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Book As I Remember  by Edgar J  Goodspeed

Download or read book As I Remember by Edgar J Goodspeed written by Edgar J. Goodspeed and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book As I Remember

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  • Author : Edgar J. Goodspeed
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1953
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

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Book Edith

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  • Author : Andrea Friederici Ross
  • Publisher : Southern Illinois University Press
  • Release : 2020-08-24
  • ISBN : 0809337908
  • Pages : 251 pages

Download or read book Edith written by Andrea Friederici Ross and published by Southern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago’s quirky patron saint This thrilling story of a daughter of America’s foremost industrialist, John D. Rockefeller, is complete with sex, money, mental illness, and opera divas—and a woman who strove for the independence to make her own choices. Rejecting the limited gender role carved out for her by her father and society, Edith Rockefeller McCormick forged her own path, despite pushback from her family and ultimate financial ruin. Young Edith and her siblings had access to the best educators in the world, but the girls were not taught how to handle the family money; that responsibility was reserved for their younger brother. A parsimonious upbringing did little to prepare Edith for life after marriage to Harold McCormick, son of the Reaper King Cyrus McCormick. The rich young couple spent lavishly. They purchased treasures like the jewels of Catherine the Great, entertained in grand style in a Chicago mansion, and contributed to the city’s cultural uplift, founding the Chicago Grand Opera. They supported free health care for the poor, founding and supporting the John R. McCormick Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases. Later, Edith donated land for what would become Brookfield Zoo. Though she lived a seemingly enviable life, Edith’s disposition was ill-suited for the mores of the time. Societal and personal issues—not least of which were the deaths of two of her five children—caused Edith to experience phobias and panic attacks. Dissatisfied with rest cures, she ignored her father’s expectations, moved her family to Zurich, and embarked on a journey of education and self-examination. Edith pursued analysis with then-unknown Carl Jung. Her generosity of spirit led Edith to become Jung’s leading patron. She also supported up-and-coming musicians, artists, and writers, including James Joyce as he wrote Ulysses. While Edith became a Jungian analyst, her husband, Harold, pursued an affair with an opera star. After returning to Chicago and divorcing Harold, Edith continued to deplete her fortune. She hoped to create something of lasting value, such as a utopian community and affordable homes for the middle class. Edith’s goals caused further difficulties in her relationship with her father and are why he and her brother cut her off from the family funds even after the 1929 stock market crash ruined her. Edith’s death from breast cancer three years later was mourned by thousands of Chicagoans. Respectful and truthful, Andrea Friederici Ross presents the full arc of this amazing woman’s life and expertly helps readers understand Edith’s generosity, intelligence, and fierce determination to change the world

Book A History of the Quests for the Historical Jesus  Volume 2

Download or read book A History of the Quests for the Historical Jesus Volume 2 written by Colin Brown and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, two-volume reassessment of the quests for the historical Jesus that details their origins and underlying presuppositions as well as their ongoing influence on today's biblical and theological scholarship. Jesus' life and teaching is important to every question we ask about what we believe and why we believe it. And yet there has never been common agreement about his identity, intentions, or teachings—even among first-century historians and scholars. Throughout history, different religious and philosophical traditions have attempted to claim Jesus and paint him in the cultural narratives of their heritage, creating a labyrinth of conflicting ideas. From the evolution of orthodoxy and quests before Albert Schweitzer's famous "Old Quest," to today's ongoing questions about criteria, methods, and sources, A History of the Quests for the Historical Jesus not only chronicles the developments but lays the groundwork for the way forward. The late Colin Brown brings his scholarly prowess in both theology and biblical studies to bear on the subject, assessing not only the historical and exegetical nuts and bolts of the debate about Jesus of Nazareth but also its philosophical, sociological, and theological underpinnings. Instead of seeking a bedrock of "facts," Brown stresses the role of hermeneutics in formulating questions and seeking answers. Colin Brown was almost finished with the manuscript at the time of his passing in 2019. Brought to its final form by Craig A. Evans, this book promises to become the definitive history and assessment of the quests for the historical Jesus. Volume One (sold separately) covers the period from the beginnings of Christianity to the end of World War II. Volume Two covers the period from the post-War era through contemporary debates.

Book Edgar J  Goodspeed  America s First Papyrologist

Download or read book Edgar J Goodspeed America s First Papyrologist written by T. M. Hickey and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book follows the progress of Edgar J. Goodspeed (1871-1962) in the emergent field of papyrology from initial enthusiasm to eventual disillusionment during the fateful summer of 1900. It also substantiates the claim that Goodspeed was, unquestionably, 'America's First Papyrologist.'"--

Book Strange New Gospels

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  • Author : Edgar Johnson Goodspeed
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2011-10
  • ISBN : 9781258142315
  • Pages : 122 pages

Download or read book Strange New Gospels written by Edgar Johnson Goodspeed and published by . This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Apocrypha

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  • Author : Edgar J. Goodspeed
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 1989-10-23
  • ISBN : 0679724524
  • Pages : 530 pages

Download or read book The Apocrypha written by Edgar J. Goodspeed and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1989-10-23 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful collection of books from the Greek version of the Jewish Bible—the earliest complete version of the Bible we possess—but that were not included in the final, canonical version of the Hebrew Bible. They were called “Apocrypha,” the hidden or secret books, and while they formed part of the original King James version of 1611, they are no longer included in modern Bibles. Yet they include such important works as The First Book of Maccabees, the Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, and the stories of Susanna, Tobit, and Judith, and other works of great importance for the history of the Jews in the period between the rebuilding of the Temple and the time of Jesus, and thus for the background of the New Testament. These works have also had a remarkable impact on writers and artists. Beyond this, they are often as powerful as anything in the canonical Bible. The translation into contemporary English is by Edgar J. Goodspeed.

