The King Of The Jews

Author : Nick Tosches
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0060936002

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Flamboyant mobster Arnold Rothstein was gambling and money. He was the inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls. It was rumored he masterminded the 1919 World Series fix. He was Mr. Broadway, a king of corruption holding court from his private booth at Lindy's Restaurant. In this lively, sprawling biography, the inimitable Nick Tosches -- "one of the greatest living American writers" (Dallas Observer) -- examines the myth and extraordinary legacy of Arnold Rothstein. It is an elegy to old New York that places an iconic, larger-than-life criminal kingpin firmly at the center of nothing less than the history of the entire Western world.

Author : Paula Fredriksen
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307826572

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Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews by Paula Fredriksen Pdf

Paula Fredriksen, renowned historian and author of From Christ to Jesus, begins this inquiry into the historic Jesus with a fact that may be the only undisputed thing we know about him: his crucifixion. Rome reserved this means of execution particularly for political insurrectionists; and the Roman charge posted at the head of the cross indicted Jesus for claiming to be King of the Jews. To reconstruct the Jesus who provoked this punishment, Fredriksen takes us into the religious worlds, Jewish and pagan, of Mediterranean antiquity, through the labyrinth of Galilean and Judean politics, and on into the ancient narratives of Paul's letters, the gospels, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Josephus' histories. The result is a profound contribution both to our understanding of the social and religious contexts within which Jesus of Nazareth moved, and to our appreciation of the mission and message that ended in the proclamation of Jesus as Messiah.

Author : Peter Richardson,Amy Marie Fisher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351670913

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Herod by Peter Richardson,Amy Marie Fisher Pdf

Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans examines the life, work, and influence of this controversial figure, who remains the most highly visible of the Roman client kings under Augustus. Herod’s rule shaped the world in which Christianity arose and his influence can still be seen today. In this expanded second edition, additions to the original text include discussion of the archaeological evidence of Herod’s activity, his building program, numismatic evidence, and consideration of the roles and activities of other client kings in relation to Herod. This volume includes new maps and numerous photographs, and these coupled with the new additions to the text make this a valuable tool for those interested in the wider Roman world of the late first century BCE at both under- and postgraduate levels. Herod remains the definitive study of the life and activities of the king known traditionally as Herod the Great.

Author : Leslie Epstein
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590514320

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King of the Jews by Leslie Epstein Pdf

New in Paperback This 1979 classic tells the darkly humorous story of I.C. Trumpelman, a man whose fancy determines the fate of others. Chosen as the head of a Judenrat, Trumpelman thrives on the power granted him and creates an authoritarian regime of his own within the ghetto. By turns a con man, charismatic leader and merciless dictator, Trumpelman reveals himself as an extraordinarily complex protagonist. Now available in a new paperback edition from Handsel Books, King of the Jews will continue to be an extraordinary vision of occupied Poland, and offer stunning insight through the trappings of history to questions of equal moral complexity today. "Mature, brilliantly sustained, thoroughly engrossing." -Newsweek "The best book yet to be written on the Holocaust. A superb novel." -San Francisco Chronicle "Remarkable. A lesson in what artistic restraint can do to help us imagine the dark places in our history." -The New York Times Book Review "Profoundly daring...Epstein can summon up life from the bottom of despair." -The Boston Globe "Epstein has done the impossible. He has shown what the power of art--of his art—can reveal of the depths of the unspeakable." -The Philadelphia Inquirer

Author : Norman Gelb
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827609136

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Kings of the Jews by Norman Gelb Pdf

We all know about King David and King Solomon, but what about the kings Omri and Uzziah? Of the more than fifty monarchs who sat on the throne of the Jews for over 1000 years, most of us can recall only a few. What we do remember about them has been colored by legend and embellishment. In Kings of the Jews, Norman Gelb tells us the real stories of them all. And in doing so, he reveals how a remarkably resilient people survived divisions, discord, and conquest to forge a vibrant identity that has lasted to the present day. Kings of the Jews explores some of the most dramatic periods in Jewish history: those of the united Israelite kingdom under David and Solomon, the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Babylonian exile, and the destruction of the Second Temple and the Roman conquest of Jerusalem. With illustrations, maps, chronologies, and index.

