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A study of the life of Jesus by one of the great scholars of the ancient world.Examining the Gospels as he would any other historical document, Grant presents a picture of Jesus that is, in some respects, an unfamiliar one. He argues that Jesus was neither meek and...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2011-07-14
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Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, there has been an overwhelming demand for information about Islam, and recent events - the war in Iraq, terrorist attacks both failed and successful, debates throughout Europe over Islamic dress, and many others - have...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-07-13
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An Assessment of Contemporary Models of Forgiveness examines recent psychological and theological models of forgiveness and introduces the concept of communal forgiveness nurtured and mediated through the community of faith. The psychological models are generally...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-07-08
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The commentary of Yefet ben Eli the Karaite (second half of the tenth century) onThe Song of Songs is example of an exegetical work obeying two imperatives:The explanation of the divine message of Salvation mixed with the assiduous Karaite effort to prove wrong their...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2011-07-08
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Nachdem der Kölner Erzbischof Spiegel 1826 alle mehrtägigen und überdiözesanen Wallfahrtszüge verboten hatte, half der preußische Staat unter Polizeieinsatz bei der Durchsetzung des kirchlichen Wallfahrtsverbots im Nordrheinland. Diese staatliche Exekutivassistenz trug...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-07-08
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Winner of the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise
Matthew Thiessen offers a nuanced and wide-ranging study of the nature of Jewish thought on Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion. Examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-07-08
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Writing with his usual grace and fluency, Jonathan Sacks moves beyond the tired arguments of militant atheists such as Dawkins and Hitchens, to explore how religion has always played a valuable part in human culture and far from being dismissed as redundant, must be...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-07-07
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'Christian nationalism' refers to the set of ideas in which belief in the development and superiority of one's national group is combined with, or underwritten by, Christian theology and practice. A critique of Christian nationalism is implicit throughout the thought of...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-07-07
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In the face of ongoing religious conflicts and unending culture wars, what are we to make of liberalism's promise that it alone can arbitrate between church and state?In this wide-ranging study, John Perry examines the roots of our thinking on religion and politics,...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-07-06
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The 1920s saw one of the most striking revolutions in manners and morals to have marked North American society, affecting almost every aspect of life, from dress and drink to sex and salvation. Protestant Christianity was being torn apart by a heated controversy between...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-07-01
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For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-07-01
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Winner of the Modern Language Association Prize for a Scholarly Edition
One of the most widely read and studied texts composed in Late Antiquity is the prison diary of Vibia Perpetua, a young woman of the elite classes who was martyred in March of the year 202 or 203...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-07-01
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The National Shrine in Washington, DC has been deeply loved, blithely ignored, and passionately criticized. It has been praised as a "dazzling jewel" and dismissed as a "towering Byzantine beach ball." In this intriguing and inventive book, Thomas Tweed shows that the...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-06-28
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In Tertullian’s Use of the Pastoral Epistles, Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude, Mark A. Frisius establishes that Tertullian (a third-century theologian) only used the Pastoral Epistles, Hebrews, and 1 Peter, although he at least knew of Jude. It is further...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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The imperative mood as a whole has generally been neglected by Greek grammarians.The Greek Imperative Mood in the New Testament: A Cognitive and Communicative Approach utilizes insights from modern linguistics and communication theory in order to propose an inherent...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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A Psycho-Spiritual View on the Message of Jesus in the Gospels explores elements of mysticism in the words of Jesus. Four fields are analyzed with the help of two key concepts of mysticism: presence of the divine and transformation of the self. Analyses, semantic and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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In an increasingly secularised society, the average person is unlikely to have a working knowledge of the Bible. Yet a great deal of our culture is built on stories or ideas that come from the Bible. Literature, art, music, language and even the fabric of our society -...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-06-23
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Judaic Sources and Western Thought: Jerusalem's Enduring Presence explores the significance and enduring relevance ofJudaic roots and sources of important European and Western moral and political ideas and ideals. The volume focuses on the distinct character ofJudaic...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-06-16
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Die Forschung der letzten Jahre hat sich verstärkt dem «Sichtbaren und Unsichtbaren» bzw. der Nacht oder Rückseite der Aufklärung zugewandt und das Fortleben hermetischer Elemente im Denken des 18. Jahrhunderts verdeutlicht. Elisa von der Recke galt zu ihrer Zeit als...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-06-15
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Für den mittelalterlichen Menschen waren das Bewusstsein und der Lebensalltag vom Glauben an das konkret vorgestellte Jenseits in einer Selbstverständlichkeit und Intensität geprägt, die für den modernen Menschen kaum noch nachvollziehbar ist. Wenngleich die Bildsprache...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-06-15
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