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Conventionally, the history of the rabbinic movement has been told as a distinctly intra-Jewish development, a response to the gaping need left by the tragic destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. In Rabbis as Romans, Hayim Lapin reconfigures that history by...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-07-02
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Holy war, sanctioned or even commanded by God, is a common and recurring theme in the Hebrew Bible. Rabbinic Judaism, however, largely avoided discussion of holy war in the Talmud and related literatures for the simple reason that it became dangerous and...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-07-02
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This book examines Christian ethnographic writing about the Jews in early modern Europe, offering a systematic historical analysis of this literary genre and arguing its importance for understanding both the period in general and Jewish-Christian relations in...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-07-02
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DESCRIPTION Jesus is inviting you, "Come to Me."In a world where anxiety and chaos reign, it's easy to forget the simplicity, the fun, the excitement of being in a close relationship with Jesus. Whether you are emotionally drained, spiritually hungry, or just looking...
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Worthy Books
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2012-07-01
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, first published in England in 1789, was one of the earliest and remains to this day one of the best-known English language slave narratives. Characterizing Olaudah Equiano's...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-07-01
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This is the extraordinary story of Knight and Lomas's fourteen year quest to uncover the secret teachings buried beneath Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh. Their quest ends with extraordinary revelations about early human history - the origins of Christianity, of Freemasonry...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2012-06-30
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Bei der Aufarbeitung ihres Versagens während der Schoa haben sich die Kirchen auf das Judesein Jesu und die eigenen Wurzeln im Judentum besonnen. Dabei richtet sich das Interesse christlicher Gemeinden besonders auf das tiefere Verstehen des Abendmahls. In dem Wunsch,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-06-28
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For much of his career as a Reformer John Calvin was involved in trinitarian controversy. Not only did these controversies span his career, but his opponents ranged across the spectrum of theological approaches-from staunch traditionalists to radical antitrinitarians....
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OUP Oxford
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2012-06-28
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Obwohl die Geschichte des Islam in Österreich viel weiter zurückreicht als die Geschichte der muslimischen Migration nach Österreich, rufen Muslime und ihre religiöse Präsenz nach wie vor kontroverse Diskussionen hervor. Dabei rücken vor allem Imame ins Zentrum der...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-06-28
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Carolyn Weese and J. Russell Crabtree—experts in the field of church leadership—have written a nuts-and-bolts guide to developing a succession plan for smoothing pastoral transitions. Filled with strategies and solid advice, this handy resource is based in solid...
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Jossey-Bass
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2012-06-26
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Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series
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The Philokalia (literally "love of the beautiful or good") is, after the Bible, the most influential source of spiritual tradition within the Orthodox Church. First published in Greek in 1782 by St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Macarios of Corinth, the...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-06-26
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PresentationA deep and luminous spirituality.Commenting on certain parables from the New Testament, Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov reveals and sheds light on many subjects: reincarnation and our seven bodies (“Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect”), devote one's...
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Editions Prosveta
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2012-06-24
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Izvor (EN)
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LEADING FROM THE SECOND CHAIR will raise awareness of the need for strong leaders in secondary positions. It will describe the value they can bring to their organization and to primary leaders when they are serving at their full potential. It will reshape the way they...
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Jossey-Bass
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2012-06-22
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Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series
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Discover the tools to create a new kind of church and move from merely surviving to thriving. Drawing on an extensive two-year field study of 200 churches from a variety of denominations and geographic regions, Milfred Minatrea--a missiologist, urban strategist and...
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Jossey-Bass
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2012-06-22
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Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series
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A blueprint for missional, multi-ethnic Christian community Efrem Smith, an internationally recognized and innovative African-American leader, offers a workable plan for connecting theology, practical ministry models, and real stories of people in multi-ethnic...
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Jossey-Bass
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2012-06-21
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Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series
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Joyce guides readers towards making the most important decision they will ever make. Beginning with the decision to accept Christ,Joyce explains the life-changing impact that comes from knowing God in the most personal way possible. She walks readers through what makes...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-06-21
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St John of the Cross testifies to a God who longs to meet us in our deepest need. Whilst rejection and imprisonment played their part in the life of this sixteenth-century Spanish friar, John's poetry and prose reveal the beauty and power of a wondrous God. It gives us...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-06-21
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The term 'Augustinianism' has been used by scholars for over a century to refer to trends in medieval philosophy, theology, and politics, which had a major effect on the transformations of European culture and society from the Middle Ages to the onset of modernity. Yet...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-06-21
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The essays in this volume seek to confront some of the charged meeting points of European - especially German - and Jewish history. All, in one way or another, explore the entanglements, the intertwined moments of empathy and enmity, belonging and estrangement,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-06-15
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The Early Text of the New Testament aims to examine and assess from our earliest extant sources the most primitive state of the New Testament text now known. What sort of changes did scribes make to the text? What is the quality of the text now at our disposal? What can...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-06-15
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