The Worship of the Dead

The Worship of the Dead PDF Author: John Garnier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ancestor worship
Languages : en
Pages : 490

Get Book Here

Book Description

The Worship of the Dead

The Worship of the Dead PDF Author: John Garnier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ancestor worship
Languages : en
Pages : 490

Get Book Here

Book Description


The Torah

The Torah PDF Author: Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
Publisher: CCAR Press
ISBN: 0881232831
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 2363

Get Book Here

Book Description
The groundbreaking volume The Torah: A Women's Commentary, originally published by URJ Press and Women of Reform Judaism, has been awarded the top prize in the oldest Jewish literary award program, the 2008 National Jewish Book Awards. A work of great import, the volume is the result of 14 years of planning, research, and fundraising. THE HISTORY: At the 39th Women of Reform Judaism Assembly in San Francisco, Cantor Sarah Sager challenged Women of Reform Judaism delegates to "imagine women feeling permitted, for the first time, feeling able, feeling legitimate in their study of Torah." WRJ accepted that challenge. The Torah: A Women's Commentary was introduced at the Union for Reform Judaism 69th Biennial Convention in San Diego in December 2007. WRJ has commissioned the work of the world's leading Jewish female Bible scholars, rabbis, historians, philosophers and archaeologists. Their collective efforts resulted in the first comprehensive commentary, authored only by women, on the Five Books of Moses, including individual Torah portions as well as the Hebrew and English translation. The Torah: A Women's Commentary gives dimension to the women's voices in our tradition. Under the skillful leadership of editors Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Rabbi Andrea Weiss, PhD, this commentary provides insight and inspiration for all who study Torah: men and women, Jew and non-Jew. As Dr. Eskenazi has eloquently stated, "we want to bring the women of the Torah from the shadow into the limelight, from their silences into speech, from the margins to which they have often been relegated to the center of the page - for their sake, for our sake and for our children's sake." Published by CCAR Press, a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis

New English Canaan of Thomas Morton

New English Canaan of Thomas Morton PDF Author: Thomas Morton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Get Book Here

Book Description


A New and Complete History of the Holy Bible as Contained in the Old and New Testaments

A New and Complete History of the Holy Bible as Contained in the Old and New Testaments PDF Author: Robert Sears
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 702

Get Book Here

Book Description


A Survey of Israel's History

A Survey of Israel's History PDF Author: Leon James Wood
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780310347705
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452

Get Book Here

Book Description
Since its first publication in 1970, A Survey of Israel's History has established itself as a popular and useful text in Bible colleges and seminaries. This revision by David O'Brien, which brings A Survey of Israel's History up to date, is certain to add to its value and continue its popularity. A chapter on the Intertestamental Period has been added. Numerous line-maps, charts, and diagrams help to clarity details. An extensive chronological chart provides an overall summary of names and dates. Authoritative, thoroughly biblical, factually sound, and movingly human -- A Survey of Israel's History will prove enormously helpful to the student of the Bible, and to anyone in search of a definitive history of the chosen people.

The Pentateuch: a Historical Record

The Pentateuch: a Historical Record PDF Author: William Turnbull Pilter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 676

Get Book Here

Book Description


A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition

A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition PDF Author: William Ainsworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Euphrates River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 508

Get Book Here

Book Description


A BIBLICAL JOURNEY SUPPORTED BY SCIENCE

A BIBLICAL JOURNEY SUPPORTED BY SCIENCE PDF Author: Edouard RIVIER
Publisher: RIVIER
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 682

Get Book Here

Book Description
Science, in the present state of our scientific knowledge, including the most advanced, can support our faith in order to make the texts not only understandable, but also interesting and often beneficial for our reflection or our interior life. This systematic alliance between faith and science is one of the most innovative aspects of the book, which is highlighted by its title. Thus, on a general level, history, geography, archaeology, linguistics, paleoanthropology, and other disciplines are now able to retrace the history of ancient palestine over a long period of time. Retracing by the same token, the history of the small territory of canaan that the hebrews conquered under the leadership of moses and then, joshua. You will discover egypt, master of the entire near east for more than a thousand years, and the invasions of the sea peoples who ravaged the land of canaan shortly before its conquest by joshua, as well as the hittites and the invasion of egypt by the hyksos. If we place ourselves at the more modest level of the protagonists of the profane or sacred stories that are told in this volume 1, “the time of the patriarchs,” science will teach us a lot about their habits, their fears, and their joys. Texts found in the remains of the city-state of nuzi will shed light on the lifestyle of these nomadic shepherds. Finally, I propose to use the theories of information and communication, in a totally new way, as two scientific tools at the service of the bible. We will consider the sacred text as containing a series of “messages” (in the sense of telecommunications) that god addresses to us through time and space. The senders of these messages are characters “inspired” by god (the patriarchs in this volume 1). These messages reach our mailbox (either e-mail or brain). Communication theory and habits will dictate our first action: authenticate the sender so that he doesn’t send spam or bugs! You will discover how to authenticate abraham through history and plate tectonics, and jacob through paleoclimatology and hieroglyphic inscriptions. Geophysics, including paleoclimatology, plate tectonics, volcanology, and seismology, makes it possible to convert facts tainted with divine wonder to simple manifestations of the earth’s moods, which can often be dated, and which make it possible to take these great patriarchs out of the mythical fog in which our ignorance has tended to confine them.

An Illustrated History of the Holy Bible

An Illustrated History of the Holy Bible PDF Author: John Kitto
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 750

Get Book Here

Book Description


The New York Review

The New York Review PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 840

Get Book Here

Book Description