A Word Fitly Spoken
A Word Fitly Spoken

Author: Philip Leroy Culbertson

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780791423110

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This book compares New Testament and Rabbinical texts in order to recover the oral tradition accompanying the written Biblical text. Although New Testament Greek is a hellenistic idiom, it reflects a Semitic rather than a hellenistic culture. Therefore, Culbertson looks to Jewish sources in order to understand the Greek text, rather than to the philosophical, methodological, and literary sources of hellenistic culture. The author uses specific examples to illustrate various literary theories and to prove the value of a Listener Response Analysis of Gospel texts. A dozen parables are discussed in detail.

The Multicultural Dictionary of Proverbs
The Multicultural Dictionary of Proverbs

Author: Harold V. Cordry

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-08-31

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1476607354

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All cultures have proverbs that capsulize subjects simply and effectively. Many of these are cross-cultural. For example, according to a Danish proverb, "The greater the fear, the nearer the danger," while a Latin proverb says, "The less there is of fear, the less there is danger." This work includes over 20,000 proverbs from more than 120 languages, nationalities and ethnic groups. The proverbs are arranged under 1,300 headings (e.g., accidents, divided loyalty, marriage, prosperity, shame), and each includes the nationality, group or language in which it originated. Comprehensive keyword and subject indexes allow access to the material in multiple ways.

Dreams Designed by God for You
Dreams Designed by God for You

Author: Betty Jane Rapin

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-12

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 0595427359

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Dreams can inspire us, frighten us, and open a new world of discovery. But interpreting our dreams is often difficult, if not impossible. Finding a reliable teacher to help us answer all the questions we have can be equally frustrating - until now. With warmth and gentleness, Rapin tackles several topics as she explains how you too can understand your dreams.

A Dictionary of the Bible
A Dictionary of the Bible

Author: James Hastings

Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.

Published: 2004-10

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781410217271

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For over a century the ten-volume Dictionary of the Bible has been the definitive reference. "It is a Dictionary of the Old and New Testaments, together with the Old Testament Apocrypha, according to the Authorized and Revised English Versions, and with constant reference to the original tongues. ... Articles have been written on the names of all Persons and Places, on the Antiquities and Archaeology of the Bible, on its Ethnology, Geology, and Natural History, on Biblical Theology and Ethic, and even on the obsolete or archaic words occurring in the English Versions." James Hastings (1852-1922) was a distinguished scholar and pastor. He was founder and editor of the Expository Times and is also well known for editing the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, the Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, and the Dictionary of the Apostolic Church.