HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 The parable of the Feast (Lk 14:16b–23) is perhaps the example par excellence in the New Testament that addresses spatial justice and reconciliation.
Ernest Van Eck +2 more
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 This article presents a social-scientific and realistic interpretation of the parable of the Feast. The characteristics of a pre-industrial city are used to determine the realism of the parable.
Ernest van Eck
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The Significance of Food in the Parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22:1-14 and the Kanyaw
Religion and Social CommunicationThis study delves into the significance of food in Matthew 22:1-14, specifically exploring parallels between the Parable of the Wedding Feast and the Kanyaw festival of the Igorot people.
Fred F. Antonio, Jr.
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The Evangelical Stratum in the Architectonics of Dostoevsky’s Short Story “A Nasty Story” [PDF]
Достоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал, 2018 Dostoevsky’s “A Nasty Story” is examined as a landmark piece of work in the evolution of Dostoevsky’s creative system. The author focuses his attention on the system of Biblical intertexts in the artistic structure of the story, a system that plays the ...
Boris N. Tikhomirov
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Invitations and excuses that are not invitations and excuses: Gossip in Luke 14:18–20
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2012 In modern Western culture, gossip is seen as a malicious activity that should be avoided. In ancient oral-cultures, gossip as a cultural form did not have this negative connotation. Gossip was a necessary social game that enabled the flow of information.
Ernest van Eck
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Is Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s Independent Ethics Program Important Nowadays? [PDF]
, 2016 In the paper, the essential elements of Kotarbiński’s independent ethics are presented. These are ethics which are one example of ethics in the broader sense, with a range of problems related to the question: how should we live our lives?
Szostek, Andrzej
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The Parables of Jesus Christ in the “Ladder” of John of Sinai (based on the Russian Translation of Optina Pustyn) [PDF]
Вестник Свято-Филаретовского институтаThe article examines the Gospel parables included in the text of the Ladder by John of Sinai which are the most important symbolic clues to understand the meaning of the book’s fragments.
Popova, Tatiana G.
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The symbiotic binary system RX Puppis: a possible recurrent nova with a Mira companion [PDF]
, 1999 We present an analysis of photometric and spectroscopic observations of the symbiotic binary system RX Pup with the aims of developing a reliable binary for the system and identifying mechanisms responsible for its spectacular activity.
Barba, Rodolfo +6 more
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The Role of the Bible in the Formation of Philosophical Thought in Kievan Rus’ (as Exemplified by Ilarion of Kiev, Kliment Smolatič, and Kirill of Turov) [PDF]
, 2016 The article is an attempt to critically evaluate the manifestations of the philosophical culture sprouting in Rus’. With the baptism in the Byzantine Rite, Rus’ in the 10th century joined the family of Christian nations and defined the future direction ...
Kroczak, Justyna
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An HI Imaging Survey of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars [PDF]
, 2013 We present an imaging study of a sample of eight asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the HI 21-cm line. Using observations from the Very Large Array, we have unambiguously detected HI emission associated with the extended circumstellar envelopes of ...
Bertre, T. Le +3 more
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