Blasphemy

A theme is the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, or a person’s thoughts. Be it film, literature, or art, these practices always revolve around themes. In particular, the film Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir) revolves around a potpourri of themes. In comparison, the french poet Baudelaire has written many poems involving plenty of the same topics. Imagination and its power against the social norm is a striking theme in both Weir’s work and Baudelaire’s poem “Windows”. Right through to the end…

as well as other religious documents, such as the Talmud (Neusner). In scripture, the word “God” is usually written as “G-d”, if used at all because the word is believed very sacred. While God does have a formal name, YHWH (said Yahweh), it is blasphemy to speak or write (Deming). While the common use of the Hebrew language has ceased, the traditional Torah is still written in Hebrew, and Jewish children still learn to read Hebrew. Every synagogue is required to have a traditional Torah,…

Security briefing paper on Pakistan Introduction: Having lost the last vestiges of its secular inspiration in the bloody marshes of Bangladesh in 1971, the country the world knows as Pakistan is at present under siege from a motley armada of militant groups, trying to establish an Islamist utopia . The situation is made worse by the schizophrenic state of the country’s counter-terrorism approach, with differential treatments meted out to Afghan Taliban and Laskhkar-e- Taiba ( groups…

Trying to condense oneself into ten photos is no easy task, especially because it invariably makes one think about how it is one truly describes oneself and who one is in relation to the world around oneself. Nonetheless, it is something I must do. Therefore, allow me to endeavor to explain myself. We should start, I think, with my promise ring. I got it in my early adolescence for forty dollars, the first thing I ever saved up for and bought on my own. I regularly attended church in one form…

Originally performed in the festival of Dionysia in 431 BC, Euripides' tragedy Medea may have been controversial to the predominantly male audience of the time. Subverting Athenian cultural norms of the era by presenting a female perspective, Medea exposes not only the flaws in individuals but also within society. In this play there is an imbalance of passion and logic, which has dire consequences for an individual and an even “greater ruin” for humanity and society at large. Medea is…

Throughout human history, plays have served as an important event to bond communities over religious or social events. One of the most famous playwrights in the Golden Age of Greek literature was Sophocles. He is well known for writing over 120 plays during his lifetime, but only seven have survived, most prominently among them, Antigone. Antigone discusses the consequences of pitting man 's laws versus the laws of the gods when King Creon decrees that the body of Polyneices, a traitor to his…

Stephen in his speech in Acts told the abridged version of the Hebrew Bible. While doing so he decided to include and exclude different stories, as well as characters from the old testament as he so choose. I will try and explain here the reasons why he selected what he did, and also address the question of the order of the stories. Overall, I believe that which was included, was so for the reason of creating a different image of God as well as the stories of the Old Testament. Starting…

A11602683 Below you will find three passages, discuss what the context is and what major issue in Jewish history they illustrate: The passages below describe the impact of Hellenism on Jewish history and tell the story of the emergence of Christianity. The Hellenistic period began following Alexander the Great’s conquest in 334 BCE and continued culturally till almost the seventh century CE. During this period, the Jews incorporated Hellenistic thoughts with their Judaic traditions; this is…

Feminism, or otherwise known as the “Woman’s Movement,” is falsely and stereotypically claim to be a mob of angry raging women. However, Feminism stands for equality and many other concepts. In May-Lee Chai’s short story, “Saving Sourdi,” feminism applies to the main characters and the relationship between them. Feminism falls within this story through the instances of the character development of Sourdi, Nea, and their relationship throughout the tale. First, to analyze feminism into “Saving…

Crime and Punishment in Colonial America In Colonial America, crime and punishment were a new idea that was just starting to be formed. During this time, they had a different set of rules and regulations that had to be followed in their towns and states. For each town, or even state, they had their own rules to follow, based on the men in charge during this time. Colonial America had forms of punishments that would not be allowed during this day and age because they would be considered inhumane…