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The New Testament in Its World
An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2019
Finally: an introduction that captures the excitement of the early Christians, helping today's readers to think like a first-century believer while reading the text responsibly for today.
The New Testament in Its World is your passageway from the twenty-first century to the era of Jesus and...
The New Testament in Its World Workbook
An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2019
This workbook accompanies The New Testament in Its World by N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird. Following the textbook's structure, it offers assessment questions, exercises, and activities designed to support the students' learning experience. Reinforcing the teaching in the textbook, this workbook...
by Sue Blundell
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
It has been much disputed to what extent thinkers in Greek and Roman antiquity adhered to ideas of evolution and progress in human affairs. Did they lack any conception of process in time, or did they anticipate Darwinian and Lamarckian hypotheses?
The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman...
El Louvre y la Biblia - Antigüedades egipcias, Antigüedades griegas y romanas
Un lector de la Biblia visita el Louvre, Desde la antigua Babilonia Hasta el cristianismo original
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Un recorrido inédito y original !
¿ Qué ver en el Louvre? ¿ Cómo orientarse en este laberinto inmenso de objetos y de testimonios del pasado? La Biblia demuestra ser una guía original y pertinente para descifrar fragmentos de la historia de laantigüedad.
Por ejemplo,...
Blindness and Reorientation
Problems in Plato's Republic
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Are the just happier than the unjust? In Plato' s Republic, Thrasymachus argues that they aren't, that justice is simply the advantage of the stronger. Though Socrates apparently refutes him, Plato's brothers, Glaucon and Adeimantus, take up his argument anew, challenging Socrates to show them that...
by Marissa Marthari, Colin Renfrew, Michael Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
The sculpture of the early bronze age Cyclades has been systematically studied since the time of Christos Tsountas at the end of the 19th century. But that study has been hampered by the circumstance that so many of the subsequent finds come from unauthorised excavations, where the archaeological...
The Best Surgeon in England
Percivall Pott, 171388
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Percivall Pott (1713–88) was a leading surgeon in eighteenth-century Britain. This work mines the rich biographical and bibliographical record Pott and his students left behind to add to the historical and intellectual understanding of pre-modern surgery. This was a time when surgery was becoming...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This collection of articles is the outcome of extensive investigations into archival materials, concerning the involvement of various nations in the Great War. The authors analyse the wartime experiences of individuals and local communities, as well as whole nations. They offer a closer, more personal...
From Prehistoric Villages to Cities
Settlement Aggregation and Community Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Archaeologists have focused a great deal of attention on explaining the evolution of village societies and the transition to a ‘Neolithic’ way of life. Considerable interest has also concentrated on urbanism and the rise of the earliest cities. Between these two landmarks in human cultural development...
by Eric H. Cline
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
The Iliad, Homer's epic tale of the abduction of Helen and the decade-long Trojan War, has fascinated mankind for millennia. Even today, the war inspires countless articles and books, extensive archaeological excavations, movies, television documentaries, even souvenirs and collectibles. But while...
Walking and Trekking on Corfu
The Corfu Trail and 22 outstanding day-walks
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
This guidebook to the Greek island of Corfu describes a selection of 22 superb day walks throughout the island, along with the 150km Corfu Trail. The day walks range from 3.5 to 18km in length, and begin from a number of popular holiday destinations across the island, including Corfu Town (home of...
by Xenophon
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
Hiero by Xenophon,the Athenian historian, soldier and mercenary, and a student of Socrates.This book is a minor work by Xenophon, set as a dialogue between Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, and the lyric poet Simonides about 474 BC. In it Xenophon argues that a tyrant does not have any more access to happiness than a private person.
by Xenophon
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates. Xenophon was not considered a philosopher during his time but he is now often considered one. Xenophon’s writings cover many different genres and are still widely studied by students today. This edition of The Economist includes a table of contents.
by Xenophon
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates. Xenophon was not considered a philosopher during his time but he is now often considered one. Xenophon’s writings cover many different genres and are still widely studied by students today. This edition of On Revenues includes a table of contents.