Angels and Beasts: The Relationship Between the Four Living Creatures and the Four Riders in Revelation 6:1-8
Author: Laurentiu Florentin Mot File Type: pdf Angels and Beasts looks into the interplay between the angelic figures in the vision of the seven seals. John creates a relationship between the four living creatures and the four riders in Revelation 61-8 that must not be overlooked. This connection works between the two groups as a whole and at the one-to-one level. The blending of symbols and the communication between these symbolic figures reveal exegetical, theological, and spiritual lessons. Both the scenario and the script of Johns vision talk about terms and ties in the realm of angelic beings. For John these relations in the world above are a code to unlock relations in the world below. --In Angels and Beasts, Laurentiu Mot brings his considerable linguistic and exegetical skills to focus as he explores the first part of the prophecy of the seven seals of Revelation. His analysis is well-written, easy to follow, and outlines an impressive array of inter-biblical context. He makes a valuable contribution to the topic.-- --Kim Papaioannou, Author of The Geography of Hell in the Teaching of Jesus Editor of Earthly Shadows, Heavenly Realities --In this brief book, Mot has taken on some of the most challenging material in the Book of Revelation. No one, obviously, will agree with every decision he has made about the text, but he has done careful and thorough work. While I have studied these same passages for decades, I learned something on nearly every page, so I heartily recommend this book to all who wish to make sense of the seven seals of Revelation.-- --Jon Paulien, Author of Decoding Revelations Trumpets Dean, School of Religion, Loma Linda University Laurentiu Florentin Mot is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Dean of the Adventist Theological Institute, Cernica, Romania. He is the author of Morphological and Syntactical Irregularities in the Book of Revelation (Brill, 2015).
Author: Zippi Lyttleton
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Colloquial Hebrew provides a step-by-step course in Hebrew as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Hebrew in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.Key features include progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios useful vocabulary lists throughout the text additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Hebrew will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Hebrew.Course componentsThe complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack. Paperback 978-0-415-24048-2 (please note this does not include the audio)CDs 978-0-415-30260-9eBook 978-0-203-98726-1 (please note this does not include the audio, available from www.tandfebooks.com)MP3s 978-0-415-47087-2 (available from www.tandfebooks.com)Pack 978-0-415-43159-0 (paperback and CDs)ReviewColloquial Hebrew A Complete Course for Beginners is a fabulous edition to the realm of Hebrew Language pedagogy and self-study guides. It will be a boon to those engaged in the self-study of Hebrew as well as teachers wishing to introduce colloquial Hebrew to a traditional Hebrew language course.tackles all these issues, ensuring that you come away from the course speaking like a native rather than like a grammarian..Rochelle Caviness, The Jewish EyeAltogether an excellent contribution to the study of Hebrew. .Risa Domb, Director of the Centre for Modern Hebrew Studies, University of CambridgeAbout the AuthorTamar Wang and Zippin Lyttleton
Author: Angela Ales Bello
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In the first part of The Divine in Husserl and Other Explorations a description is provided of Husserls method in order to explain how he deals with the question of God from a philosophical perspective. The results from this investigation are compared with the main contributions of the philosophers of the past. The second part focuses on the theme of religion as developed by Husserl in order to grasp the meaning of religious lived-experiences. Through an archeological excavation Husserl teaches us how to go to the bottom of the sacred and the divine in order to pinpoint their features and to comprehend their religious configurations in history. In the third part one can find the application of husserlian hyletics and noetics to the field of the archaic sacred and of the different religious experiences. Some particular themes are treated such as ecstasy, contemplation, incarnation, and the relationship between the human being and the God from a philosophical and a religious point of view.
Author: Jean-Francois Augoyard
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The street riots that swept through France in the fall of 2005 focused worldwide attention on the plight of the countrys immigrants and their living conditions in the suburbs many of them call home. These high-density neighborhoods were constructed according to the principles of functionalist urbanism that were ascendant in the 1960s. Then, as now, the disparities between the planners utopian visions and the experiences of the inhabitants raised concerns, generating a number of sociological studies of the new towns. One of the most sophisticated and significant of these critiques is Jean-Francois Augoyards Step by Step, which was originally published in France in 1979 and famously influenced Michel de Certeaus analysis of everyday life. Its examination of social life in the rationally planned suburb remains as cogent and timely as ever. Step by Step is based on in-depth interviews Augoyard conducted with the inhabitants of lArlequin, a new town on the outskirts of Grenoble. A resident of lArlequin himself, Augoyard sought to understand how his neighbors used its passages, streets, and parks. He begins with a detailed investigation of the inhabitants daily walks before going on to consider how the built environment is personalized through place-names and shared memories, the ways in which sensory impressions define the atmosphere of a place and how, through individual and collective imagination, residents transformed lArlequin from a concept into a lived space. In closely scrutinizing everyday life in lArlequin, Step by Step draws a fascinating portrait of the richness of social life in the new towns and sheds light on the current living conditions of Frances immigrants. Jean-Francois Augoyard is professor of philosophy and musicology and doctor of urban studies at the Center for Research on Sonorous Space and the Urban Environment at the School of Architecture of Grenoble. David Ames Curtis is a translator, editor, writer, and citizen activist. Francoise Choay is professor emeritus in the history and theory of architecture at the University of Paris VIII and Cornell University and the author of numerous books and essays. **
Author: Ronald Green
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Best practice is the concern of this book. An architect has to be an administrator as well as designer, and smooth economical administration will provide the conditions under which client relations can be constructive and good design can be acheived.The book is divided into 76 short sections covering the entire process, from preliminary enquiries to final fees, each with a small flow chart showing who is involved and when. This sixth revised edition updates the contents in line with present day practice, bearing in mind the changes in terminology, technology, environmental demands and the legislative background.Ronald Green and Professor Ross Jamieson who writes the foreword to this edition, are both examiners for Part Three.From the PublisherThe book is divided into 76 short sections covering the entire process, from preliminary enquiries to final fees, each with a small flow chart showing who is involved and when. This sixth revised edition updates the contents in line with present day practice, bearing in mind the changes in terminology, technology, environmental demands and the legislative background. Ronald Green and Professor Ross Jamieson who writes the foreword to this edition, are both examiners for Part Three. About the AuthorRonald Green and Professor Ross Jamieson, who writes the foreword to this edition, are both examiners for Part Three of the Architecture course. The previous editions have been widely used by Part Three students.
