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Book A Concordance of Ugaritic Words

Download or read book A Concordance of Ugaritic Words written by Jesús-Luis Cunchillos and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 3692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies

Download or read book Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies written by Daniel S. Diffey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies (JBTS) is an academic journal focused on the fields of Bible and Theology from an inter-denominational point of view. The journal is comprised of an editorial board of scholars that represent several academic institutions throughout the world. JBTS is concerned with presenting high-level original scholarship in an approachable way. Academic journals are often written by scholars for other scholars. They are technical in nature, assuming a robust knowledge of the field. There are fewer journals that seek to introduce biblical and theological scholarship that is also accessible to students. JBTS seeks to provide high-level scholarship and research to both scholars and students, which results in original scholarship that is readable and accessible. As an inter-denominational journal JBTS is broadly evangelical. We accept contributions in all theological disciplines from any evangelical perspective. In particular, we encourage articles and book reviews within the fields of Old Testament, New Testament, Biblical Theology, Church History, Systematic Theology, Practical Theology, Philosophical Theology, Philosophy, and Ethics.

Book Everyday Theology  Cultural Exegesis

Download or read book Everyday Theology Cultural Exegesis written by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday theology is the reflective and practical task of living each day as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. In other words, theology is not just for Sundays, and it's not just for professional theologians. Everyday Theology teaches all Christians how to get the theological lay of the land. It enables them to become more conscious of the culture they inhabit every day so that they can understand how it affects them and how they can affect it. If theology is the ministry of the Word to the world, everyday theologians need to know something about that world, and Everyday Theology shows them how to understand their culture make an impact on it. Engaging and full of fresh young voices, this book is the first in the new Cultural Exegesis series.

Book Science and Polity in France

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Coulston Gillispie
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2009-01-10
  • ISBN : 1400824613
  • Pages : 615 pages

Download or read book Science and Polity in France written by Charles Coulston Gillispie and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power--on the eve of the French Revolution. Charles Gillispie explores how the links between science and polity in France were related to governmental reform, modernization of the economy, and professionalization of science and engineering.

Book The Dutch Intersection

Download or read book The Dutch Intersection written by Yosef Kaplan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of historical studies deals with the multiple connections between the history and culture of the Jews of the Netherlands from the beginning of the seventeenth century until the period after the Holocaust, and phenomena and processes that distinguish the history of the Jewish people in the modern period. The Jews of the Netherlands were not only nourished by the cultural creativity of the great Sephardi and Ashkenazi centers, East and West, but also at various stages they served as a source of inspiration for Jews elsewhere in the Jewish Diaspora. The articles of this volume examin the influence of general Jewish history on that of the Jews of the Netherlands and focus on events and processes that highlight the significance of of Dutch Jewry for modern Jewish culture.

Book Science Reorganized

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Edward McClellan
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN : 9780231059961
  • Pages : 456 pages

Download or read book Science Reorganized written by James Edward McClellan and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The United Nations  Peace and Security

Download or read book The United Nations Peace and Security written by Ramesh Thakur and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preventing humanitarian atrocities is becoming as important for the United Nations as dealing with inter-state war. In this book, Ramesh Thakur examines the transformation in UN operations, analysing its changing role and structure. He asks why, when and how force may be used and argues that the growing gulf between legality and legitimacy is evidence of an eroded sense of international community. He considers the tension between the US, with its capacity to use force and project power, and the UN, as the centre of the international law enforcement system. He asserts the central importance of the rule of law and of a rules-based order focused on the UN as the foundation of a civilised system of international relations. This book will be of interest to students of the UN and international organisations in politics, law and international relations departments, as well as policymakers in the UN and other NGOs.

