas of famous authorities of management. …”
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Unpacking the ‘explorer’ narrative and its impacts on African palaeoanthropology by Rebecca R. Ackermann, Keneiloe Molopyane, Sheela Athreya

“… • We provide suggestions on how and why the discipline should shift away from glorifying ‘explorer’science, and towards the work of local African scholars, be it in the laboratory or the field. • This paper thus contributes to greater awareness of scientific biases, their historical origins, andopportunities for correction. …”
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International legal status of “unrecognized states” as special political and territorial entities by A. V. Voitsikhovskyi, M. I. Marchuk, Y. S. Logvynenko

“…Many works by both domestic and foreign scholars are devoted to the problems of determining the international legal status of “unrecognized states” and their domestic political development. …”
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Hopf Bifurcation for a FitzHugh–Nagumo Model with Time Delay in a Network by Suxia Wang

“…It has been studied by more and more scholars in recent years. The FitzHugh–Nagumo model is one of the most famous reaction-diffusion models. …”
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FROM THE CHARACTER TO THE STYLE OF DALAT PEOPLE: THEORETICAL APPROACH AND FRAMEWORK OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY by Nguyễn Văn Tiệp

“…Research on national and regional identity, characteristics, and lifestyle has been receiving increasing attention from scholars in the context of modernization and global integration. …”
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Perception, representation and narration of environmental and urban risk: Floods, earthquakes, desertification, pollution, health, gentrification by Santus Daniela

“…Then, in the words of the authors themselves, the main points that distinguish the contributions of the scholars who have contributed to this special issue are taken up, offering a wide range of investigations on the subject.…”
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Self-Discipline Makes Policy Advice Better by Gert G. Wagner

“…This is a role that, as discussed in this article, is now played digitally by many scholars with low barriers to entry. This creates new problems, which can be addressed by research ethics. …”
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“Nós somos machistas”: entrevistas com escritores/as brasileiros/as by Christian Grünnagel, Doris Wieser

“…Connell, who is one of the most distinguishedcontemporary scholars of masculinities and gender relations. …”
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Learning the TEI in a Digital Environment by Stella Dee

“…Increasing numbers of students look online for self-directed and task-based tutorials, and increasing numbers of scholars in the humanities recognize the TEI Guidelines as a standard tool for publication and analysis. …”
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Abuse or Slavery? A Look at Practices of Debt Peonage from the 19th-Century Philippines by Carolina Hiribarren Cardoen

“…Debt peonage involved a large part of colonial society and could result in a variety of situations, ranging from the imposition of excessive interest rates to what some scholars have considered slavery-like conditions. …”
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