Author: Eleanor Berry
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 1910878391
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
How far would you go to wreak revenge on the person who has ruined your life? When Rhoda Buckleshott, stylish young English teacher at Sir Winston's girls' school, is unceremoniously sacked, she swears that she will not rest until she has destroyed her nemesis, the head teacher, Mrs Beddington. Perceiving her dismissal as an act of reverse snobbery against her privileged upbringing and upper-class accent, Rhoda embarks on a campaign against Mrs Beddington that becomes more severe and outlandish at every step. And as Rhoda's obsession spins out of control, the strain of her reign of terror takes a terrible toll on her mental state.
An Eye for a Tooth and a Limb for an Eye
Author: Eleanor Berry
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 1910878391
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
How far would you go to wreak revenge on the person who has ruined your life? When Rhoda Buckleshott, stylish young English teacher at Sir Winston's girls' school, is unceremoniously sacked, she swears that she will not rest until she has destroyed her nemesis, the head teacher, Mrs Beddington. Perceiving her dismissal as an act of reverse snobbery against her privileged upbringing and upper-class accent, Rhoda embarks on a campaign against Mrs Beddington that becomes more severe and outlandish at every step. And as Rhoda's obsession spins out of control, the strain of her reign of terror takes a terrible toll on her mental state.
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 1910878391
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
How far would you go to wreak revenge on the person who has ruined your life? When Rhoda Buckleshott, stylish young English teacher at Sir Winston's girls' school, is unceremoniously sacked, she swears that she will not rest until she has destroyed her nemesis, the head teacher, Mrs Beddington. Perceiving her dismissal as an act of reverse snobbery against her privileged upbringing and upper-class accent, Rhoda embarks on a campaign against Mrs Beddington that becomes more severe and outlandish at every step. And as Rhoda's obsession spins out of control, the strain of her reign of terror takes a terrible toll on her mental state.
How to Read the Bible
Author: James L. Kugel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451689098
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
James Kugel’s essential introduction and companion to the Bible combines modern scholarship with the wisdom of ancient interpreters for the entire Hebrew Bible. As soon as it appeared, How to Read the Bible was recognized as a masterwork, “awesome, thrilling” (The New York Times), “wonderfully interesting, extremely well presented” (The Washington Post), and “a tour de force...a stunning narrative” (Publishers Weekly). Now, this classic remains the clearest, most inviting and readable guide to the Hebrew Bible around—and a profound meditation on the effect that modern biblical scholarship has had on traditional belief. Moving chapter by chapter, Harvard professor James Kugel covers the Bible’s most significant stories—the Creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and his wives, Moses and the exodus, David’s mighty kingdom, plus the writings of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the other prophets, and on to the Babylonian conquest and the eventual return to Zion. Throughout, Kugel contrasts the way modern scholars understand these events with the way Christians and Jews have traditionally understood them. The latter is not, Kugel shows, a naïve reading; rather, it is the product of a school of sophisticated interpreters who flourished toward the end of the biblical period. These highly ideological readers sought to put their own spin on texts that had been around for centuries, utterly transforming them in the process. Their interpretations became what the Bible meant for centuries and centuries—until modern scholarship came along. The question that this book ultimately asks is: What now? As one reviewer wrote, Kugel’s answer provides “a contemporary model of how to read Sacred Scripture amidst the oppositional pulls of modern scholarship and tradition.”
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451689098
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
James Kugel’s essential introduction and companion to the Bible combines modern scholarship with the wisdom of ancient interpreters for the entire Hebrew Bible. As soon as it appeared, How to Read the Bible was recognized as a masterwork, “awesome, thrilling” (The New York Times), “wonderfully interesting, extremely well presented” (The Washington Post), and “a tour de force...a stunning narrative” (Publishers Weekly). Now, this classic remains the clearest, most inviting and readable guide to the Hebrew Bible around—and a profound meditation on the effect that modern biblical scholarship has had on traditional belief. Moving chapter by chapter, Harvard professor James Kugel covers the Bible’s most significant stories—the Creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and his wives, Moses and the exodus, David’s mighty kingdom, plus the writings of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the other prophets, and on to the Babylonian conquest and the eventual return to Zion. Throughout, Kugel contrasts the way modern scholars understand these events with the way Christians and Jews have traditionally understood them. The latter is not, Kugel shows, a naïve reading; rather, it is the product of a school of sophisticated interpreters who flourished toward the end of the biblical period. These highly ideological readers sought to put their own spin on texts that had been around for centuries, utterly transforming them in the process. Their interpretations became what the Bible meant for centuries and centuries—until modern scholarship came along. The question that this book ultimately asks is: What now? As one reviewer wrote, Kugel’s answer provides “a contemporary model of how to read Sacred Scripture amidst the oppositional pulls of modern scholarship and tradition.”
The Relations Between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples
Author: Claude Hermann Walter Johns
Publisher:
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Category : Jewish law
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Jewish law
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Expository Times
Author: James Hastings
Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The Expository Times
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1722
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1722
Book Description
Principles of Development
Author: Lewis Wolpert
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198709889
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Developmental biology is at the core of all biology. This text emphasises the principles and key developments in order to provide an approach and style that will appeal to students at all levels.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198709889
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Developmental biology is at the core of all biology. This text emphasises the principles and key developments in order to provide an approach and style that will appeal to students at all levels.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author: USA Patent Office
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1624
Book Description
The Book of Exodus
Author: Samuel Rolles Driver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The Book of Exodus in the Revised Version
Author: Samuel Rolles Driver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description