Notes and Queries Quick reference
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (4 ed.)
... and Queries An ongoing periodical founded in 1849 by William Thoms , originally subtitled ‘a medium of inter‐communication for literary men, artists, antiquaries, genealogists, etc.’ It was conceived as part academic journal, part correspondence column, where scholars could seek or exchange information. Its motto was (until 1923 ) Captain Cuttle's ‘When found, make a note of’ ( see Dombey and Son...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
... and Queries . A periodical first published weekly in 1849 , and now published quarterly by Oxford University Press. It contains much valuable information on all subjects, mostly supplied by readers in reply to other readers' queries. The main subjects are literary and historical, but much genealogy and local history are included. There are cumulative indexes, but not for the more recent volumes. It is available in most of the large public...
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The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
... and Queries A periodical first published weekly in 1849 , and now published quarterly by Oxford University Press. It contains much valuable information on all subjects, mostly supplied by readers in reply to other readers’ queries. The main subjects are literary and historical, but much genealogy and local history are included. There are cumulative indexes, but not for the more recent volumes. It is available in most of the large public libraries. The volumes for 1849–69 are available online. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej Internet Library of Early...
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Susan Brock
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (2 ed.)
... and Queries was founded in 1849 by William J. Thoms with the epigraph ‘when found, make a note of (Captain Cuttle)’ as ‘a medium for intercommunication for literary men, artists, antiquaries and genealogists, etc.’ Now addressed to ‘readers and writers, collectors and librarians’, it publishes brief factual articles, requests for information, and reviews, of which a substantial percentage have always concerned Shakespeare. Susan...
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The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.)
... and Queries A periodical founded in 1849 by William Thoms , originally subtitled ‘a medium of inter‐communication for literary men, artists, antiquaries, genealogists, etc.’ It was conceived as part academic journal, part correspondence column, where scholars could seek or exchange information. Still thriving, it is now largely literary in subject, and has moved closer to the conventional format of a scholarly journal, publishing longer contributions. Its motto was (until 1923 ) Captain Cuttle's ‘When found, make a note of’ ( see Dombey and Son...
Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2 ed.)
...and Australian Notes & Queries , the journal of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia, began publication in 1947 and was edited by Walter Stone until his death in 1981 . Originally titled Biblionews , it was distributed as a monthly newsletter to members until March 1964 . A second, more substantial but irregular series, titled Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , ran 1966–72 ; a third series began quarterly publication in 1976 . The periodical, which includes much useful miscellaneous bibliographical and biographical material,...
Notes and Queries on Anthropology Quick reference
A Dictionary of Cultural Anthropology
...Notes and Queries on Anthropology British research questionnaire for use by travellers, missionaries, and other non-anthropologists to aid in the collection of empirical data about the customs , beliefs , behaviours, and material culture of non-Western societies for scientific analysis by ‘armchair’ anthropologists. A joint publication of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, the Notes and Queries went through six editions between 1874 and 1951 . A primary...
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Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries
Welsh Local and Family History Quick reference
D. Huw Owen
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...Jones , 1990 ), and he depended on the Welsh poet and herald Siôn Tudur for genealogical information. Also, Wynn was influenced by Philemon Holland's English translation of Britannia in 1610 . Camden's work also motivated Edward Lhuyd , of Llanforda, Oswestry. He contributed sections on Wales to Edmund Gibson 's new translation and edition, printed in 1695 . In 1697 he distributed 4 000 copies of his Parochial Queries , containing questions on antiquities, place‐names, customs, and natural history, and he toured Wales systematically in the following...
Place-Names Quick reference
Margaret Gelling
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...does so uncritically and without noting discrepancies between these and etymologies given in earlier Mills dictionaries of 1991 and 1998 . Perhaps the best advice for enquirers wanting an etymology is that they should consult several dictionaries and if there is a serious discrepancy they should ask for advice. Queries are sympathetically received at the English Place‐Name Society's headquarters at Nottingham University. Apart from dictionaries, the most widely used books are Kenneth Cameron , English Place‐Names (4th edn, 1988 ), and Margaret Gelling ,...