Book Souls in Dispute

    Book Details:
  • Author : David L. Graizbord
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2013-05-29
  • ISBN : 0812202066
  • Pages : 271 pages

Download or read book Souls in Dispute written by David L. Graizbord and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Middle Ages, the Iberian Peninsula was home to a rich cultural mix of Christians, Jews, and Muslims. At the end of the fifteenth century, however, the last Islamic stronghold fell, and Jews were forced either to convert to Christianity or to face expulsion. Thousands left for other parts of Europe and Asia, eventually establishing Sephardic communities in Amsterdam, Venice, Istanbul, southwestern France, and elsewhere. More than a hundred years after the expulsion, some Judeoconversos—descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had converted to Christianity—were forced to flee the Iberian Peninsula once again to avoid ethnic and religious persecution. Many of them joined the Sephardic Diaspora and embraced rabbinic Judaism. Later some of these same people or their descendants returned to Iberian lands temporarily or permanently and, in a twist that Jewish authorities considered scandalous, reverted to Catholicism. Among them were some who betrayed their fellow conversos to the Holy Office. In Souls in Dispute, David L. Graizbord unravels this intriguing history of the renegade conversos and constructs a detailed and psychologically acute portrait of their motivations. Through a probing analysis of relevant inquisitorial documents and a wide-ranging investigation into the history of the Sephardic Diaspora and Habsburg Spain, Graizbord shows that, far from being simply reckless and vindictive, the renegades used their double acts of border crossing to negotiate a dangerous and unsteady economic environment: so long as their religious and social ambiguity remained undetected, they were rewarded with the means for material survival. In addition, Graizbord sheds new light on the conflict-ridden transformation of makeshift Jewish colonies of Iberian expatriates—especially in the borderlands of southwestern France—showing that the renegades failed to accommodate fully to a climate of conformity that transformed these Sephardic groups into disciplined communities of Jews. Ultimately, Souls in Dispute explains how and why Judeoconversos built and rebuilt their religious and social identities, and what it meant to them to be both Jewish and Christian given the constraints they faced in their time and place in history.

Book From Christianity to Judaism

Download or read book From Christianity to Judaism written by Yosef Kaplan and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Isaac Orobio de Castro, a crypto-Jew from Portugal and one of the most prominent intellectual figures in the 17th century. This work sheds light on the life of a Jewish community of former Christians in Amsterdam and examines their dilemmas and attempts to create a new identity.

Book Sephardi Family Life in the Early Modern Diaspora

Download or read book Sephardi Family Life in the Early Modern Diaspora written by Julia Rebollo Lieberman and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groundbreaking essays on Sephardic Jewish families in the Ottoman Empire and Western Sephardic communities

Book Vocabulario Portugues Cazaque   5000 Palavras Mais Uteis

Download or read book Vocabulario Portugues Cazaque 5000 Palavras Mais Uteis written by Andrey Taranov and published by T&p Books. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Os LIVROS DE VOCABULARIO da T&P Books destinam-se a ajudar a aprender, a memorizar, e a rever palavras estrangeiras. O dicionario contem mais de 5000 palavras de uso corrente. Recomendado como material de apoio adicional para qualquer curso de linguas. Satisfaz as necessidades dos iniciados e dos alunos avancados de linguas estrangeiras. Conveniente para o uso diario, sessoes de revisao e atividades de auto-teste. Permite avaliar o seu vocabulario atual. Este livro tambem pode ser usado por estrangeiros para aprender Portugues. ESTA EDICAO REVISTA (Portugues de Portugal, 03.2014) contem 155 topicos, incluindo: Conceitos basicos, Numeros, Unidades de medida, Os verbos mais importantes, Tempo, Calendario, Dia e noite, Meses, Estacoes do Ano, Viagens, Turismo, Cidade, Compras, Roupas & Acessorios, Cosmeticos, Telefone, Conversacao telefonica, Linguas estrangeiras, Refeicoes, Restaurante, Membros da familia, Corpo humano, Medicina, Mobiliario, Eletrodomesticos, Terra, Tempo, Catastrofes naturais, Fauna, Animais selvagens, Paises do mundo, e muito mais ... CARACTERISTICAS ESPECIAIS dos vocabularios bilingues da T&P Books: As palavras estao organizadas de acordo com o seu significado, e nao por ordem alfabetica. O conteudo e apresentado em tres colunas para facilitar os processos de revisao e auto-teste. Cada tema e composto por pequenos blocos de unidades lexicas similares. O vocabulario disponibiliza uma transcricao adequada e simples para cada palavra estrangeira. CASO TENHA alguma duvida, sugestao ou comentario, por favor entre em contacto connosco: [email protected].

