love
love The whole range of meanings of this English word, physical, emotional, intellectual, are found in the Bible. There is the love of God for Israel (Hos. 3: 1) where it denotes his fidelity to his own
covenants. There is also a command that his people shall love God, and this is not the deep affectionate love for a personal God but rather an injunction to loyalty. The word in Hebrew is found in ancient treaties where a subject king is enjoined to ‘love’ (be loyal to) his overlord. But ‘love’ is also used in quite a modern sense as when
Jacob served seven years for
Rachel and they seemed but a few days because of the love he had for her (Gen. 29: 20).
Hosea used the images of love, marriage, and faithlessness to describe the relationships of Israel to God (Hos. 6: 4–6). And
Deutero-Isaiah, also to proclaim the love of God for Israel, compares it to the love of a mother for her child (Isa. 49: 15).
In the NT the Greek noun
eros (sexual love) is not found for the love of God, or love for God, or for love within the Christian community. Jesus brings together from Deut. 6: 5 and Lev. 19: 8 the commands to love God and neighbour but goes farther and emphasizes the duty to love one's enemies (Matt. 5: 43–6). An episode in Luke 7: 36–50 indicates that the woman who anointed the feet of Jesus was so liberated by
forgiveness that she gave out a wealth of love.
In Paul's epistles love is united with
faith and
hope (1 Cor. 13: 13) as a
gift of the
Holy Spirit; it is not a human achievement and not therefore a ground for boasting (1 Cor. 13: 4). The
sacrifice of Christ on the
cross was the supreme sign of the love of God (Rom. 8: 39), and therefore Christian lifestyle was to be in imitation of it (Luke 9: 23; 1 Cor. 11: 1). This is the outworking of faith and involves special care for the weaker members of the community (1 Cor. 8: 11–12). Love is a prominent theme in the Johannine writings and the mutual love of the Father and the Son (John 16: 28) is to be reflected in the
disciples (John 17: 26). At the end of the gospel, Peter reverses his threefold denial of Jesus by a threefold affirmation of his love. The epistles of John maintain the same teaching on the primacy of love (‘no new commandment’, 1 John 2: 7).
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Designing and maintaining weather enclosures.(isinglass enclosures for boats)
Magazine article from: Trailer Boats; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Fabricating isinglass-and-canvas curtains that will hold...We stopped the boat and broke out the isinglass bridge curtains, but the panels had...mega-yachts, for every well-made isinglass enclosure, I know of at least nine...
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Search fails to locate remains of Isinglass.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 10/10/2001; 444 words
; ...Stud has failed to find the remains of Isinglass, one of the most successful racehorses...Year resolution for 2001 was to locate Isinglass's grave and "mark it in a way that...closer investigation nothing was found. Isinglass, owned by Colonel Henry McCalmont...
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U. Nebraska researches effects of beer-clarifying substance
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/18/2006; ; 576 words
; ...professor Sue Hefle, is researching the effects of isinglass, a collagen added to many beers, wines, ales...beverage still would remain slightly cloudy without isinglass. "In Europe isinglass has been used for centuries," Taylor said...
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Billy the Kid, McMurtry style: Blazing twaddle
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/2/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...villain is Will (Old Whiskey) Isinglass, who is in his 80s. Old Whiskey...disembowels and beheads people. Isinglass also has a fierce son, Bloody...half-breed Jicarilla Apache. Isinglass lives on the Whiskey Glass Ranch...
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The best "blew".(Japanese furniture)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...pigments in sizing made of plant resin and isinglass (fish glue). Above this opaque blue layer...consisting of smalt particles suspended in an isinglass composition. The choice of isinglass indicates his concern for the clarity and saturation...
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Antique phonographs may set some records
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/3/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...described the lantern's windows as "isinglass." I think that it was really made of mica. Isinglass is made from fish bladders and would probably burn. A: If you look up the word "isinglass" in a dictionary, you will find at least...
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ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/7/1990; 307 words
; Q. What are the "isinglass curtains" mentioned in a song from...the Fringe on Top" were made from isinglass, a tough, semitransparent, silvery...or air bladders, of certain fish. Isinglass is the purest form of animal gelatin...
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Data on science detailed by F.J. Goncalves and co-authors.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health & Science; 8/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...gelatine, potassium caseinate and isinglass) and their concentration on proanthocyanidin...significantly depleted by egg albumin and isinglass (specially using the highest concentration...the highest egg albumin, gelatine and isinglass concentration induced a decrease on the...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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food & drink: at the bar.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 5/28/2005; 558 words
; ...where the bladders come in. They contain isinglass, a very pure transparent gelatin. When...off. The Vegetarian Society warns that isinglass is commonly used in beer-making. But...gelatin. With wine, finings can be isinglass, animal gelatin, egg albumen, modified...
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For the record: No British duels along Affirmed/Alydar lines.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 2/12/2001; 535 words
; ...happened in England was in 1893, when Isinglass and Ravensbury led home their rivals...000 Guineas, Derby and St Leger. Isinglass and Ravensbury met eight times over three seasons, but Isinglass was far superior and triumphed on each...
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isinglass
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
isinglass , gelatinous semitransparent substance...sturgeon, cod, hake, and other fishes. Isinglass is manufactured in Russia, the United...and in glues and cements. The name isinglass is also commonly applied to thin sheets...
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Japanese isinglass
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
Japanese isinglass See agar .
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sturgeon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...heavy guard scales, four barbels or feelers that hang below the head and help to locate food, and a gas bladder from which isinglass is made. Sturgeons feed by sucking in their food—e.g., crayfish, snails, larvae, and small fishes&mdash...
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fining agents
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
fining agents Substances used to clarify liquids by precipitation, e.g. egg albumin, casein, bentonite, fuller's earth, isinglass , gelatine , etc.
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gelatine
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
...for sugar confectionery, in canned meats, for table jellies, and in pharmaceutical capsules. Gelatine from fish (especially the swim bladder) is isinglass . As a protein it is of poor nutritional value, since it lacks tryptophan .
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