Cornelia Soldat und Stephan Küpper

  • Senmurv – Simurgh

    Senmurv – Simurgh

    Vor ein paar Wochen waren wir waren wir im Essener Domschatz und fanden dort auf dem goldenen Vortragekreuz der Äbtissin Theophanu die Email-Abbildung eines Senmurv. Senmurv? Nie gehört. Auch die englische Form Simurgh oder Semorgh war uns unbekannt. Zeit für ein wenig Forschung. Der Senmurv ist ein Mischwesen aus Vogel und Hund aus der persischen…

  • Sugar Maple, Episode 1: Bobby Lindro

    Sugar Maple, Episode 1: Bobby Lindro

    Episode 1 begins with the killing of a huge tree – „bigger than you could ever imagine“. Then it introduces a narrator, situating himself in 1995, who narrates a story that goes back to 1951. Young orphan boy Bobby Lindley lives on a farm in Illinois with his aunt Buggy. He is obsessed with playing…

  • The Central Ring in the Gospel of Mark

    The Central Ring in the Gospel of Mark

    The ring of the Gospel of Mark is wrought around the central loading in Mark 7. As is sometimes the case, this central loading also has a ring structure. Here again, the technique of the author shows itself. The argument of this Gospel is highly structured; every part, every sentence, sometimes every word and the…

  • Sugar maple – SETTING UP EXPECTATIONS

    Sugar maple – SETTING UP EXPECTATIONS

    Sugar Maple is an eight-episode dramatic fiction podcast from Osiris Media. Each episode centers around one owner of a semi-mythical Fender Telecaster electric guitar (which attracted me to it in the first place). The story stretches across several decades and musical styles, over which the Telecaster, „Sugar Maple,“ is played by a series of musicians.…

  • sugar maple – a podcast with a ring structure

    sugar maple – a podcast with a ring structure

    Sugar Maple is an eight-episode dramatic fiction podcast from Osiris Media. Each episode centers around one owner of a semi-mythical Fender Telecaster electric guitar. The story stretches across several decades and musical styles, over which the Telecaster, „Sugar Maple“ is played by a series of musicians. To each, the guitar brings both (ephemereal) success and…

  • The Ring of Mark

    The Ring of Mark

    An introduction into the ring structure of the Gospel of Mark. The Gospel of Mark was written around 70 AD and is believed to be the oldest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament. Within the canonical counting of the Gospels in the New Testament it is the second. It also belongs to…