Bauckham suggests that 2 Peter 2: 4 is partially dependent on Jude 6 but is independently drawing on paraenetic tradition that also lies behind Jude 5-7.

In summary, the epistle may be said to exhibit a paraenetic style which is " marked by personal appeal, contrasts of right and wrong, true and false, and an occasional rhetorical question.

When these fields are surveyed together, important patterns of relationship emerge indicating a vast community of reciprocal influence, a continuity of thought and expression including many traditions, primarily literary, religious, and philosophical, but frequently including contact with the fine arts and even, to some extent, with science.

In the main stream of historical thinking is a group of scholars, H.M. Chadwick, R.H. Hodgkin, Sir Frank Stenton et al. who are in varying degrees sceptical of the native traditions of the conquest but who defend the catastrophic type of invasion suggested by them.

As far as I am concerned there is continuous piling up of evidence that the creative fresh ideas which are needed in the world are going to be found by educated women unafraid to break traditions.

Insofar as these nations claim to incarnate traditions and ways of life which constitute ultimate, trans-political justifications for their existence, such people are inevitably led to emphasize the ways in which these traditions and ways are theirs rather than someone else's.

The psyche, culture, fanaticism of an author can be disregarded when interpreting a text, because the words are rich enough themselves with all of the traditions of language.

While there are ancient relations between the Indian Vedas and the Iranian Avesta, the two main families of the Indo-Iranian philosophical traditions were characterized by fundamental differences in their implications for the human being's position in society and their view on the role of man in the universe.

There are similarities and differences between such figures in reports about Basilides ' teaching, ancient Gnostic texts, the larger Greco-Roman magical traditions, and modern magical and esoteric writings.

Restaurants specializing in Cantonese, Sichuanese, Hunanese, Northern Chinese, Shanghainese, Taiwanese, and Hong Kong traditions are widely available, as are more specialized restaurants such as seafood restaurants, Hong Kong-style diners and cafes ( also known as Cha chaan teng ( 茶餐廳 chácāntīng )), dim sum teahouses, and hot pot restaurants.

It is not clear how these various traditions relate to each other, or whether they come from the same tradition ; it is very possible that these references are to different men with the same name.

This view is based partly on Old English and Danish traditions regarding persons and events of the 4th century, and partly on the fact that striking affinities to the cult of Nerthus as described by Tacitus are to be found in pre-Christian Scandinavian, especially Swedish and Danish, religion.

Confirmation is afforded by English and Danish traditions relating to two kings named Wermund and Offa of Angel, from whom the Mercian royal family claimed descent and whose exploits are connected with Angeln, Schleswig, and Rendsburg.

Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group.

Some Protestants feel that such claims of apostolic succession are proven false by the differences in traditions and doctrines between these churches: Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox consider both the Church of the East and the Oriental Orthodox churches to be heretical, having been anathematized in the early ecumenical councils of Ephesus ( 431 ) and Chalcedon ( 451 ) respectively.

Buddhist monks and nuns of most traditions are expected to refrain from all sexual activity and take vows of celibacy ; lay people, however, are not expected to refrain from any specific form of sexual activity, and there is no concept of sinfulness attached to sex.

Art historian Richard Poss took a more flexible approach, maintaining that the astronomical rock art of the North American Southwest should be read employing " the hermeneutic traditions of western art history and art criticism " Astronomers, however, raise different questions, seeking to provide their students with identifiable precursors of their discipline, and are especially concerned with the important question of how to confirm that specific sites are, indeed, intentionally astronomical.

Predominantly farmers, the Mossi are still bound by the traditions of the Mogho Naba, who hold court in Ouagadougou.

For a detailed discussion of the differences including a more comprehensive table ( several essential tables are given below ) of Biblical scripture for both Testaments and the intertestamental period with regard to canonical acceptance in Christendom's various major traditions, see Wikipedia's article on " Biblical canon ".

She also argued that the two traditions are not comparable and should not be regarded as such.

Similar traditions are recorded in Sirach.

