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Identifying Deification: Methodological Reflections in Response to the Oxford Handbook of Deification

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 318-329, July 2026.
Abstract This paper offers a reflection on methodological issues surrounding the historical study of deification in response to the approach proposed in the Oxford Handbook of Deification. The paper contextualises the OHD's proposal in light of previous attempts to address the question of how to define/identify the concept of deification.
Brendan A. Harris
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Ordinal Numerals as a Criterion for Subclassification: The Case of Semitic

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 240-256, March 2026.
Abstract This article explores how ordinal numerals (like first, second and third) can help classify languages, focusing on the Semitic language family. Ordinals are often formed according to productive derivational processes, but as a separate word class, they may retain archaic morphology that is otherwise lost from the language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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Time to Proficiency in Young English Learners and Factors That Affect Progress

TESOL Quarterly, Volume 59, Issue 2, Page 695-729, June 2025.
Abstract We investigated the time it takes 54,146 English learners (ELs) to attain English proficiency as they progressed from age 5 to 11 on average (Kindergarten through fifth grade in the United States). We also examine to what extent the time‐to‐proficiency estimate is affected by child‐internal and child‐external factors, including primary ...
Xiaowan Zhang, Paula Winke
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Hearing God

Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 815-832, October 2024.
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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Lebanese Phoenicianism: Rebutting Anthony Smith's Ethno‐Symbolism

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 118-128, September 2024.
Abstract Examining national awakening in early twentieth‐century Lebanon tests the validity of Anthony D. Smith's ethno‐symbolism, which argues that modern national movements arise from older or ancient ethnic cores, which Smith calls ethnies. Since ethno‐symbolism contradicts Eric Hobsbawm's notion of an “invented tradition,” contrasting Smith with ...
Alexander Maxwell, David Hannah
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From the “Republic of Cousins” to foreign spouses: Transnational marriages in Türkiye

Sociology Compass, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2024.
Abstract Marriage in Türkiye, as in many societies, is of great importance in the reproduction of life, and the choice of a spouse often involves the intervention of families and society. Within this structure, it is seen that marriages usually occur between extended family members or the same ethnic/sectarian groups.
Ayla Deniz
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Constructing Syriac in Latin-Establishing the Identity of Syriac in the West over a Century an a Half (c. 1550-c. 1700). An account of Grammatical an Extra-Linguistic Determinants

Bulletin de l’Académie Belge pour l’Étude des Langues Anciennes et Orientales, 2016
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Rethinking the right to know and the case for restorative epistemic reparation

Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 728-745, Winter 2024.
Melanie Altanian
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Syriac Lexicography between Information Science and Linguistics

This chapter discusses the results of the project PaTraCoSy (PAtterns in TRAnslation: Using ColibriCore for the Hebrew Bible corpus and its SYriac translation). In this project we use a tool that has been developed for automatic translation and word sense disambiguation, for the study of an existing translation, namely the Peshitta. The overall goal of
van Peursen, Willem, Coeckelbergs, Mathias   +1 more
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An outline of middle voice in Syriac. Evidences of a linguistic category

, 2009
[from the Foreword] The present work describes the results of a research over the semantic value and the functions of the Syriac verbal prefix et- and of the et- conjugations. Also the so-called internal passives will be taken into account, to the extent to which they complete and determine the role of the et- conjugations.
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