The Two Covenants: An Interpretation of the 4Q158 Fragments

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-213
Author(s):  
Cana Werman
Keyword(s):  
Common Denominator ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Underlying Assumption ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation

The underlying assumption of this article is that fragments 1–4 and 14 of 4Q158 represent an independent composition, not related to fragments 5–12 of 4Q158, where Exodus 19–22 in its proto-Samaritan version is copied. Identification of a common denominator for fragments 1–4 and 14 (labelled here as 4Q158b) is the main task of this article. This study shows that 4Q158b expresses a particular exegetical understanding of the biblical covenants and that its author's intentions and exegetical processes are best clarified in light of the book of Jubilees. According to Jubilees, two covenants were made by God at the creation of the world: one with humanity and another with the people of Israel. 4Q158b collects biblical passages (Gen. 31–32; Exod. 3–4; Exod. 24) in which it discerns hints of various expressions of commitment to these two covenants between the period of Abraham and the events at Sinai. The author of the text rewrites these passages with the intent of revealing to the reader these covenantal references only hinted at in the Bible.

scholarly journals Why anything rather than nothing? The answer of quantum mechanics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasil Dinev Penchev
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Free Will ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Mathematical Truth ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Philosophical Interpretation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
In Virtue Of

Many researchers determine the question “Why anything rather than nothing?” as the most ancient and fundamental philosophical problem. Furthermore, it is very close to the idea of Creation shared by religion, science, and philosophy, e.g. as the “Big Bang”, the doctrine of “first cause” or “causa sui”, the Creation in six days in the Bible, etc.Thus, the solution of quantum mechanics, being scientific in fact, can be interpreted also philosophically, and even religiously. However, only the philosophical interpretation is the topic of the text.The essence of the answer of quantum mechanics is:1. The creation is necessary in a rigorous mathematical sense. Thus, it does not need any choice, free will, subject, God, etc. to appear. The world exists in virtue of mathematical necessity, e.g. as any mathematical truth such as 2+2=4.2. The being is less than nothing rather than more than nothing. So, the creation is not an increase of nothing, but the decrease of nothing: it is a deficiency in relation of nothing. Time and its “arrow” are the way of that diminishing or incompleteness to nothing.

scholarly journals Ethics and the Theological Principles in Bible

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Paulians A
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Holy Book ◽  
The Way

The scriptures of the Eighteen Books of the Caṅkam'maruviya period and the Christian holy book, the Bible, are the divine lyrics of the Lord. The article explains that humanity is cultured by the admiration of sovereignty and the removing of evils and the good and good. The article explains the importance of the world being the creation of God and the atom without him, the merit of the lord's nature and the way of worshipping God, its benefits and the merits of the sovereignty.

Holiness and Judaism

2018 ◽  
pp. 23-88
Author(s):  
Alan L. Mittleman
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Jewish Tradition ◽  
Emile Durkheim ◽  
Rabbinic Judaism ◽  
The Bible ◽  
A Value ◽  
The People ◽  
Sacred And Profane ◽  
The World ◽  
Land Of Israel

This chapter reconstructs the meanings of holiness from representative texts of the Jewish tradition. The discussion is anchored on two claims. First, biblical thought does not divide the world into a neat dualism of sacred and profane. Second, the Bible and subsequent Judaism conceive of holiness in three different ways: holiness sometimes refers to a property, holiness indicates a status, and holiness is a value or project. These three characteristics of holiness are examined in detail using the Bible. The chapter is primarily concerned with the ideas of the holiness of the people of Israel and the holiness of the Land of Israel. It considers the sacred/profane dichotomy by focusing on the views of twentieth-century scholars such as Emile Durkheim, Rudolf Otto, and Mircea Eliade. It also explores holiness and purity as they relate to God before concluding with an analysis of holiness in ancient and medieval rabbinic Judaism.

scholarly journals Addressing the Livelihood of Non-Resettlers in Dam-Induced “Detached” Areas: The Case of the Shichikashuku Dam

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Mikiyasu Nakayama ◽  
Ryo Fujikura
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Dam Construction ◽  
Project Area ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Downstream Area

Most dam construction projects inevitably lead to the creation of involuntary resettlers due to inundation of their lands and houses by reservoirs. How resettlers should be dealt with or “compensated” has long been discussed. The report published by the World Dam Commission was one of the major milestones on this issue. However, attention should also be given to the fact that non-resettlers who are obliged to stay in the project area after completion of a dam also suffer from dam construction. Even though their assets are not submerged, if their land is “detached” from the downstream area by a reservoir, they tend to become worse off socially and even financially. Improvement of infrastructure, in particular having roads to the downstream area, is essential to minimize the impacts on those who are “detached.” Compensating for the lost assets of the resettlers alone may not be sufficient to prevent the people in the project area of a dam construction from becoming worse off.

