Review of Kevin DeYoung’s What does the Bible really teach about homosexuality? by James E. Phelan

“…His conclusion is not about slamming those who might disagree with him (conservative vs. progressive), but rather exchanging potential discourse with grace while considering exegetical, historical, and theological conclusions. …”
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The Legislatio in the Spanish Progymnasmata of 16th Century: from the School Exercise to the Literary Text by María Violeta Pérez Custodio

“…For those scholars the main obstacle in the exegetical process was to find out the structure underlying the model provided by Aphthonius (the refutation of the law punishing adultery with death), as they could easily identify in it a series of contradictiones and solutiones, but not the argumentative topics recommended by the Greek rhetorician. …”
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„Wy jesteście świadkami tego!” (Łk 24,48). Koncepcja świadectwa w Ewangelii Łukasza by Piotr Nyk

“…In the introduction the author outlines the theme of testimony in the double work of Luke-Acts as compared to other New Testament writings, and explains the meaning of giving testimony and being a witness according to the Third Evangelist. The exegetical study of texts, describing the missionary activity of the disciples in Luke shows that they were acting as witnesses in several stages. …”
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Renewal and reconstruction: Holy Writ in Ezra-Nehemiah – A missional reading by Bob Wielenga

“…We examine this book historically, canonically and exegetically to lay a foundation for a missiological reflection on the results of this excursion in the field of biblical studies. …”
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“The Past Dictates the Future”: Epistemic Ambivalence and the Compromised Ethics of Complicity in Twin Peaks: The Return and Fire Walk with Me by Joshua Jones

“…I characterize these works as auto-exegetical texts (texts that critically read themselves), and I introduce the notion of epistemic ambivalence to describe how they proffer the possibility of teleological resolution while deliberately failing to provide enough information to realize that possibility. …”
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Scientific Study of Balance (al-Mīzān) in the Light of Sūrah Al-Rahmān by Muhammad Ashfaq

“…It has been accentuated what is beautifully illuminated in the beginning verses of Sūrah Al-Rahmān successively regarding balance that invites one’s thought towards the well controlled cosmic system as well as with the concept of balance by means of different manners as identified by exegetes and scholars concerning daily life i.e. from simple and common to that of complex issues and intricacies. …”
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Revivalism or Reformation by Liyakat Takim

“…Some scholars suggest that reformation should be interwoven with the reexamination of the authenticity and pivotal roles of the sunnah and the hadith,2 while others want to revisit Islamic law as it was formulated in the classical period and reexamine the traditional exegetical literature. This implies that the proposed reformation should be based not only on changing institutions, but also on a reevaluation of traditional sources and hermeneutics. …”
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A Reply to John Dudley on Aristotle, Physics 2.5, 196b17–21 by Giovanna R. Giardina

“…Ph. 196b17) are beings that have no teleology of any kind. Yet this exegetic position faces a series of difficulties which can easily be solved if one assumes, as I do, that these beings have a certain end albeit not an intrinsic one.…”
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Die messiaanse interpretasie van die psalms in enkele Antiocheense en Oos- Siriese psalmkommentare by H.F. van Rooy

“…<p><strong>The messianic interpretation of the psalms in a number of Antiochene and East Syriac psalm commentaries</strong></p><p>The Antiochene exegetes interpreted the psalms against the backdrop of the history of Israel. …”
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„Przybędą ze wschodu i zachodu [...]”. Augustyńska interpretacja Mt 8,11 i Łk 13,28-29 na tle starożytnej egzegezy by Leon Nieścior

“… The article offers a complete overview of the Greek and Latin patristic exegesis of Mt 8,11 and Lk 13,28-29 with special focus on the exegetical commentaries of St. Augustine. Church Fathers underlined the ecclesiological dimension of Christ’s eschatological promise. …”
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The case for prophecy: politics, gender and self-representation in 17th-century prophetic discourses by Font Paz, Carmen

“…Many female visionaries understood themselves to be called by God to warn political leaders, and calls to prophesy and to intervention in the public sphere could take the form of anagrams, dramatic visions, complex dreams or carefully plotted exegetical commentary.…”
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Nahmanides’ Astrological and Religious Thinking and the Views of the Contemporaneous Catalan Christian Sages by Valls-Pujol Esperança

“…He incorporated astrological doctrines in his exegetical works, assuming that Israel is not determined by any star because it only responds to God. …”
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A Rhetorical analysis of Philippians 1:27-2:18 by A H Snyman

“…In analyzing these, the focus is on exegetical issues with rhetorical impact, on the types of arguments used, on the way Paul argues and on the rhetorical techniques used to enhance the impact of his communication. …”
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The Significance of Antitrinitarian Translations of the Bible into Polish in the Dialogue between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Eastern and Western Europe by Rajmund Pietkiewicz

“…They also popularized the philological and exegetical achievements of the West among the Karaites and Tatars of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. …”
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Commemorating the Nameless Wives of the Bible: Midrashic Poems by Contemporary American-Jewish Women by Anat Koplowitz-Breier

“…Job. Although numerous exegetes have noted them across history, few have delved into their emotions and characters. …”
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Citation as Exchange Value by Aroch Fugellie Paulina

“…Marx’s theory of value production will be used as an exegetic tool to locate the workings of economic power in the referential apparatus of the contemporary academy, showing how Third-World symbolic production is undervalued despite its existence, since economic conditions retroactively foreclose the validation of Third-World intellectual and artistic production as cultural capital. …”
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Priprema čitača za navještaj Božje riječi by Zvonko Pažin

“…Immediate preparation would be a weekly meeting of readers consisting of an exegetical introduction to individual readings followed by a reading exercise according to certain rules. …”
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Methodological approaches for comparative theological research on St. Augustine of Hippo and The Gospel of John by Joseph Grabau

“…Here, the author summarizes and evaluates a series of research methods for contextualizing core elements of the bishop of Hippo’s theological points of departure and exegetical practice. Section one identifies the twin theoretical considerations of this retrospective account, including the nature of 4th-century African Christianity and late antique emergence of Pauline commentaries in Latin. …”
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Understanding the Perspectives of Refugee Unaccompanied Minors Using a Computer-Assisted Interview by Jeanette A. Lawrence, Ida Kaplan, Amy H. Collard

“…Participants' data are represented in tables as full transcripts with CAI questions and tasks, and are analyzed using exegetical textual analysis. Analyses reveal similarities and differences in young people's themes and personalized concerns in relation to their life circumstances in resettlement. …”
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Muslims in Academia. New Stakeholders, Old Institutions, and the Future of Western Islam by Thomas Hoffmann

“…The second question is more extensive in scope and probes grand-scale theological-exegetical trends, profiles and scenarios of a so-called Western Islam.…”
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