Daughter of Eve, "Femme Fatale", and Persecuted Artist: The Mythic Transgressive Woman in Oscar Wilde's and Richard Strauss's "Salome"

Historically, Salome was an unexceptional figure who never catalyzed John the Baptist's death. However, in Christian Scripture, she becomes the dancing seductress as fallen daughter of Eve.  Her stepfather Herod promises Salome his kingdom if she dances for him, but she follows her mother’s wish to have John beheaded. In Strauss’s opera, after Wilde's Symbolist-Decadent play, Salome becomes independent of Herodias’ will, and the mythic avatar of the femme fatale and persecuted artist who Herod has killed after she kisses John's severed head.  Her signature key of C# major, resolving to the C major sung by Herod and Jokanaan at her death, represent her tragic fate musically.

The magical transformation contest in the ancient storytelling tradition

El concurso de transformación mágica, esquema narrativo difundido en la tradición popular, se presenta en dos variantes principales: los hechiceros que compiten pueden metamorfosearse en varios seres o crear esos seres por medios mágicos. En cualquier caso el concursante ganador da a luz criaturas más fuertes que superan las de su oponente. La segunda variante fue preferida en el antiguo Cercano Oriente (Sumeria, Egipto, Israel). La primera se puede encontrar en algunos mitos griegos sobre cambiadores de forma (por ejemplo, Zeus y Némesis). El mismo esquema narrativo puede haber influido en un episodio de la Novela de Alejandro (1.36-38), en el que Darío envía regalos simbólicos a Alejandro y los dos monarcas enemigos ofrecen contrastantes explicaciones de ellos. Esta historia griega racionaliza el concurso de cuento de hadas, transfiriendo las fantásticas hazañas de creaciones milagrosas a un plano secundario pero realista de metáfora lingüística.

За някои топоси, свързани с женските роли, в текста на книга Царства

Статията се занимава със славянския превод на няколко топоса, свързани с разбирането на женските роли, в Първа и Втора книга Царства. За целите на сравнението основният ръкопис (Архивският хро- нограф) е съпоставен с още седем славянски ръкописа, извлечението от Книги Царства в Славянската версия на Хрониката на Георги Синкел, Острожката библия, както и с текста на Септуагинта и Вулгата. Въз основа на събрания богат речников и изворов материал, статията анализира и търси при- чината за необичайните преводачески решения на старобългарския книжовник.

Starotestamentalny kontekst opisów cudownych uwolnień z Dziejów Apostolskich

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History of Jewish coinage, and of money in the Old and New Testament

by Frederic W. Madden

The Holy Bible : containing the Old and the New Testament /

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Restitution : or, An explanation of several principal points of the law : how it has been fullfilled by Christ... according to the teachings of the Old and New Testament Scriptures : compiled in twenty-five chapters /

Translation of Eine Restitution.

The Holy Bible, containing the Old and the New Testament, and the Apocrypha, with critical, philological, and explanatory notes /

Version of 1611.

The Christian institutes, or, the sincere word of God. Being a plain and impartial account of the whole faith and duty of a Christian. Collected out of the writings of the Old and New Testament: digested under proper heads, and delivered in the words of scripture.

"Ex dono Authoris" on front free endpaper.

An historical essay on the state of physick in the Old and New Testament and the Apocryphal interval: with a particular account of the cases mentioned in Scripture, and observations upon them.

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The Old and New Testament

Lucas Cranach the elder; 9 11/64 in.x 1 ft. 3/4 in.; woodcut on paper

A brief concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament : by which all, or most, of the principal texts of Scripture may be easily found out /

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The divine authority of the Old and New Testament asserted : ... against the unjust aspersions and false reasonings of a book entitled The moral philosopher ; to which is added a defence of this book against the exceptions and misrepresentations in the second volume of The moral philosopher /

Includes bibliographical references.

The morality of the Bible : extracted from all the canonical books, both of the Old and of the New Testament ...

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Olam haneshamoth : or, a view of the intermediate state, as it appears in the records of the Old and New Testament, the Apocraphal [sic] books, in heathen authors, and the Greek and Latin fathers, with notes /

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