Acknowledging the explanation of the parable of the Weeds (Tares, Darnel) as secondary, this article attempts to show that the parable itself could very well be original, though heavily retouched by the author of the First Gospel. After a comparison with the version offered by the Gospel of Thomas (G.Th. 57) and an analysis of the elements added by Matthew and/or tradition, I attempt to reconstruct the original version of the parable and see how it fits into the framework of the historical Jesus’ understanding and proclamation of the Kingdom.
This article suggests that corporate responsibility should be interpreted to include concern about resources that cannot easily be treated as commodities. Heritage Sites are places of historical and cultural importance. Given the primacy of contingent valuation methods in creating policy, these s...
This paper focuses on the long-debated topic of the so-called calcium oxalate films: their origin and meaning but also their age and original appearance. The restoration of the main facade of the Siena Cathedral provided a unique opportunity to this end, thanks to the possibility of an extensive ...
Adaptive re-use enables a building to suit new conditions. It is a process that reaps the benefit of the embodied energy and quality of the original building in a sustainable manner. Initiatives to improve the sustainability of buildings have tended to focus on new construction projects rather th...
There are a number of reasons why entrepreneurship has struggled in the Japanese context. Since the historical period from post-war Japan until the 1990s, a large-firm “institutional logic” prevailed. For example, in post-war Japan, large dominant firms emerged that were supported by government...
Ortnit, a poem of almost 600 four-line strophes, precedes and is attached to the heroic epic Wolfdietrich A. A young king of Lombardy, Ortnit embarks on a bride-quest, wins the daughter of a Levantine sultan, but falls victim to his revenge when he is killed by dragons sent by the sultan to his p...
submitted by megailprainco 2 years and 4 months ago
Our response takes advantage of the wide-ranging commentary to clarify some aspects of our original proposal and augment others. We argue against the generative critics of our coevolutionary program for the language sciences, defend the use of close-to-surface models as minimizing cross-linguisti...
This article combines political-economic and dramaturgical frameworks to examine techniques the Bush administration used to sell the Iraq War to the public, the propaganda role of mass media, and the roots of the war. Discussion also includes the influence of oil on foreign policy, the USA’...
Within Christian iconography and in medieval Christian cult practices, floral depictions play a major role. The genesis of such floral pictorial signs has not been addressed in art historical writing. This article attempts to trace the origins of the Christian floral iconography, investigates the...
submitted by sahamplontotean 2 years and 4 months ago
I here defend historical entitlement theories of property rights against a popular charge. This is the objection that such theories fail because no convincing account of original appropriation exists. I argue that this argument assumes a certain reading of historical entitlement theory and I spel...
