The Psalter, read as a coherent book instead of being read as 150 independent poems, reveals some patterns and a continuum of ideas, which might not express the editors’ original intention, but support the readers’ understanding of this canonical book ...
Knud Jeppesen, Jeppesen, Knud
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Exuberant Praise: A Pentecostal Reading of Psalm 150 [PDF]
Enthusiastic praise of God has been a vital characteristic of the Pentecostal movement, and Pentecostals have appealed to Psalm 150 as justification for their extravagant worship.
Lee Roy Martin
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The role of David in the composition and redactional grouping of the final davidic Psalter
Superscripts in the Psalter have been disregarded as later editorial additions to the text. However true, superscripts provided insight into the editorial rationale behind the Psalter.
Carine Botha
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“Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Truth”: Biblical Allusions in N. S. Leskov’s Novella “The Vale” [PDF]
N. S. Leskov, Russian classic author of the second half of the 19th century, throughout his work actively turned to the Old and New Testaments, which was expressed in a significant number of biblical quotations and allusions in his works.
Anna A. Fedotova
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Lower‐Class Reading in Late Imperial Russia
Abstract This article demonstrates widespread engagement of lower‐class people with the written word in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Russian Empire, in rural and urban locales, in homes, workplaces, and social spaces. We explore how lower‐class people read: the daily habits, personal relationships, and social spaces that shaped ...
Sarah Badcock, Felix Cowan
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Translating the Slavonic Present Participles in the Early Romanian Psalters (16th Century)
It is often said that early Romanian biblical translations from Church Slavonic follow the source texts slavishly. This is believed to be especially true about the 16th century Romanian Psalters, a group of seven texts (both printed and hand-copied ...
Ion-Mihai Felea
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Differences in the Iconography of the Plot the Last Supper in the Illuminations of the Gospels and Psalters of the 10th – 14th Centuries Created in the Byzantine Empire [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to find and highlight the most striking pieces of the Last Supper in the examples of the Gospels and Psalters created on the territory of the Byzantine Empire in the 10th – 14th centuries, as well as to analyse the ...
Nataliia Dmytrenko
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Loss of MID in English: Free Peasantry and Their Linguistic Advantage
Abstract The paper deals with the mysterious loss of a common preposition MID in the historical development of English. The issue is examined using a quantitative method combined with a historical sociolinguistic focus on the free peasantry in the East Midlands and Kent.
Rongkun Liu
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Exegesis in the Translation of the Psalter of 1552 by Maximus the Greek
The article focuses on Maximus the Greek’s lexical revision in the Psalter of 1552. A wide range of lexical corruptions allow us to consider the text as a separate edition of a Church Slavonic Psalter.
Inna Veniaminovna Verner
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The Knightly Brothers of Bernard of Clairvaux and the Twelfth‐Century Cistercian Lay Monk*
Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (r. 1115–1153) was a prominent twelfth‐century religious leader whose knightly family collectively converted to monastic life with him in adulthood around 1113. Following Clairvaux's foundation in 1115, Bernard's brothers held roles of significant estate seniority despite their own professional limitations as newly converted ...
Joseph Millan‐Cole
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