Although ‘the Lamb’ is the most important designation for Jesus Christ in the book of Revelation, the full significance of this sacrificial metaphor is still uncertain. In recent years, some scholars have given up looking for specific allusions to the OT sacrificial cult. However, little scholarly attention has been given to OT cultic allusions which surround the Lamb in the liturgical setting ...

The author analyzes literary allusions in detective novels by Agatha Christie. For the first time, to works of W. Shakespeare, C. Dickens, P. G. Wodehouse, K. Chesterton are considered detail. Many established for time. As a material writing this article, large number were used, among which there also rarely texts English writer. meaning "Twelfth Night" novel "The Sad Cypress" is revealed detai...

In offering a brief sketch of some aspects of Herodotus’ use of lyric poetry I shall restrict myself to melic poetry. I shall start with explicit allusions, and then turn to some passages for which Herodotus’ source must have been lyric poetry, and indeed rather grand lyric poetry, though he conceals this. We learn something about his principles and methodology, but also about the diffusion of ...