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Book Another Exile on the 45th Parallel

Download or read book Another Exile on the 45th Parallel written by Jodie Marion and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shaking the Pillars of Exile

Download or read book Shaking the Pillars of Exile written by Talya Fishman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a heretical blueprint for Jewish modernization written by a Venetian rabbi (under cover of pseudonym) in the early seventeenth century, almost two centuries before political emancipation. The analysis of this text, Kol Sakhal ("Voice of a Fool"), highlights the ways in which it harnessed concepts and methods drawn from the texts of rabbinic Judaism itself in order to reform Jewish culture from within. This book thus challenges the assumption that pre-modern Jewish society was culturally monolithic and unquestioningly obedient to rabbinic authority. In so doing, it raises fresh and unsettling questions about the periodization of Jewish history. Like the contemporaneous political and religious struggle that the Republic of Venice was waging against papal Rome, this remarkable Jewish attack on rabbinic authority targets—and revises—both the traditional historiography of sacred institutions and the legal canon itself. The text's very iconoclasm is shown to derive from the corpus of rabbinic Judaism, for the preservation of certain strains of inquiry in traditional sources makes them a virtual repository of tolerated dissent. Conjecture about the possible influence that a recently discovered work by a heretical Iberian Jewish convert to Catholicism may have had on the composition of "Voice of a Fool" leads to a discussion of the types of heterodoxy that threatened rabbinic Jewish communities in Italy and elsewhere in the early modern period. Reflections on the significance of the mask adopted by the text's author and on his (false) claim that the work was composed in 1500 in Spain facilitate speculation about his motives in trying to reinvent history. The second half of the book presents the first annotated English translation of "Voice of a Fool." Three appendixes analyze evidence concerning the date and place of the text's composition, the identification of its author, and its various manuscripts.

Book Discerning the Dynamics of Jeremiah 25 52  MT

Download or read book Discerning the Dynamics of Jeremiah 25 52 MT written by Mark O'Brien and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second of a two-volume study of the dynamics of the MT version of the Book of Jeremiah. The first volume, published in 2017, analyzed chapters 1-25 and this volume will focus on chapters 25-52 of the MT version. As with the first volume, the aim of this one is to show the reader how, by paying attention to the 'Dynamics of the Text', namely how individual passages relate to their immediate and wider contexts, a new understanding of the book emerges. Rather than a loose collection of material assembled over a period of time by a variety of hands, one can discern how the parts of the book combine to portray the dramatic unfolding of Jeremiah's prophetic vocation, and how his relationship with God and God's people form an integral part of the book's presentation of the Word of God.

Book The Culinary Plagiarist

Download or read book The Culinary Plagiarist written by Jason Peters and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a collection of vignettes and stories from garden, grill, and kitchen, The Culinary Plagiarist is a sustained adventure in gustatory delight, an intensely private but candid account of desire and all its objects. Opinionated on the full range of human experience, from fasting to inebriety, from sports to politics, from religion to raunch, it is at once serious, humorous, ironic, reflective, grateful, allusive, and appetitive. Along the way it offers a defense of small-scale, local life, of family, of place, and of “the bread we do not live alone by.” And also the drinks. Don’t forget the drinks. This is a book for people who enjoy being alive, whether in the kitchen, the pasture, the library, the barn, the trout stream, the henhouse (or the doghouse), or the bedroom.

Book Exile and the Politics of Exclusion in the Americas

Download or read book Exile and the Politics of Exclusion in the Americas written by Luis Roinger and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays brings together leading experts in the study of exile and expatriation, whose historical and comparative perspectives enable readers to understand the phenomenon of forced displacement in the Americas.

Book Writing Exile  The Discourse of Displacement in Greco Roman Antiquity and Beyond

Download or read book Writing Exile The Discourse of Displacement in Greco Roman Antiquity and Beyond written by Jan Felix Gaertner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exile and displacement are central topics in classical literature. Previous research has been mostly biographical and has focused on the three most prominent exiles: Cicero, Ovid, and Seneca. By shifting focus to a discourse of exile and displacement in early Greek poetry, Greek historiography, Cynicism, consolatory literature, Latin epic, Greek literature of the empire, and Medieval Latin literature, the present volume questions the notion of a distinct, psychologically conditioned ‘genre’ or ‘mode’ of exile literature. It shows how ancient and medieval authors perceive and present their exile according to pre-existent literary paradigms, style themselves or others as ‘typical’ exiles, and employ ‘exile’ as a powerful trope to express estrangement, elicit readerly sympathy, and question political power structures.

