Sappho was the first great lyric poet of antiquity. She is known especially for her "Sapphics"―love poems and songs―some of which are considered to be bisexual in nature, or lesbian (a term derived from the name of her island home, Lesbos). ...
What does Christmas stand for? Roman Emperor Constantine’s rule celebrated the first recorded Christmas on December 25th in the year 336. A few years later, Pope Julius I officially declared that the birth of Jesus was on that same day. See the fact file below for more information on the...
a round bubble bursts and with a snap of the fingers childhood has departed she remains where she was waiting for a cold-day kiss falling in the eternal desert thirsting for the source of water in water unbuttoning her shirt, with bitter milk overflowing the ever-unredeemed desires as innoce...
on the screen, there is one benefit that is often overlooked because it is of less importance for general readers. Ebooks allow students and scholars to search the whole text—or our notes—for any word or phrase. In academia, that is one of the most valuable functions that an ebook can ...
with hay mowing and baling Wrens sing happy songs in sunshine Synchronous fireflies dance in the dark to the music of June’s night insects the air is sweet with the scent of the milkweed and honeysuckle that suckle trembling butterflies Who would want to live in a world without lavish June...
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day: the misuse and abuse of the Nazi analogy in modern bioethicsIlana Yurkiewicz
DANCES AND SONGS Most Americans are familiar with thepolka,but few of them know that it is a Czech courtship dance. The polka originated in Prague in 1837. Derived from the Czech word for "half," it is danced with a half step to music written in two-quarter time, with the accent on...
come before him with happy songs! 3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to him; we are his people, we are his flock. 4 Enter the Temple gates with Thanksgiving; go into its courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise him. ...
This led to a hardening of gender stereotypes and a more rigid enforcing of gender hierarchy that can be traced in court records, marriage manuals, dramas, paintings, songs, sermons, and, most important for this essay, tracts devoted to the education of girls. There is no question that in ...
or man and woman from being the foundational distinctions in answering the question of who a human is. If this essay accounted for this reversal and for what is being lost behind either modern-day holism or that reversal alike, i.e., for the rabbinic thinking of “Who?” for which there...