Exegesis that includes careful attention to internal matters-theme and development, structure, and features of literary style--can help resolve perennial problems of interpretation. One such difficulty involves the unity and authorship of the book of Nahum. Conclusions reached from the shared contributions of biblical and literary data argue strongly for the unity of the whole prophecy that bea...

Many pundits, including me, proclaimed the advent of an era of digital health where health information systems would transform the delivery of health care and the promotion of public health.1-3 Digital health prophets described how health information systems would provide consumers and providers with relevant, timely, and influential health information to address challenging health issues and e...

A 40-year-old man with history of temporal lobe epilepsy presented to the emergency department with hyperreligiosity after medication noncompliance. After medications were resumed, he returned to baseline. Many famous prophets are believed to have suffered epilepsy. Waxman and Geschwind described a group of traits in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy consisting of hyperreligiosity, hypergrap...

although the concept of the ‘rule of grace’ can be accurately deduced through some qur’anic verses and traditions (hadiths), the mu‘tazilites among all theological denominations pioneered in its extraction, compilation and application within the context of theology. the present article discusses the attitude of shi‘ite theology toward the above-mentioned rule within the framework of three histo...

The prospect of a superbug that could wipe out much of the human race sounds like the stuff of science-fiction novels, Hollywood movies or doomsday prophets. However, such a global pandemic might not be as unlikely as it seems—some would even go so far as to say that it is a certainty, with the only uncertainties being what pathogen will cause it, when it will happen and how well the world will...