It concludes a series of historical books running from Joshua through Judges and Samuel, the overall purpose which is to provide a theological explanation for the destruction of the Jewish kingdom by Babylon in 586 BCE and a foundation for a return from exile.

) The main purpose of the acquisition was to use NeXTSTEP as a foundation to replace the dated Mac OS instead of BeOS or the in-development Copland.

Harvard, Georgetown University, Boston University, Yale, and Princeton all had the theological training of clergy as a primary purpose at their foundation.

We repeat, then, in the light of this recapitulation of events, almost too recent to be called history, but which are familiar to us all, and on the most casual examination of the language of these amendments, no one can fail to be impressed with the one pervading purpose found in them all, lying at the foundation of each, and without which none of them would have been even suggested ; we mean the freedom of the slave race, the security and firm establishment of that freedom, and the protection of the newly made freeman and citizen from the oppressions of those who had formerly exercised unlimited dominion over him.

As a form of yoga and meditation and a foundation for spirituality — practiced properly, kundalini yoga's purpose is to raise the creative potential of a human being to develop universal values, speak truth, and share the compassion and consciousness needed to serve and heal others.

The charitable foundation was reported by the business newspaper The Economist in May 2006 to be technically the world's wealthiest charity – with an estimated value of at least US $ 36 billion in 2006 ( larger than the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ) – but its primary purpose is corporate tax-optimization and anti-takeover protection for IKEA.

The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of " God's Gift ".

Rather, it permeates every section of the work as the purpose and foundation of the entire Torah.

The purpose of the company defined by the Law is to own all the shares issued by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation ( NTT East ) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation ( NTT West ) and to ensure proper and stable provision of telecommunications services all over Japan including remote rural areas by these companies as well as to conduct research relating to the telecommunications technologies that will form the foundation for telecommunications.

The purpose of Capital: Critique of Political Economy ( 1867 ) was a scientific foundation for the politics of the modern labour movement ; the analyses were meant " to bring a science, by criticism, to the point where it can be dialectically represented " and so " reveal the law of motion of modern society " to describe how the capitalist mode of production was the precursor of the socialist mode of production.

NED is structured to act as a grant-making foundation, distributing funds to private non-governmental organizations for the purpose of promoting democracy abroad.

Opening on a limited basis to the public in 1985 the purpose of the museum and foundation was and remains to preserve and display Noguchi's sculptures, architectural models, stage designs, drawings, and furniture designs.

During their time in Edinburgh, the foundation stone was laid and the building remains one of the few on the Royal Mile which today serves the same purpose for which it was built.

The foundation states that its purpose is to renew the democratic process through cooperative acts of citizenship, especially as they apply to governance and the environment.

Once preparations have been made, the bishop — or a priest delegated by him for that purpose — will bless holy water and with it sprinkle first the cross that was erected and then the foundation stone itself.

According to the George C. Marshall Institute, the UCS was the fourth-largest recipient of foundation grants for climate studies in the period 2000 – 2002, a fourth of its $ 24M grant income being for that purpose.

Processing is an open source programming language and integrated development environment ( IDE ) built for the electronic arts and visual design communities with the purpose of teaching the fundamentals of computer programming in a visual context, and to serve as the foundation for electronic sketchbooks.

( 1 ) The purpose of the non-autonomous foundation is to ensure in the spirit of reconciliation the remembrance of flight and expulsion in the 20th century in the historical context of the Second World War and the Nazi expansion and extermination policy and their aftermaths.

When the Marxist critique of capitalism was stirred into the aesthetic stew, Schopenhauer's essentially ascetic view of the purpose of art laid the foundation for the opposition of kitsch versus the avant-garde which is found in critics such as Clement Greenberg.

Their purpose is to raise money for a foundation who give scholarships to dysfunctional, handicapped or otherwise needy children.

When the program was founded in 2003, its purpose was to provide those officers who had been newly designated into Functional Area 59 ( Strategist, formerly Strategic Plans & Policy ) an introduction to strategy and to the unique skills, knowledge, and attributes needed as a foundation for their progressive development as army strategists.

Guénon explained that his purpose was not to describe all aspects of Hinduism, but to give the necessary intellectual foundation for a proper understanding of its spirit.

A foundation can be created with any legal purpose and may have economic activity if this is specified in its Bylaws and the business supports the foundation's purpose.

Too many people think that the primary purpose of a higher education is to help you make a living ; ;

Obviously, such a Northern tourist's purpose is somewhat akin to a child's experience with Disneyland: he wants to see a world of make-believe.

The steady purpose of our society is to assure justice, before God, for every individual.

Steele's purpose is to present a general defense of his political writing and a resume of the themes which had occupied him in the Englishman ; ;

For this purpose a degree of intellectual and emotional involvement is necessary ; ;

How literature does this, or for whom, is certainly not clear, but the content, form, and language of the `` message '', as well as the source, would all play differentiated parts in giving and molding a sense of purpose.

One might argue that the ultimate purpose of literary scholarship is to correct this spontaneous provincialism that is likely to obscure the horizons of the general public, of the newspaper critic, and of the creative artist himself.

One of them is that it gives meaning and purpose to life.

As to our action, let us align ourselves with the purpose expressed by Jesus in the Lord's Prayer: `` Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven ''.

The Chicago contingent of modern critics follow Aristotle so far in this direction that it is hard to see how they can compare one poem with another for the purpose of evaluation.

The whole purpose of Man's Hope is to portray the tragic dialectic between means and ends inherent in all organized political violence -- and even when such violence is a necessary and legitimate self-defense of liberty, justice and human dignity.

The NCTA is well advised to seek funds for this purpose from the present session of Congress.

It is not in business for the purpose of absorbing increased municipal costs no matter how high a purpose that may be ''.

The amount which may be borrowed from the SBA depends on how much is required to carry out the intended purpose of the loan.

The collection of information is meaningless unless it is understood and used for a definite purpose.

It is the purpose of Armed Forces Day to give Americans an opportunity to honor men of the Armed Forces, those who have made the supreme sacrifice, those who remain to preserve our security.

The Secretary of the Interior or any duly authorized representative shall be entitled to admission to, and to require reports from the operator of, any metal or nonmetallic mine which is in a State ( excluding any coal or lignite mine ), the products of which regularly enter commerce or the operations of which substantially affect commerce, for the purpose of gathering data and information necessary for the study authorized in the first section of this Act.

The purpose of the adjusted Federal share relating to the base allotment and of the transition provisions for reaching the unadjusted Federal share is to prevent dislocations from abrupt changes in matching rates.

This facility is needed for the purpose of securing funds to finance agricultural market development activities of the Government of the United States in other countries.

the purpose of producing plays at the College is three-fold: to provide the Carleton students with the best possible opportunity for theater-going within the limits set by the maturity and experience of the performers and the theatrical facilities available ; ;

The purpose of the Club is to promote better athletic teams at Carleton and to increase interest in them among the student body.