Book The History of the Siege of Lisbon

Download or read book The History of the Siege of Lisbon written by José Saramago and published by HMH. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A proofreader realizes his power to edit the truth on a whim, in a “brilliantly original” novel by a Nobel Prize winner (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Raimundo Silva is a middle-aged, celibate clerk, proofing manuscripts for a respectable publishing house. Fluent in Portuguese, he has been assigned to work on a standard history of the country, and the twelfth-century king who laid siege to Lisbon. In a moment of subversive daring, Raimundo decides to change just one single word of text—a capricious revision that completely undoes the past. When discovered, his insolent disregard for facts appalls his employers—save for his new editor, Maria Sara. She suggests that Rainmundo take his transgressions even further. Through Rainmundo and Maria’s eyes, what transpires is an alternate view of history and a colorful reinvention of a debatable truth. It’s a serpentine journey through time where past and present converge, fact becomes myth, and fiction and reality blur—especially for Rainmundo and Maria themselves, who begin to find themselves erotically drawn to each other. “Walter Mitty has nothing on Raimundo Silva . . . this hypnotic tale is a great comic romp through history, language and the imagination.” —Publishers Weekly Translated by Giovanni Pontiero

Book A Nation upon the Ocean Sea

    Book Details:
  • Author : Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2007-01-04
  • ISBN : 0198039115
  • Pages : 253 pages

Download or read book A Nation upon the Ocean Sea written by Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-04 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the opening of sea routes in the fifteenth century, groups of men and women left Portugal to establish themselves across the ports and cities of the Atlantic or Ocean sea. They were refugees and migrants, traders and mariners, Jews , Catholics, and the Marranos of mixed Judaic-Catholic culture. They formed a diasporic community known by contemporaries as the Portuguese Nation. By the early seventeenth century, this nation without a state had created a remarkable trading network that spanned the Atlantic, reached into the Indian Ocean and Asia, and generated millions of pesos that were used to bankroll the Spanish empire. A Nation Upon the Ocean Sea traces the story of the Portuguese Nation from its emergence in the late fifteenth century to its fragmentation in the middle of the seventeenth and situates it in relation to the parallel expansion and crisis of Spanish imperial dominion in the Atlantic. Against the backdrop of this relationship, the book reconstitutes the rich inner life of a community based on movement, maritime trade, and cultural hybridity. We are introduced to mariners and traders in such disparate places as Lima, Seville and Amsterdam, their day-to-day interactions and understandings, their houses and domestic relations, their private reflections and public arguments. This finaly-textured account reveals how the Portuguese Nation created a cohesive and meaningful community despite the mobility and dispersion of its members; how its forms of sociability fed into the development of robust transatlantic commercial networks; and how the day-to-day experience of trade was translated into the sphere of Spanish imperial politics of commercial reform based on religious-ethnic toleration and the liberalization of trade. A microhistory, A Nation Upon the Ocean Sea contributes to our understanding of the broader histories of capitalism, empire, and diaspora in the early Atlantic.

Book The Jews of Early Modern Venice

Download or read book The Jews of Early Modern Venice written by Robert C. Davis and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-03-28 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The constraints of the ghetto and the concomitant interaction of various Jewish traditions produced a remarkable cultural flowering.

