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an intriguing glimpse into a kind of Christianity lost for almost fifteen hundred years ... presents a radical interpretation of Jesus ' teachings as a path to inner spiritual knowledge ; it rejects His suffering and death as the path to eternal life ; it exposes the erroneous view that Mary of Magdala was a prostitute for what it is — a piece of theological fiction ; it presents the most straightforward and convincing argument in any early Christian writing for the legitimacy of women's leadership ; it offers a sharp critique of illegitimate power and a utopian vision of spiritual perfection ; it challenges our rather romantic views about the harmony and unanimity of the first Christians ; and it asks us to rethink the basis for church authority.
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One of the most intriguing questions is whether the recent departures of the Federal Reserve authorities from confining their open market operations to Treasury bills will spread into longer-term Government securities in the next few months.
For Us, the Living was intriguing as a window into the development of Heinlein's radical ideas about man as a social animal, including his interest in free love.
In the end, White fell into a Dublin controversy over the confessions of an intriguing priest, which threatened the authority of the Queen's deputised government in Ireland ; out of caution Cecil withdrew his longstanding protection, and the judge was imprisoned in London and died soon after.
Critic Billy Stevenson described the film as Moore's " most astonishing ", arguing that it represents an effort to conflate film-making and labor, and that " it's this fusion of film-making and work that allows Moore to fully convey the desecration of Flint without ever transforming it into a sublime or melancholy poverty-spectacle, thereby distancing himself from the retouristing of the town-as-simulacrum that occupies the last and most intriguing part of the film.
The Defence Minister, General Kurt von Schleicher, was intriguing to bring the Nazis into the government, and the Chancellor, Franz von Papen, was planning to overthrow the Social Democrat government of Prussia, Germany's largest state.
Atiśa was allegedly born into royalty, and it would be intriguing to know whether his royal status stemmed from one of these two contemporaneous contending powers.
Her early years were clouded by the execution of Henri of Montmorency, her mother's only brother, for intriguing against Richelieu in 1632, and that of her mother's cousin the Count François de Montmorency-Boutteville for duelling in 1635 ; but her parents made their peace with Richelieu, and being introduced into society in 1635 she soon became one of the stars of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, at that time the center of all that was learned, witty, and gay in France.
The transformation of Mr. Khodorkovsky from a ruthless oligarch, operating in a virtually lawless climate, into a political prisoner and freedom fighter is one of the more intriguing tales in post-communist Russia.
Atmospheric cinematography and an intriguing script turn this into a fine example of film noir with an immensely entertaining cast.
The other sediments eroded away, while the more resistant oolite weathered into hummocks, small arches and other intriguing natural " sculptures.
While it's not a perfect movie – Cube's character disappears for a 30-minute stretch and Singleton's approach often veers into heavy-handedness – it is nevertheless an intriguing look at the differences between races and how such differences can clash.
" Noted online critic James Berardinelli also gave the film a four star review, praising Branagh's direction and all levels of the production from the screenplay by Scott Frank to Patrick Doyle's score, stating, "... Branagh has combined all of these cinematic elements into an achievement that rivals Hitchcock's best work and stands out as one of the most intriguing and memorable thrillers of the 1990s.
Also brought up by Ballantyne is the intriguing possibility of being copied and inserted into a simulation.
Despite intriguing gameplay and impressive graphics, the high learning curve and somewhat experimental gameplay translated into poor sales.
" Danny Peary described Stop Making Sense as " Riveting ... What takes place on stage will make even the most skeptical into Talking Heads converts ... performances are invariably exciting, Byrne's lyrics are intriguing.
Reviewers found the evolution of the Vortigaunts into allies for Half-Life 2 intriguing and that the aliens were fun for a player to fight alongside in Episode Two, but felt their story elements in Episode One disappointing.
He quickly notices one-Mod's weapons have made an intriguing hole in the backdrop, which leads into the illusion's internal works.
It is intriguing to note how the Hittite practise of assimilating other cultures ' gods into their own pantheon is in evidence at Yazilikaya.
Pattern formation and self-organization in microbial systems is an intriguing phenomenon and reflects social behaviors of bacteria that might provide insights into the evolutionary development of the collective action of cells in higher organisms.
Brian Lowry of Variety said, " As muddled in most respects as its title, Rumor Has It ... begins with an intriguing premise ... but it devolves into a bland romance spiced with too little comedy ...
Having added a new (" thought-driven ") dimension to a historical novel genre and turning it into a modern, intriguing art form, Merezhkovsky influenced some prominent masters of Russian and European experimental novel: Andrey Bely, Aleksey Remizov, Thomas Mann, James Joyce.