Author: Jonathan Chaplin
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The current political, economic and financial crises facing the EU reveal a deeper cultural, indeed spiritual, malaise a crisis in the soul of Europe. Many observers are concluding that the EU cannot be restored to health without a new appreciation of the contribution of religion to its past and future, and especially that of its hugely important but widely neglected Christian heritage, which is alive today even amidst advancing European secularization. ul l*l ulGod and the EU offers a fresh, constructive and critical understanding of Christian contributions to the origin and development of the EU from a variety of theological, national and political perspectives. It explains the Christian origins of the EU documents the various ways in which it has been both affirmed and critiqued from diverse theological perspectives offers expert, theologically-informed assessments of four illustrative policy areas of the EU (religion, finance, environment, science) and also reports on the place of religion in the EU, including how religious freedom is framed and how contemporary religious actors relate to EU institutions and *vice versa. *This book fills a major gap in the current debate about the future of the European project and will be of interest to students and scholars of religion, politics and European studies. **About the AuthorJonathan Chaplin is Director of Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, Cambridge and member of the Divinity faculty, Cambridge University, UK. hr Gary Wilton is Programme Director of Faith and International Affairs, Wilton Park-Executive Agency of FCO, and former Archbishop of Canterburys Representative to the European Union.
Author: J. Aaron Simmons
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Kierkegaards God and the Good Life focuses on faith and love, two central topics in Kierkegaards writings, to grapple with complex questions at the intersection of religion and ethics. Here, leading scholars reflect on Kierkegaards understanding of God, the religious life, and what it means to exist ethically. The contributors then shift to psychology, hope, knowledge, and the emotions as they offer critical and constructive readings for contemporary philosophical debates in the philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, and epistemology. Together, they show how Kierkegaard continues to be an important resource for understandings of religious existence, public discourse, social life, and how to live virtuously. **
Author: Marsha Kinder
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Editors Marsha Kinder and Tara McPherson present an authoritative collection of essays on the continuing debates over medium specificity and the politics of the digital arts. Comparing the term transmedia with transnational, they show that the movement beyond specific media or nations does not invalidate those entities but makes us look more closely at the cultural specificity of each combination. In two parts, the book stages debates across essays, creating dialogues that give different narrative accounts of what is historically and ideologically at stake in medium specificity and digital politics. Each part includes a substantive introduction by one of the editors. Part 1 examines precursors, contemporary theorists, and artists who are protagonists in this discursive drama, focusing on how the transmedia frictions and continuities between old and new forms can be read most productively N. Katherine Hayles and Lev Manovich redefine medium specificity, Edward Branigan and Yuri Tsivian explore nondigital precursors, Steve Anderson and Stephen Mamber assess contemporary archival histories, and Grahame Weinbren and Caroline Bassett defend the open-ended mobility of newly emergent media. In part 2, trios of essays address various ideologies of the digital John Hess and Patricia R. Zimmerman, Herman Gray, and David Wade Crane redraw contours of race, space, and the margins Eric Gordon, Cristina Venegas, and John T. Caldwell unearth database cities, portable homelands, and virtual fieldwork and Mark B.N. Hansen, Holly Willis, and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Guillermo Gomez-Pena examine interactive bodies transformed by shock, gender, and color. An invaluable reference work in the field of visual media studies, Transmedia Frictions provides sound historical perspective on the social and political aspects of the interactive digital arts, demonstrating that they are never neutral or innocent.
Author: José Luís Garcia
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This volume offers a new understanding of the role of the media in the Portuguese Empire, shedding light on the interactions between communications, policy, economics, society, culture, and national identities. Based on an interdisciplinary approach, this book comprises studies in journalism, communication, history, literature, sociology, and anthropology, focusing on such diverse subjects as the expansion of the printing press, the development of newspapers and radio, state propaganda in the metropolitan Portugal and the colonies, censorship, and the uses of media by opposition groups. It encourages an understanding of the articulations and tensions between the different groups that participated, willingly or not, in the establishment, maintenance and overthrow of the Portuguese Empire in Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome e Principe, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, India, and East Timor. ** About the Author Jose Luis Garcia is Senior Research Fellow at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. He recently edited Pierre Musso and the Network Society From Saint-Simonianism to the Internet (2016). Chandrika Kaul is Senior Lecturer in Modern History, University of St Andrews, UK. Her most recent publication is titled Communications, Media and the Imperial Experience Britain and India in the Twentieth Century (Palgrave, 2014). Filipa Subtil is Assistant Professor at the Escola Superior de Comunicacao Social, Instituto Politecnico de Lisboa, Portugal. Alexandra Dias Santos is Assistant Professor at IADE, Universidade Europeia, Portugal.