Auditory-visual interactions in egocentric distance perception: Ventriloquism effect and aftereffect

This article was published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2021

Eliáš v Novém zákoně a apokryfní literatuře

Prorok Eliáš je v hebrejskej Biblie pokladaný za spravodlivého jednotlivca, ktorý nezakúsil smrť, ale bol vzatý do neba na ohnivom voze. Táto práca sa pokúša objasniť ako sa s touto legendou vysporiadali Nový zákon a starozákonné pseudepigrafy v ich kontexte, ktorý je závislý na obrazotvornosti náboženského pozadia, v ktorom sa očakáva príchod Eliáša. Keďže sa spisy Nového zákona a starozákonných pseudepigrafov zaoberajú skutočným alebo fiktívnym kontinuom s hebrejskou bibliou, (ktorej kánon nemusel byť v dobe vzniku daného novozákonného alebo pseudepigrafného spisu uzavretý), priama narážka na proroka Eliáša vedie k tvrdeniam o povahe viery v období neskorého judaizmu a raného kresťanstva a o spôsobe akým sa tento legendárny materiál vyvíjal. Podľa toho na aké skutočnosti a osoby sa prorok Eliáš v daných spisoch vzťahuje a so stálym prihliadaním na náboženský kontext spisov, je možné dozvedieť sa, ktoré motívy týkajúce sa tejto postavy sa dajú pokladať v kresťanskom kánone za uzavreté a ktoré žijú ďalej vlastným životom v okruhoch, ktoré preberajú židovsko - kresťanské materiály.The prophet Elijah is according to the Hebrew Bible understood as a righteous individual who did not die but was taken to heaven on a fiery chariot. This thesis attempts to clarify how the New Testament and the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha treat this legend in their own contexts which are dependent on the imagery of religious background in which Elijah is expected to return. Since both New Testament and the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha deal with possible or fictitious continuum with the Hebrew Bible, (canon of which was not necessarily settled at the time of creation of a particular New Testament or Pseudepigraphic writing), explicit mention of Elijah the prophet leads to assumptions about the nature of belief in the era of the late Judaism and early Christianity and the manner this legendary motif evolved. Depending on the phenomena and characters Elijah the prophet is dealing with in a particular writing and taking into account religious context of the writing, it is possible to find out which motifs touching this character might be considered to be brought to an end in the Christian canon and which are sort of autonomous in realms influenced by Judeo-Christian materials.Department of New Testament StudiesKatedra Nového zákonaEvangelická teologická fakultaProtestant Theological Facult

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The prophet Elijah is according to the Hebrew Bible understood as a righteous individual who did not die but was taken to heaven on a fiery chariot. This thesis attempts to clarify how the New Testament and the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha treat this legend in their own contexts which are dependent on the imagery of religious background in which Elijah is expected to return. Since both New Testament and the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha deal with possible or fictitious continuum with the Hebrew Bible, (canon of which was not necessarily settled at the time of creation of a particular New Testament or Pseudepigraphic writing), explicit mention of Elijah the prophet leads to assumptions about the nature of belief in the era of the late Judaism and early Christianity and the manner this legendary motif evolved. Depending on the phenomena and characters Elijah the prophet is dealing with in a particular writing and taking into account religious context of the writing, it is possible to find out which motifs touching this character might be considered to be brought to an end in the Christian canon and which are sort of autonomous in realms influenced by Judeo-Christian materials

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