A harmony of worldviews by Wee, Rachel Rui Qi

“…It contends that the Biblical account is consistent with what can be known and observed via the scientific method, through a careful exegesis of the text in Genesis, with reference to other parts of the Bible. Close and particular attention will be paid to evolutionary theory and its implications for Christian doctrine: primarily, whether Adam and Eve were real, historical figures and what the conclusion that they were not entails. …”
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The health & wealth gospel and religious motivation by Lee, Joshua D. Y.

“…Adherence to the Health & Wealth gospel, through membership in a Health & Wealth church or identification with doctrine, resulted in significantly lower levels of church commitment in areas such as outreach attendance, private Bible reading and giving to religious causes. Lastly, adherents of Health & Wealth gospel churches report a higher level of education compared to their non-Health & Wealth counterparts.…”
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Stoning for adultery in Christianity and Islam and its implementation in contemporary Muslim societies by Mohd Noor, Azman

“…Based upon archival and documentary research, this study found that stoning to death for adultery is prescribed in both the Bible and the Qur’ān. Christians, however, have abandoned this law and it is no longer practiced in any Christian-dominant country. …”
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Textual plurality at the margins of Biblical texts: The miscellanies in 3 Reigns 2:35, 46 by Joosten, J

“…The 'miscellanies' appended to 3 Rgs (1 Kgs) 2:35, 46 in the Septuagint stand on the borderline between what can be considered biblical and extra-biblical texts: they are missing in all other witnesses, they are manifestly secondary in their respective contexts, and they exhibit many features typical of midrash and rewritten bible. In the present paper it is argued that the Miscellanies were introduced at the end of 3 Rgs/1 Kgs 2 at a time when this chapter formed the conclusion of a book of Samuel that did not continue into the book of Kings. …”

Laughable errors: ancient commentators defending the best of the comedians by Willi, A

“…Although Aristophanic comedy was not an authoritative text like Homer and the Bible, it was highly regarded throughout antiquity as a prime representative of the genre, to be read for its literary qualities as much as for the normative character of its language and the insights it could give into the history and culture of classical Athens. …”

Clothing, conformity, and power: garment imagery in the Book of Esther by Quick, L, Lyell, E

“…Recent scholarship has shown a burgeoning interest in the narrative functions and implications of references to dress and adornment in the Hebrew Bible. Yet the many references to the various clothing items and associated acts of dressing and undressing in the book of Esther have been less explored. …”

Young Rembrandt by Van Camp, A, Brown, C, Vogelaar, C

“…After a short stay in Amsterdam he returned to Leiden and set up a studio where he began his extraordinary career, painting scenes from the Bible and classical mythology and history, as well as a handful of genre scenes and portraits. …”

Religiosity and resource allocation in Marajó, Brazil by Cohen, E, Baimel, A, Purzycki, BG

“…To test the claim that religious symbolism has an effect on sociality, we conducted the Random Allocation Game with a symbolic prime in Pesqueiro, on the Island of Marajó, Brazil, among Christians. Our prime — a Bible and a crucifix pendant — appears to have influenced the allocations made toward distant coreligionists; people who played the game in the prime condition allocated more coins to the distant coreligionist. …”

Maksim Grek in linguistic context by MacRobert, C

“…It uses this material as evidence to support the view that Maksim’s translations from Greek were not influenced by Latin, but were informed by the usage of Redaction V, the psalter text included in the Gennadian Bible which would have been known to his Russian assistants. …”

Miscellany/Mélanges

“…Reed Benhamou, Public and private art education in France 1648-1793 <br/> Robin Howells, Rococo and carnival <br/> Catherine Blondeau, Lectures de la correspondance de Julie de Lespinasse: une étude de réception <br/> Max Grober, The natural history of Heaven and the historical proofs of Christianity: <em>La Palingénésie philosophique</em> of Charles Bonnet <br/> Nadine Bérenguier, ‘Fiction dans les archives’: adultère et stratégies de défense dans deux mémoires judiciaires du dix-huitième siècle <br/> Jeffrey Merrick, Fathers and kings: patriarchalism and absolutism in eighteenth-century French politics <br/> Paul Benhamou, The reading trade in Lyons: Cellier’s <em>cabinet de lecture</em> <br/> Bertram Eugene Schwarzbach, How to read in the eighteenth century…the Bible and other books <br/>…”

Levitical singers in rabbinic sources: echoes of an ancient dispute by Baitner, H

“…The Hebrew Bible reflects ambiguity concerning the historical existence of the Levites as a group distinguished from the priesthood. …”

Une lecture du texte hébreu by Joosten, J

“…Il s’agit sans conteste d’un des morceaux les plus puissants que contient la Bible hébraïque, ce qui n’est pas peu dire. Mais l’impact, affectif et intellectuel, du récit ne conduit pas tous les lecteurs à la même interprétation. …”

The education conundrum and making private life public by Raslan, Kam

“…According to news reports, the lecturer claimed in his police report that the book had "too many stories and quotations from the Bible" and that "the stories can influence readers, including myself, to feel admiration for the greatness of Hannah Yeoh's God". …”
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The Parisian Jesuits and the Enlightenment 1700-1762 by Northeast, C

“…Christianity: the critical problems <br/> The limits of textual criticism: i. The Bible <br/> The limits of textual criticism: ii. …”

“I’ll burn my books” : Doctor Faustus, and the closing emblem of a powerless man by Goh, Ondrea Xin Yi

“…Owing that 'Doctor Faustus' is so steeped in Christian ideology, I will endeavour in a textual analysis that cross-references with the Bible, in a bid to trace these allusions to creation, grace and damnation that the play deals with, and how it relates to Fasutus’ pursuit of power.…”
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Pillars of the sacred: Septuagint words between biblical theology and Hellenistic culture by Joosten, J

“…Like all of Benjamin’s writing, his remarks on translation combine deep thought with high poetry in a way that is at once inspiring, and somewhat disconcerting: certainly current approaches to Bible translation follow rather a different path. …”

Biblical rhetoric as illustrated by Judah’s speech in Genesis 44:18-34 by Joosten, J

“…The most important of these are explored and compared to similar features in other persuasive texts in the Bible.…”

The Werden ‘Heptateuch’ by Barker-Benfield, BC

“…Brown in 1989 under the title ‘A New Fragment of a Ninth-Century English Bible’. The depleted bifolium – one trimmed leaf with its ragged, conjoint stub – had been sold at Christie's of London on 2 December 1987 (lot 137) for a hammer-price of £24,000 through Quaritch's to Prof. …”

‘And so it is licly to men’: Probabilism and hermeneutics in Wycliffite discourse by Ghosh, K

“…The Wycliffites, like their master, posited as foundational that access to the divine mind via the Bible, independent of the corruptions and concupiscence of a schismatic Church and a vainglorious theological magisterium, was possible and indeed necessary. …”

Textual criticism, translation studies, and Symmachus’s version in the Book of Job by Salvesen, A

“…However, for textual critics of the Hebrew Bible Symmachus’ free approach has limited his value since his readings cannot be easily retroverted, unlike those of Aquila or Theodotion. …”