Book Vocabulario Portugues Polaco   5000 Palavras Mais Uteis

Download or read book Vocabulario Portugues Polaco 5000 Palavras Mais Uteis written by Andrey Taranov and published by T&p Books. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Os LIVROS DE VOCABULARIO da T&P Books destinam-se a ajudar a aprender, a memorizar, e a rever palavras estrangeiras. O dicionario contem mais de 5000 palavras de uso corrente. Recomendado como material de apoio adicional para qualquer curso de linguas. Satisfaz as necessidades dos iniciados e dos alunos avancados de linguas estrangeiras. Conveniente para o uso diario, sessoes de revisao e atividades de auto-teste. Permite avaliar o seu vocabulario atual. Este livro tambem pode ser usado por estrangeiros para aprender Portugues. ESTA EDICAO REVISTA (Portugues de Portugal, 03.2014) contem 155 topicos, incluindo: Conceitos basicos, Numeros, Unidades de medida, Os verbos mais importantes, Tempo, Calendario, Dia e noite, Meses, Estacoes do Ano, Viagens, Turismo, Cidade, Compras, Roupas & Acessorios, Cosmeticos, Telefone, Conversacao telefonica, Linguas estrangeiras, Refeicoes, Restaurante, Membros da familia, Corpo humano, Medicina, Mobiliario, Eletrodomesticos, Terra, Tempo, Catastrofes naturais, Fauna, Animais selvagens, Paises do mundo, e muito mais ... CARACTERISTICAS ESPECIAIS dos vocabularios bilingues da T&P Books: As palavras estao organizadas de acordo com o seu significado, e nao por ordem alfabetica. O conteudo e apresentado em tres colunas para facilitar os processos de revisao e auto-teste. Cada tema e composto por pequenos blocos de unidades lexicas similares. O vocabulario disponibiliza uma transcricao adequada e simples para cada palavra estrangeira. CASO TENHA alguma duvida, sugestao ou comentario, por favor entre em contacto connosco: [email protected].

Book The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West  1450 1800

Download or read book The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West 1450 1800 written by Paolo Bernardini and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jews and Judaism played a significant role in the history of the expansion of Europe to the west as well as in the history of the economic, social, and religious development of the New World. They played an important role in the discovery, colonization, and eventually exploitation of the resources of the New World. Alone among the European peoples who came to the Americas in the colonial period, Jews were dispersed throughout the hemisphere; indeed, they were the only cohesive European ethnic or religious group that lived under both Catholic and Protestant regimes, which makes their study particularly fruitful from a comparative perspective. As distinguished from other religious or ethnic minorities, the Jewish struggle was not only against an overpowering and fierce nature but also against the political regimes that ruled over the various colonies of the Americas and often looked unfavorably upon the establishment and tleration of Jewish communities in their own territory. Jews managed to survive and occasionally to flourish against all odds, and their history in the Americas is one of the more fascinating chapters in the early modern history of European expansion.

Book A History of Modern Computing  second edition

Download or read book A History of Modern Computing second edition written by Paul E. Ceruzzi and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-04-08 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first digital computer to the dot-com crash—a story of individuals, institutions, and the forces that led to a series of dramatic transformations. This engaging history covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the dot-com crash. The author concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a specialized scientific instrument to a commercial product; the emergence of small systems in the late 1960s; the beginning of personal computing in the 1970s; the spread of networking after 1985; and, in a chapter written for this edition, the period 1995-2001. The new material focuses on the Microsoft antitrust suit, the rise and fall of the dot-coms, and the advent of open source software, particularly Linux. Within the chronological narrative, the book traces several overlapping threads: the evolution of the computer's internal design; the effect of economic trends and the Cold War; the long-term role of IBM as a player and as a target for upstart entrepreneurs; the growth of software from a hidden element to a major character in the story of computing; and the recurring issue of the place of information and computing in a democratic society. The focus is on the United States (though Europe and Japan enter the story at crucial points), on computing per se rather than on applications such as artificial intelligence, and on systems that were sold commercially and installed in quantities.