Codex

Of all the big picture questions we examined throughout this semester, the one that consistently stuck out to me was this: “Who is God in this work?” It is all at once such a vast and and confining question, the answer to which is both revelatory of almost all other aspects of a culture and yet still too intricate to grasp. To understand what a culture worships supremely is to understand its motivations for all other decisions, and sometimes vice versa. Some of the cultures we studied worshipped…

This paper is centred on how and why caves became such a critical aspect of the Maya’s worldview. Caves have long been recognized as important locations for ritual (Heyden 1975 Pohl and Pohl 1983), but through the consideration of human-environment interactions at caves, one can see that the very concept of “caves” were sacred to the Maya. Maya religion was heavily influenced by it’s agricultural society and this is highlighted by the earth being symbolized as the source of power and fertility…

why this is important for contemporary church historians. The Didache is quite a short work which is written in a very straightforward, practical way. It was thought to be lost until it was rediscovered in 1873 by Archbishop Bryennios, in the Greek Codex Hierosolymitanus, then first published in English in 1883. It has two titles, the short title is Training of the Twelve Disciples, while the longer title is Training of the Lord through the Twelve Apostles to the Gentiles. Since both titles…

The third view, and the main focus of this book, is the angelic view. The angelic view postulates that the sons of God were angels, although as previously mentioned they are not necessarily limited to just angels, more on that later. The phrase “sons of God” comes from the Hebrew words “beney elohim” or “beney ha-elohim”. “Beney” simply means “sons”. So what is an elohim? Elohim is often associated as one of the names of God, for instance, “In the beginning God (elohim) created the heavens and…

Rather than sleeping 8 hours and staying awake for 16 like nearly all people did, he would use the polyphasic sleeping method. This consisted of napping for half an hour every 3 and a half hours. A large number of the writings found in Da Vinci’s Codex manuscripts show the passion he had for the time therefor Da Vinci pioneering the clock is no surprise. Da Vinci had several designs including the sand clock, his most popular design was the water based version with his integrated wake-up system…

careless morality. Nietzsche’s seminal work On the Genealogy of Morality (as the Genealogy in the name implies) provides a systematic origination story of punishment as a debt paid for an unfulfilled promise to a response to a violation of a ratified codex of laws – all whilst society gains a sense of mercy and more depth to why one is punished.…

Patriarchy, like other social constructs, is an internal systematic oppression that has slowly evolved over the course of humanity and somehow managed to stick around. How the patriarchy came to be and why it is still in place are questions with indeterminate answers. However, many feminist works go on to challenge the patriarchy’s actuality by identifying certain characteristics of our society that may have contributed to the growth and dominance of the male gender. Although, so as to correct…

Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, Italy and he died May 2, 1519 in Clos Luce, Amboise, France. He was 67 when he passed away. Leonardo was buried at Chapel of Saint-Huburt, in Amboise, France. Leonardo da Vinci name translates into Leonard from the town of Vinci. Leonardo was raised by his parents Caterina da Vinci & Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci he was born to unmarried parents. His dad was a prominent notary, he was a public official that certified legal documents of…

Internal Evidence of Early Authorship All of the New Testament was written in the first century. Some scholars date them toward the middle and others toward the end. Usually, the late dating of the gospels is based on knowledge and predictions around the destruction of the temple. That is since some do not believe in the message of the New Testament––they do not believe Jesus could predict future events––and so the gospels must have been written after AD 70 if they predict these events. This is…

Landlord-Tenant Law The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA) and the Model Residential Landlord-Tenant Code includes a lot of facets about properties, renters, and related issues governed by state from property owner rights, tenant right, rent and security deposits, states resources, repairs, and more. No organizational business is perfect, so it is bound to be a conflict between both the landlord and tenant. In order to avoid legal matter in the future properties and…