Recent fiction, film, art, and scholarship on nineteenth-century American abolitionists Nat Turne... more Recent fiction, film, art, and scholarship on nineteenth-century American abolitionists Nat Turner and John Brown shed light on the politics of their prophetic religion. Both men led violent rebellions against slavery for which they were executed. Prophetic
... in the Hebrew bible. Auteur(s) / Author(s). BRITT Brian (1) ; ... This article concentrates o... more ... in the Hebrew bible. Auteur(s) / Author(s). BRITT Brian (1) ; ... This article concentrates on poetic and narrative texts in which hesed appears surprisingly, often to denote unexpected attachments. While hesed is a formulaic term in covenant tradition, some poetic texts, notably Ps. ...
Recent David studies from scholars such as Baruch Halpern and Steven McKenzie have called into qu... more Recent David studies from scholars such as Baruch Halpern and Steven McKenzie have called into question the historicity of biblical accounts and have substituted 'sacred' images of David with decidedly 'secular' ones. But the biblical David is neither purely secular nor sacred; ...
W ritten texts are not the only or best carriers of tradition. From late antiquity on, images bas... more W ritten texts are not the only or best carriers of tradition. From late antiquity on, images based on the Bible proliferated to form an important body of interpretive traditions. Many scholars of literature and history have turned recently to the study of images; Mieke Bal, for instance, ...
ABSTRACT: On the thirteenth of each month, from October 1990 until May 1994, Nancy Fowler appeare... more ABSTRACT: On the thirteenth of each month, from October 1990 until May 1994, Nancy Fowler appeared on the porch of a farmhouse in Conyers, Georgia, to deliver the message she had received from an apparition of the Virgin Mary. On apparition days, up to 80,000 ...
1 Gerhard von Rad, Deuteronomy: A Commentary (trans. Dorothea Barton; Phila-delphia: Westminster ... more 1 Gerhard von Rad, Deuteronomy: A Commentary (trans. Dorothea Barton; Phila-delphia: Westminster Press, 1966), p. 22. I am grateful to the National Endow-ment for the Humanities, which funded a summer seminar at Yale University under the direction of Leslie Brisman, where I first ...
This project asked the contributors to reflect about the future of the Walter Benjamin field in g... more This project asked the contributors to reflect about the future of the Walter Benjamin field in general terms, and specifically-- in the context of the publication of Eiland and Jennings's biography of Benjamin (Critical Life, 2014). The project won a wide readership counting over 11,300 page views by over 2,500 identified readers and 3,800 sessions, from six continents. Free Access: https://importance-of-benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/benjamin-project-introduction
Recent fiction, film, art, and scholarship on nineteenth-century American abolitionists Nat Turne... more Recent fiction, film, art, and scholarship on nineteenth-century American abolitionists Nat Turner and John Brown shed light on the politics of their prophetic religion. Both men led violent rebellions against slavery for which they were executed. Prophetic
... in the Hebrew bible. Auteur(s) / Author(s). BRITT Brian (1) ; ... This article concentrates o... more ... in the Hebrew bible. Auteur(s) / Author(s). BRITT Brian (1) ; ... This article concentrates on poetic and narrative texts in which hesed appears surprisingly, often to denote unexpected attachments. While hesed is a formulaic term in covenant tradition, some poetic texts, notably Ps. ...
Recent David studies from scholars such as Baruch Halpern and Steven McKenzie have called into qu... more Recent David studies from scholars such as Baruch Halpern and Steven McKenzie have called into question the historicity of biblical accounts and have substituted 'sacred' images of David with decidedly 'secular' ones. But the biblical David is neither purely secular nor sacred; ...
W ritten texts are not the only or best carriers of tradition. From late antiquity on, images bas... more W ritten texts are not the only or best carriers of tradition. From late antiquity on, images based on the Bible proliferated to form an important body of interpretive traditions. Many scholars of literature and history have turned recently to the study of images; Mieke Bal, for instance, ...
ABSTRACT: On the thirteenth of each month, from October 1990 until May 1994, Nancy Fowler appeare... more ABSTRACT: On the thirteenth of each month, from October 1990 until May 1994, Nancy Fowler appeared on the porch of a farmhouse in Conyers, Georgia, to deliver the message she had received from an apparition of the Virgin Mary. On apparition days, up to 80,000 ...
1 Gerhard von Rad, Deuteronomy: A Commentary (trans. Dorothea Barton; Phila-delphia: Westminster ... more 1 Gerhard von Rad, Deuteronomy: A Commentary (trans. Dorothea Barton; Phila-delphia: Westminster Press, 1966), p. 22. I am grateful to the National Endow-ment for the Humanities, which funded a summer seminar at Yale University under the direction of Leslie Brisman, where I first ...
This project asked the contributors to reflect about the future of the Walter Benjamin field in g... more This project asked the contributors to reflect about the future of the Walter Benjamin field in general terms, and specifically-- in the context of the publication of Eiland and Jennings's biography of Benjamin (Critical Life, 2014). The project won a wide readership counting over 11,300 page views by over 2,500 identified readers and 3,800 sessions, from six continents. Free Access: https://importance-of-benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/benjamin-project-introduction
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