Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725218984
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The history of Jews from the period of the Second Temple to the rise of Islam. From 'A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 1' This volume introduces the sources of Judaism in late antiquity to scholars in adjacent fields, such as the study of the Old and New Testaments, Ancient History, the ancient Near East, and the history of religion. In two volumes, leading American, Israeli, and European specialists in the history, literature, theology, and archaeology of Judaism offer factual answers to the two questions that the study of any religion in ancient times must raise. The first is, what are the sources -- written and in material culture -- that inform us about that religion? The second is, how have we to understand those sources in reconstructing the history of various Judaic systems in antiquity. The chapters set forth in simple statements, intelligible to non-specialists, the facts which the sources provide. Because of the nature of the subject and acute interest in it, the specialists also raise some questions particular to the study of Judaism, dealing with its historical relationship with nascent Christianity in New Testament times. The work forms the starting point for the study of all the principal questions concerning Judaism in late antiquity and sets forth the most current, critical results of scholarship.
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 4
Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725218984
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The history of Jews from the period of the Second Temple to the rise of Islam. From 'A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 1' This volume introduces the sources of Judaism in late antiquity to scholars in adjacent fields, such as the study of the Old and New Testaments, Ancient History, the ancient Near East, and the history of religion. In two volumes, leading American, Israeli, and European specialists in the history, literature, theology, and archaeology of Judaism offer factual answers to the two questions that the study of any religion in ancient times must raise. The first is, what are the sources -- written and in material culture -- that inform us about that religion? The second is, how have we to understand those sources in reconstructing the history of various Judaic systems in antiquity. The chapters set forth in simple statements, intelligible to non-specialists, the facts which the sources provide. Because of the nature of the subject and acute interest in it, the specialists also raise some questions particular to the study of Judaism, dealing with its historical relationship with nascent Christianity in New Testament times. The work forms the starting point for the study of all the principal questions concerning Judaism in late antiquity and sets forth the most current, critical results of scholarship.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725218984
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The history of Jews from the period of the Second Temple to the rise of Islam. From 'A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 1' This volume introduces the sources of Judaism in late antiquity to scholars in adjacent fields, such as the study of the Old and New Testaments, Ancient History, the ancient Near East, and the history of religion. In two volumes, leading American, Israeli, and European specialists in the history, literature, theology, and archaeology of Judaism offer factual answers to the two questions that the study of any religion in ancient times must raise. The first is, what are the sources -- written and in material culture -- that inform us about that religion? The second is, how have we to understand those sources in reconstructing the history of various Judaic systems in antiquity. The chapters set forth in simple statements, intelligible to non-specialists, the facts which the sources provide. Because of the nature of the subject and acute interest in it, the specialists also raise some questions particular to the study of Judaism, dealing with its historical relationship with nascent Christianity in New Testament times. The work forms the starting point for the study of all the principal questions concerning Judaism in late antiquity and sets forth the most current, critical results of scholarship.
The Unpossessed City
Author: Jon Fasman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594201905
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Fleeing America and his gambling debts, Jim Vilatzer uses the Russian language skills he learned from his émigré grandparents to land a job in Moscow interviewing Gulag survivors, work that brings him into the rich lives of his new neighbors and catches the suspicious attentions of Russia's Interior Ministry and the CIA.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594201905
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Fleeing America and his gambling debts, Jim Vilatzer uses the Russian language skills he learned from his émigré grandparents to land a job in Moscow interviewing Gulag survivors, work that brings him into the rich lives of his new neighbors and catches the suspicious attentions of Russia's Interior Ministry and the CIA.
Road to Ruin
Author: Hana Lee
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668035618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
For fans of Tasha Suri and R. F. Kuang, Hana Lee's electrifying, gritty fantasy debut takes readers on a high-speed chase across a climate-ravaged wasteland, featuring motorcycles, monsters, and magic.[Bokinfo].
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668035618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
For fans of Tasha Suri and R. F. Kuang, Hana Lee's electrifying, gritty fantasy debut takes readers on a high-speed chase across a climate-ravaged wasteland, featuring motorcycles, monsters, and magic.[Bokinfo].