scholarly journals Analisis Kebijakan Pemberlakuan Jam Malam Dalam Penanganan COVID-19 di Kota Banda Aceh

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-95
Author(s):  
Aminah Aminah ◽  
Muliawati Muliawati
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Banda Aceh ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Dunia dihebohkan dengan adanya COVID-19, berbagai negara telah menetapkan berbagai peraturan untuk menekan dan mengurangi penyebaran virus tersebut. Tidak terkecuali Indonesia, bahkan Aceh, dalam hal ini Walikota Banda Aceh telah menetapkan aturan untuk membatasi gerak masyarakat dengan pemberlakuan jam malam. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penerapan kebijakan pemberlakuan jam malam dalam penanganan COVID-19 di Kota Banda Aceh. Adapun metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu deskriptif kualitatif. Sumber data yang digunakan yaitu berasal dari informan penelitian, situs web resmi, dan jurnal ilmiah. Hasil penelitian menjelaskan bahwa kebijakan penerapan jam malam dalam penanggulangan wabah COVID-19 di Kota Banda Aceh sudah berjalan efektif. Keterlibatan pihak Aparatur Gampong sangat membantu program pemerintah dalam menanggulangi COVID-19, dikarenakan pihak Aparatur Gampong lebih memahami situasi dan kondisi masyarakat di lingkungannya. Selain itu, keterlibatan TNI/ Polri dan Satpol PP dan juga WH sangat membantu demi terciptanya ketertiban serta keamanan selama penerapan kebijakan pemberlakuan jam malam berlangsung. Pembatasan jam malam ini bertujuan untuk menekan angka positif COVID-19 di Kota Banda Aceh. The world is shocked by the presence of COVID-19, various countries have set various regulations to suppress and reduce the spread of the virus. Indonesia is no exception, even Aceh, in this case, the Mayor of Banda Aceh has set rules to limit the movement of people by imposing a curfew. This study aims to determine the implementation of a curfew policy in handling COVID-19 in Banda Aceh City. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The data sources used are research informants, official websites, and scientific journals. The results of the study explain that the policy of implementing a curfew in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak in Banda Aceh City has been effective. The involvement of the Gampong Apparatus is very helpful for government programs in tackling COVID-19 because the Gampong Apparatus understands the situation and conditions of the people in their environment better. In addition, the involvement of the TNI/Polri and the Satpol PP as well as the WH are very helpful for the creation of order and security during the implementation of the curfew policy. The curfew restrictions are aimed at suppressing the positive number of COVID-19 in Banda Aceh City.

scholarly journals PENYEMBUHAN DALAM JEMAAT DITINJAU DARI SUDUT THEOLOGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Rencan Carisma Marbun
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Gospel Of John ◽  
Divine Healing ◽  
Mental Life ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
General Provision

AbstractIn the Bible, we do not see the description of pain and healing as we haveencountered in the world of medicine. However, from a number of terms thebackground or meaning can be known. In the Old Testament, sickness is due to someone experiencing in their body something incomplete, or “badevents”. He does not experience normal bodily and mental life, perhaps due to infection, imbalance (harmony), or backward health, so he is called sick (holi). We see that healing is one of the responsibilities that humans can do for people who suffer from illness. The role of doctor and his remedybecomes and seems to indicate his responsibility towards the sufferingperson, who is deficient in reaffirming the people (cf. the term “hzk piel” in Jeremiah 30:21; 34: 4). In the New Testament, we do not find theimpression of illness arising as a sign of God's punishment, but instead inJesus’ ministry, He healed people, a sign of reestablishing the order of life with God (cf. Luke 4:18). Healing is generally an act or a way to heal the sick, and it can also be mentioned that healing is divine. Healing in Greek is called in the plural meaning the gifts of healing. The healing of miracles in the Gospel of John emphasizes the dynamic work of God and the sign (Greek: semeia) of His power. Disease is not only a result of sin, but also shows God’s work (9:3). So it is clear that healing miracles is not only valid individually, locally, or temporarily physical meaning, but also in general, provision and spiritual.Keywords: Healing, Congregation

scholarly journals Reformation af grundtvigianismen

1983 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-92
Author(s):  
Viggo Mortensen
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
General View ◽  
Collection System ◽  
World Picture ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The People ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The World ◽  
Open Debate ◽  
Narrative Account

