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The Hebrew Term “Evil” (ra) as a Definition of Sin According to The Qumran Sect
The present research is dedicated to a sectarian text from Qumran titled “Thanksgiving Hymns” (1QH) and, an exegesis on selected parts of it. The aim is to outline the reasons why the material of the Qumran sect includes interpretations of Biblical ...
Zoran Kalev
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Exclusive language: The tool to empower and create identity
This article used some postmodern literary theories of philosophers such as Jean-Fran ois Lyotard, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and Julia Kristeva to scrutinise a selection of texts from the post-exilic period with regard to the exclusive language ...
Ananda Geyser-Fouche
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Seasonal Exploitation of Migratory Waterfowl at Natufian el‐Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel
ABSTRACT Increased avian exploitation is a hallmark of broad‐spectrum subsistence strategies in the Levantine Natufian culture (15,000–11,700 cal. BP). However, detailed publications of bird remains from the Natufian are scant, especially regarding the Early Natufian, and the available evidence shows high inter‐site variability that begs explanation ...
Linda Amos +2 more
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Dove in the Story of Jesus’ Baptism [PDF]
The expression “like a dove” in the story of Jesus’ baptism (Mark 1:10) can be understood in several ways. It can relate either to the noun “Spirit” or to the participle “descending”.
Aleksei Somov
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Reception of Isa 7:17 in Qumran: The Use of Ambiguity of the Biblical Text
Verse 7:17 from Isaiah presents its interpreters, both ancient and modern, with difficulties and ambiguities regarding the text that must be accounted for on the level of formulation (problematic grammar), content (uncertain meaning) and incorporation ...
Libor Marek
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Jewish Divination in the Greco–Roman Era
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the divinatory methods the Jews used to address their questions in the Greco–Roman era. Scholars have previously examined how authors of the Hebrew Bible are aware of numerous divinatory techniques. The texts of the Greco–Roman era, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, preserve even more references illuminating the ancients ...
Hanna Tervanotko
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Abstract This essay attempts to address a simple question: what does it mean to hear God? So much hangs upon learning something about hearing God: revelation, salvation, formation, vocation and mission, for example. What is the relationship then between hearing and knowing God?
Graham Ward
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Resumen El presente artículo ofrece la edición crítica del salmo apócrifo 150 en la versión de ‘Abd Allāh b. al-Faḍl, precedida de un estudio preliminar en el que su Vorlage griega de la Septuaginta es comparada con el texto hebreo de Qumrān ...
Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala
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