Author: David Lloyd Dusenbury
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197644120
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 261
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The gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem. To this day, Christians of all churches confess that Jesus died 'under Pontius Pilate'. But what exactly does that mean? Within decades of Jesus' death, Christians began suggesting that it was the Judaean authorities who had crucified Jesus--a notion later echoed in the Qur'an. In the third century, one philosopher raised the notion that, although Pilate had condemned Jesus, he'd done so justly; this idea survives in one of the main strands of modern New Testament criticism. So what is the truth of the matter? And what is the history of that truth? David Lloyd Dusenbury reveals Pilate's 'innocence' as not only a neglected theological question, but a recurring theme in the history of European political thought. He argues that Jesus' interrogation by Pilate, and Augustine of Hippo's North African sermon on that trial, led to the concept of secularity and the logic of tolerance emerging in early modern Europe. Without the Roman trial of Jesus, and the arguments over Pilate's innocence, the history of empire--from the first century to the twenty-first--would have been radically different.
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher:
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Category : Fathers and daughters
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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A horrific tragedy, set in 1599 in Rome, of a young woman executed for pre-meditated murder of her tyrannical father.
Author: John Brougham
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752388986
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Reproduction of the original: The Bunsby Papers by John Brougham
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Author: Sir Mungo William MacCallum
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Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Author: John Brougham
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Author: Alistair Cooke
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497639964
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The story of Whittaker Chambers, HUAC, and the case that defined the McCarthy era, as reported by one of the twentieth century’s most respected journalists. In August 1948, a former Communist Party member named Whittaker Chambers testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that a secret cell of Communists had infiltrated Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal administration. Chief among the conspirators, according to Chambers, was Alger Hiss, a former government attorney and State Department official who had taken part in the Yalta Conference and been instrumental in the creation of the United Nations. Hiss’s categorical denial of the charges, which led Chambers to produce evidence linking both men to Soviet espionage, quickly escalated into one of the most divisive episodes in American history and ignited the widespread fear and paranoia of the McCarthy era. As the US correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, Alistair Cooke reported extensively on the Hiss affair. In an atmosphere that he memorably compares to that of a seventeenth-century religious war, Cooke maintained a clear head and his signature intellectual rigor. A Generation on Trial, which begins with a brilliantly succinct summary of the case—“We are about to look at the trials of a man who was judged in one decade for what he was said to have done in another”—is both a fascinating historical document and a stirring example of journalistic integrity.
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368751980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
Author: John BROUGHAM (Comedian.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Author: Hume Nisbet
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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This book revolves around Joe and Captain Cook's telescope. Joe is a pirate who takes his ship around an island. The island is situated within a great barrier reef, which extends from above Keppel Bay to Cape York, and along the Torres Straits to the Papuan Gulf. The plot of the novel follows Joe's adventure around the island.
