This paper provides an interpretation of the enigmatic concept ‘happy life’ in philosophy Giorgio Agamben. It departs from a recognition ambivalence Agamben’s use sacred and profane terminology that informs this concept. In decidedly Benjaminian frame, with help esoteric religious images, happy life is described by Agamben as messianic blessed life, while he, at same time, explicitly defines it...

In October 1987 an international symposium was held at Princeton Theological Seminary on the general topic of "Judaism and Christian Origins" and with the specific theme of messianism. The papers arising from the conference have now been published under the editorship of James H. Charlesworth, who also acted as chairman of the steering committee for the conference. The result is a major collect...

I The Jewish-Christian debate goes back to the origins of Christianity. Jews are portrayed in the New Testament as questioning both Jesus’ messianic status as well as the claim that he was resurrected from the dead. As adherers to a religion which emerged from Judaism, early Christians found it necessary to write polemical treatises attacking Judaism, probably more for purposes of self-definiti...

Following the demise of Mun Sŏn-myŏng in 2012, the South Korean Unification Movement has entered an era of female leadership. Mun!s widowed wife, Han Hak-cha, rose to become the group!s sole new leader. Drawing on a distinct (co-)messianic narrative, while resuming on the givenmillenarian trajectory – both chiefly shaped byMun – Han successfully coped with the theological and organisational cha...

he Spirit, in the New Testament writings, is first and foremost the empowering presence and activity of God amongst and alongside his people. But the various writers each give their own distinctive interest and emphases to pneumatology. Luke devotes particular attention to the topic, with some twenty references to the Spirit in the Gospel (compare with just six in Mark; twelve in Matthew), and ...

One of the most crucial texts for the futurist interpretation of prophecy concerning Israel is the vision of the prophet Ezekiel in chapters 40-48. In this text the prophet presents God’s instructions for the construction of a new Temple to be built as part of the promise of Israel’s divine restoration. The concern of the exiles, as exemplified by Daniel’s prayer, was for a literal rebuilding o...

introduction a sudden loss of consciousness followed by abnormal movements can be ictal or syncopal in origin. transient response by the brain to sudden decrease of blood flow may cause sudden loss of consciousness followed by abnormal movements that mimic seizure. dysrhythmia is one of the important and critical reasons of such events that should be differentiated from seizure. case presentati...

from the political sociology point of view, emerging and continuity of modern societies have been a combined with some kind of totalitarianism in west (as the first step of development), modern nation-states, modern revolutions, modern wars, formation of totalitarian communism-fashism, democratic systems, and at least globalization, terrorism, …. terrorism phenomena has been deep in glomming be...

this article argues that constitutionalism movement is result of reformism in ghajar era. the conquer of constitutionalism, have been result of iran's political – social and economic condition (circumstances) and victory of reformist actives. this survey by considering of specifics of this movement, have been insisted on movement leaders, understanding and awareness from cultural and socia...