Isaiah 14: The Birth of a Zombie Apocalypse?

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-142
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Time Reversal ◽  
Religious Imagination ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
History Of

Isaiah 14, a text about the infamous fall into the netherworld of a proud celestial being, has played a key role in the history of biblical understanding. In particular, the netherworld eschatology shaped Israelite end-time beliefs, or apocalyptic eschatology. In Isaiah 14, before readers’ eyes, a transcendent archetype, the ill-fated “Shining One,” materializes on earth as an historical figure, King Sargon II of Assyria. Later, the idea of an “incarnation” of the Shining One as an earthly entity evolves as a key catalyst of a radical new religious imagination. In Ezekiel 38–39, the Shining One becomes “incarnate” as Gog of Magog, a monstrous, but real, apocalyptic “zombie.” Editors first reworked Isaiah 14 as a prophecy of Babylon’s fall and later redeployed the text to depict a final, end-time reversal of Babylon’s hubris.

scholarly journals Ferdinand Lassale and the General German Workers’ Association

2017 ◽  
pp. 261-278
Author(s):  
Natalia Papenko
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Labor Movement ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Social Democratic Party ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
Long Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Xix Century

The article considers activity of particular representative of German socialistic movement – Ferdinand Lassalle. Historical figure of this person is connected with the history of German labor movement, the creation of first independent labor organization – the General German Workers’ Association (1863). Historical image of F. Lassalle was for the long time being brightened by historians one-sidedly, through ideological and personal difficulties with K. Marx and F. Engels. Unlike K.Marx, for whom a state and its structures where just superstructure, in other words – social and economic basis, for F.Lassale development of social formation is a natural historical process. K. Marx gambled on revolution, which had to destroy internal contradictions of the society, while F. Lassale gambled on parliament fighting, which, in his opinion, would discover the way to democratic transformations in society. F. Lassalle remains being bright, talented and discrepant person. Generally, his life and activity in the whole will have always been interesting for researchers. The whole of his life he was emphatically espousing the general, equal, straight right to vote, which, to his mind, would eliminate different problems of capitalist system and would promote building of democratic society. He was attracted by the idea of republic and democratic lawful state. F. Lassale had been studying problems of state and power, insisted on meaning of political institutions, role of human factor in history. He thought that constitution is a reflection of correlation of powers in fight for authority. That is why, by the means of agitation and popularization of democratic ideas he was trying to unite the labor movement to greater activity and to rally it. By the beginning of the 60th of XIX century he had been an adherent of democratic lawful state with the republican form of government. In the second half of the 60th he became a supporter of “social monarchy”. During his presidency at the General German Workers’ Association, the principles of authoritarianism were the dominating features of his activity. The General German Workers’ Association, which was created by him, afterwards facilitated the creation of German social democratic party.

Միջազգային հռչակի տեր բյուզանդագետն ու հայագետը

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-30
Author(s):  
Aelita Dolukhanyan
Keyword(s):  
The Novel ◽  
State University ◽  
Scientific Heritage ◽  
Critical History ◽  
Epic Poem ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Basis ◽  
Euphrates Valley ◽  
The University

Nicholas Adonts (1871–1942) is one of the outstanding Armenian scholars who received an excellent education in Russia and Europe. During his studies at the University of St. Petersburg and later, when he improved his knowledge in well-known educational centers of Europe – in London, Paris, Vienna, Strasbourg and Munich, Adonts had the support of the great national benefactor Alexander Mantashiants. Eight volumes of Adonts’ works were published by Yerevan State University with the support of the Armenian branch of the Galust Gyulbenkian Foundation. Adonts left no autobiographical memories․ They would have been extremely interesting, since his life was really amazing. Tigran the Great (95–55 BC) was the most beloved historical figure of Adonts. He actually confirms that Tigran manifested himself as a world sovereign and enlightener, and his activities require new elucidation. Adonts presents the great deeds and military successes of the representatives of the princely house of Mamikonians in the Byzantine Empire. The study “The Fame of Bagratids” by Adonts is very interesting; it represents the branches of the Armenian royal house of Bagratids in Georgia, Caucasian Albania and Artsakh. In his extensive article “The Historical Basis and Ideological Value of the Novel David Bek”, the historian takes an exploratory approach while describing the historical events of the novel David Bek by Raffi. Especially rich is the heritage of the scientist in Byzantine studies, which has two branches of scientific and cognitive significance. Firstly, it presents important events of the history of Byzantium, and then the famous figures of this history, who were Armenians by nationality. In 1928 Adonts made a new discovery in Byzantine studies, exploring the “Historical basis of the Byzantine epic Digenis Acritas”. He proved that the epic poem was not Greek, since the homeland and place of activity of the main hero are the Euphrates valley, and his exploits take place in Western Armenia. Adonts was a devoted defendet of the Armenian Cause and dedicated many articles to this issue. Adonts left three monumental monographs as a legacy to science. These are: Armenia in the Era of Justinian (1908), Dionysius of Thrace and Armenian Commentators (1915) and the posthumously published Critical History of Armenia (1946). The scientific heritage of Adonts in the field of Byzantine studies and Armenology is rich with many scientific discoveries, whose value will be preserved forever.

