He has a great many names, and is represented in various figures, sometimes having eleven faces and eight hands, the faces forming a pyramid ranged in four rows, each series being of a different complexion, as white, yellow, blue, red; sometimes he is represented as having one head and ...
The historical figures we studied, the consultants who helped us understand those men and women, and the people we’ve been sharing the parks with today have all had that moment when suddenly they felt connected to everything else in the universe. That isn’t bad for a day’s work. ...
ruptures of both the biblical plots and figures, and the contemporary lives with which they intersect. Rather than trying to shoehorn biblical narratives and perspectives into unworldly consistency, Darnielle matches the incongruities of the Bible to his audience's incongruous experiences. Rather than...
In addition, the Hebrew Scriptures present numerous suicide-prevention narratives that effectively provide a psychological instruction for people in despair which seems unavailable to figures in the writings of the great Greek tragedians. Unfortunately, some religious traditions tended to go to the ...