If a book makes me cry, it’s a keeper. My story contains painful truths, each rooted in my research. The characters experience the harsh reality of their circumstances. I cried while writing more than a couple of the scenes. It is just plain hard to wrap my head around living smack d...
One was brought up to believer that the real meaning of Plato had been misunderstood by Aristotle and wildly travestied by the neo-Platonists, only to be recovered by the moderns. When recovered, it turned out (most fortunately) that Plato had really all along been an English Hegelian, ...
who had travelled from Sicily, wrote their names on the inside wall, with the addition of “strong in life”, meaning that they had prayed for a long life. Unfortunately, this inscription has recently almost
consulted the Ark, and built a tabernacle. Both drew advice and their laws and ceremonies. And it took both a great number of years to reach the Promised Land. In these and many other things, the history of the Mexicans resembles the ...
D. What approach will be used in this course for studying the Old Testament? The Old Testament will be examined for: 1. Meaning (the author's intentions). 2. Exegesis (the process of drawing out the meaning from the text - we subordinate ourselves to the text (isogesis means putting ...
The targeting program will ends soon,and I can’t wait to get out of the captivity without walls,after being Gangstalked in Europe for 25 years. JazzyT. COMMENTS: Unedited. Please appreciate the TIs’ attempts to explain a monster destroying and wreaking havoc in their lives. ...
Story is how we humans probe the truth of our existence, it’s how we discover and discern what is real and true about our shared humanity. Story is a time-honored way to make sense of who we are as humans, where we come from, why we’re here, and what is the meaning of life;...
8.Before we close our notice of divination in a good sense, we must adduce two instances of the Hebrew word at the head of this article, קסם (ksm). Of the thirty-one occurrences of this expressive term in the O.T., no less than twenty-nine bear an evil meaning. InPr 16...
This, which is the most obvious, may have the same meaning as the previous derivation, which is supported by the sacred text (1Sa 1:20). II. History.— 1. Private Life.— The circumstances of his birth were ominous of his future career. He was the son of Elkanah, an Ephrathite or...
We ask at this stage of the subject, what was the meaning of pagan offerings? As they understood their religious rites, the unbloody were expressions of gratitude and acknowledgment for protection. Whatever the form of offering was, the god was conceived of as being pleased with them. How ...