Sentences with phrase «as laban»

It was originally enjoyed throughout the Middle East and is sometimes referred to in Arabic as laban or labneh.

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This appears in such vividly told stories as the separation of Abraham and Lot because their herdsmen quarreled, Jacob's journey eastward to Haran to get a wife from among his mother's people and his long service in tending the flocks of his uncle Laban, the famine that sent Jacob's other sons to Egypt for food when Joseph had become Pharaoh's overlord.

With his treachery against Laban just behind him, and the awful reminder of his shame against father and brother just ahead in the inevitable meeting with Esau, God falls upon him as a nocturnal spirit who, after a struggle that endures throughout the night, again gives — this time simply in a name — both promise and blessing:

Performances and fireside chats brighten the lunchtime lull, with an opportunity to listen and watch rather than getting hands - on, and of course there are the exhibitor stands to explore, but then why not head to Sarah Henderson's session on «Laban in performance», which will have us back on our feet and exploring a theory of movement which is applicable to life as well as drama and musical theatre.

Bilhah knew that Laban was every bit as mean - spirited as he was stupid.

So Laban threw Bilhah into the bargain, giving Rachel status as a dowered wife, and Jacob the possibility of a concubine in time.

Gleich, who founded her own dance company Gleich Dances in 1994 and is currently Head of Choreography at London Studio Centre and technique faculty at Trinity Laban, will talk about her experiences as a choreographer, teacher and producer of dance.

She sponsored major earthworks, such as Heizer's Double Negative, Smithson's Spiral Jetty, and in later years, the Dwan Light Sanctuary co-designed by Dwan, artist Charles Ross, and architect Laban Wingert.»

Laban's method provides a vocabulary and a conceptual framework for investigating and considering time, space, and motion as primary materials.