According to popular scholarly consensus, the role of the classical prophets ceased following the rebuilding of Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. This paper will attempt to propose an explanation of 1 Maccabees’ comments about the cessation of prophecy by undertaking a careful and broad examination of the dynamics involved in the Hebrew B…[Read more]

According to popular scholarly consensus, the role of the classical prophets ceased following the rebuilding of Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. This paper will attempt to propose an explanation of 1 Maccabees’ comments about the cessation of prophecy by undertaking a careful and broad examination of the dynamics involved in the Hebrew B…[Read more]

For centuries, the story of Lot’s daughters in Genesis is one which has both abhorred and intrigued countless readers. Utilizing the hermeneutical lenses of Narrative and Feminist Criticism, this paper draws attention to overlooked details in the narrative. The story is also contrasted with that of the Levite’s Concubine in Judges 19. The res…[Read more]

For centuries, the story of Lot’s daughters in Genesis is one which has both abhorred and intrigued countless readers. Utilizing the hermeneutical lenses of Narrative and Feminist Criticism, this paper draws attention to overlooked details in the narrative. The story is also contrasted with that of the Levite’s Concubine in Judges 19. The res…[Read more]

For centuries, the story of Lot’s daughters in Genesis is one which has both abhorred and intrigued countless readers. Utilizing the hermeneutical lenses of Narrative and Feminist Criticism, this paper draws attention to overlooked details in the narrative. The story is also contrasted with that of the Levite’s Concubine in Judges 19. The res…[Read more]

For centuries, the story of Lot’s daughters in Genesis is one which has both abhorred and intrigued countless readers. Utilizing the hermeneutical lenses of Narrative and Feminist Criticism, this paper draws attention to overlooked details in the narrative. The story is also contrasted with that of the Levite’s Concubine in Judges 19. The res…[Read more]

For centuries, the story of Lot’s daughters in Genesis is one which has both abhorred and intrigued countless readers. Utilizing the hermeneutical lenses of Narrative and Feminist Criticism, this paper draws attention to overlooked details in the narrative. The story is also contrasted with that of the Levite’s Concubine in Judges 19. The res…[Read more]

En cada una de estas [identidades] hay almacenado un conocimiento implícito y arraigado sobre valores y comportamientos apropiados, gustos y disgustos, formas de ser.
R. Se identifican tres formas principales de autorregulación automática: un efecto automático de la percepción sobre la acción, la búsqueda automática de una meta y una evaluac…[Read more]

This chapter examines the reception of the American ‘flapper’ model and how it was interpreted and translated into the interwar Romanian fashion and beauty discourse, into the 1920s model termed as the ‘modern girl’, as opposed to the ‘new woman’ of the 1930s. It follows the evolution of 1920s styles, including Jazz and Hollywood cultures, J…[Read more]

In each of these [identities-roles] there is stored implicit and ingrained knowledge about appropriate values and behaviors, likes and dislikes, ways of being.
A. Three main forms of automatic self-regulation are identified: an automatic effect of perception on action, the automatic pursuit of a goal and a continuous automatic evaluation of one’s…[Read more]

Correspondences can be identified between (on the one hand) androcentric cosmogonies, ancestral misogyny and tribal blood rituals, and (on the other) the classical paradigm of vampirism, especially in its literary and on-screen flowering. Specifically, the initiatory culture-hero and the archetypal vampire both confer a haematologically-mediated…[Read more]

The Dietrich Child Perhaps the most incredible case Edgar Cayce ever encountered was the case of the Dietrich child. In fact, because newspapers did publish the remarkable story of the Dietrich child, Edgar Cayce immediately became a sensation. In 1902, Cayce had just begun to gain a reputation as a healer. Aimee Dietrich was a six-year-old child…[Read more]

This article re-analyses in detail the meaning of the expression ludi Graeci which appears in two of Cicero’s letters (Ad Fam. 7,1 and Ad Att. 15,5). A careful examination of the first instance reveals that ludi Graeci indeed referred to theatrical performances in Greek language and not merely to Latin plays that followed Greek models. A brief s…[Read more]

This paper surveys potential counterparts of the ancient Egyptian concept of mAat (maat) from other cultures and summarises such cross-cultural studies as have already been completed. Its scope ranges from antiquity to the present day and across Europe, Africa, the Near East, India, China, Australia and the Americas. Paradigms that appear to…[Read more]

This paper surveys potential counterparts of the ancient Egyptian concept of mAat (maat) from other cultures and summarises such cross-cultural studies as have already been completed. Its scope ranges from antiquity to the present day and across Europe, Africa, the Near East, India, China, Australia and the Americas. Paradigms that appear to…[Read more]

Book review

Whether or not you’ve heard the phrase ‘the Sixties Scoop’ probably depends on where you live, your heritage, and whether you ever had the opportunity to learn about the history of Indigenous peoples. Many don’t. The word ‘scoop’ is mild, and therefore deceptive. It’s the name given to a component of Canada’s cultural genocide conducted again…[Read more]

This published by the publication ‘The Contingent’ https://contingentmagazine.org

In this piece Alicia writes about archeology as adventure, in the context of a long history of colonial exploration and exploitation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian ‘wilderness’. https://adventureuncovered.com/stories/the-brown-bear-and-i-archeology-adventure-and-colonisation-in-the-canadian-wilderness/

Revista RELACIONES, nº 470 – Julio de 2023 / Montevideo (Uruguay).
On the formation of the Christ myth and the ideologies that led to the birth of Christianity.
Sobre la formación del mito de Cristo y las ideologías que propiciaron el nacimiento del del cristianismo.