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The Book of Genesis and other allegorical origin stories of games

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, Volume 80, Issue 1, Page 1-18, February 2025.
Abstract This essay delves into the complex interplay between the sacred and the ludic, with a particular emphasis on allegorical origin stories from various religious and mythological traditions, highlighting their portrayal of games and the concept of play. The analysis includes the Judaeo‐Christian Book of Genesis and the Babylonian Enuma Elish.
Bo Kampmann Walther
wiley   +1 more source

Chronotopes of exile and loss in Philip O'Sullivan Beare's Zoilomastix (c. 1626)☆

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 60-80, February 2025.
Abstract This essay explores the relationship between an early modern exile and his native environment, as depicted in Philip O'Sullivan Beare's unfinished natural history Zoilomastix. Writing by turns in Latin, Spanish and Gaelic from the safety of the Habsburg court, O'Sullivan Beare marshalled Ciceronian rhetoric and Plinian wonder to argue for the ...
Kevin Gerard Tracey
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching Environmental Activism and Ecological Hermeneutics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This article argues that ecological hermeneutics, when taught in the biblical studies classroom, needs to draw on its roots in environmental activism. It recommends prioritising the urgency of the contemporary crisis alongside activist ways to respond to
Robin Hamon   +1 more
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Gendered personal nationalism: National cause as a resource of self‐construction in Finnish nineteenth‐century letters

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 245-261, January 2025.
Abstract The article studies the personal experience and meaning of nationalism for Finnish mid‐nineteenth‐century national protagonists from the gender perspective. Using the concept of personal nationalism and the group biographical approach, the article analyses experiential and narrative self‐construction in the correspondence exchanged between ...
Reetta Eiranen
wiley   +1 more source

Hermeneutic Realism and Veritative Hermeneutics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Hermeneutics has a long tradition in the history of philosophy. It carries the task of Hermes to bring God’s message to humans and translate it without betraying it. This special issue of the journal Critical Hermeneutics proposes a double research track:
Freni, Cristiana   +4 more
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Healing the Healers: Redressing Church Leadership and National Healing in Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology
This paper redresses Church leadership and national healing in Zimbabwe. Although numerous studies have been published on managing conflict and healing the nation, contextualized publications on healing healers in Zimbabwe are scarce. Using a qualitative
Kimion Tagwirei, Ray Motsi
doaj   +1 more source

Neologizing Akan Indigenous Ecological Proverbs and Wise-sayings for Earth-keeping among Akan Christians of Ghana

open access: yesGhana Journal of Linguistics
Dr. Emmanuel Twumasi-Ankrah, is Senior lecturer in Biblical Studies in the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Theology at the Christian Service University in Ghana. He is a part-time lecturer at the Department of Religion and Human Development in Kwame
Emmanuel Twumasi-Ankrah   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Comparative Analysis of Βαπτίζοvτεσ in the Greek New Testament (Matthew 28:19) and the Fulbe Bible

open access: yesPentecost Journal of Theology and Mission
Bible translation is a vital tool used by the Church to communicate the gospel in the heart languages of various communities, with the aim of fostering spiritual growth and discipleship.
Emmanuel Foster Asamoah   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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