Every mode of understanding has its own ontology, a world of entities in terms of which it expresses its understanding.
For what has changed over the two millenniums between the Gospels and her own book is not Judas himself — who, if he ever lived at all, exists for posterity only as words in a story — but the culture and civilization that used him to express its understandings of good and evil, loyalty and treachery, belonging and exclusion.
All that was missing was its sail: a collage of about 150 paintings executed not by the celebrated married artists who conceived of this wooden vessel, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, but by scores of local schoolchildren charged with expressing its message of acceptance and understanding.
In his letter to the dance company and its well-known choreographer Ohad Naharin, which emerged this week, Eno expressed his understanding for Israeli artists but said it was "unacceptable" for his music to be used in a performance sponsored by part of the Israeli government.
There were boos from Villa fans at the final whistle and Lambert has expressed his understanding for their frustration.
In return, Kučan expressed his understanding for Milošević's interest to create a Greater Serbia.
Ed Milliband has added his contribution to the debate, expressing his understanding of "popular fears" of immigration, it seems that all three major political parties feel obliged to line themselves up in support of harsher, more exclusionary immigration policies.
"He gets to express his understanding of food day in and day out," Mr. Ducasse said.
The two donor agency representatives expressed the understanding or assumption that populations in Syria would prefer cash assistance because of its flexibility.
At lunch with Fares in Ramallah, in a side street restaurant over Arab salads, lamb and beer (Ramallah prides itself on its beer, especially in contradistinction to alcohol-free Gaza), he, like his friend Jumis, expressed the understanding that Barghouti is the leader needed to strengthen the Palestinian nationalist camp.
