BEYOND THE DEAD SEA: THE ESSENES AND THE QUMRAN COMMUNITYTo paraphrase the Bobby Darin pop hit, “Somewhere, beyond the Dead Sea, there’s a religion waiting for me.” There was a serious lack of documentation on Judaism practices prior to the birth of Christ, which made understanding the reasons behind the emergence of Christianity even more …
The man with the heavy leg is a story about a man who has fallen over at the Luxumberg gardens. Even thought people see him lying there no one offers to help him in any sensible way. The man is a sick war veteran whose last bit of medicine is about to run out. the …
Perspective in Mantegna’s The Lamentation over the Dead Christ Around the second half of the 16th century, the painter and engraver Andrea Mantegna emerged as one of the most brilliant talents of the Italian Renaissance. Great admirer of the Roman fine arts, the artist developed a pictorial style characterized by monumentality, stern heroism and …
Difference between Day of the Dead and Halloween Halloween and Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos have many differences other than just cultural differences. Many people believe that these two holidays are the same things but in all reality they have more differences that similarities. Halloween is when ghosts are able to …
Alienation of the Characters in Joyce’s The Dead and Hemingway’s The End of Something James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway are two writers who opted to write stories of human nature and human life with distinct sincerity and clarity with respect to their created characters’ thoughts, emotions, actions, and relationship to other characters. In Joyce’s …
