See David Janzen, The Social Meanings of Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible: A Study of Four Writings (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2004).Janzen, David. The Social Meanings of Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible: A Study of Four Writings, BZAW 344. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2004....
is a great production,—a better production than most statues; being beautifully coloured as well as shaped, and plus all the brains; aglorious thing to look at, a wonderful thing to talk to; and you cannot have it, any more than a pyramid or a church, but by sacrifice of much contri...
In understanding the meaning of redemption, one should not forget that it is a deliverance or a release from a claim. The claim is able to be lifted only by one who has the right to do so, and he performs something to effect this release. Although it is not always present, the idea...
something sacred, something more than just a work of purely human literature. It is, if only in a faintly superstitious way, an acknowledgement that the Bible has an authority greater than that of any man, of the law of the land, and even of the crown itself. But what a different place...
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“two cars collided in the intersection” might be said also as “the first car crashed into the second car as they both were moving through the intersection of First and Second Street”. Each describes the same event, one gives more detail, but the basic meaning is not changed. If the ...
This man was killed by Miru as payment for the instruction they had received and also to be used as a sacrifice to her god. His name was Kewa; his sacrifice ensured the permanence of the powers of the knowledge acquired by Ihenga and Rongomai.” WAI-TOKORAU. In 1893 Te Kahui wrote...
of the great age, that fifth century we inevitably think of when we say “the Greeks,” the idiom of Homer was far from limpid (they had to learn the meaning of long lists of obscure words at school), and it was brimful of archaisms — of vocabulary, syntax and grammar — and of ...
Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven我灵赞美天上君王 Be Still, My Soul安静,我的灵魂 How Deep The Father’s Love For Us天父对我们深深的爱 Will Your Anchor Hold In The Storms Of Life在人生的风暴中坚守你的锚 Psalm 23诗篇二十三篇
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God.Psalm 51:17 Scripture is full of stories of broken people. But it is also full of stories of how God has redeemed them—their stories, their families, and their futures—by His grace...