Publisher :University of Texas Press Release Date :2013-05-17 ISBN :0292756569 Pages :338 pages Rating Book:4.9/5 (292 users)
Download or read book Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate written by Elizabeth Hill Boone and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In communities throughout precontact Mesoamerica, calendar priests and diviners relied on pictographic almanacs to predict the fate of newborns, to guide people in choosing marriage partners and auspicious wedding dates, to know when to plant and harvest crops, and to be successful in many of life's activities. As the Spanish colonized Mesoamerica in the sixteenth century, they made a determined effort to destroy these books, in which the Aztec and neighboring peoples recorded their understanding of the invisible world of the sacred calendar and the cosmic forces and supernaturals that adhered to time. Today, only a few of these divinatory codices survive. Visually complex, esoteric, and strikingly beautiful, painted books such as the famous Codex Borgia and Codex Borbonicus still serve as portals into the ancient Mexican calendrical systems and the cycles of time and meaning they encode. In this comprehensive study, Elizabeth Hill Boone analyzes the entire extant corpus of Mexican divinatory codices and offers a masterful explanation of the genre as a whole. She introduces the sacred, divinatory calendar and the calendar priests and diviners who owned and used the books. Boone then explains the graphic vocabulary of the calendar and its prophetic forces and describes the organizing principles that structure the codices. She shows how they form almanacs that either offer general purpose guidance or focus topically on specific aspects of life, such as birth, marriage, agriculture and rain, travel, and the forces of the planet Venus. Boone also tackles two major areas of controversy—the great narrative passage in the Codex Borgia, which she freshly interprets as a cosmic narrative of creation, and the disputed origins of the codices, which, she argues, grew out of a single religious and divinatory system.
Publisher :A&C Black Release Date :2009-08-15 ISBN :0567048993 Pages :434 pages Rating Book:4.6/5 (567 users)
Download or read book The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae (vol 4). written by Josep Rius-Camps and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This final volume in the four-volume commentary, The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae, continues the comparison of the message of Acts transmitted by Codex Bezae with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text, represented by Codex Vaticanus. For each section of Acts, there is a side by side translation of the Bezan and Alexandrian manuscripts, followed by a critical apparatus and, finally, a commentary that explores the variations in the message of the two texts. Working from this strong methodological foundation Jenny Read-Heimerdinger and Josep Rius-Camps conclude that the Bezan text is the earlier of the two. In the process they provide an illuminating and comprehensive guide to the Acts of the Apostles." --Book Jacket.
Publisher :A&C Black Release Date :2007-09-13 ISBN :0567219518 Pages :416 pages Rating Book:4.6/5 (567 users)
Download or read book The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae (vol 3). written by Josep Rius-Camps and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-09-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume in the four-volume commentary on the Book of Acts, this work presents a fresh look at the text of Codex Bezae and compares its message with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text of which Codex Vaticanus is taken as a representative. It deals with Acts 13.1-18.23, the chapters that cover the first two stages of the mission to the Gentiles, with the intervening meeting in Jerusalem (14.28-15.41). For each section, there is a side by side translation of the Bezan and Vaticanus manuscripts, followed by a full critical apparatus which deals with more technical matters, and finally, a commentary which explores in detail the differences in the message of the two texts. Of particular interest in this part of Acts are the person of Paul and the unfolding of his character and theology. It is found that in the Bezan text Luke portrays him as a fallible disciple of Jesus who, despite his powerful enthusiasm, is hindered by his traditional Jewish understanding from fully carrying out the mission entrusted to him in these first stages. The conclusion is drawn that the portrait of an exemplary hero in the Alexandrian text is a later modification of the flawed picture.
Publisher :BRILL Release Date :2022-06-08 ISBN :9004485988 Pages :954 pages Rating Book:4.0/5 (4 users)
Download or read book Codex and Context: Reading Old French Verse Narrative in Manuscript, Volume II written by Keith Busby and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Publisher :BRILL Release Date :2020-10-26 ISBN :9004438912 Pages :503 pages Rating Book:4.0/5 (4 users)
Download or read book Nag Hammadi Codex I (The Jung Codex) written by Harold Attridge and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Publisher :BRILL Release Date :1985 ISBN :9789004076754 Pages :512 pages Rating Book:4.7/5 (76 users)
Download or read book Nag Hammadi Codex I (the Jung Codex) written by Harold W. Attridge and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1985 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Publisher :BRILL Release Date :2022-07-04 ISBN :9004488251 Pages :496 pages Rating Book:4.0/5 (4 users)
Download or read book Codex and Context: Reading Old French Verse Narrative in Manuscript, Volume I written by Keith Busby and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-07-04 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Publisher :Nicolae Sfetcu Release Date :2014-05-06 ISBN : Pages :1406 pages Rating Book:4./5 ( users)
Download or read book The Art of Movies written by Nicolae Sfetcu and published by Nicolae Sfetcu. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 1406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Movie is considered to be an important art form; films entertain, educate, enlighten and inspire audiences. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as — in metonymy — the field in general. The origin of the name comes from the fact that photographic film (also called filmstock) has historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist — motion pictures (or just pictures or "picture"), the silver screen, photoplays, the cinema, picture shows, flicks — and commonly movies.
