i. You devour men: The figure of speech uses the words spoken by the unfaithful spies in Numbers – that it was a land that devours its inhabitants (Numbers 13:32). ii. “In a sense the land of promise was a bereaver of the nation, for it was subject, through the chastisements of...
See passages such as Numbers 16:3, Numbers 20:4, Deuteronomy 23:1, and 1 Chronicles 28:8. iii. Because church was a secular term (referring to “the gatherings of the citizenry in a city-state to discuss and decide on matters of public interest” [Mare]), Paul calls the gathering ...
Chapter First Online:28 March 2020 pp 9–15 Cite this chapter Oscar Buzz and the Influence of Word of Mouth on Movie Success Owen Eagan 236Accesses Abstract This chapter discusses the strength of box office performance over the years and offers both emotional and economic justifications for this...
2 We do not mention the word ‘valuable’ here, since this condition can be considered somewhat tautological: ‘valuable’ is defined ex post (Priem & Butler,2001). Some of the bustling airports served today by the airline Ryanair were forlorn and decrepit out-of-the-way landing fields befo...
“We have had many inquiries about the residencies through word of mouth from those who have stayed with us, along with winners of the Chapbook Award from the Poetry Society of America and the annual Fellowship Prize of the Academy of American Poets. Most of the writers are from the US. ...
But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30 000 teenagers who come from abroad every year to have some courses for one year in the United States, as well as the thousands more wh...
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But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30 000 teenagers who come from abroad every year to have some courses for one year in the United States, as well as the thousands more wh...
iii. “The badgers’ skin (AV) is the same as the material used in the covering of the tabernacle (Numbers 4:6ff.). The various translations give sealskin (RV), porpoise skin (RV mg.), leather (RSV). ‘Badger’ is certainly not right, because the skin had to be both suitable for...
(e.g.Genesis 20:17;Numbers 12:13;2 Kings 20:5,8). When it is applied to the land, as here, it can refer to bringing the exiles back to the Promised Land (Jeremiah 30:17;33:6-7) or restoring the land and its people to peace and security (Jeremiah 33:6;Isaiah 57:19).” (...