Book History in Exile

    Book Details:
  • Author : Pamela Ballinger
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2018-06-05
  • ISBN : 0691187274
  • Pages : 347 pages

Download or read book History in Exile written by Pamela Ballinger and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decade after World War II, up to 350,000 ethnic Italians were displaced from the border zone between Italy and Yugoslavia known as the Julian March. History in Exile reveals the subtle yet fascinating contemporary repercussions of this often overlooked yet contentious episode of European history. Pamela Ballinger asks: What happens to historical memory and cultural identity when state borders undergo radical transformation? She explores displacement from both the viewpoints of the exiles and those who stayed behind. Yugoslavia's breakup and Italy's political transformation in the early 1990s, she writes, allowed these people to bring their histories to the public eye after nearly half a century. Examining the political and cultural contexts in which this understanding of historical consciousness has been formed, Ballinger undertakes the most extensive fieldwork ever done on this subject--not only around Trieste, where most of the exiles settled, but on the Istrian Peninsula (Croatia and Slovenia), where those who stayed behind still live. Complementing this with meticulous archival research, she examines two sharply contrasting models of historical identity yielded by the "Istrian exodus": those who left typically envision Istria as a "pure" Italian land stolen by the Slavs, whereas those who remained view it as ethnically and linguistically "hybrid." We learn, for example, how members of the same family, living a short distance apart and speaking the same language, came to develop a radically different understanding of their group identities. Setting her analysis in engaging, jargon-free prose, Ballinger concludes that these ostensibly very different identities in fact share a startling degree of conceptual logic.

Book The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism

Download or read book The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism written by Jason A. Staples and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Jason A. Staples proposes a new paradigm for how the biblical concept of Israel developed in Early Judaism and how that concept impacted Jewish apocalyptic hopes for restoration after the Babylonian Exile. Challenging conventional assumptions about Israelite identity in antiquity, his argument is based on a close analysis of a vast corpus of biblical and other early Jewish literature and material evidence. Staples demonstrates that continued aspirations for Israel's restoration in the context of diaspora and imperial domination remained central to Jewish conceptions of Israelite identity throughout the final centuries before Christianity and even into the early part of the Common Era. He also shows that Israelite identity was more diverse in antiquity than is typically appreciated in modern scholarship. His book lays the groundwork for a better understanding of the so-called 'parting of the ways' between Judaism and Christianity and how earliest Christianity itself grew out of hopes for Israel's restoration.

Book Exile within Exiles

    Book Details:
  • Author : James N. Green
  • Publisher : Duke University Press Books
  • Release : 2018-10-19
  • ISBN : 9781478000679
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Exile within Exiles written by James N. Green and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert Daniel was a significant and complex figure in Brazilian leftist revolutionary politics and social activism from the mid-1960s until his death in 1992. As a medical student, he joined a revolutionary guerrilla organization but was forced to conceal his sexual identity from his comrades, a situation Daniel described as internal exile. After a government crackdown, he spent much of the 1970s in Europe, where his political self-education continued. He returned to Brazil in 1981, becoming engaged in electoral politics and social activism to champion gay rights, feminism, and environmental justice, achieving global recognition for fighting discrimination against those with HIV/AIDS. In Exile within Exiles, James N. Green paints a full and dynamic portrait of Daniel's deep commitment to leftist politics, using Daniel's personal and political experiences to investigate the opposition to Brazil's military dictatorship, the left's construction of a revolutionary masculinity, and the challenge that the transition to democracy posed to radical movements. Green positions Daniel as a vital bridge linking former revolutionaries to the new social movements, engendering productive dialogue between divergent perspectives in his writings and activism.

