Throughout his life, all of his works were infused with the belief that Judaism and Jewish history could not be understood properly without a firm grasp of Halakhah.

The insights he gained from his political and military experiences, combined with a solid grasp of European history, provided the basis for the book.

Working for such a senior figure in the Labor Party allowed Childe to gain an " unrivalled grasp of its structure and history ", eventually enabling him to write a book on the subject, How Labour Governs ( 1923 ).

His contributions to history are marred by the occasional extravagance and obscurity of his style, and by his inadequate appreciation of the tests of historic credibility ; but his learning, his generous sympathies, his grasp of great principles, and his power of vividly presenting some aspects of character secure for his writings an enduring place in German literature.

They reflect the world view of Nehru, and his grasp of history.

Not many scholars followed the utterly important distinction between memory ( mémoire ) and remembrance ( souvenir )— still some are ( Drago Braco Rotar, Marija Jurič Pahor, Samuel Friškič )—, and were able to grasp the crucial categorical differences between memory and history, but her works expose her incontestably broad knowledge, highly pertinent argumentation and subtle discursive skills, which are not easy to contest.

* Sixthly, having thus attained this general grasp, there is a continual need to make sure that it tallies with the up-to-date research of other disciplines, such as archaeology, history, philology etc.

In his noble trilogy on the history of Giovanna queen of Naples it is sometimes actually difficult to realize on a first reading what has happened or is happening, or how, or why, or by what agency a defect alone sufficient, but unhappily sufficient in itself, to explain the too general ignorance of a work so rich in subtle and noble treatment of character, so sure and strong in its grasp and rendering of high actions and high passions, so rich in humour and in pathos, so royally serene in its commanding power upon the tragic mainsprings of terror and of pity.

Though regarded highly throughout Church history, the biblical texts themselves do not attempt to show the Twelve as faultless or even having a solid grasp of Jesus ' own ministry, including a recognition of their part in it.

It should be remembered that although Lawhead retains an authentic and well researched grasp of the Arthurian legend, he was not concerned with writing a work of pure history.

These stories, mainly founded upon some of the most interesting epochs of Dutch history, betrayed a remarkable grasp of facts and situations, combined with an undoubted mastery over her mother tongue, although her style is sometimes involved and not always faultless.

This was a time of transition in music history, as the polyphonic style of the late Renaissance was giving way to the widely diverse practices of the early Baroque, and d ' India seems to have acquired an unusually broad grasp of the total stylistic practice in Italy: the expressive madrigal style of Marenzio, the grand polychoral work of the Venetian School, the conservative polyphonic tradition of the Roman School, the attempts to recover the music of the ancient world in monody and its larger vehicle, the newly developing opera, as well as the mannered, emotionally intense chromatic style of Carlo Gesualdo in Naples.

With both season titles already in Ferrari's grasp, promoters for the race urged fans to come " see history in the making " and " a sports legend ... one of the greatest racing drivers ... of all time ," namely five-time World Champion Michael Schumacher.

Understanding songs in capoeira is a good way to grasp and put into some historical context early Brazilian life and history.

Thinkers such as Johann Gottfried Herder ( 1744 – 1803 ) and Johann Gottlieb Fichte ( 1762 – 1814 ) had written on the concept and importance of world history and nationalism, and Hegel's philosophy continues this trend, while breaking away from an emphasis on nationalism and striving rather to grasp the full sweep of human cultural and intellectual history as a manifestation of spirit.

Adams repeatedly laments that his formal education, grounded in the classics, history, and literature, as was then the fashion, did not give him the scientific and mathematical knowledge needed to grasp the scientific breakthroughs of the 1890s and 1900s.

He cites al-Hajj Osmanu Eshaka Boyo of Kintampo as an “ alim with a wide range of Muslim connexions and an excellent grasp of local Islamic history ” whose efforts brought together a great many Arabic manuscripts from around Ghana.

A lifelong bachelor, he possessed an extraordinary memory and a firm and wide grasp of history.

