Word: roman
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...Feber du Fauer, who is an authority on Hoffmannsthal and has directed the play several times in Europe, is director and chief actor, playing Jedermann with an exuberant gusto that fits the part perfectly. From among the students, Roman as "Tod," and Reynolds as the "Teufel" turn in outstanding performances. The cast comprises professionals and amateurs of all ages and both sexes, and every part down to the lowliest "Hausknecht" is surprisingly well played. Admission is free, and there are still some tickets for the Saturday night performance to be had at the Museum office...
...advanced history have been changed as follows: In 1906, 1907 and 1908 papers will be set in English and American history separately. Candidates may obtain credit for advanced history (two points) by passing any one of these three examinations, if they take, or have taken, elementary Greek and Roman history. The paper in English and American history will be withdrawn after...
...Harvard advanced history examination, (2) English history or (3) American history (2 points), (these are open to those candidates only who have offered Greek and Roman history as an elementary study), the following Board examinations in history--(c) English; (d) American. (In both these certified notebooks as prescribed in Harvard requirements must be submitted...
...will they take away from this unusual dovetailing of Christ narratives? It's always dangerous to predict religious behavior, but it seems likely that before traveling into the uplifting realms of Easter Sunday, they will spend a little more time in the dire valley of Good Friday. When the Roman Catholics among them hear the priest recite the verse from Isaiah--"He was wounded for our transgressions ... by his stripes we are healed"--they may remember that it was with those words that Gibson commenced his reimagining of the scourging of Jesus. When many Lutherans engage in the meditative adoration...
...book Hebrews, for instance, directly appropriates the Jewish sacrificial metaphor, except this time, Jesus is both priest and sacrifice, spilling, "not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption." The Gospel of Mark favors Roman legal language for the freeing of slaves: "the Son of Man came ... to give his life as a ransom for many." The First Epistle of Peter, meanwhile, takes a radically different tack, posing Jesus' trials as occasion for imitation: "because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." And Paul...