Children’s bibles present a selection of Biblical stories, as the Bible, through text and illustrations – in guise fun, teaching, moral warning. In this, they reflect conviction that Bible is essential, useful, even entertaining. At same time, cultural imagination continuously gives shape to stories. this way, children’s materialisation valuation memory way it makes sense call bible. This artic...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The authors produced a historical analysis of nine anesthesia-related premises described in the Bible more than 3,500 years ago (Old Testament). Anesthetic drugs and adjuvants, patients, anesthesiologists attitudes and techniques are discussed in the light of Biblical and modern science. CONTENTS To help understanding, the nine premises evaluated are correlated to th...

In the framework of Palaeography, the use of digital image processing techniques has received increasing attention in recent years, resulting in a new research field commonly denoted as “digital palaeography”. In such a field, a key role is played by both pattern recognition and feature extraction methods, which provide quantitative arguments for supporting expert deductions. In this paper, we ...

This paper focuses on information processing in Christian Bible study groups through surveys of three Midwestern churches. By considering the significance of the small group as integral to the vitality of religious organizations, this paper will consider how these groups process information from sermons, books, and peers. This processing is considered in three parts: pre-discussion, local discu...

The English word “homosexual” is a derivative of two words, the Greek word homo, meaning “same,” and the Latin word sexus meaning “sex.” “Homosexual,” therefore, means same-sex activity, male with male, or female with female. In contemporary parlance male homosexuals are often called “gays,” and female homosexuals “lesbians.” The word “homosexual” is of relative modern origin, having been first...

Webster's defines truth as "the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality." With historical studies truth is not easily ascertained, for "reality" is the product of historical research into a past that is no longer available. Thus it is a reconstructed reality and always heuristic in its conclusions. Moreover, since all history!writing is interpretive at heart, true o...

(Received) Mathematical analysis of Bible passages promises surprising new insights into the meanings of the texts. Relations among God, man and sheep, for example, are clarified with simple algebraic manipulation.