Hans P. Kraus Essays

  • The Voynich Manuscript

    912 Words  | 2 Pages

    Have you heard of the Voynich Manuscript? The Voynich manuscript is a secret code containing six sections and has a long history background. Also, surprisingly the manuscript has not been decoded. Many people have tried to decode it, and people have come up with many theories for its meaning. However, some other people have theories that the manuscript is a hoax. This ancient manuscript is a very fascinating and complexing thing. The Voynich Manuscript’s overall content include six section. The six

  • Psalm 127

    2450 Words  | 5 Pages

    are quite unrelated as far as subject-matter is concerned. Verses 1 and 2 emphatically point out the significance of divine providence in human life; vv. 3-5, on the other hand, praise the ble... ... middle of paper ... ...991): 304-311. Kraus, Hans-Joachim. “If Yahweh Does Not Build the House.” Psalms 60-150: A continental commentary. (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press, 1993): 452-456. Mays, James Luther. “Psalm 127: Unless the Lord Builds the House.” Interpretation, Patrick D

  • Language Reformation in China

    1954 Words  | 4 Pages

    to the communist revolution during Mao’s regime, until the language and speech pattern in the twenty first century era- will be explored throughout the essay. This essay will also feature the analysis of the dwindling standard style language by the Han dynasty into the widespread official speech from north China, which became the basis for the Standard Chinese in the modern days. Speech pattern and the underlying social reformation of the Red Guards, due to the shift of political power in the bourgeoisie

  • Remembering the Life of Sir Francis Drake

    1016 Words  | 3 Pages

    5 May 2014. Gheeraerts the Younger, Marcus. Sir Francis Drake (1542-96). Rmg.co.uk. National Maritime Museum. 2014. Web. 28 April 2014. James. Sir Francis Drake: Facts and Information. Primaryfacts.com. Primary Facts. 2014. Web. 30 April 2014. Kraus P., Hans. Sir Francis Drake: A Pictorial Biography. Loc.gov. Library of Congress. 2014. Web. 4 May 2014. Sir Francis Drake. Bio.com. A&E Television Networks. 2014. 28 April 2014. Sir Francis Drake: Explorer. Enchantedlearning.com. Enchanted Learning. 2000

  • The Habsburg Monarchy

    2987 Words  | 6 Pages

    3. Mason, p.8 4. Alan Sked - The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire 1815-1918 (Longman, 1989) p. 223 5. Mason, p.36 6. Sked - The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, p. 229 7. Sked - The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, p.229 8. Carl E. Schorske - Politics and Psyche in fin de siecle Vienna: Schnitzler and Hofmannsthal (American Historical Review: Vol. 66, No. 4     , p.930) 9. Schorske (American Historical Review: Vol. 66, No. 4, p.935) Mason, p.41 10. Sked