The Reformation of GrundtvigianismBy Viggo MortensenA review of The Vartov Book 1982, published by Kirkeligt Samfunds Forlag. This yearbook is a forum for all-round discussion and open debate. It does not regard the Bible as an a-historical heaven-sent book, but contains reliably informative articles, amongst others a narrative account by Finn Jacobi of the stories concerning Mary, the mother of Jesus. Two other articles attempt to read Grundtvig in the light of K. E. Løgstrup by drawing their theoretical basis from Løgstrup in order to reform the rigidified grundtvigianism.Løgstrup’s theology, according to Ole Jensen, is a modern grundtvigian theology. The grundtvigianism that was victorious in the last century was in fact victorious unto death, insofar as it forgot the critical barb in Grundtvig’s concept of folkelighed (that which is of the people). But Ole Jensen finds this criticism revitalized in L.gstrup’s posthumous essay collection System and Symbol from 1982. Svend Andersen’s article on the world-picture and the creation idea is also indirectly a criticism of those who allow a natural scientific general view to gain a monopoly on the description and interpretation of reality. He advocates a dialogue between theology and the natural sciences.

scholarly journals Babel

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 52-76
Author(s):  
Nina Gładziuk ◽  
Paweł Janowski
Keyword(s):  
17Th Century ◽  
Social World ◽  
The Self ◽  
Public Order ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
English Speaking World

What interests us here is the fact that Babel as a figure of confusion became almost the self-named epithet of 17th-century England. All the participants of the debate that took place during the revolution or the postbellum associated Babel with the conceptual chaos of the civil war. The lively “pamphlet war” then brought a pluralistic forum for public opinion in which all the confused languages of politics were equal. When all could read the Bible, everyone could read the story of Babel in their own way. But nothing could reconcile those who read the divine right of kings in it with those who read the divine right of the people in it. In the 17th century, Babel was seen as a figure of discursive confusion, as the confusion was experienced in the form of fanatical languages of arguing sects. Liberalism, if the English-speaking world is acknowledged to be its cradle, constitutes an attempt to escape the impasse of the discursive Babel via the legalistic means of the state of law. According to Hobbes, the irreversible multitude of languages makes one ask what public order can reconcile nominalism in the sphere of political opinion with the social Diaspora of individuals released from the bonds of status or corporation. How to build a state while one Christian faith is disintegrating into many sects fighting each other? How to build a state in the chronic pluralism of the social world and multifaceted dissociation of the traditional community? This is why Babel as a figure of confusion provides the primary conceptual capacity for the liberal organization of the world.

Creation

2019 ◽  
pp. 511-524
Author(s):  
Paul M. Blowers
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Wisdom Literature ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Many ◽  
Sacred History

Early Christian interpretation of Scripture on the theme of creation not surprisingly gave considerable attention to the Genesis account of the origins of the world, in part to counter the claims of Graeco-Roman cosmology, but more importantly to expound the latent theological meaning of the many details of the biblical cosmogony. But patristic exegetes were also keen on the fact that ‘creation’ in the Bible implied far more than beginnings; indeed, it designated the whole economy (oikonomia) of the Creator’s ongoing relation to the creation as set forth in sacred history and as requiring the further interpretative lenses of Christology, soteriology, and eschatology. Early Christian interpreters plumbed a wide variety of Old Testament texts beyond Genesis (especially the Psalms, Deutero-Isaiah, and the Wisdom literature). In their New Testament commentary they focused on such motifs as the subjection of creation to ‘vanity’, the work of Jesus Christ in recapitulating God’s creative purposes, and the eschatological renewal and transformation of the created universe in its relation to human salvation.

Dedicated himself to education the intelligence of Azerbaijan

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 125-128
Author(s):  
Farah Agasalim Abdullayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Key ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
The People ◽  
Outstanding Teachers ◽  
The World ◽  
Literature Culture ◽  
Young Researchers

13 October 1937 entered in the fate of our people with the execution of our intellectuals, who devoted their lives to the development of science, literature, culture, ideas of independence, but whose desires, aspirations were stained with blood. The people of Azerbaijan have lost bright faces, outstanding teachers and world-famous scientists who make up the intellectual wealth of the nation. Among them were Haji Karim Sanili (1878-1937); Bekir Behbud oglu Chobanzade (1893-1937); Hanafi Baba oglu Zeynalli (1896-1937). Presentation of repressed Azerbaijani educators to the world should be the main task of young researchers - teachers, as well as journalists. For this reason, it is recommended that this article be made available to the general public. Key words: one of the members of the new alphabet committee, the creator of the Azerbaijani spelling, the founder of the pedagogical education system, the world-famous Azerbaijani academician, the victims of repression

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