Bible scholars both ancient and modern have interpreted this number as reflecting the symbolic perfection of redeemed man in terms of the "perfect" number 12 which signifies the perfection of government in Scripture multiplied by divine order (the number 10 signifies divine order in Scripture). 144...
Mary, the mother of Jesus, venerated in the Christian church and a subject in Western art, music, and literature. Mary has been ascribed several titles, including guarantee of the Incarnation, virgin mother, second Eve, mother of God, ever virgin, immacu
Each time I readBlood Meridian, I seem to notice a new theme or motif. Upon this close read, I was struck by the repeated use of the number eight in the text — and the conspicuous absence of any mention of eight inA Reader’s Guideor any other analysis I am familiar with, so I ...
The subject matter of the discipline is treated in a number of other articles. For a survey of systematic interpretations of the divine or sacred, see agnosticism; atheism; deism; dualism; monotheism; nature worship; pantheism; polytheism; theism; and totemism. For a survey of major theological...
Peter, too, carries on this theme of resurrection as a symbol of regeneration: "In his great mercy he has given usnew birthinto a living hope through theresurrectionof Jesus Christ from the dead..." (1 Peter 1:3) In a number of passages, Paul speaks of beingco-crucifiedwith Christ an...
Jeju shamanic religion; sacrifice; aekmagi; simbang (Jeju shaman); sacred status of simbang1. Introduction Though aekmagi was performed almost all over Korea in various ways for at least a hundred years (Kim 1991), now this ritual is only conducted regularly in some villages of Jeju-do.1 ...
In fact there are zillions of gluons, antiquarks, and quarks in a proton. The standard shorthand, “the proton is made from two up quarks and one down quark”, is really a statement that the proton has two more up quarks than up antiquarks, and one more down quark than down anti...
The number 40 in the Bible also emerges when we look at Moses and the covenant God confirmed with him. Moses is said to have gone up on the “mountain of God,” where he stayed for 40 days and 40 nights. This story is recounted in Exodus 24. ...
In Western countries, including the US. the willow also has a number of meanings: It is associated with grief and mourning and it is common to find these trees engraved on tombstones. It is associated with immortality and rebirth and can therefore symbolize the endurance of love and family, ...
Early in the 21st century, the term woke became ubiquitous within the context of the culture wars. However, the meaning of the term has been notoriously difficult to pin down, and its use as a descriptor of the most bewildering range of phenomena has led