A quiet but sturdy theme, somewhat folklike in character, appears whenever the old monk speaks of the history he is recording or of his own past life:

This theme was greater strengthened by Christie ’ s time spent in the Middle East where she was consistently surrounded by the religious temples and spiritual history of the towns and cities they were excavating in Mallowan ’ s archaeological work.

Bede also followed Eusebius in taking the Acts of the Apostles as the model for the overall work: where Eusebius used the Acts as the theme for his description of the development of the church, Bede made it the model for his history of the Anglo-Saxon church.

The overarching theological theme of the Deuteronomistic history is faithfulness ( and its obverse, faithlessness ) and God's mercy ( and its obverse, his anger ).

The history of God's rule through the David line connects the book's theme in to the Bible's main theme of redemptive history.

In the Imperial propaganda from the period, recent history is perverted and minimized in the service of the theme of the Tetrarchs as " restorers ".

In composing the Patriarchal history the Yahwist drew on four separate blocks of traditional stories about Abraham, Jacob, Judah and Joseph, combining them with genealogies, itineraries and the " promise " theme to create a unified whole.

The problem lies in finding a way to unite the patriarchal theme of divine promise to the primeval history, with its theme of God's continuing mercy in the face of man's sinful nature.

Id Software made its mark in video game history with the shareware release of Doom, and eventually revisited the theme of this game in 2004 with their release of Doom 3.

A defining theme of Moroccan history and foreign policy is the bitter struggle over Western Sahara.

* House of the History of Nijmegen information centre about the history of Nijmegen ; free entrance ; expositions about a theme of the town's history ; touch screen which leads you to the 50 highlights of the towns ' history: ' Canon of Nijmegen '; reading table.

His mother often took him to museums and Egyptian history later became a major theme in many of his books.

Panamanian history which has been shaped by the recurrent theme of transisthmian commerce, looked now at the possibility of a canal to replace the difficult overland route.

The centre has a number of retail outlets and cafés with a Cumbrian theme, as well as the largest turf roof in Europe and a giant cinema screen among whose films is one about the history of Rheged.

It was also the first theme song in Star Trek history not originally written for the show it was used ; it was originally the theme song to the movie Patch Adams ( where it was sung by Rod Stewart and originally entitled " Faith of the Heart ").

The theme of the passing of the West into history and the destruction of the Western way of life by modern industrialism has also been explored by many post-Peckinpah Westerns.

A recurring theme in his writings is the history and development of evolutionary, and pre-evolutionary, thought.

The streets of celestial objects such as Ganymede resemble any modern port city, while Mars is replete with shopping malls, theme parks, casinos and cities.

As a result, his contrapuntal and other works were very short ; the " new, modern " Fugues do not extend further than the exposition of the theme ( s ).

The story also revisits Pinafores theme of unqualified people in positions of authority, in the person of the " modern Major-General " who has up-to-date knowledge about everything except the military.

This main theme has drawn a larger audience of women movie-goers to the theaters in modern times than ever historically recorded .< ref name = Spines > Movie makers also go as far as to integrate women relatable topics such as pregnancy, motherhood, lesbian relationships, and babysitting jobs into their films in order to gain even more female oriented audiences.

There is no proof that Herodotus derived the ambitious scope of his own work, with its grand theme of civilizations in conflict, from any predecessor, despite much scholarly speculation about this in modern times.

The punishment of Prometheus as a consequence of the theft is a major theme of his mythology, and is a popular subject of both ancient and modern art.

The process continues into modern times ; for example, Pytheas is a key theme in Charles Olson's Maximus Poems.

Semi-spoken music has long been especially popular in British entertainment, and such examples as David Croft's theme to the 1970s ' sitcom Are You Being Served ?, the 1979 song Mickey as performed by Toni Basil in 1982, and the 1984 title song, " One Night in Bangkok " for the musical Chess have elements indistinguishable from modern rap.

Most modern FDCs bear designs, called " cachets ", related to the theme of the stamp issued.

In most modern usages of spectrum there is a unifying theme between extremes at either end.

Some older usages of the word did not have a unifying theme, but they led to modern ones through a sequence of events set out below.

Telepathy is a common theme in modern fiction and science fiction, with many superheroes and supervillains having telepathic abilities.

This idea of a superficial contrast between characters ' individual linguistic style, tone and sphere of interest, leading to an understanding of the deeper unity between the ancient and modern, is a recurring theme in The Hobbit.

Regarding Gilliam's theme of modernity's struggle between spirituality and rationality whereas the individual may become dominated by a tyrannical, soulless machinery of disenchanted society, film critic Keith James Hamel observed a specific affinity of Gilliam's movies with the writings of economic historian Arnold Toynbee and sociologist Max Weber, specifically the latter's concept of the Iron cage of modern rationality.

" The majority of the titles followed a fantasy theme, although science fiction, post-apocalyptic, super-hero, and modern horror also featured.

Each of the resulting objects would be created from the same implementation and would share a common theme ( they would all be fancy or modern objects ).

Popular modern computer games with an " Arabian Nights " theme include Nadirim, a game placed in a fantasy world inspired by the tales of the 1001 Nights.

Though referred to as " the first modern vampire novel ", it is as a novel of social theme that I Am Legend made a lasting impression on the cinematic zombie genre, by way of director George A. Romero, who acknowledged its influence and that of its 1964 adaptation, The Last Man on Earth, upon his seminal film Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 ).

Many artists in Egypt have taken on modern media such as digital art and this has been the theme of many exhibitions in Cairo in recent times.

* The 2012 CBC TV drama series Arctic Air features a theme song written by Tim McCauley and performed by Tanya Tagaq incorporating elements of traditional Inuit throat singing over a modern dance beat.

* Regional rivalry is a theme commonly found among modern scholars.

In 1990, Bichel re-orchestrated his 1970s theme with more modern instruments with new think cues ( with the classic intro / think cue re-orchestrated ).

On the other hand, a contemporary source says that one general Leo of the Armeniakon theme was punished for his humiliating defeat by the Arabs during which he also lost the salaries of his thematic units ( a modern scholar suggests that this Leo is not the same with the emperor ).

Alex Tremulis, who was Chief Stylist at Auburn-Cord-Deusenberg in the mid to late 1930s and famous for his work on the 1948 Tucker Sedan, was head of Ford's Advanced Styling Studio during this period, and it was his Ford La Tosca concept car, with its oval overlaid with an " X " theme, that gave birth to the " slant eyed monster " nickname to the 1958 Continental front end.

Another well-known program was " Continental Varieties " which played every weekday afternoon at 3 PM with distinctive theme music by the English light music composer Eric Coates.

The theme of " Maiden Tribute " was child prostitution, the abduction, procurement and sale of young English virgins to Continental " pleasure palaces ".