Both Matthew and Luke record a tradition of Jesus ’ interpretation of the story of Jonah ( notably, Matthew includes two very similar traditions in chapters 12 and 16 ).

To read in this a historical commitment of the West — over the millennia — to democracy, and then to contrast it with non-Western traditions ( treating each as monolithic ) would be a great mistake " ( p. 16 ).

Col. 2: 16 suggests that early Christians had been judged by others in their traditions of eating foods and in observance of particulars of Sabbath and festivals.

Although Article 16 of the 1996 amended constitution, see the above referendum, reaffirms the equality of religions and denominations before the law, it also contains restrictive language that stipulated that cooperation between the state and religious organizations " is regulated with regard for their influence on the formation of spiritual, cultural, and country traditions of the Belarusian people.

Iranian law prohibits the recruitment of those under 16, basing itself on the Koranic traditions about war.

According to Ulrich Luz the beginning of the narrative of Matthew is similar to earlier biblical stories, e. g. the Annunciation of Jesus ' birth ( 1: 18-25 ) is reminiscent of the biblical accounts of the births of Ishmael, Isaac and Samson ( Genesis 16: 11, 17 ; 19 ; Judges 13: 3, 5 ) and it recalls the Haggadic traditions of the birth of Moses.

He quotes material resembling 4 Esdras ( 12. 1 ) and 1 Enoch ( 4. 3 ; 16. 5 ), which did not become part of the Biblical canon except in some traditions ( e. g. 1 Enoch is considered scriptural in the Ethiopian church ).

Speaking about moderation at the British-Irish Council at Stormont on 16 July 2007, Jones said " We in Wales have also seen a coming together of parties with different traditions, on the basis of a shared programme for government, and a shared commitment to improve the lives of all our people in all parts of Wales .."

Jones also represented Wales at the British-Irish Council held in Stormont on 16 July, where he said holding the council in the Stormont Parliament for the first time was " a historic occasion and, " The restoration of devolution was achieved as a result of the coming together, in a spirit of service to all the people of Northern Ireland, of two very distinct political traditions.

Sexuality is not a factor in determination of a qualification of a candidate in full ordination in those traditions that follow traditional Vinaya Buddhism as set forth by the Buddha .— Ven Hong Yang, Bhikshuni 21: 16, 9 September 2012 ( UTC )

Al-Bukhari traveled widely throughout the Abbasid empire from the age of 16, collecting those traditions he thought trustworthy.

The reason was that various Muslim centres, like Kufa and Damascus, had begun to develop their own traditions for reciting the Qur ' an and writing it down with stylistic differences.

Among the critics of Yoruba traditions about Oduduwa is the London-based Yoruba Muslim scholar, Sheikh Dr. Abu-Abdullah Adelabu, a PhD graduate from Damascus whose followers run several publications.

traditions sometimes speak of a " magical Aeon " that may last for far less time, perhaps as little as 2, 000 years.

* Judgement against Samaria ( 1: 2 – 7 ): Drawing upon ancient traditions for depicting a theophany, the prophet depicts the coming of Yahweh to punish the city, whose sins are idolatry and the abuse of the poor.

The 2, 834 sees are grouped into 23 particular rites, the largest being the Latin Rite, each with distinct traditions regarding the liturgy and the administering the sacraments.

Due to a combination of ( 1 ) the traditions of dynastic succession in Aragon, which permitted maternal inheritance with no precedence for female rule ; ( 2 ) the insanity of Charles's mother, Joanna of Castile ; and ( 3 ) the insistence by his remaining grandfather, Maximilian I, that he take up his royal titles, Charles initiated his reign in Castile and Aragon, a union which evolved into Spain, in conjunction with his mother.

2 ), a highly stylized " revenge flick " in the cinematic traditions of Wuxia ( Chinese martial arts ), Jidaigeki ( Japanese period cinema ), Spaghetti Westerns and Italian horror.

