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Faith, Hope and Love: The Wartime Motivations of Lance Corporal Frederick Spratlin, MM and Bar, 3rd Battalion, CEF [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In an attempt to understand the motivations that drive soldiers in war, historians often seek to capture the experience of an individual soldier through his letters, diaries and other personal accounts. But what of the artifacts that are left behind? The
Fowler, Michelle
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Tibetan Data Augmentation via GAN‐Based Handwritten Text Generation

open access: yesCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased awareness of Tibetan cultural preservation, along with technological advancements, has led to significant efforts in academic research on Tibetan. However, the structural complexity of the Tibetan language and limited labeled handwriting data impede advancements in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and other applications.
Dorje Tashi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

'My tongue is the stylus of a skilled scribe' (Ps 45:2c): If so in the Scriptures, then why not also in translation?

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2013
In this study, I survey seven characteristics of the poetic-rhetorical style of Psalm 45, with special reference to the sound effects (phonological features) of the Hebrew text.
Ernst R. Wendland
doaj   +1 more source

A failed transplant

open access: yes
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
David L. Curtis
wiley   +1 more source

What Are the “Long Nostrils” of YHWH?

open access: yesReligions, 2017
The mention of YHWH’s “nostrils” (ʾapayīm) in the Bible is classically interpreted as a metonymy of the face and/or a metaphor for anger. The reference to their length and even to their elongation, however, rules out any entirely satisfying explanation ...
Nissim Amzallag
doaj   +1 more source

Quakers and Scripture

open access: yes, 2015
This chapter explores how the Quakers’ use of the Bible has developed, recognizing changes both in the Friends movement and in its historical and cultural settings.
Macy, Howard R.
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Fiscal grievance politics: wealth taxation and master‐race democracy in post‐coup Bolivia Politique des griefs fiscaux : impôt sur la fortune et démocratie de la race maîtresse en Bolivie post‐coup d’État

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
wiley   +1 more source

Exegesis of the Qurʾān with the biblical and post-biblical literature

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
No single collection of biblical or Midrashic writings has ever been explicitly cited as a direct source for the Qurʾān. However, as the final divine scripture in the historical continuum of monotheistic religions, the Qurʾān exhibits a clear textual and
Hüseyin Halil
doaj   +1 more source

The Odyssey of Archbishop Gavril’s Translation of the Bible

open access: yes, 2017
Translating the Bible is not an easy task in any language. Every translation of the Bible is a confirmation of the capacity of a language to convey the Bible’s manifold depths and meanings.
Girevska, Marija
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Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
wiley   +1 more source

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