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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Ark (of the covenant)"”.
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The Ark of the Covenant as a Material Actant: Adapting New Materialist Concepts for Cause and Effect
The discussion of cause-and-effect in Hebrew Bible narratives has been limited by assumptions restricting agency to will and intention and causation to a strict linearity from subject to object. The field of new materialisms through its explorations of the meaning of matter — the materiality of the …
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The necessity of the military chaplaincy with reference to the Namibian context
… From early days soldiers have looked to the church for spiritual guidance and support and in the practice of their faith have found comfort and strength in all difficulties and dangers. The Old Testament often refers to priests accompanying troops into battle: “Before you engage in …
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The rediscovery of meaning
Romans 1: 20 For since the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities - His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so men are without excuse. Job 32:8 But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him …
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Cherubim and Seraphim : a textual and iconographic study
The Hebrew words (cherub) and (seraph) are well-known terms, but it is unclear exactly to what they refer. Many sources agree that the word cherub refers to a composite creature such as a griffin, sphinx or winged bull. Less research has been done on the meaning of the word seraph. This study …
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Jesus as the Mercy Seat : the semantics and theology of Paul's use of Hilasterion in Romans 3:25.
Paul's predication of the term $\textit{hilasterion}$ of Jesus combined with his mention of Jesus' own blood leads modern interpreters to speculate that $\textit{hilasterion}$ was a term that could denote a sacrificial victim-hence: "whom God put forward as a $\textit{sacrifice of atonement}$ by …