Book History of New Testament Research  Vol  2

Download or read book History of New Testament Research Vol 2 written by William Baird and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stressing the historical and theological significance of pivotal figures and movements, William Baird guides the reader through intriguing developments and critical interpretation of the New Testament from its beginnings in Deism through the watershed of the Tubingen school. Familiar figures appear in a new light, and important, previously forgotten stages of the journey emerge. Baird gives attention to the biographical and cultural setting of persons and approaches, affording both beginning student and seasoned scholar an authoritative account that is useful for orientation as well as research.

Book The Chicago Sports Reader

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  • Author : Steven A. Riess
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 025207615X
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book The Chicago Sports Reader written by Steven A. Riess and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the fast, the strong, the agile, and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history

Book Piety and Profession

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  • Author : Glenn Miller
  • Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • Release : 2007-06-11
  • ISBN : 0802829465
  • Pages : 846 pages

Download or read book Piety and Profession written by Glenn Miller and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the urbanization of the Gilded Age to the upheavals of the Haight-Ashbury era, this encyclopedic work by Glenn Miller takes readers on a sweeping journey through the landscape of American theological education, highlighting such landmarks as Princeton, Andover, and Chicago, and such fault lines as denominationalism, science, and dispensationalism. The first such exhaustive treatment of this time period in religious education, Piety and Profession is a valuable tool for unearthing the key trends from the Civil War well into the twentieth century. All those involved in theological education will be well served by this study of how the changing world changed educational patterns.

Book The University of Chicago

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  • Author : John W. Boyer
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2024-09-06
  • ISBN : 0226835316
  • Pages : 785 pages

Download or read book The University of Chicago written by John W. Boyer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-09-06 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded narrative of the rich, unique history of the University of Chicago. One of the most influential institutions of higher learning in the world, the University of Chicago has a powerful and distinct identity, and its name is synonymous with intellectual rigor. With nearly 170,000 alumni living and working in more than one hundred and fifty countries, its impact is far-reaching and long-lasting. With The University of Chicago: A History, John W. Boyer, Dean of the College from 1992 to 2023, thoroughly engages with the history and the lived politics of the university. Boyer presents a history of a complex academic community, focusing on the nature of its academic culture and curricula, the experience of its students, its engagement with Chicago’s civic community, and the resources and conditions that have enabled the university to sustain itself through decades of change. He has mined the archives, exploring the school’s complex and sometimes controversial past to set myth and hearsay apart from fact. Boyer’s extensive research shows that the University of Chicago’s identity is profoundly interwoven with its history, and that history is unique in the annals of American higher education. After a little-known false start in the mid-nineteenth century, it achieved remarkable early successes, yet in the 1950s it faced a collapse of undergraduate enrollment, which proved fiscally debilitating for decades. Throughout, the university retained its fierce commitment to a distinctive, intense academic culture marked by intellectual merit and free debate, allowing it to rise to international acclaim. Today it maintains a strong obligation to serve the larger community through its connections to alumni, to the city of Chicago, and increasingly to its global community. Boyer’s tale is filled with larger-than-life characters—John D. Rockefeller, Robert Maynard Hutchins, and many other famous figures among them—and episodes that reveal the establishment and rise of today’s institution. Newly updated, this edition extends through the presidency of Robert Zimmer, whose long tenure was marked by significant developments and controversies over subjects as varied as free speech, medical inequity, and community relations.

Book Homeric Vocabularies

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  • Author : William Bishop Owen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1906
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 76 pages

Download or read book Homeric Vocabularies written by William Bishop Owen and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Living Church

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1942
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 712 pages

Download or read book The Living Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pulpit

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1952
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1178 pages

Download or read book The Pulpit written by and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A General Introduction to the Bible

Download or read book A General Introduction to the Bible written by David Ewert and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does the word "Bible" mean? Who wrote the Bible? Has it changed over time? Why are there so many translations? A General Introduction to the Bible answers these questions and more. Without becoming too technical for the average layperson, David Ewert surveys the history, formation, transmission, and translation of the Christian Bible in an informative and captivating way. Topics include: Meaning of "Bible" and the naming of biblical books Transmission of sacred scriptures The thousand-year story of the English Bible Bible organization Development of biblical languages Canon of the testaments Extracanonical books Early versions of the Bible Choosing a translation Features include: Photographs of ancient texts, Bible pages, key individuals, and settings Maps and charts that show the development of languages, textual families, and the relationship of various translations and revisions Suggested readings and an extensive glossary and index From ancient tablets to modern translations—God's Word to humanity has been profoundly impacting the world for several millennia. And after learning about its fascinating history, your appreciation for the Bible will surely increase even more.

Book Jesus and the Peasants

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  • Author : Douglas E. Oakman
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2008-01-01
  • ISBN : 1621892492
  • Pages : 366 pages

Download or read book Jesus and the Peasants written by Douglas E. Oakman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While some of the chapters focus on systemic issues, others probe the depths of individual Gospel passages. The author's keen eye for textual detail, archaeological data, comparative materials, and systemic overviews make this volume a joy for anyone interested in understanding Jesus in his own context. The volume is organized into three interrelated parts: 1) political economy and the peasant values of Jesus, 2) the Jesus traditions within peasant realities, and 3) the peasant aims of Jesus.

Book Interpretation

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1954
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 538 pages

Download or read book Interpretation written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: