The Fall Reconsidered

Author : Igal German
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498228473

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The Fall Reconsidered by Igal German Pdf

The sin narratives of Genesis 3 and 4 have been scrutinized by biblical interpreters throughout the centuries. Some exegetical traditions have separated the story of Cain-Abel from the preceding Edenic narrative, thus undermining the unity of the Primeval History. The book synthesizes the sin narratives of Adam-Eve and Cain-Abel and examines a wide range of premodern biblical interpretations attesting to their literary and theological unity. This study makes a case for reading these primordial narratives as one familial saga that conveys to the reader the origins of human defiance against God.

Author : Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1376391864

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Rome's Fall Reconsidered by Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch Pdf

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Author : Thomas Karr Callard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Human beings
ISBN : NLS:V000613458

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The Geological Evidences of the Anitiquity of Man Reconsidered by Thomas Karr Callard Pdf

Author : Phillip A. Hussey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567714794

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Supralapsarianism Reconsidered by Phillip A. Hussey Pdf

Phillip A. Hussey examines the scholarship of Jonathan Edwards and interrogates the relationship between Christ and the decree within Reformed Theology; and reveals the contemporary theological significance of supralapsarian Christology. In a late notebook entry, Jonathan Edwards offered a programmatic statement on the relation between Christ and predestination: “In that grand decree of predestination, or the sum of God's decrees...the appointment of Christ, or the decree respecting his person...must be considered first.” This work unpacks the scope of Edwards's statement, both in terms of setting forth an interpretation of Edwards's own theology on the relation between Christ and the decree, as well as drawing out the larger insights of Edwards's reasoning for current theological reflection.

Author : Wesley B. Truitt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781440871399

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NATO Reconsidered by Wesley B. Truitt Pdf

Is NATO still in the best interest of the United States? This provocative work argues that the focus on NATO distracts the U.S. from the vital foreign policy challenges of the 21st century, most notably China's rise in power. Since its beginning in 1949, NATO—the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—has been at the center of U.S. foreign policy. The alliance was crucial during the decades of the Cold War, and the United States collaborated closely with NATO during crises in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Libya. But does the NATO alliance still serve the best interests of the U.S.? The NATO of today—one that has expanded to 30 member countries—risks involving the U.S. in unwanted military activities of the future, actions that were not intended in the original Atlantic alliance. In addition, the real challenges for foreign policy of 21st century are not in Europe, but in the expanding economic powerhouses in Asia, especially China. NATO Reconsidered argues that the changes in world politics in recent decades requires that the more than 70-year-old alliance should no longer be the principal focus of U.S. foreign policy.

Author : Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0332046982

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Rome's Fall Reconsidered (Classic Reprint) by Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch Pdf

Excerpt from Rome's Fall Reconsidered Let us therefore go and see how the great agricultural scholars of the time analyzed the situation. Let us read thoughtfully the writings of Columella. He was writing under the Princi pate, about 60 A. D. How does he begin his work? The preface begins: I frequently hear the most illustrious men of our country complaining that the sterility of our soil and intemperate weather have now for many ages past been diminishing the productivity of the land. Others give a rational background to their complaints, claiming that the land became tired and exhausted from its productivity in the former ages, and hence the soil is no longer able to furnish sustenance to mortals with its former liberality.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : R. B. Bernstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199839940

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The Founding Fathers Reconsidered by R. B. Bernstein Pdf

Here is a vividly written and compact overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as the "Founding Fathers"--who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic "philosopher-kings" as American or world history has ever seen. In The Founding Fathers Reconsidered, R. B. Bernstein reveals Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, and the other founders not as shining demigods but as imperfect human beings--people much like us--who nevertheless achieved political greatness. They emerge here as men who sought to transcend their intellectual world even as they were bound by its limits, men who strove to lead the new nation even as they had to defer to the great body of the people and learn with them the possibilities and limitations of politics. Bernstein deftly traces the dynamic forces that molded these men and their contemporaries as British colonists in North America and as intellectual citizens of the Atlantic civilization's Age of Enlightenment. He analyzes the American Revolution, the framing and adoption of state and federal constitutions, and the key concepts and problems--among them independence, federalism, equality, slavery, and the separation of church and state--that both shaped and circumscribed the founders' achievements as the United States sought its place in the world.

Author : Gordon Martel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134899401

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Modern Germany Reconsidered by Gordon Martel Pdf

In this major textbook, leading international scholars provide clear, concise summaries of many of the most important controversies and developments in German history from 1870-1945.

Author : Seng Ja Layang
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783684397

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The Pharisees in Matthew 23 Reconsidered by Seng Ja Layang Pdf

Scholarly and historical challenges to the canon of Scripture have been ongoing since before the Council of Nicea in 325, and they continue to this day. A growing number of Matthean scholars contest the historicity of Matthew 23 and its validity for inclusion in the Gospel narrative. They view Jesus’s condemnation of the Pharisees and the polemical language as a reflection of growing opposition to Judaism within the Matthean community of post-70 CE and therefore regard the chapter as having little historical value. In this detailed historical, cultural and social analysis, Dr Layang Seng Ja defends the contended understanding of this passage and analyses the view that the actions of the Pharisees, and the condemnation they receive in Matthew 23, are consistent with the context of Jesus’s time on earth. Dr Layang also tackles the dating controversy of the Pharisees in this chapter and the chapter’s subsequent authenticity. This book provides an interesting and in-depth study that credits Matthew 23 as historically reliable and authoritative as part of the Word of God, giving a convincing counter-argument to recent critical thought.

Author : E. Bacon,M. Sandle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230501089

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Brezhnev Reconsidered by E. Bacon,M. Sandle Pdf

Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for almost two decades when it was at the height of its powers. This book is a long overdue reappraisal of Brezhnev the man and the system over which he ruled. By incorporating much of the new material available in Russian, it challenges the received wisdom about the Brezhnev years, and provides a fascinating insight into the life and times of one of the twentieth century's most neglected political leaders.

Author : John Jeffries Martin,Dennis Romano
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0801873088

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Venice Reconsidered by John Jeffries Martin,Dennis Romano Pdf

Venice Reconsidered offers a dynamic portrait of Venice from the establishment of the Republic at the end of the thirteenth century to its fall to Napoleon in 1797. In contrast to earlier efforts to categorize Venice's politics as strictly republican and its society as rigidly tripartite and hierarchical, the scholars in this volume present a more fluid and complex interpretation of Venetian culture. Drawing on a variety of disciplines—history, art history, and musicology—these essays present innovative variants of the myth of Venice—that nearly inexhaustible repertoire of stories Venetians told about themselves.

Author : Andrea Mattiello,Maria Alessia Rossi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351244817

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Late Byzantium Reconsidered by Andrea Mattiello,Maria Alessia Rossi Pdf

Late Byzantium Reconsidered offers a unique collection of essays analysing the artistic achievements of Mediterranean centres linked to the Byzantine Empire between 1261, when the Palaiologan dynasty re-conquered Constantinople, and the decades after 1453, when the Ottomans took the city, marking the end of the Empire. These centuries were characterised by the rising of socio-political elites, in regions such as Crete, Italy, Laconia, Serbia, and Trebizond, that, while sharing cultural and artistic values influenced by the Byzantine Empire, were also developing innovative and original visual and cultural standards. The comparative and interdisciplinary framework offered by this volume aims to challenge established ideas concerning the late Byzantine period such as decline, renewal, and innovation. By examining specific case studies of cultural production from within and outside Byzantium, the chapters in this volume highlight the intrinsic innovative nature of the socio-cultural identities active in the late medieval and early modern Mediterranean vis-à-vis the rhetorical assumption of the cultural contraction of the Byzantine Empire.

Author : Michelle Bogre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781000211368

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Documentary Photography Reconsidered by Michelle Bogre Pdf

Documentary photography is undergoing an unprecedented transformation as it adapts to the impact of digital technology, social media and new distribution methods. In this book, photographer and educator Michelle Bogre contextualizes these changes by offering a historical, theoretical and practical perspective on documentary photography from its inception to the present day. Documentary Photography Reconsidered is structured around key concepts, such as the photograph as witness, as evidence, as memory, as narrative and as a vehicle for activism and social change. Chapters include in-depth interviews with some of the world's leading contemporary practitioners, demonstrating the wide variety of different working styles, techniques and topics available to new photographers entering the field. Every key concept is illustrated with work from a range of innovative, influential and often under-represented photographers, giving a flavor of the depth and range of projects from the history of this global art form. There are also creative projects designed to spark ideas and build skills, to help you conceive, develop and produce your own meaningful documentary projects. The book is supported by a companion website, which includes in-depth video interviews with featured practitioners.

Author : Dina Fainberg,Artemy M. Kalinovsky
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498529945

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Reconsidering Stagnation in the Brezhnev Era by Dina Fainberg,Artemy M. Kalinovsky Pdf

This volume contributes to a growing reevaluation of the Brezhnev era, helping to shape a new historiography that gives us a much richer and more nuanced picture of the time period than the stagnation paradigm usually assigned to the era. The essays provide a multifaceted prism that reveals a dynamic society with a political and intellectual class that remained committed to the ideological foundations of the state, recognized the challenges that the system faced, and embarked on a creative search for solutions. The chapters focus on developments in politics, society, and culture, as well as the state’s attempts to lead and initiate change, which are mostly glossed over in the stagnation narrative. The volume challenges the assumption that the period as a whole was characterized by rampant cynicism and a decline of faith in the socialist creed and instead points to the persistence of popular engagement with the socialist ideology and the power it continued to wield within the Soviet Union.

Author : V. Kerry Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135989385

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Scarcity and Growth Reconsidered by V. Kerry Smith Pdf

Current views on resource availability are examined, along with the original Barnett-Morse thesis of resource supply. Originally published in 1979