Legislative Authority Reference library
Muhammad Khalaf-Allah
Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook
...is forgiving and forbearing. Such things were asked by a people before you, but disbelieved them afterwards. (Sura 5, Verses 101–102) ] This verse speaks of events that occurred during the Prophet's lifetime, peace be upon him, when the first Muslims would go to him with questions about unresolved matters, asking him to explain the opinion of religion in these matters. The Prophet would turn to the Lord hoping that He would send down from Heaven a verse that would respond to their queries and answer their...
1 Esdras Reference library
Sara Japhet and Sara Japhet
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...28–31, 33–4 ) and indirect speech ( vv. 27, 32 ). The instructions provide the governor with the answer to his query, but go far beyond that. Their main point is the recognition of the temple as a ‘king's sanctuary’, under the direct protection of the emperor. The royal treasury assumes responsibility for the provision of the ritual, and the priests are required to make sacrifices and pray for the welfare of the king and his offspring. The orders are upheld by severe penalties to transgressors—death by hanging and confiscation of property—and a general prayer...
Hebrews Reference library
Harold W. Attridge and Harold W. Attridge
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...(‘someone … somewhere’) is paralleled in first-century Jewish interpreters (Philo, Ebr. 61; Deus Imm. 74). Ps 8 praises God's powerful majesty and questions the significance of humanity in the face of the divine glory (‘What are human beings …?’). The psalmist responds to his query by affirming the lofty status of humankind, made ‘a little lower than the angels’, thus ‘crowned … with glory and honour’ and set in a position of dominion with ‘all things under their feet’. Thus the psalm finally celebrates humanity's status in the created order. The...
Numbers Reference library
Terence E. Fretheim and Terence E. Fretheim
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...and fullness of life. Putting God's name on the people (supremely by means of the word) emphasizes the divine source of all blessings. ( 7:1–8:26 ) Final Preparations for Tabernacle Worship The chronological note at 7:1 indicates that what follows is a flashback (it continues through 10:10 ); it is one month earlier than the time of 1:1 and coincides with Ex 40 and the day Moses set up the tabernacle; yet it assumes Num 3–4 and the provisions made for carrying the tabernacle. This literary technique suspends the forward movement of the narrative and...
Job Reference library
James L. Crenshaw and James L. Crenshaw
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...to the depths of human suffering. Successive messengers inform Job and the reader simultaneously of four calamities, two of heavenly origin and two inflicted by human foes (note the symbolism, four for completion, heaven and earth for the entirety of space). Repetition gives the awful news a stupefying effect. One by one the lone survivors tell Job of his losses: marauding Sabeans killed his oxen and donkeys, a heavenly fire consumed his sheep, Chaldeans stole his camels, and a mighty wind demolished the house in which his children were feasting, killing all of...
Jeremiah Reference library
Kathleen M. O'Connor and Kathleen M. O'Connor
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...blames it on covenant disloyalty of their ancestors, distant and immediate. The implicit call to them as survivors is that they must hear and obey. Redactionally, the covenant sermon introduces chs. 11–20 within which the last appeals to ‘turn’ are made to the nation and by the end of which the curse is enacted. vv. 15–17 are corrupt ( see Holladay 1986 : 354–6; Carroll 1986 : 272–4 ). As translated in the NRSV, however, their language and imagery reach both forwards and backwards. YHWH's query about the beloved in v. 15 is echoed in his challenge to the...
Matthew Reference library
Dale C. Allison, Jr. and Dale C. Allison, Jr.
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...hen lamenting her loss, the reader is reminded of the compassionate Son of 11:28–30 . In this way the prophetic judgements are mingled with affection and Jesus becomes, like Jeremiah, a reluctant prophet. ( 24:1–35 ) The introductory scene in which Jesus predicts the temple's destruction ( vv. 1–2 ) provokes a query concerning the timing of things to come, to which Jesus first responds with warnings and predictions about eschatological tribulation: the beginning of the woes in the world at large ( vv. 3–8 ), the intensification of the woes in the church (...
Cuttle, Captain Edward
