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Traditionalism
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Megillah
Megillah (plural: Megillat; Hebrew: ‘scroll’). A scroll containing any of five biblical texts appointed to be read on certain notable Jewish days; when the text is not specified, the term commonly refers to the scroll of the Old Testament Book of Esther, read during the feast of... Read more |
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Tradition of the Instruments
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traditional society
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Oral tradition
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Political Sociology
Political SociologySocial context of political powerElite analysisMacrosociology and political changePolitical sociology and political theoryBIBLIOGRAPHYTwo distinct but converging intellectual traditions are to be found in the theoretical and empirical writings of political sociology. Broadly... Read more |
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Bible
Bible [Gr.,=the books], term used since the 4th cent. to denote the Christian Scriptures and later, by extension, those of various religious traditions. This article discusses the nature of religious scripture generally and the Christian Scriptures specifically, as well as the history of the... Read more |
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Spinoza
SpinozaWORKS BY SPINOZASUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHYBenedictus (Baruch) de Spinoza (1632-1677) was born to a family of Portuguese origin settled in the Jewish community at Amsterdam. He received a thorough Hebrew education in preparation, evidently, for a rabbinical career. He himself sought and gained... Read more |
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Western Herbalism
Herbalism, Western Definition Western herbalism is a form of the healing arts that draws from herbal traditions of Europe and the Americas, and that emphasizes the study and use of European and Native American herbs in the treatment and prevention of illness. Western herbalism is based on... Read more |
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genealogy
genealogy , the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. Family lineage was originally transmitted through oral tradition and later, with the invention of writing, was passed on through written records. The genealogies in the Bible probably originated in oral tradition.... Read more |
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Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah: Studies of an Interpretive Tradition
Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah: Studies of an Interpretive Tradition. Edited...interest in Isaiah studies. As part...the use of traditions by the ... |
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Opening the Sealed Book: Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity
...which these writings extend and...incipient in Isaiah itself. Blenkinsopp's study joins several...works on Isaiah's interpretive history...and Evans, Writing and Reading the Scroll of ... |
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EDMUND WILSON, THE MAN IN LETT ...
...1972) was a writing dynamo...Gore ("Studies in the Literature...Uncollected Writings (mainly...fruits of his reading and erudition...Dead Sea Scrolls, Native American traditions, Canadian...grandmaster of ... |
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The Idea of Biblical Interpretation: Essays In Honor of James L. Kugel.(Book...
...Journal for the Study of Judaism...and "The Interpretive Life of Biblical...Significance of Writing in Ancient...the Copper Scroll" (Steven...the Qumran Scrolls and Rabbinic...Grammar" (Isaiah Teshima...Talmudic ... |
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Biblical and Rabbinic Literature.(Bibliography)
...volume in the Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related...Theological Tradition and Alternatives...historical reading of the Bible...navigation of interpretive history and...Biblical Studies, the secularization...Christian ... |
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From Prophecy to Testament: The Function of the Old Testament in the New
...sacred" writings, some of...the area of study has attracted...venerable tradition of the work...the sacred writings that eventually...of which writings spoke "with...Latin); "Interpretive Approaches...Dead Sea ... |