Bücher von Jörg Berchem

Welcome to the "Dictionary of Vernacular Swahili Plant Names," a comprehensive resource designed to bridge the gap between the rich linguistic heritage of Swahili and the scientific world of botany. This dictionary serves as a valuable tool for researchers, students, educators, horticulturists, conservationists, and anyone interested in the flora of East Africa and beyond.The Swahili language, with its deep historical roots and widespread usage across East Africa, is a cultural treasure that reflects the diverse influences of African, Arabic, Persian, and European languages. In this region, plants play a crucial role in everyday life, not just as sources of food, medicine, and material, but also as integral elements of cultural practices and traditional knowledge. The names given to these plants in Swahili are often imbued with meanings and stories that offer insights into the local culture, history, and environment.Recognizing the importance of preserving this linguistic and botanical heritage, this dictionary aims to catalogue the vernacular Swahili names of plants and provide their corresponding scientific names. By doing so, we facilitate a dialogue between traditional knowledge and scientific understanding, fostering a deeper appreciation of the natural world and its cultural significance.Each entry in this dictionary includes the vernacular Swahili name, the botanical name. The botanical names are based on the latest taxonomic classifications to ensure accuracy and relevance.We have taken great care to consult with linguists, botanists, and local communities to compile and verify the information presented in this dictionary. Our goal is to create a reliable and user-friendly reference that respects and celebrates the linguistic diversity of Swahili-speaking regions while contributing to the global body of botanical knowledge.As you explore the pages of this dictionary, we hope you will not only gain a greater understanding of the plants that surround us but also develop an appreciation for the rich linguistic tapestry that describes them. May this dictionary serve as a bridge between languages, cultures, and disciplines, fostering a shared respect for the natural world and its invaluable diversity.

How can one find inner and outer peace in a world without peace?This book presents seven peace meditations based on the writings of the Essenes, as found in the Essene Gospel of Peace. The author also provides insight into the worldview of the Essenes, their teachings, and spiritual practices.

In this book, seven morning and seven evening meditations are introduced, which are based in content on the writings of the Essenes, as found in the Essene Gospel of Peace. The author also provides insight into the world-view of the Essenes, their teachings, and spiritual practices.The meditations establish connections with inner and outer forces, to approach them with greater mindfulness. The practice of these contemplative meditations can lead to healing and inner peace.

These teachings are unique, because they do not refer to a specific culture, they refer to man and his relationship to his co-beings and his relation to God. They do not demand a specific moral life according to exact rules how to live. They just express a spiritual ethics.The Gospel of Peace, unlike other documents or interpretations of biblical texts, explains the expression ¿Heavenly Father¿ in a very deep meaning, also because of the fact that it describes ¿the Earthly Mother¿ as well.It does not mean that it proclaims a female God next to a male God. We are still dealing with a monotheistic religion. But in its divine dualism it does not exclude female character in God, nor the female and maternal principle of nature. Therefore it reconnects Christianity with obvious and deeply experienced world views that can be found as universal in all cultures and religions except the three Thora-based Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions.Let us just assume for a moment a Christianity that is not denying but also worshipping the maternal aspects, not only in some sick romanticisation of virginity and unearthly ¿purity¿, but in its obvious richness, abundance and fertility. A Christianity that regards Earth just as important and divine as it regards Heaven. A Christianity describing the body as a temple for the soul. A Christianity that communicates with Heaven and Earth ¿ ¿ Well, here it is!For the first time all translations of the Essene scripts in one volume, revised, newly arranged and edited by Dr. Jörg Berchem. With many illustrations by Caspar David Friedrich, Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci and Gustav Doré.(including: Book 1 The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book One, Book 2 The Unknown Books of the Essenes, Book 3 Lost Scrolls of the Essene Brotherhood, Book 4 The Teachings of the Elect and Banus The Essene The essene Code of Life)

Dieses Buch beschreibt und erläutert die vielfältigen grammatischen Erscheinungen des Somali, einer kuschitischen Sprache Nordostafrikas, auf unkonventionelle und leicht verständliche Weise. Gegenstand ist die Standardform des Somali, wie sie auch zur Schriftsprache geworden ist; wobei dennoch immer wieder auf dialektale Unterschiede eingegangen wird.Die umfangreichen Recherchen und das große Einfühlungsvermögen des Autors ließen aus dem Vorhaben dieses ausführliche Werk entstehen, das es nicht nur vermag, dem interessierten Leser die Sprache der Somali näherzubringen, sondern auch deren Gedankengut und Kultur. Durch seinen übersichtlichen Aufbau und viele anschauliche Beispiele ist es eine unentbehrliche Lern- und Arbeitshilfe für Studierende und Lehrende der Afrikanistik und angrenzender Disziplinen. Es ist auch ein hervorragendes Nachschlagewerk für alle, die sich mit dieser Sprache beschäftigen wollen.Somit schließt diese langersehnte Grammatik eine der zahlreichen Lücken auf dem sprachwissenschaftlichen Literaturmarkt der vergleichenden und speziellen Sprachwissenschaft.