Author : John R. Rice
Publisher : Sword of the Lord
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0873984765

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Author : Margaret Barker
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780281069682

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King of the Jews by Margaret Barker Pdf

Only John's Gospel says that Jesus was crucified as Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews. Jesus was the keeper of the ways of the first temple in Jerusalem. These had almost been lost when the Moses traditions came to dominate in the second-temple period. Jesus' mission was to restore the ways of the original temple. He entrusted his visions to John the Elder, a priestly disciple in Jerusalem, and John compiled them into the Book of Revelation. Later, John wrote his Gospel to show how the visions had been fulfilled. The background to the Fourth Gospel is temple tradition. John shows how Jesus' debates with the Jews centred on the great difference between the world of the second temple and the world of the priest-kings of the first temple from which Christianity emerged. The Johannine community were the Hebrew disciples of Jesus who saw themselves as the true high priesthood restored.

Author : Mustafa Akyol
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781250088703

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The Islamic Jesus by Mustafa Akyol Pdf

“A welcome expansion of the fragile territory known as common ground.” —The New York Times When Reza Aslan’s bestseller Zealot came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn’t addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of The New York Times wrote that “if Aslan had actually written in defense of the Islamic view of Jesus, that would have been something provocative and new.” Mustafa Akyol’s The Islamic Jesus is that book. The Islamic Jesus reveals startling new truths about Islam in the context of the first Muslims and the early origins of Christianity. Muslims and the first Christians—the Jewish followers of Jesus—saw Jesus as not divine but rather as a prophet and human Messiah and that salvation comes from faith and good works, not merely as faith, as Christians would later emphasize. What Akyol seeks to reveal are how these core beliefs of Jewish Christianity, which got lost in history as a heresy, emerged in a new religion born in 7th Arabia: Islam. Akyol exposes this extraordinary historical connection between Judaism, Jewish Christianity and Islam—a major mystery unexplored by academia. From Jesus’ Jewish followers to the Nazarenes and Ebionites to the Qu’ran’s stories of Mary and Jesus, The Islamic Jesus will reveal links between religions that seem so contrary today. It will also call on Muslims to discover their own Jesus, at a time when they are troubled by their own Pharisees and Zealots.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate U.S.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0802136168

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The Gospel According to Matthew by Anonim Pdf

The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.

Author : Alfred Edersheim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLI:2531953-10

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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim Pdf

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9355399790

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Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XI by Flavius Josephus Pdf

The book, "" Antiquities of the Jews; Book - XI "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : Robin R. Mundill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441173621

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The King's Jews by Robin R. Mundill Pdf

In July 1290, Edward I issued writs to the Sheriffs of the English counties ordering them to enforce a decree to expel all Jews from England before All Saints' Day of that year. England became the first country to expel a Jewish minority from its borders. They were allowed to take their portable property but their houses were confiscated by the king. In a highly readable account, Robin Mundill considers the Jews of medieval England as victims of violence (notably the massacre of Shabbat haGadol when York's Jewish community perished at Clifford's Tower) and as a people apart, isolated amidst a hostile environment. The origins of the business world are considered including the fact that the medieval English Jew perfected modern business methods many centuries before its recognised time. What emerges is a picture of a lost society which had much to contribute and yet was turned away in 1290.

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9355397917

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Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - IX by Flavius Josephus Pdf

The book, "" Antiquities of the Jews; Book - IX "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9355399979

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Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XVIII by Flavius Josephus Pdf

The book, "" Antiquities of the Jews; Book - XVIII "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : William T. Stead
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752422863

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King of the Jews by William T. Stead Pdf

Reproduction of the original: King of the Jews by William T. Stead