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The Aramaic Portions of the Pesiqta de Rab Kahana with English Translation, Commentary and Introduction

The Aramaic Portions of the Pesiqta de Rab Kahana with English Translation, Commentary and Introduction

Collection Tangent - Vocal Music from Mongolia; and Instrumental Music from Mongolia. Two 12” LP Records. Tangent TGS 126 & 127. Stereo. Recordings (1974), photographs and English Commentaries by Jean Jenkins. London: Tangent, n.d.

Collection Tangent - Vocal Music from Mongolia; and Instrumental Music from Mongolia. Two 12” LP Records. Tangent TGS 126 & 127. Stereo. Recordings (1974), photographs and English Commentaries by Jean Jenkins. London: Tangent, n.d. - Volume 10

The Book of Judith: Greek Text with an English Translation, Commentary and Critical Notes

The Book of Judith: Greek Text with an English Translation, Commentary and Critical Notes

M. S. ENSLIN, The Book of Judith. Greek text with an English Translation, Commentary and Critical Notes. Edited with a General Introduction and Appendices by S. ZEITLIN (Jewish Apocryphal Literature VII), published by E. J. BRILL, Leiden for Dropsie University, Philadelphia, 1972, XI and 218 pp., cloth Gld. 40

M. S. ENSLIN, The Book of Judith. Greek text with an English Translation, Commentary and Critical Notes. Edited with a General Introduction and Appendices by S. ZEITLIN (Jewish Apocryphal Literature VII), published by E. J. BRILL, Leiden for Dropsie University, Philadelphia, 1972, XI and 218 pp., cloth Gld. 40

Natural Knowledge of God: Reflections on Romans 1:18–32

THE QUESTION to which this paper is devoted, namely, the possibility of a natural knowledge of God apart from faith, is one that might be thought to be closed for Catholic theologians. dogma of Vatican I does not appear to allow of any compromise: The same holy mother Church holds and teaches that God, principle and end of all things, can be known for certain by the natural light of human reason from created things; 'for His invisible qualities, since the creation of the world, have been seen as discerned through the things that have been made' (Rom 1:20) (DS 3004). Nor does a quick reference to the first chapter of the Epistle to the Romans give any encouragement to a reopening of the question. Moreover, Catholic exegetical tradition seems to be quite firmly against it. Vatican I, a little later in the dogmatic constitution quoted above, interprets Rom 1:20 as speaking of a purely natural knowledge of God, thus reflecting the common exegesis of its time. Nor does the position seem to have changed. most recent Catholic commentary in English has this to say: There is no question here either of knowledge through a positive revelation or knowledge by faith. Yet in real life it is only those who already believe in God by faith who claim that He can be known by reason. aim of this paper is. to re-examine Rom 1 and thus attempt a reformulation of the relation of faith and reason in regard to the existence and nature of God. It is hoped that this reformulation will be seen as a valid development of the doctrine of Vatican I. At the outset it must be remembered that in Rom 2:13-15 Paul says that some of the Gentiles obey the law that is written on their hearts. Natural knowledge of God, then, will come from two directions: from without, i.e., from the contemplation of the universe, and from within, i.e., as a moral imperative. one demands the other. Although this paper is concerned mainly with the knowability of God from the contemplation of the universe, due account will be taken of the role of conscience and moral decision. 1 relevant passage, from DS 3015, is: Quocirca Apostolus, qui a gentibus Deum 'per ea, quae facta sunt' [Rom 1, 20], cognitum esse testatur, disserens tarnen de gratia et ventate, quae 'per Jesum Christum facta est' [cf. Io 1, 17], pronuntiat: 'Loquimur Dei sapientiam in mysterio ' 2 J. A. Fitzmyer, in the commentary on Romans, Jerome Biblical Commentary (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1969) 2, 296.

Film Reviews

The Island Hills. 16 mm, sound, colour, all parts 8 min each. Photographed and directed by F. G. Hollands. Produced by Rank Educational Films, 1966 La Vie des Euglenes. 16 mm, sound, colour, 14 min, English commentary. Produced by Laboratoire d'Evolution des Etres Organises (Faculte des Sciences de Paris) The Fox. 16 mm, sound, colour, 11 min. (£1. 5s. for hire) The Weasel. 16 mm, sound, colour, 12 min. (£2 for hire) Plants and Animals. 16 mm, sound, colour, 9 min. (£1. 5s. for hire). All produced by Yugoslavia Films

Tirukkuṛaḷ. With English Translation and Commentary and an Introduction. By A. Chakravarti. pp. lxx + 648, 10 in. by 6¼ in. Printed at the Diocesan Press, Madras. 1953. 15 rupees.

Tirukkuṛaḷ. With English Translation and Commentary and an Introduction. By A. Chakravarti. pp. lxx + 648, 10 in. by 6¼ in. Printed at the Diocesan Press, Madras. 1953. 15 rupees.