Book 45 Great Philosophers and What They Mean for Judaism

Download or read book 45 Great Philosophers and What They Mean for Judaism written by Shmuly Yanklowitz and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new forty-five-chapter series, Rabbi Shmuly explores forty-five of the most influential philosophers throughout history and how Jewish ideas might engage with each of the philosophers and their philosophical projects. At times, Judaism may need to reject harmful, foreign ideas. Other times, Judaism may need to adapt, integrate, and expand. There are many other approaches we’ll see of how Jewish thought can engage with other philosophies as well. In this exciting new exploration, we learn about Jewish intellectual history and what it means for us today.

Book NLT Courage For Life Study Bible for Men

Download or read book NLT Courage For Life Study Bible for Men written by Tyndale and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 1729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men face frequent challenges to show courage—to take a stand, to step into danger, and to do the right thing. The biggest challenge men face, though, is seeing our weaknesses and recognizing God’s truth over the lies our culture is telling us. The Courage For Life Study Bible for Men is a strong and rigorous study Bible—featuring a Bible study on every page—for men seeking to demonstrate godly courage and to discover the God who transcends all limitations and transforms anyone who follows him. This Bible will help men break old patterns and experience transformation as they study and understand God’s Word and invite God’s work in their lives. This Bible is unlike any other on the market. Features of this men’s Bible include: A Bible study on every page Reflection questions Encouraging profiles of courageous men A topical index A unique discipleship path through the Bible, based on the seven COURAGE steps from the Courage For Life ministry The clear and accurate, easy-to-read New Living Translation This is the perfect Bible for any man who is serious about growth and transformation in Christ and great for anyone looking for an innovative New Living Translation Bible for men.

Book Approaching the New Millennium

Download or read book Approaching the New Millennium written by Paul Butler and published by College Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By looking at history and geography it is clear that many end-time passages from the Old Testament prophecies have been fulfilled. Applying the same process to the familiar New Testament end-time passages, Butler shows that most of these prophecies have also been fulfilled.

Book Matthew

    Book Details:
  • Author : R. T. France
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2004-10-08
  • ISBN : 1592449360
  • Pages : 347 pages

Download or read book Matthew written by R. T. France and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-10-08 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work by R.T. France is not intended to be a guide to all that has been written in recent years about Matthew. Rather, it is an extended introduction to Matthew designed for a non-specialist readership. France concentrates on those areas he finds most interesting and important for the appreciation of Matthew, but he does touch on most major areas of discussion in Matthean studies. Among other things, France covers Matthew's place in the life of the church, the order of the Gospels, Matthew in the post-apostolic church, reasons for Matthew's preeminence, Matthew in the modern church, and literary relationships and the order of composition of the Gospels.

Book First and Second Chronicles

Download or read book First and Second Chronicles written by Steven S. Tuell and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a contemporary, scholarly interpretation of the books ofFirst and Second Chronicles, Old Testament writings that are often overlookedand seldom preached upon or studied in churches.

Book The Wisdom of the Zohar

    Book Details:
  • Author : Isaiah Tishby
  • Publisher : Liverpool University Press
  • Release : 1989-09-01
  • ISBN : 1909821829
  • Pages : 1653 pages

Download or read book The Wisdom of the Zohar written by Isaiah Tishby and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1989-09-01 with total page 1653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A classic, a landmark in modern Hebrew letters. Beautifully written and deeply learned ... the appearance of the long-awaited English translation is a cause for celebration.' - Elliot Ginsburg, Journal of Religion

Book Kingdom through Covenant  Second Edition

Download or read book Kingdom through Covenant Second Edition written by Peter J. Gentry and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kingdom through Covenant is a careful exposition of how the biblical covenants unfold and relate to one another—a widely debated topic, critical for understanding the narrative plot structure of the whole Bible. By incorporating the latest available research from the ancient Near East and examining implications of their work for Christology, ecclesiology, eschatology, and hermeneutics, scholars Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum present a thoughtful and viable alternative to both covenant theology and dispensationalism. This second edition features updated and revised content, clarifying key material and integrating the latest findings into the discussion.

Book Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Download or read book Nostradamus and His Prophecies written by Edgar Leoni and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 835 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete, definitive study: biography, historical background, and parallel texts in English and French of all the prophecies, most of the famous — and infamous — interpretations, and much more.