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"Quel est le point de rencontre improbable, locus communis rassemblant mnémotechniquement Théocrite, Callimaque, Apollonius de Rhodes, Ovide, L.-E Céline et J.-P. Sartre ? Qu'arriva-t-il au gracieux poète de l'Art d'aimer pour qu'il entreprenne à cinquante ans d'évoquer en 388 vers plus de 230 tortionnaires ou suppliciés par plus de cent genres de supplices différents, en usant dans deux cas sur trois de définitions par énigmes ? Comment put-il y parvenir ? Les antiques furent-ils oulipiens ? Leur mémoire survitaminée ? Olivier Sers répond à toutes ces questions et à bien d'autres dans son introduction à sa traduction du Contre Ibis. Établie vers pour vers (alexandrin, décasyllabe), celle-ci dévoile à droite du texte, en italiques, les noms exprimés par énigmes. Lui font suite le texte du calligramme de Théocrite La Syrinx, dont les liens avec l'Ibis sont pour la première fois mis en lumière, un bilan des supplices, et un copieux index des noms propres, l'ensemble fournissant toutes informations utiles sur les anecdotes évoquées, leur contexte, les techniques de codage employées par le poète, et les mobiles de sa reconversion inattendue dans l'oulipisme."

Blessing and cursing

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Ancient Egyptian leaders sought to preserve the status quo by using not only their military might, but also enlisting magical rituals to help control any perceived threats to their way of life. Biblical leaders also sought to control their respective peoples by means of divine authority, brute force, and/or ritual actions. Examples of ritual actions by Moses and Jeremiah mimic those used by the ancient Egyptians in order to preserve or restore order to their given societies.

Blessing and cursing

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Architectural photography. --- Hedrich-Blessing (Firm).

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Although the demographics of World Christianity demonstrate a population shift to the Global South, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, the preponderance of biblical scholarship continues to be dominated by Western scholars in pursuit of their contextual questions that are influenced by an Enlightenment-oriented worldview. Unfortunately, nascent methodologies used to bridge this chasm often continue to marginalize indigenous voices. In contradistinction, Beth E. Elness-Hanson’s research challenges biblical scholars to engage stronger methods for dialogue with global voices, as well as encourages Majority World scholars to share their perspectives with the West. Elness-Hanson’s fundamental question is: How do we more fully understand the “generational curses” in the Pentateuch? The phrase, “visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation,” appears four times in the Pentateuch: Exod 20:4–6; Exod 34:6–7; Num 14:18; and Deut 5:8–10. While generational curses remain prevalent within the Maasai worldview in East Africa, an Enlightenment-influenced worldview diminishes curses as a phenomenon. However, fuller understandings develop as we listen and learn from each other. This research develops a theoretical framework from Hans-Georg Gadamer’s “fusion of horizons” and applies it through Ellen Herda’s anthropological protocol of “participatory inquiry.” The resulting dialogue with Maasai theologians in Tanzania, builds bridges of understanding across cultures. Elness-Hanson’s intercultural analysis of American and Maasai interpretations of the Pentateuchal texts on the generational curses demonstrates that intercultural dialogues increase understandings, which otherwise are limited by one worldview.

Blessing and cursing --- Maasai (African people)