:" THE light-hearted sneer “ India has had some episodes, but no history “ is used to justify lack of study, grasp, intelligence on the part of foreign writers about India ’ s past.

Big History arose from a desire to go beyond the specialized and self-contained fields that emerged in the 20th century and grasp history as a whole, looking for common themes across multiple time scales in history.

Classical literary tradition set the standard for Byzantine historians in their grasp of the aims of history, the manner of handling their subjects, and in style of composition.

Still, even if the movie's vast reach exceeds its grasp, it's a spellbinding history lesson ".

He was the only Russian statesman of the day with sufficient foresight to grasp the fact that the Baltic seaboard, or even a part of it, was worth more to Russia than ten times the same amount of territory in Lithuania, and, despite ignorant jealousy of his colleagues, succeeded ( Dec. 1658 ) in concluding a three-year Treaty of Valiesari whereby the Russians were left in possession of all their conquests in Livonia.

Aspect is a somewhat difficult concept to grasp for the speakers of most modern Germanic languages, because they tend to conflate the concept of grammatical aspect with that of tense.

LapTrap can translate thirty languages into English ( this may have been increased to thirty-one after the events of The ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures ) and, on two occasions, he had robotic arms extend out of his body so that he could grasp hold of something ; however, in The ClueFinders Math Adventures, when entering the Great Hall, Laptrap talks about handball and Joni says " But you don't have arms.

Smith was shown as polite and well-mannered, but unable to grasp any of the phrases or words he was taught in the different European languages or remembering the details of the faux-millionaire ruse he was expected to carry out.

Studies of the Old and New Testaments were often independent of each other, largely due to the difficulty of any single scholar having a sufficient grasp of the many languages required or of the cultural background for the different periods in which texts had their origins.

Second, education was so poorly developed in the Middle Ages that many lesser scholars had a limited grasp of " proper " Latin, or were increasingly influenced by Vulgar Latin which was mutating into the Romance languages.

A great many names that appear to be Native American in origin were created by non-Natives with at best a rudimentary grasp of native languages.

Thus, Helena continued her education at home, where she perfected her grasp of foreign languages, and read many things.

All these show a poor grasp of the sounds of Tasmanian, which appear to have been fairly typical of Australian languages in this parameter.

Several parts of the story highlight Conan's intellect, in particular his grasp of written and spoken languages: " In his roaming about the world the giant adventurer had picked up a wide smattering of knowledge, particularly including the speaking and reading of many alien tongues.

However dated they may seem, they are necessary in order to grasp archaic or other older forms of current languages in the field of linguistics, as there are still mysteries to resolve ( such as the near indecipherable Indus Script ).

In order to get a grasp on a specific linguistic form and how it is used in the dialect of the subject, a variety of methods are used to elicit certain registers of speech.

Plato also explains his theory of justice in the Republic, in relation to his conception of a city in speech, both of which necessitate rule of the rational mind ; in other words, philosopher-kings, who can grasp the Form of the Good.

In this capacity his industry, singular grasp of affairs, and persuasive powers of speech speedily gained for him a position of influence.

The figure of speech " to grasp the nettle " probably originated from Aesop's fable " The Boy and the Nettle ".

In the treatise, the author asserts that " the Sublime leads the listeners not to persuasion, but to ecstasy: for what is wonderful always goes together with a sense of dismay, and prevails over what is only convincing or delightful, since persuasion, as a rule, is within everyone's grasp: whereas, the Sublime, giving to speech an invincible power and invincible strength, rises above every listener ".

One way to grasp this idea is to take an inventory of the ways in which an attempt at communication can misfire, the ways a speech act can fail.

Charles Dickens undoubtedly had some grasp of the Norfolk accent which he utilised in the speech of the Yarmouth fishermen, Ham and Daniel Peggoty in David Copperfield.

" These speech patterns were patterned after J. Michael Straczynski's Polish-born grandmother's uneasy grasp of English.