The premiere established traditions that have influenced subsequent Russian productions ( and many abroad as well ): 1 ) Cuts made to shorten what is perceived as an overlong work ; 2 ) Declamatory and histrionic singing by the title character, often degenerating in climactic moments into shouting ( initiated by Ivan Melnikov, and later reinforced by Fyodor Shalyapin ); and 3 ) Realistic and historically accurate sets and costumes, employing very little stylization.

In some Anglican traditions ( including the Church of England ) the Christmas season is followed by an Epiphany season, which begins on the Eve of the Epiphany ( on 6 January or the nearest Sunday ) and ends on the Feast of the Presentation ( on 2 February or the nearest Sunday ).

In cable television, there is CuartaVisión channel in the UHF signal cable 3 VTR and the TV signal 2 open Ovalle, transmitting content regional productions and local customs, traditions, sports, art, etc ..

To consolidate his empire and strengthen his hold over the region, Antiochus decided to side with the Hellenized Jews by outlawing Jewish religious rites and traditions kept by observant Jews and by ordering the worship of Zeus as the supreme god ( 2 Maccabees 6: 1 – 12 ).

One can pursue the roots of gospel music through the academic discipline of ethno-musicology ( going back to Europe and Africa ), through a study of the 2, 000-year history of church music, and through a study of rural folk music traditions.

German philosophy, here taken to mean either ( 1 ) philosophy in the German language or ( 2 ) philosophy by Germans, has been extremely diverse, and central to both the analytic and continental traditions in philosophy for centuries, from Leibniz through Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Wittgenstein to contemporary philosophers.

The rites treated in this code, unless otherwise stated, are those that arise from the Alexandrian, Antiochene, Armenian, Chaldean and Constantinopolitan traditions " ( canon 28 ) When speaking of the Eastern Catholic Churches, the 1983 Latin Code of Canon Law uses the terms " ritual Church " or " ritual Church sui iuris " ( canons 111 and 112 ), and also speaks of " a subject of an Eastern rite " ( canon 1015 § 2 ), " Ordinaries of another rite " ( canon 450 § 1 ), " the faithful of a specific rite " ( canon 476 ), etc.

Toyokawa is blessed with a good balance of industry, commerce, agriculture and forestry spread over its 160 km < sup > 2 </ sup > boundary, and is situated in an area rich in history, traditions, and culture.

The album has been described as a Western exploration of Asian musical traditions by Stephen Hill on " The Crane Flies West 2 " ( episode 357 ) of Hearts of Space.

However, Esdras ' authenticity is disputed, and 2 Esdras is considered fully canonical only in some of the Orthodox traditions.

As a result, they speculate, the Deuteronomist author or editor of 2 Kings later reworked the traditions about Manasseh to portray his outward-looking involvement in trade as, effectively, apostasy.

The increased effective geographic mobility brought about by the post World War 2 urbanization of a previously highly agrarian society, combined with the deterioration of religious traditions under Communist rule, has made some aspects of the custom more relaxed.

Issue no. 2 carried an article entitled " Our type of Toryism " which argued that there was a growing consciousness that Britain's heritage and traditions were facing extinction.

Scholars who reconcile Bronze and Iron Age history in the Levant with biblical traditions write the following: Dor was an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, ( Joshua 12: 23 ) whose ruler was an ally of Jabin king of Hazor against Joshua, ( Joshua 11: 1, 2 ).

In order to preserve the heritage of a 2 Cdo Bde unit, as well as that of 1 Cdo Bde ( 45 RM Cdo ), 44 Commando was retitled 40 Commando ( which had been disbanded in UK in October 1945 ) and took on 40 RM Cdo ’ s colours, battle honours and traditions, albeit with 44 RM Cdo ’ s manpower.

The most fundamental cross-rhythm in Ewe music, and Sub-Saharan African music traditions in general, is three-against-two ( 3: 2 ), or six-against-four ( 6: 4 ), also known as a vertical hemiola.

It is thus a term that spans approximately 2, 000 years, during which the Roman armed forces underwent numerous permutations in composition, organization, equipment and tactics, while conserving a core of lasting traditions.