Biblical Etymology of Prophet and Priest

Etymology, history, and artifacts

Elliptic really does have a connection with literal geometric ellipses, removed by a few steps. Integrals expressing arc length of ellipses are less elementary than integrals for inverse trigonometric functions, and were named elliptic because of this. Abel and Jacobi discovered in 1827 that the inverse functions are doubly periodic (explained below). This chain of events caused these functions...

Medical Etymology

Psychology and the Parish Priest

Canon Dewar's book is very timely. At the International Congress on Mental Health, held in August, 1948, in London, emphasis was frequently laid on the fact that the parson was a member of the mental health team. The antipathy between the exponent of the young and growing science of human behaviour and authoritarian religion, has prevented the co-operation which would be of mutual benefit to bo...

Etymology of Cholera

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Christian Iconography and Biblical Interpretation

Since the Bible is regarded as the most important source of Christian iconography and iconography in return is the visual interpretation of the Bible, the relationship between Christian iconography and biblical interpretation is noteworthy. In some cases this relationship is such that the visual representation is actively involved in the interpretation of the biblical text and is...