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The Resurrection Of Everyman
In March of 2005 I was a cast member in Mad Cow Theatre's production of the Morality drama Everyman. This classic tale on the condition of human dying is regarding as one of the greatest dramas of the Medieval period and is one of the first plays in the English language to be put into print. This …
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From the Resurrection to the Ascension: Christ's post Resurrection appearances in Byzantine Art
… and dissemination of the iconography of the post-Resurrection appearances of Christ. Special attention is given to the association between word and image, as well as the influence exerted on art by contemporary theology, liturgy and politics. The earliest use of these apparitions in art is …
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The Unfortunate Resurrection of Lazarus
On March 30th 2006, at the age of forty, my brother, who I grew up with and looked up to as a child, who'd started to lose his mind in his early 20s, killed his wife and her mother. He left his three boys orphaned and traumatized. My father, Orestes Fuentes, was born in 1928, in a farm deep in the …
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Jesus' resurrection as the climactic semeion in the Fourth Gospel
… refers. This chapter suggests that Jesus' resurrection is referred to by the pronoun "these" as well as his other miracles, and that Jesus' resurrection among his miracles is the climactic semeion in the Fourth Gospel. Chapter 2 investigates the concept of the term semeion in the Fourth …
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Stomatal control during dessication in the resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis
Stomatal apertures on leaves of the resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis were monitored microscopically in order to characterize stomatal regulation during a dehydration time course. In addition, the effect of exogenous application of the stress hormone ABA on stomatal regulation was followed. X …
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Investigation of XvSap promoters from the resurrection plant, Xerophyta viscosa
The XvPSap1 promoter derived from Xerophyta viscosa has been demonstrated to be stress-inducible during dehydration in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum, black Mexican sweetcorn cells and Zea mays. To improve this promoter, for future applications in crop biotechnology, four shortened promoters, …
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The Resurrection of Andrew Johnson: His Return to Tennessee Politics
Andrew Johnson returned from the Presidency to a harsh political environment in Tennessee. Immediately upon his return, he set out to win the Senate in his state. Although unsuccessful, he attempted office two more times, finally achieving success in 1874. His motivation lay in vindication for his …
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Resurrection Hope in Daniel 12:2: An Exercise in Biblical Theology
… convictions when he expressed the hope of bodily resurrection, and his expression informed and shaped subsequent nonbiblical and biblical authors. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis, methodology, and preliminary issues pertinent to the following study. Chapter 2 is a survey of research. This survey …
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Effect of light stress on the homoiochlorophyllous resurrection plant Craterostigma wilmsii
… drying, experienced by the homoiochlorophyllous resurrection plant Craterostigma wilmsii, was examined in this study. Inner-whorl leaves, which become shaded from light when dry, and outer-whorl leaves, the abaxial surfaces of which receive light in the dry state, as well as leaves which had been …
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"This Flesh Will Rise Again": Retrieving Early Christian Faith in Bodily Resurrection
The doctrine of bodily resurrection is fundamental to the Christian faith. Its significance is grounded in the fact that the Christian faith arises from and is dependent upon the belief that Jesus returned to life after having been dead and buried. As a result of this belief and the teaching of …
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Desiccation-driven senescence in the resurrection plant Xerophyta schlechteri (Baker) N.L. Menezes
… of cellular membranes and organelles. Angiosperm resurrection plants display vegetative desiccation tolerance and avoid drought-induced senescence in most of their tissues. Developmentally older tissues, however, fail to recover during rehydration and ultimately senesce. Comparison of the …
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The Resurrection Motif in Hosea 5:8-6:6: an Exegetical Study
… attempt to discover the mode and function of the resurrection motif. Chapter 1 surveys the interpretation of Hos 5:8-6:6 since the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Previous discussion of this passage, notwithstanding a few careful exegetical and pointed treatments, is in the main …
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Cell wall involvement in desiccation tolerance in the resurrection plant Craterostigma wilmsii
Resurrection plants have the unique capacity to revive from an air-dried state. In order to cope with desiccation, resurrection plants have to overcome a number of stresses, mechanical stress being one. This occurs when the cytoplasm shrinks creating tension between the plasma membrane and the cell …
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Jesus' resurrection : a history of its interpretation from Reimarus to the present
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-112).
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Molecular characterisation of the "LEAome" in the resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis (Baker)
Studies on resurrection plants and other anhydrobiotic organisms, have shown that Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins are expressed upon the onset of desiccation and are therefore inferred to be associated with the desiccation tolerance response. To date, despite some 25 years of research on …
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The Power of Resurrection: Early Christian Resistance Through the Rise of Disciplinary Power
… begins with the claim that the idea of resurrection was inherently subversive in nature, and took on a significant, if not primary role in the formation of early Christian identity. Following this claim, it develops through commensurate chapters that show how the idea of resurrection …
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Investigating the role of phytohormones during desiccation in two evolutionarily distinct resurrection plants
… allowed a remarkable group of angiosperms termed resurrection plants, to survive extreme water loss. This thesis focused on profiling phytohormone abundances in two evolutionarily distinct resurrection plant species; Craterostigma pumilum and Xerophyta schlechteri, during a dehydration time …
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