Beyond Othello: Juan Latino in Black America

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
EMILY WEISSBOURD
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Spanish Civil War ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
New Negro ◽  
Black America ◽  
Diasporic Identity ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
History Of

This essay focusses on references to the sixteenth-century black poet and scholar Juan Latino in African American journals in the 1920s–1940s. Although Juan Latino is largely forgotten in the present day, publications such as the Journal of Negro History and the New Negro referred to the poet as an important figure in the intellectual history of the African diaspora. My essay posits Juan Latino (both the historical figure and an early modern play about him) as an alternative exemplar of blackness in early modern Europe to that found in Othello. By turning to Juan Latino instead of to Othello, scholars in the 1920s–1940s were able to suggest a transnational and transhistorical black diasporic identity linked with African American solidarity with the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War.

scholarly journals “Son of man” and exegetical myths

2003 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Loba-Mkole
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Son Of Man ◽  
Critical Scholarship ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of

This article aims to show that some of the New Testament interpretations of the "son of man" phrase appear to be, according to B Lindars “a myth, created, not by the thinkers of the New Testament times, but by modern critical scholarship.” This view is substantiated in two ways: the first deals with an exegesis of the expression "son of man", while the second highlights some exegetical myths about "son of man". The first part includes sections on the linguistic origin of "son of man", "son of man" in the history of religions, and "son of man" as a historical figure according to Mark and Q. The second part comprises the sections dealing with the understanding of myth, and the myth of the "son of man" as a messianic title adopted by Jesus and by the early Church.

A Seal of Strongbow in the Huntington Library

1941 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony R. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Early History ◽  
The Other ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
History Of ◽  
Huntington Library

In 1939, having failed after much searching to locate any extant seal of Strongbow, I gave in Historic Heraldry of Britain (Oxford, 1939, pp. 36–7) such particulars as I could of two which have perished, one known by a drawing, the other by a photograph and description. Soon after the book's appearance a letter from Captain R. B. Haselden informed me that what I had been seeking existed in the Huntington Library, namely, a complete and almost perfect seal of Strongbow attached to a charter formerly at Stowe. To the historian, the sigillographer, and the herald alike, this seal is of exceptional interest: to the historian, because it is the only known seal extant of an important historical figure; to the sigillographer, because of the unique design of the counterseal; and to the herald, for its bearing on the early history of one of the two or three oldest heraldic devices.

scholarly journals Quarantine conditions of education and life of Osyp Bodiansky in 1830–1831 (according to the letters of the Bodіansky brothers)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 96-103
Author(s):  
Vita Bova
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The City ◽  
Political Realities ◽  
Academic Year

