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Book cover of The Invention of Judaism

The Invention of Judaism

Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul

by John J. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017

Most people understand Judaism to be the Torah and the Torah to be Judaism. However, in *The *Invention of Judaism, John J. Collins persuasively argues this was not always the case. The Torah became the touchstone for most of Judaism’s adherents only in the hands of the rabbis of late antiquity....
Book cover of Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
by John J. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019

John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most popular introductory textbooks in colleges and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments. The...
Book cover of Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

The Deuteronomistic History

by John J. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019

John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most popular introductory textbooks in colleges and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments. The...
Book cover of Pennsylvania Elections
by John J. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014

Pennsylvania Elections provides a systematic and thorough analysis of every statewide election in Pennsylvania since 1950. The five chapters are divided between U.S. Senate elections, gubernatorial contests, statewide row offices, and presidential campaigns. Each of the 106 elections that have taken...
Book cover of Criminal Women

Criminal Women

Famous London Cases

by John J. Eddleston
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010

Shocking portraits of women who have committed capital crimes in England’s capital city—from the author of Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia.   Women have sometimes been seen as less criminally inclined than men. But, as John J. Eddleston shows in this revealing anthology of female crimes in London,...
Book cover of Healing from Childhood Abuse: Understanding the Effects, Taking Control to Recover
by John J Lemoncelli
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012

The American Medical Association currently estimates at least one in every five adults suffered abuse as a child. While childhood abuse or trauma is certainly not a new issue, it has reached epidemic proportion. Yet most clinicians have not been sufficiently trained to appreciate or understand the...
Book cover of Presidential Swing States
by Scott L. McLean, Sean D. Foreman, Donna R. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018

The 2020 United States presidential race is arguably already over except for about 12 states and 20 counties. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2020, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their...
Book cover of The Last Mission

The Last Mission

A Voyage Through History as Remembered

by John J. Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011

It is one thing to study history and its quite another to have lived it. John J. (Pat) Ryan, a retired USAF lieutenant colonel has done just that. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1920, he grew up during the Great Depression. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Pat applied for and was accepted into...
Book cover of Tangled Web of Love and Lies
by John J. Archer
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013

‘Tangled Web of Love & Lies’ is a short story. When Norman Bronn dies having achieved superhuman feats the media jump on the story that he may have discovered a pill ‘HBe’ which helped him maximise his potential. His Brother Richard is even summoned by the president of the United States of America,...
Book cover of From Christmas to Twelfth Night in Southern Illinois
by John J. Dunphy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010

Journey to a region where all the perennials are said to bloom at midnight on Christmas Eve and where a family's luck is determined by the first person to walk through their door on New Year's Day. Spend a literary Christmas in Herrin, listen to the twelve bells of Belleville ring out the coming year...
Book cover of Funkstreet
by John J. Buonani
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015

His writing can be likened by the beats of psychedelic punk. Expressionistic poetry and expressionistic visual art. This book showcases both of John J Buonani's works. He is a self-taught painter and writer who renders stream of consciousness. His art is in numerous ways bursting with emotional energy.
Book cover of Chasing Ghosts
by John J. Tierney, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006

The turbulent occupation of Iraq has once again embroiled the United States military in an unconventional war. Chasing Ghosts is a study of unconventional warfare in American military history and its implications for the present and future. John J. Tierney examines AmericaÆs numerous past experiences...
Book cover of Chromosome 23
by Major John J. Duffy
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013

"Chromosome 23" is a book of poetry.It is a story about you and me and all the rest of us. It delves into the “XX” and the “XY” chromosome. This is the female and the male chromosome.“I never understand women.” We’ve heard that before. This endeavor is the key to understanding...
Book cover of Conventional Deterrence
by John J. Mearsheimer
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 1985

Conventional Deterrence is a book about the origins of war. Why do nations faced with the prospect of large-scale conventional war opt for or against an offensive strategy? John J. Mearsheimer examines a number of crises that led to major conventional wars to explain why deterrence failed. He focuses...
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