The Cube
Author: Nat Karody
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0761859829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A Romeo and Juliet story of a young couple from adjacent sides of a cubic planet who meet at an edge and develop a relationship in the midst of a war that threatens to destroy the planet. A science fiction novel that reconfigures the laws of nature and transforms the conventions of love.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0761859829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A Romeo and Juliet story of a young couple from adjacent sides of a cubic planet who meet at an edge and develop a relationship in the midst of a war that threatens to destroy the planet. A science fiction novel that reconfigures the laws of nature and transforms the conventions of love.
The Historians' History of the World
Author: Henry Smith Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
Book Description
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Author: Gaston Leroux
Publisher: 2Language Books
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1417
Book Description
THIS EDITION: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (in French, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune) is a classic French 'locked-room' mystery novel written by Gaston Leroux. (A Dual-Language Book Project) 2Language Books
Publisher: 2Language Books
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1417
Book Description
THIS EDITION: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (in French, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune) is a classic French 'locked-room' mystery novel written by Gaston Leroux. (A Dual-Language Book Project) 2Language Books
Your Majesty, I'll Not Be With You
Author: Pan SiXiaoYao
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636451217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
A strange wedding, a arranged marriage. Her wolf-like husband had actually taken a wife for her younger brother. In order to avenge her brother, he had wantonly mistreated her. As for her, a concubine of the family, she was a victim of the snake and scorpion's direct sister. She had suffered the wrath of revenge for nothing. Until I met him. A deal had tied her to an ancient ghost.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636451217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
A strange wedding, a arranged marriage. Her wolf-like husband had actually taken a wife for her younger brother. In order to avenge her brother, he had wantonly mistreated her. As for her, a concubine of the family, she was a victim of the snake and scorpion's direct sister. She had suffered the wrath of revenge for nothing. Until I met him. A deal had tied her to an ancient ghost.
The Dugum Dani
Author: Karl G. Heider
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351483366
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
For many years anthropologists have speculated about primitive warfare, its place in a particular culture, its form, and its consequences on other tribes. This full-scale ethnography of the Dugum Dani centers on the issue of hostility between groups of human beings and the place and function of violence. Warfare, like rituals and kinship alliances, is part of a total culture, and for this reason Professor Heider has approached the Dani from a holistic point of view. Other aspects of Dani life and organization are shown in interrelationship with the institution of warfare, such as the social, ecological, and technological elements in the Dani way of life. Professor Heider examines particularly the role of warfare itself in terms of the particular needs, and lack of them. The first section of this book documents the Dani and their warfare and provides one of the most detailed accounts of tribal life available. The second section focuses on the material aspects of Dani culture, to explore the interrelationships of the material objects with the other aspects of Dani culture; this analysis is especially interesting since the Dani moved from a stone-age culture to steel tools during the period of study itself. Professor Heider also notes the distinctive aspects of Dani culture; the paucity of color, number, and other attribute terms, the near absence of art; their five-year post-partum sexual abstinence, and other traits that seem to suggest that the Dani have little interest in intellectual elaboration or sex, and that despite their warfare, they are not a particularly aggressive people. Including previously unpublished photographs and descriptions of tribal life and warfare, this book provides anthropologists with a full and vivid account of Dani culture and with new insights into the general problems of human aggression.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351483366
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
For many years anthropologists have speculated about primitive warfare, its place in a particular culture, its form, and its consequences on other tribes. This full-scale ethnography of the Dugum Dani centers on the issue of hostility between groups of human beings and the place and function of violence. Warfare, like rituals and kinship alliances, is part of a total culture, and for this reason Professor Heider has approached the Dani from a holistic point of view. Other aspects of Dani life and organization are shown in interrelationship with the institution of warfare, such as the social, ecological, and technological elements in the Dani way of life. Professor Heider examines particularly the role of warfare itself in terms of the particular needs, and lack of them. The first section of this book documents the Dani and their warfare and provides one of the most detailed accounts of tribal life available. The second section focuses on the material aspects of Dani culture, to explore the interrelationships of the material objects with the other aspects of Dani culture; this analysis is especially interesting since the Dani moved from a stone-age culture to steel tools during the period of study itself. Professor Heider also notes the distinctive aspects of Dani culture; the paucity of color, number, and other attribute terms, the near absence of art; their five-year post-partum sexual abstinence, and other traits that seem to suggest that the Dani have little interest in intellectual elaboration or sex, and that despite their warfare, they are not a particularly aggressive people. Including previously unpublished photographs and descriptions of tribal life and warfare, this book provides anthropologists with a full and vivid account of Dani culture and with new insights into the general problems of human aggression.