Magic in the ancient world: revealing antiquity 10 by F. Graf by S. P. J. K. Riekert

“… Uit teks: As u nog onthou van Simon in Handelinge 8, van Bar-Jesus in Handeling 13, dan het u miskien die begeerte om meer te weet van die towenaars in die dae van die Nuwe Testament. Dan is u reg ingestel om die werk van Graf aan te durf. …”
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E.V. Bretschneider as a doctor and his personal archives: Chinese period by S.A. Silakova

“…Many of his works dating back to the “Beijing period” of life (1866–1884) were not published, settled in a personal archive, and then, according to the personal testament, were transferred to the Archives of Orientalists at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences. …”
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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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“Sacherklärungen” in biblischen texten - vorkommen und bedeutung für die Bibelübersetzung by C. Stenschke

“… In several places in the Old and New Testament narratives we find different explanatory notes. …”
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Paul’s Style and the Problem of the Pastoral Letters: Assessing Statistical Models of Description and Inference by Pracht Erich Benjamin, McCauley Thomas

“…In this study, we combine the core competencies of a New Testament scholar and a mathematician to conduct a stylometric analysis of the Pauline and Pastoral Letters based on 18 epistolary modes of discourse, which we argue are at least as stylistically relevant as traditional features such as term frequencies. …”
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Paul’s Jewish Prophetic Critique of Jews in Romans by Lionel J. Windsor

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Tours de Babel et lettres de feu : motifs bibliques dans le Berlin de Vladimir Nabokov by Monica Manolescu-Oancea

“…This article adopts a different stance, focusing on two Old Testament motifs that appear in Nabokov’s last Russian novel (The Gift) and in his autobiography, namely the Tower of Babel and the letters of fire from the book of Daniel. …”
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Ekologiczne samookreślenia Jezusa w Ewangelii wg św. Jana by Andrzej Jacek Najda

“…Wenn er die aus dem Alten testament stammende Offenbarungsformel evgw, eivmi benutzt, dann stellt er sich als Gott vor. …”
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Nü Jidu in Matthew 24:27: An exegetical evaluation of Dongfang Shandian in China by Harman Z. Laia, Jimmy Sutrisno

“…Contribution: This study contributes to the discourse on Christology and eschatology by critically examining a modern theological movement in light of traditional interpretations of Scripture, providing clarity and insight into the nature of Christ’s return as articulated in the New Testament.…”
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Decoding the Enigmatic Synoptic Problem: An In-Depth Academic Analysis of Pentecostal Hermeneutics Applied to the Genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38 by Kwasi Atta Agyapong

“…This study serves as a valuable resource for academia, providing insights into a longstanding enigma in New Testament studies and helping to answer the synoptic problem.…”
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How to understand the parables of Jesus. A paradigm shift in parable exegesis by R. Zimmermann

“…From the perspective of the literary form of the parables, all internal differentiation must be made invalid by the New Testament text record itself. Instead, the discussion of a comprehensive genre of “parable” utilises the genre consciousness of the early Christian authors; a genre that can be precisely defined by means of a literary-critical description in terms of the criteria of narrativity, fictionality, relation to reality, metaphor, appeal structure and co-/contextuality. …”
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Readymade–Human: Principles of Artistic and Theoretical Work of Robert Cyprich by Ján KRALOVIČ

“…Cyprich's correspondence is a valuable testament to his reflections on art and society, as well as his artistic concepts and plans, many of which remained unrealized. …”
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Geen ander naam by J. du Preez

“… The increasing awareness that the church of Christ has to communicate its message of salvation in a religiously plural society, has contributed to the fact that in ecumenical circles the New Testament confessions about Christ as only Saviour of the world (e.g. in Acts 4:12) are being interpreted in a way that leaves room for other saviours as well. …”
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“Never break them in two. Never put one over the other. Eve is Mary’s mother. Mary is the daughter of Eve”: Toni Morrison’s Womanist Gospel of Self by Claude LE FUSTEC

“…An African American female variation on the New Testament’s “Kingdom within,” Morrison’s novels echo black abolitionist Sojourner Truth’s famous speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” …”
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Praising God or singing of love? From theological to erotic allegorisation in the interpretation of Canticles by H. Ausloos

“… In the history of the interpretation of Canticles, one generally distinguishes two tendencies, which can also be identified in the interpretation history of the rest of the Old Testament literature. Alongside a literal reading of the text, there is also the possibility of an allegorical interpretation, which was often, consciously or otherwise, a reaction against a literal reading of the Bible. …”
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Kościół na drodze ku „Nostra Aetate”.Zarys relacji chrześcijańsko-żydowskich w XX w. przed II wojną światową by Andrzej Tulej

“…This applies above all to the letter of Pope Benedict XV considered by some to be the most important act of opposition to Antisemitism, the encyclical "Mit brennender Sorge" by Pius XI, opposing the idolatrous relationship to race, nation, state or power and emphasizing the value of the religion of Israel and the Old Testament and the famous formula spoken during the meeting of Pope Pius XI with the Belgian pilgrims: "spiritually, we are all Semites". …”
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Ceremonial language and social cohesion: An analysis of Seumapa in Acehnese wedding traditions by Kismullah Abdul Muthalib, Dohra Fitrisia, Nia Zahara

“…The Seumapa ceremony, a rhyming exchange ritual performed by a Syekh (reciter) representing both the bride’s (darabarô) and the bridegroom’s (lintôbarô) parties during Acehnese wedding ceremonies before the groom is allowed into the house of Acehnese society in Indonesia, stands as a testament to the role of cultural rituals in capturing and spreading societal values and norms. …”
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CHURCH SLAVONIC VERSION OF CAESAR BARONIUS ANNALES ECCLESIASTICI AND CHUDOV TRANSLATIONS FROM THE 17TH CENTURY: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VOCABULARY by Maria O. Novak

“…By comparing the language of the manuscript at the lexical level with the translations reliably attributed earlier, the author discovers several parameters common to this version of Annales and Chudov translations, particularly, the translation of Piotr Skarga The Word for Mercy sermon and the New Testament translation accomplished by Epiphaniy Slavinetskiy. …”
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قرآنی آیات کی روشنی میں معاصر سائنسی حقائق کا تجزیہ by Dr Saddaqat Hussain

“…The Quran’s compatibility with scientific truth serves as a testament to its divine origin and offers humanity a guide for intellectual and spiritual growth. …”
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Foreword by Kammila Naidoo

“… I was delighted to open the conference on ‘Violence Against Children’ organized by the Department of Religion Studies, at the University of Johannesburg, in partnership with the New Testament Society of Southern Africa (NTSSA). I am extremely pleased that a special issue on the topic has been produced so briskly. …”
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