This book provides an exegetical and theological treatment of the theme of the perfection of Jesus in the Letter to the Hebrews by demonstrating how perfection terminology functions to comment on the
This textbook introduces the reader to basic problems in the philosophy of science and ethics, mainly by means of examples from medicine. It is based on the conviction that philosophy, medical science
Eight papers from a September 2004 conference in Gijon, Spain use functional discourse grammar as a framework within which to analyze the noun phrase. They consider such aspects as prototypical and no
Despite the historical and contemporary significance of the Sharia, it has not yet been possible to solve the puzzle of its origins. Whereas previous research has postulated a greater or lesser degree
The March 2003 symposium at Davidson College was planned before Sebald's death in December 2001. The 21 papers consider the work of the German author from the perspectives of contexts and influences,
Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals from 1785 is one of the most important and influential texts in the whole history of philosophy.Its central purpose is to develop the categorical impera
After a structural analysis of each stanza, the author analyzes all structural units beginning with the first stanza (including the sequence of stanzas I through XII) and afterwards in reverse order t
The book deals with the development of descriptive models of English grammar writing during the Early Modern English period. For the first time, morphology and syntax as presented in Early Modern Engl
The works of Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939) continue to provide inspiration to all interested in the study of human language. Since most of his published works are relatively inaccessible, and valuable un
The central theme of this volume is the relation between the structure of a group and the structure of its lattice of subgroups. The volume contains nine chapters: fundamental concepts; modular latti
Provides a means of evaluating the various current and conflicting paradigms for the formation of the Pentateuch, by analyzing selected texts in Genesis to Numbers that express Yahweh's oath of the la
This dictionary is written for three audiences: first, native speakers of Ojibwa, Chippewa, and Ottawa who would like to have a consistent way to write their language, especially those who are engaged
Baxter proposes a new phonological reconstruction system for Old Chinese, the Chinese language of the early and mid Zhou dynasty that is, approximately the 11th to the seventh centuries B.C. which he
The works of Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939) continue to provide inspiration to all interested in the study of human language. Since most of his published works are relatively inaccessible, and valuable un
The works of Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939) continue to provide inspiration to all interested in the study of human language. Since most of his published works are relatively inaccessible, and valuable un
The "Greek-German Dictionary of Writings from the New Testament and Early Christian Literature" is one of the standard works for New Testament scholars, researchers in patristics, an
The development of science in the modern world is often held to depend on such institutions as universities, peer-reviewed journals, and democracy. How, then, did new science emerge in the pre-modern
Futurism Studies in its canonical form has followed in the steps of Marinetti's concept of Futurisme mondial, according to which Futurism had its centre in Italy and a large number of satellites aroun
Artists who work with new media generally adopt a critical media approach in contrast to artists who work with traditional art media. Where does the difference lie between media artists and artists wh
This volume focuses on the state ideology of imperial Assyria in the 9th century BCE, in particular on how power relations among the Mesopotamian deities, the Assyrian king, and the "foreign land
Based on a state-of-the-art review of prior research in all related domains, this book makes precise predictions about the expected effects of specific type and token frequency distributions in input
The renowned German reference work The Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology was founded in the 1920's by Professor Willi Kükenthal in Berlin and treated the complete animal kingdom from single ce
Old Testament polemics against other gods, mocking them as powerless images, are often viewed as lacking great theological import. Drawing on Isa: 40–48, Jer. 10, Ps. 135, EpJer and SapSal, this study
Wunderer is a latecomer among German heroic epics and one of the last representatives of the subspecies known as the Dietrich epic. For the first time, this edition compiles all preserved versions in
Pop literature of the 1990s enjoyed bestselling success, as well as an extensive and sometimes derogatory reception in the press. Since then, scholarship on pop has emerged to challenge its flash-in-t
This is an updated edition of Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke, published in 2006. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, it explores the rela
This unfinished work by philosopher Nicolai Hartmann, originally written before his death in 1950, offers insight into how specific cases of art and nature carry us to a supersensible world by their p
The book presents a general view on sports training, its periodisation and the role of coordination in the initial stages of preparation in volleyball. Based on the results of the author’s research, a
The book is the first substantial description of Tundra Nenets, a Uralic language spoken in Western Siberia and the north of European Russia. It provides a lasting piece of documentation of this highl
Meibauer presents a new approach to lying in this linguistic study, viewing it as an act that comprises deliberately false implicatures and presuppositions. He notes that, in general, we do not like l
Bar-Asher has collected 25 of his published studies that deal with three divisions of the classical Hebrew language: Biblical Hebrew, the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Mishnaic Hebrew. Some were
Gender is a fascinating category, which has grown steadily in importance across the humanities and social sciences. The book centres on the core of the category within language. Each of the seven cont
Expansions of 10 presentations from the fifth biennial Integers Conference, held in the southern US state, discuss a range of topics in number theory and combinatorics. Among them are images of C-sets
This is the last of three volumes about "Simple Lie Algebras over Fields of Positive Characteristic"by Helmut Strade, presenting the state of the art of the structure and classification of Lie algebra
Regularization methods are used to find stable approximate solutions that are needed to tackle inverse and ill-posed problems that arise in a wide range of fields. This volume discusses the main progr
This volume brings together texts that originate in various disciplines which examine the feeling of being alive. The focus is on issues of philosophy ofmind and of anthropology, on the theory of emot
This book is a must for librarians with international interest in access to knowledge. It includes a collection of 15 chapters written by authors from all over the world and covers different approache
In the first full published grammar of a language in the Nyulnyulan family, Bowern (linguistics, Yale U.) presents a broad reference to Bardi, the northernmost language in the family, and now spoken b
The first volume in the new series Companions to Contemporary German Culture, this book provides a systematic analysis of the full corpus of the literary theory and criticism of Wolgang Iser (1926-200
This grammar provides a description of the language of Wandala, a Chadic language spoken by some 40,000 people in Northern Cameroon and Nigeria. The author seeks to provide a complete description of p
