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...chariot of the title is that same vehicle Ezekiel saw, way up in the middle of the air. Or does it signify the hidden Zaddikim of Hebraic tradition, the 36 secret saints who are born in every generation and are known to metaphysicians as the Chariot of God? Or does it simply mean the Shekinah, the presence of the Lord in every man alive...
...style that contains Byzantine, Arabic, Hebraic and Moorish influences, flamenco reaches so far back into the gypsy's dim and restless history that no one can tell whence it came. Entirely improvised, its techniques have been handed down through countless generations by the Andalusian gypsies of southern Spain. The themes are basic as life: love, loneliness, birth, death. The music is so rhythmically complex that it is too sophisticated for all but the best of modern guitarists. The lyrics evoke the same ingenuous moods as the music: "I love you so much that I would like to carry...
...Niebuhr, "we can find no conclusion within it but only the perplexing development of both good and evil possibilities. History most surely points beyond itself for the completion of its meanings and these completions can only be apprehended by faith rather than by reason. This is why the Biblical-Hebraic faith must remain the bearer of the religious content of our culture. The faith of the Bible seeks to penetrate the mysteries and meanings of life above and beyond the rational intelligibilities. It is not for this reason 'otherworldly.' Rather it has a firm grasp upon the meanings...
...Cave II, are never sure that Kando the shoemaker will not walk in, carrying some new revelation in a cigarette box. In the meantime, the scrolls have opened a wide new door to the study of Christianity. For the people of Qumran and the early Christians shared the same Hebraic theological tradition as well as the same language - in an era for which Aramaic and Hebrew sources hardly exist...
...Bridge "tries to show the unity of God's design as it leads from the Law to the Gospel-the unbroken economy of salvation." The first volume has provocative articles by 18 highly diverse writers, e.g., Renaissance Scholar and Jazz Critic Barry Ulanov, Jesuit Philosopher William L. Rossner. Hebraic Scholar Mother Marie Thaddea de Sion, and covers the range of Judaeo-Christian interests from Abraham to Simone Weil. The Bridge offers many paths to better understanding of both the Jewish and Christian heritage. Items...