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Worship, The Bond Between Time/Space And Eternity, Lawrence Frizzell
Worship, The Bond Between Time/Space And Eternity, Lawrence Frizzell
Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell
Dr. Kenneth Schmitz's review of philosophical insights into language and writing is necessarily focused on the world of Greece and Rome. It would be valuable to have scholars immersed in the Hebrew language and traditional Jewish culture to reflect upon the same issues. At a conference on the trivium and quadrivium in Medieval Europe, Dean Arthur Hyman of Yeshiva University was asked to comment. His response was brief: "This was not the Jewish approach."Recalling the genius and limitations of a language to convey insights into the meaning of life and its mysteries, we acknowledge the role of translation in conveying …
The Death Of Jesus And The Death Of The Temple, Lawrence Frizzell
The Death Of Jesus And The Death Of The Temple, Lawrence Frizzell
Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell
Whether he knew it or not, Mel Gibson touched on theological traditions formed long after the lifetime of Jesus in his movie, The Passion of Christ. To have them shape a movie that purports to tell a story set during the lifetime of Jesus – even if only in his last twelve hours – adds a confusing kind of anachronism to Gibson’s effort to “tell it like it was.” It (the movie) is as it (the history) wasn’t.To understand the place of the Temple in the lifetime and the piety of Jesus of Nazareth, we have to look beyond later …
Mary's Magnificat: Sources And Themes, Lawrence Frizzell
Mary's Magnificat: Sources And Themes, Lawrence Frizzell
Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell
In the 1961 meeting of this Society, the Basilian biblical scholar, James Terence Forestell, reflected upon the biblical background of the Magnificat. He declared that it is not merely a patchwork quilt of Old Testament texts. "The Magnificat is a new hymn with its own unity of inspiration, but the words do reflect a whole stream of O.T. piety, which is not to be isolated in a few texts." He studied the background possibilities in the Jewish Scriptures for every significant term in the hymn.I will stand with him against the assessment of the Jesuit Scripture scholar, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, …
Peacemaking In The New Testament Period, Lawrence Frizzell
Peacemaking In The New Testament Period, Lawrence Frizzell
Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell
This essay sketches the priciples that the major movements (Sadducees, Pharisees and Essenes) among the Jewish people in the Holy Land developed for maintaining fidelity to God and love of neighbor.