The chronological boundaries of this study cover one academic year. That was the last year of Osyp Bodiansky’s studies at the Poltava (Pereiaslav) Seminary. The main source base consists of Osyp and Fedir Bodiansky’s letters from Pereiaslav addressed to their parents. The article aims to study the quarantine period of Osyp Bodiansky’s life in Pereiaslav during the second cholera pandemic. It is an attempt to recreate one year of Osyp Bodiansky’s life from the moment he arrived to study before leaving for Moscow. The sequence of events helps to answer the question: where did O. Bodiansky live, how did he earn from the conditions, what was distance education in 1830–1831 like, how did he manage to avoid cholera? This year began with finding a good apartment and a trip to Kyiv to buy some books. O. Bodiansky planned to re- ceive 660 rubles from the conditions. In October, the seminary was quarantined and all the students were sent home. There were two attempts to resume the study, but cholera reached Pereiaslav and the study did not take place. O. Bodiansky completed a full seminar course in Pereiaslav only in September 1831 and went to continue his studies at Moscow University. The main focus of the article is the quarantine conditions of study in the seminary and the life in the city. This study has a prosopographic context, which contributes to the retrospective of the social portrait of O. Bodiansky and the city of that time. Osyp Bodyansky was one of those who studied in this city and kept in touch with the locals throughout his life. His character was formed here together with the desire to know the truth, love for the Ukrainian way of life.The relevance of the study of such a historical figure as O. Bodiansky, who made a significant contribution to the preservation and development of Ukrainian history and culture in the Moscow ideology, is dictated by the socio-political realities of today when Ukrainian culture once again needs protection and promotion. This is a human-dimensional vision of both the history of a particular region (in this case, Pereiaslav in the early nineteenth century) and the understanding of a person of a particular era and region as a person, not a known historical figure without any ideological involvement.

scholarly journals Students Need Analysis of History Lesson Based on a Local Historical Figure of the King Sang Naualuh Damanik

2020 ◽  
pp. 495-503
Author(s):  
Bayu Astawa Purba ◽  
Mr Sariyatun ◽  
Triana Rejekiningsih
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Learning History ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
Historical Awareness ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Teacher ◽  
Teaching Learning

History is a subject that instills students’ enthusiasm to always advance the nation and country as a sense of pride and gratitude for the services of the heroes who had struggled to defend and win Indonesia's independence. Encountering the history of the struggle of the heroes able to encourage younger generation to have a high historical awareness that is reflected in everyday life. Learning history in a school which meets the students’ needs effects a good historical awareness for the students. This study aimed to analyze the students’ needs in learning history based on the local historical figure of the King Sang Naualuh Damanik. This research was conducted at a state high school in Indonesia. Participants in this study were thirty-four of eleventh grade students and a history teacher. This study used a qualitative method by collecting data from questionnaires to thirty-four students and interviews with a history teacher and five students. The results showed that students needed learning media that were integrated with technology in the teaching learning process of history based on local historical figure of the King Sang Naualuh Damanik.

The Jerilderie Letter and Others

2022 ◽  
pp. 53-69
Author(s):  
Michael Thomas Fagence
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
History Of

It is the purpose of this chapter to investigate the opportunities that lie with drawing on the personal letters of an iconic historical figure so as to implant into the process of telling his story through the medium of tourism a sensitive interpretation and meaning of historical events in which he was involved. The claim will be that input from the letters could be used to conjure a particular ‘spirit' of and ‘personality' for any place at which significant events occurred, and in so doing give to that place a special identity, its genius loci. It is a process of enrichment and value-adding. Using a story embedded in the history of 19th-century Australia, the study uses a custom-built form of narrative analysis to disaggregate six selected personal letters authored by the selected historical figure and to interpret their potential for enriching the telling of his story through tourism.

Faulkner and History

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Intellectual ◽  
Mississippi Valley ◽  
Pulp Fiction ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
Historical Figures ◽  
Artistic Vision ◽  
History Of ◽  
Literary Histories ◽  
The Many

William Faulkner remains a historian's writer. A distinguished roster of historians has referenced Faulkner in their published work. They are drawn to him as a fellow historian, a shaper of narrative reflections on the meaning of the past; as a historiographer, a theorist, and dramatist of the fraught enterprise of doing history; and as a historical figure himself, especially following his mid-century emergence as a public intellectual after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. This volume brings together historians and literary scholars to explore the many facets of Faulkner's relationship to history: the historical contexts of his novels and stories; his explorations of the historiographic imagination; his engagement with historical figures from both the regional and national past; his influence on professional historians; his pursuit of alternate modes of temporal awareness; and the histories of print culture that shaped the production, reception, and criticism of Faulkner's work. The chapters draw on the history of development in the Mississippi Valley, the construction of Confederate memory, the history and curriculum of Harvard University, twentieth-century debates over police brutality and temperance reform, the history of modern childhood, and the literary histories of anti-slavery writing and pulp fiction to illuminate Faulkner's work. Others explore the meaning of Faulkner's fiction for such professional historians as C. Vann Woodward and Albert Bushnell Hart. In these ways and more, the book offers fresh insights into one of the most persistent and long-recognized elements of the Mississippian's artistic vision.

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