The Holy Quran with English Translation and Commentary

The Holy Quran with English Translation and Commentary

The Mishnah: Berakoth, Peah, Demai; Text with Commentary of R. Obadiah of Bertinoro; Translation, Introduction, and New Commentary in English; Variant Readings, References, and Short Exegetical Notes in Hebrew by Fellows of the Harry Fischel Institute for Research in Talmud, Jerusalem. Jacob David Herzog , R. Obadiah

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Herder, Percy, and the Song of Songs

In view of the long-recognized influence of Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry upon Johann Gottfried Herder's literary theory, especially upon his “Sturm und Drang” essays and Volkslieder, it comes as a surprise to note that Herder's Lieder der Liebe (1778), containing his German translation of the Biblical Song of Songs as well as his commentary thereon, omits all reference to Percy's earlier English translation and commentary, The Song of Solomon, Newly Translated from the Original Hebrew (1764). To be sure, Percy's work (like Herder's own) appeared anonymously. But in the eighteenth century there were ways of discovering the identity of anonymous writers, as both Percy and Herder knew to their chagrin. Yet in none of Herder's works is there any reference to Percy's Song of Solomon, and in none of his published letters is there any mention of the little book. When one considers Herder's usual scholarly habit of documentation and his willingness to acknowledge sources, one must conclude that he was ignorant of Percy's work. One can speak, naturally, of a permeating influence of the Reliques on this work of Herder's, as one can speak of such an influence on any of his writings. In fact, the thesis of the following pages is that this very influence, fused with a few others having the common denominator of folk-poetry, led Herder to a conception of the Song of Songs quite different from that reached by Percy himself and strikingly similar to Percy's theory in one point only: a negative attitude toward the theory of J. D. Michaelis, which was known to both. The contrast between Herder's and Percy's views of the supposedly Solomonic Song of Songs throws an interesting light upon the critical approach of Herder to a document that could fit perfectly into his definition of poetry as “eine Welt- und Völkergabe” and illustrates the peculiar use he made of the Reliques (along with some other, later works) in the support of his original theory of poetry, which differed so remarkably from that of Percy.

Spenser and the Revelation of St. John

It has long been recognized that Spenser made numerous borrowings from the Revelation of St. John in Book i of the Faerie Queene. The Variorum edition conveniently lists those observed by Upton and other commentators. In a recent study, Mrs. Josephine Waters Bennett has suggested that the Revelation not only furnished Spenser with particular passages but largely determined the structure of Book I. Her important contribution is not the discovery of new borrowings, though she observes several, but her exposition of the Revelation from the Protestant point of view. From several English commentaries and from glosses in the Geneva Bible, she shows that the latter half of the Revelation was interpreted in the sixteenth century as an allegory of the Protestant conflict with the Roman church, and concludes that this fact has an important bearing on Book I, which is now generally believed to involve a similar allegory.

Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir Marvazī on China, the Turks, and India. Arabic text with an English translation and commentary by V. Minorsky. 6½ × 9¾, pp. 170 + 53. Royal Asiatic Society (James G. Forlong Fund, Vol. XXII), 1942.

Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir Marvazī on China, the Turks, and India. Arabic text with an English translation and commentary by V. Minorsky. 6½ × 9¾, pp. 170 + 53. Royal Asiatic Society (James G. Forlong Fund, Vol. XXII), 1942.

Tolkāppiyam. Vol. I, edited with a short commentary in English by P. S. Subrahmanya Sastri, M.A., Ph.D. (Madras Oriental Series, No. 3.) 8½ × 5½, pp. x + 105. Madras: Journal of Oriental Research, 1930. R. 1 or 2s.

Tolkāppiyam. Vol. I, edited with a short commentary in English by P. S. Subrahmanya Sastri, M.A., Ph.D. (Madras Oriental Series, No. 3.) 8½ × 5½, pp. x + 105. Madras: Journal of Oriental Research, 1930. R. 1 or 2<i>s</i>.

AN ENGLISH SHIAH KORAN COMMENTARY

There great activity at present among Indian Moslems in providing new translations of the Koran. Not only are there twelve Urdu versions in circulation and four English versions produced by Moslems; but “The Holy Quran Publishing Office” opened by Maulvi Mohammed Yakoob Chishi Sabiri &amp; Son, in Bhendy Bazaar, Bombay, issued editions in Marathi, Gujerati, and Hindi. At Peshawar we found a Sindhi translation on sale, and also the first part of the Koran in Pasha At Lucknow A. F. Badshah Hussin, B. A of the Shiah Theological School (Madrasat‐ul‐Waezin) has issued the first part of “The Holy Koran with commentary in English.” As an example of present day Shiah theology and interpretation we reprint the Fatiha section verbatim.‐Ed.

An English Commentary on Ovid.

MS. 124 in the library of St. John Baptist College, Oxford, is a quarto of 154 pages, written in two or more hands of the fifteenth century. Its provenance is unknown, and, as it has been carefully and ruthlessly rebound at some time in the nineteenth century, it is impossible to derive any information from the binding. After an unusually elabbrate alphabetical index it bears on folio 11 an inscription in a seventeenth-century hand as follows: ‘Libellus Thomae de Walsingham De generacione naturaque deorum simul cum interpretatione Ouidii Metamorphoseon Simoni Priori Sancti Albani dedicatus.’

An English Commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy

Journal Article An English Commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy Get access Notes and Queries, Volume s9-VIII, Issue 188, 3 August 1901, Page 115, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s9-VIII.188.115d Published: 03 August 1901

Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, with Introductions and English Commentary, by F. A. Paley, M.A., and J. E. Sandys, Litt.D. Second edition, 1886.

Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, with Introductions and English Commentary, by F. A. Paley, M.A., and J. E. Sandys, Litt.D. Second edition, 1886.