The mathematics is real mathematics, woven into an historical sequence as a series of intriguing problems, bringing their own stories with them.
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An intriguing and fundamental question is what kind of game has a nonempty core.
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Researching blues and guitar music brings famed Robert Johnson's mythically creative acclaim to his attention ; especially intriguing are the legends surrounding exactly how Johnson became so talented-most notably the one claiming he " sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads " ( a concept taken from Faust ), as well as a famed " missing song " that was lost, supposedly evermore, to the world.
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The most intriguing aspect of the S & W Magnum chambered for the new Jet is that it can also fire standard
The book is as intriguing for the themes it leaves out as for what it includes: the ark of the covenant, which is given so much importance in the stories of Moses and Joshua, is almost entirely missing, cooperation between the various tribes is limited, and there is no mention of a central shrine for worship or of a high priest ( the office to which Aaron was appointed at the end of the Exodus story ).
H. floresiensis is intriguing both for its size and its age, being an example of a recent species of the genus Homo that exhibits derived traits not shared with modern humans.
Kurt Schwenk, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Connecticut, finds the discovery of these glands intriguing, but considers most of the evidence for venom in the study to be " meaningless, irrelevant, incorrect or falsely misleading ".
In terms of its long lasting impact on the video game industry, perhaps the most intriguing aspect is Wyn Holloway's claim that Lucasfilm had their frequent partner Sony lined up to manufacture their version of the system, this being contemporaneous with Sony's development of the SNES-CD for Nintendo, which ultimately led to the first PlayStation.
His notes and drawings display an enormous range of interests and preoccupations, some as mundane as lists of groceries and people who owed him money and some as intriguing as designs for wings and shoes for walking on water.
The similarity of some aspects of the game to agricultural activity and the absence of a need for specialized equipment present the intriguing possibility that it could date to the beginnings of civilization itself ; however, there is little verifiable evidence that the game is older than about 1300 years.
The most intriguing charge was that Boesky paid Drexel $ 5. 3 million in 1986 for Milken's share of profits from illegal trading.
( The video for the song drew intriguing parallels between the deaths of Jesus Christ and John F.
These coffee-house clubs soon became hotbeds of political scandal-mongering and intriguing, and in 1675 King Charles II issued a proclamation which ran: “ His Majesty hath thought fit and necessary that coffee houses be ( for the future ) put down and suppressed ,” because “ in such houses divers false, malitious and scandalous reports are devised and spread abroad to the Defamation of his Majesty ’ s Government and to the Disturbance of Peace and Quiet of the Realm .” So unpopular was this proclamation that it was almost instantly found necessary to withdraw it, and by Anne ’ s reign the coffee-house club was a feature of England ’ s social life.
Joan Lindsay, Lady Lindsay ( 16 November 189623 December 1984 ) was an Australian author, best known for her " ambiguous and intriguing " novel Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Charles made no secret of his role in the murder, and within a few days was intriguing with the English for military support against his father-in-law King John II, whose favourite the Constable had been.
In cosmology, the zero-point energy offers an intriguing possibility for explaining the speculative positive values of the proposed cosmological constant.
It was reviewed in various newspapers nationwide as |.... something new under the sun ", "... a book more fascinating than the dictionary ", "... a very valuable tool for the reference library ", "... patient plugging away at dry statistics ", "... a happy inspiration that set Joseph Nathan Kane at the task of producing so intriguing a volume.
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Captain Janeway gives holo-technology to the hunter-race the Hirogen after they take over Voyager for an extended period of time ( Episodes: " The Killing Game " parts 1 and 2 ) and use the ship's holodecks ( safety protocols off ) to hunt down the members of the Voyager crew in ( what they consider ) intriguing holographic environments.
A more intriguing speculation was that the government was paying Hyams " a heavy but secret subsidy to keep it empty " for its own purposes.
Military historian John A. Lynn argues that prospect theory provides an intriguing if not completely verifiable framework of analysis for understanding Louis XIV's foreign policy nearer to the end of his reign ( Lynn, pp. 43 – 44 ).
An intriguing figure for most of her long life, Frooks was active in public affairs and in the military.
Lord Goring had long been intriguing for an independent command, and he now secured from the king what was practically supreme authority in the west.
is an intriguing trailer for his later Great Gatsby.
The basic concept for the game is intriguing: aliens capture the player from Earth, and suddenly the player is in front of a gate with a slot-machine-like row of rotating numbers of statistics.
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