John Barton Knihy

Kniha zkoumá „dějiny Bible“, zahrnující její vznik, utváření a vliv v židovské a křesťanské tradici. S detailní přesností a širokým záběrem ilustruje místo Bible v evropské kultuře od starověku po současnost. Autor zasazuje starozákonní a novozákonní texty do historických kontextů a náboženských tradic jednotlivých epoch, přičemž ukazuje, jak biblické texty ovlivnily své nositele a jak byly zároveň utvářeny a nově interpretovány. Publikace získala v roce 2019 na britském knižním trhu prestižní ocenění. Autor, britský teolog a biblista z Oxfordu, mistrovsky zpracovává rozmanitou a komplexní látku. Čtenářům poskytuje vhled do moderního bádání o Bibli a učí je kritickému uvažování o literárních a historických souvislostech biblických textů, včetně jejich užívání a interpretací. Tato kniha nejen informuje, ale také odborně vzdělává a kultivuje. Je cenným titulem pro křesťanské čtenáře i pro sekularizované zájemce o hlubší porozumění biblické problematice, představující kompendium dlouhodobé hodnoty.

Starý zákon má kořeny v kultuře, která je nám už hodně vzdálená, občas si sám odporuje a někdy užívá myšlenkové kategorie, které současné uvažování o etice nezná. Nakolik může starozákonní etika (a třeba „Desatero“) pomoci při řešení dnešních problémů? Možná víc, nežby se zdálo…

Exploring the journey of the male body through a diverse range of landscapes, this collection of poetry delves into themes of homoerotic love amidst a contemporary world marked by instability and shifting tolerance. With vivid imagery that spans from Belfast to Vancouver Island, John Barton employs various poetic forms to illuminate the contrasts between intimacy and solitude. The work captures the complexities of romantic relationships and the emotional landscape of modern life, making it a poignant reflection on love and identity.

The book offers an impressionistic portrayal of Emily Carr, capturing her spirit, strength, and enduring legacy as an artist. Through its literary style, it delves into her character and the essence of her work, providing a nuanced understanding of her contributions to art and culture.

Playing Shakespeare is the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world’s greatest playwright.Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors–among them Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet–John Barton demonstrates how to adapt Elizabethan theater for the modern stage. The director begins by explicating Shakespeare’s verse and prose, speeches and soliloquies, and naturalistic and heightened language to discover the essence of his characters. In the second section, Barton and the actors explore nuance in Shakespearean theater, from evoking irony and ambiguity and striking the delicate balance of passion and profound intellectual thought, to finding new approaches to playing Shakespeare’s most controversial creation, Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice . A practical and essential guide, Playing Shakespeare will stand for years as the authoritative favorite among actors, scholars, teachers, and students.

This volume is an illustrated guide to reading the Old Testament, including introductory chapters on its historical and geographical context, an examination of major theological themes and background information on social life and institutions, methods of study and interpretation.

This book considers ethical thinking in ancient Israel in the period from the 8th to the 2nd century BC. číst celé

In this informative lecture, Barton discusses the distribution of plants across the globe, including their relationship to climate and geological features. Drawing upon his extensive research, he unveils fascinating insights into the rich diversity of vegetation around the world. Botanists, geographers, and naturalists alike will find this lecture both engaging and enlightening.

Low-carbon electricity systems require energy storage on all time scales to accommodate the variations in solar and wind power. The research described in this book builds on recent research into nickel-iron battery-electrolysers or “battolysers” as both short-term and long-term energy storage. For short-term cycling as a battery, the internal resistances and time constants have been measured, including the component values of resistors and capacitors in equivalent circuits. The dependence of these values on state-of-charge and temperature have also been measured. The results confirm that a nickel-iron cell can hold 25% more than its nominal charge. However, this increased capacity disappears at temperatures of 60°C and may be dissipated quickly by self-discharge. When operating as an electrolyser for long-term energy storage, the experiments have established the importance of a separation gap between each electrode and the membrane for gas evolution and established the optimum size of this gap as approximately 1.25 mm. The nickel-iron cell has acceptable performance as an electrolyser for Power-to-X energy conversion but its large internal resistance limits voltage efficiency to 75% at a 5 hour charge and discharge rate, with or without a bubble separation membrane.