The persuasive function of the blood of Jesus in Matthew 26:28 by M.J. Nel

“…It is argued that the shift towards allusions and echoes when explaining Jesus’ death aligns with Matthew’s strategy that can be described as a kaleidoscopic atonement theory, in which he weaves various Old Testament themes together to construct a comprehensive theory of atonement in Matthew 20:28 and 26:28. …”
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EMBODIMENT, IDENTITY FORMATION AND MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP: ROOTS OF THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION by J. Barentsen

“… The relationship between theory and practice refracts differently in my journey in practical theology, during which I moved from deductive to inductive approaches, and from New Testament studies to practical ecclesiology and religious leadership. …”
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Początkowe stadia życia ludzkiego według św. Pawła by Andrzej Muszala

“…His opinion in this issue is based on two fragments from the Old Testament: Jb 10: 8–10 and Ps 139: 13–16. They represent the one seed theory, saying that a new man is formed only from the man’s seed; the role of the mother comes down to be a container receiving male semen. …”
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Is the expulsion of women as foreigners in Ezra 9-10 justifiably convenantal? by Emmanuel Usue

“…Consequently, the story has generated various viewpoints among Old Testament scholars. However, in this article, the author has attempted to show that Ezra and his associates did not provide convincing reasons for these massive expulsions. …”
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Die Filistynse plaag in 1 Samuel 5-6: medies-teologiese verlarings

“… According to the Old Testament (1 Samuel 5 and 6) the Ark of the Covenant was on occasion captured from the Israelites by the Philistines and taken to their own country. …”
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The architectural beginnings of Bogdan Bogdanović: The residential settlement of the Hydrotechnical Institute on the foothills of Avala by Janakova-Grujić Mare B.

“…This early work by Bogdanović stands as a vivid testament to the notions that the builder adhered to throughout his working life; through them, he came to replace mechanization with craftsmanship, ordinariness and typification with imagination, and blind modernization with tradition.…”
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A law of meaning by Bernhard Wälchli, Anna Sjöberg

“…We implement the law in an algorithm using Dunning’s log-likelihood and illustrate it by extracting markers for ‘know’, negation, first person subject and complementizers from translations of the New Testament in a variety sample of 83 languages with manual evaluation of all extracted markers. …”
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UNHEARD VOICES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE, WITH IMPLICATIONS OF EMPOWERMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF TODAY’S CHURCH by L.M. Mudimeli, J.D.N. Van der Westhuizen

“…This article journeys with a narrative from the New Testament that encourages deconstruction of discourses that are harmful to women and reconstruction of healthy discourses that are inclusive and do not discriminate against women on the basis of gender. …”
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Ancient Christian care for prisoners: first and second centuries by T. Nicklas

“…The study explores material not only from the New Testament Gospels (Matt. 25; Luke 4) and Acts, but also from the Pauline Corpus and extra-canonical literature such as Ignatius of Antioch’s Epistles, later Acts of the Apostles, Martyrdom literature and even a passage from Lucian of Samosata’s Life of Peregrinus. …”
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The second life of micro-organisms. Bio-digital design for a new ecology of space and behaviour by Alessandro Valenti, Claudia Pasquero

“…It is an extended approach to design – ranging from the micro to macro – incorporated in applications where projects and installations become interactive laboratories based on interspecies collaboration. A testament to this approach is the work carried out by a multidisciplinary entity like ecoLogicStudio, through theory and practice.…”
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Style and Influence: Computing Hebrews and the Early Christian Stylistic Fingerprint by Erich Benjamin Pracht, Thomas McCauley

“…We find that the author of Hebrews shares stylistic micro-patterns particularly with his co-religionists, which indicates that, already in New Testament times, the literature of emerging Christianity was developing a distinctive stylistic fingerprint, the features of which were transferred from one author to another.…”
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Twee weergawes van die gebed van Salomo (1 Kon. 8 en 2 Kron. 6): 'n vergelykende studie by D. F. O'Kennedy

“… Solomon’s prayer is one of the most important prose prayers in the Old Testament. We find this prayer in two different theological and literary traditions of the Bible: 1 Kings 8:22-53 and 2 Chronicles 6:12-42. …”
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Magic in the ancient world: revealing antiquity 10 by F. Graf by S. P. J. K. Riekert

“… Uit teks: As u nog onthou van Simon in Handelinge 8, van Bar-Jesus in Handeling 13, dan het u miskien die begeerte om meer te weet van die towenaars in die dae van die Nuwe Testament. Dan is u reg ingestel om die werk van Graf aan te durf. …”
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Intertexte et réécriture du Drame de l’Homme, de la Femme et de Dieu dans 'Partage de midi' de Paul Claudel by Samuel Bidaud

“…The second intertext is with the Bible, in particular with two books of the Old Testament, the Song of Songs and the Book of Hosea, but also more broadly with the beginning of Genesis and the end of the Gospels, which allows Claudel to lead Mesa and Ysé to the repentance in the last act of the play and to affirm the reconciliation of Man and Woman in God. …”
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“Sacherklärungen” in biblischen texten - vorkommen und bedeutung für die Bibelübersetzung by C. Stenschke

“… In several places in the Old and New Testament narratives we find different explanatory notes. …”
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Paul’s Style and the Problem of the Pastoral Letters: Assessing Statistical Models of Description and Inference by Pracht Erich Benjamin, McCauley Thomas

“…In this study, we combine the core competencies of a New Testament scholar and a mathematician to conduct a stylometric analysis of the Pauline and Pastoral Letters based on 18 epistolary modes of discourse, which we argue are at least as stylistically relevant as traditional features such as term frequencies. …”
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Paul’s Jewish Prophetic Critique of Jews in Romans by Lionel J. Windsor

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Tours de Babel et lettres de feu : motifs bibliques dans le Berlin de Vladimir Nabokov by Monica Manolescu-Oancea

“…This article adopts a different stance, focusing on two Old Testament motifs that appear in Nabokov’s last Russian novel (The Gift) and in his autobiography, namely the Tower of Babel and the letters of fire from the book of Daniel. …”
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Ekologiczne samookreślenia Jezusa w Ewangelii wg św. Jana by Andrzej Jacek Najda

“…Wenn er die aus dem Alten testament stammende Offenbarungsformel evgw, eivmi benutzt, dann stellt er sich als Gott vor. …”
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Nü Jidu in Matthew 24:27: An exegetical evaluation of Dongfang Shandian in China by Harman Z. Laia, Jimmy Sutrisno

“…Contribution: This study contributes to the discourse on Christology and eschatology by critically examining a modern theological movement in light of traditional interpretations of Scripture, providing clarity and insight into the nature of Christ’s return as articulated in the New Testament.…”
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