Publisher :Rodopi Release Date :2002 ISBN :9789042013797 Pages :502 pages Rating Book:4.1/5 (13 users)
Download or read book Codex and Context written by Keith Busby and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2002 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Publisher :BRILL Release Date :2009-12-14 ISBN :9004181407 Pages :672 pages Rating Book:4.0/5 (4 users)
Download or read book The Codex Judas Papers written by April D. DeConick and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-12-14 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings from the Codex Judas Congress held to discuss the newly-restored Tchacos Codex. Since this codex is a newly-conserved ancient book of Christian manuscripts which had yet to be discussed collaboratively by a body of scholars, this book is nothing less than a landmark in Gnostic studies.
Publisher :A&C Black Release Date :2006-06-20 ISBN :0567040127 Pages :416 pages Rating Book:4.6/5 (567 users)
Download or read book The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae (vol 2) written by Josep Rius-Camps and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-06-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This final volume in the four-volume commentary, The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae, continues the comparison of the message of Acts transmitted by Codex Bezae with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text, represented by Codex Vaticanus. For each section of Acts, there is a side by side translation of the Bezan and Alexandrian manuscripts, followed by a critical apparatus and, finally, a commentary that explores the variations in the message of the two texts. Working from this strong methodological foundation Jenny Read-Heimerdinger and Josep Rius-Camps conclude that the Bezan text is the earlier of the two. In the process they provide an illuminating and comprehensive guide to the Acts of the Apostles." --Book Jacket.
Publisher : Release Date :1967 ISBN : Pages :400 pages Rating Book:4.O/5 ( users)
Download or read book Mirrors for Behavior written by Anita Simon and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Publisher :BRILL Release Date :2019-07-01 ISBN :9004379916 Pages :416 pages Rating Book:4.0/5 (4 users)
Download or read book Codex Bezae written by Parker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich collection of papers by scholars from various countries presents a range of important insights into the place of Codex Bezae in the history of the New Testament text and in the world of early Christianity.
Publisher :University of Texas Press Release Date :2015-06-01 ISBN :1477307249 Pages :217 pages Rating Book:4.7/5 (477 users)
Download or read book On the Lips of Others written by Patrick Thomas Hajovsky and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary study investigating how the name and portrait of Moteuczoma (a.k.a. Moctezuma/Montezuma) II were represented in Aztec monuments and colonial manuscripts and how the concept of fame operated in the Aztec world.
Publisher :A&C Black Release Date :2009-06-15 ISBN :0567313492 Pages :434 pages Rating Book:4.6/5 (567 users)
Download or read book The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae (vol 4) written by Jenny Read-Heimerdinger and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the final volume in the justifiably lauded four-volume commentary on the Book of Acts, presenting a fresh look at the text of Codex Bezae and comparing its message with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text - of which the Codex Vaticanus is taken as a representative. Where Codex Bezae is lacunary (after 22.29), other manuscripts that often support Bezan readings elsewhere are employed. Although based on the Greek text, the commentary aims to be accessible to those who are not familiar with Greek. It is intended to publish the entire Greek text of Codex Bezae following the publication of this fourth volume. The fourth volume addresses Acts 18.24-28.31, the chapters that cover the trial of Paul and the last stage of the mission to the Gentiles, culminating in Paul's unhindered proclamation of the gospel in Rome. For each section, there is a side by side translation of the Vaticanus and Bezan manuscripts (or related alternatives after 22.29), followed by a full critical apparatus which deals with more technical matters, and finally, a commentary which explores in detail the differences in the message of the two texts. Of particular interest in this part of Acts is the evaluation made by the author of Paul's defence at his successive trials which, it is argued, is considerably less favourable than is commonly assumed.
Publisher :University of Texas Press Release Date :2000-01-01 ISBN :9780292708761 Pages :320 pages Rating Book:4.0/5 (78 users)
Download or read book Stories in Red and Black written by Elizabeth Hill Boone and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title offers analysis of Mexican painted history as an intellectual, documentary and pictorial genre. The author explores how Mexican historians conceptualized and painted their past, and introduces the major pictorial records: Aztec annals and cartographic histories and Mixtec screenfolds and lienzos. Boone focuses her analysis on the kinds of stories told in the histories and on how the manuscripts work pictorially to encode, organize, and preserve these narratives. This twofold investigation aims to broaden our understanding of how preconquest Mexicans use pictographic history for political and social ends. It also demonstrates how graphic writing systems created a broadly understood visual language that communicated effectively across ethnic and linguistic boundaries
Publisher :Mohr Siebeck Release Date :2009 ISBN :9783161499982 Pages :268 pages Rating Book:4.9/5 (499 users)
Download or read book The Acts of Paul and Thecla written by Jeremy W. Barrier and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2009 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometime in the second century, an early Christian text began to circulate called the Acts of Paul and Thecla . Since then, the tale of the apostle Paul, along with his strong heroine co-worker named Thecla, has received much attention as an independent source of information about earliest Christianity for what it might tell us about the role of women in ministry and the relationship women may have had to Paul in his missionary activities. In this volume, Jeremy W. Barrier provides a critical introduction and commentary on the Acts of Paul and Thecla, to serve as a user-friendly starting point for anyone interested in entering into the many discussions and academic writings surrounding the Acts of Paul and Thecla . Apart from a critical text with English translation, followed by textual notes and general comments, the author also offers an extensive introduction to the text.
