© Gunnar Tómasson 14 October 2016 I. Wisdome crieth without, she vttereth her voice in the streets (Proverbes I:20-33, King James Bible, 1611) 569952 32921 = Wisedome crieth without, she vttereth her voice in the streets: 18025 = Shee crieth in the chiefe place of concourse, 11793 = in the openings of the gates: […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 13 October 2016 I. Murther most foule, as in the best it is. (Hamlet, First Folio, Act I, Sc. v) 1658168 9462 = Enter Ghost and Hamlet. Hamlet 22112 = Where wilt thou lead me? speak; Ile go no further. Ghost 2883 = Marke me. Hamlet 3756 = I will. Ghost […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 11 October 2016 I. Who is there? (Matt. 1:1) 33921 19162 = The booke of the generation of Iesus Christ, 14759 = the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham. 33921 Go to here to me (Njála Ch. 1) 33921 9130 = Far þú hingat til mín. 1000 = Light of […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 10 October 2016 Emunah as Faith or Trust in God The proper counterpart for the general English term „faith“ -as occurring in the expression „principles of faith“- would be the concept of Emunah in Judaism. While it is generally translated as faith or trust in God, the concept of Emunah can more accurately be described as „an innate conviction, a […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 9 October 2016 I. First Creation – Rime-Giants¹ (Gylfaginning, Ch. 3) 440534 10795 = Gangleri hóf svá mál sitt: 14764 = „Hverr er æðstr eða elztr allra goða?“ 4786 = Hárr segir: 12067 = „Sá heitir Alföðr at váru máli, 17339 = en í Ásgarði inum forna átti hann tólf nöfn. […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 8. október 2016 Fall Gunnars á Hlíðarenda – Slaying of Gunnarr¹ (Njála, 77. k. – M) 1725221 15174 = Gunnarr vaknaði í skálanum ok mælti: 15145 = „Sárt ertú leikinn, Sámr fóstri, 21232 = ok mun svá til ætlat, at skammt skyli okkar í meðal.” 24723 = Skáli Gunnars var […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 5 October 2016 I. Adam and Eve in Eden (Gen. 2:15-25, KJB, 1611) 524525 11445 = And the LORD God tooke the man, 25144 = and put him into the garden of Eden, to dresse it, and to keepe it. 14751 = And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, 20447 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 4 October 2016 Prologue The murder of the Brennu-Njálssaga character Höskuldr Hvítanessgoði by the sons of Njáll and his son-in-law Kári (Einar Pálsson’s hypothesis: Time and Space personified) is the event which triggers a chain of events that culminates in the burning of Njáll, his wife, sons and grandson Þórðr Kárason. Kári […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 3. október 2016 I. Bók Íslendinganna Snorra og Sturlu 104431 9953 = Schedae Araprestsfroda 1 = Monad 4884 = Reykjaholt 4000 = Logandi Sverð 11359 = Snorri Sturluson 9814 = Sturla Þórðarson 7000 = Míkrókosmos – Maður sem Ímynd Guðs Þrí-ein lokasetning 13530 = Ok lýk ek þar Brennu-Njálssögu. […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 2 October 2016 I. What did he do before heaven and earth were made? (Gylfaginning, Ch. 3.) 441335 10795 = Gangleri hóf svá mál sitt: 14764 = „Hverr er æðstr eða elztr allra goða?“ 16853 = Hárr segir: „Sá heitir Alföðr at váru máli, 17339 = en í Ásgarði inum forna […]