Unholy Business

Author : Nina Burleigh
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061980909

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In 2002, an ancient limestone box called the James Ossuary was trumpeted on the world's front pages as the first material evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ. Today it is exhibit number one in a forgery trial involving millions of dollars worth of high-end, Biblical era relics, some of which literally re-wrote Near Eastern history and which could lead to the incarceration of some very wealthy men and embarrass major international institutions, including the British Museum and Sotheby's. Set in Israel, with its 30,000 archaeological digs crammed with biblical-era artifacts, and full of colorful characters—scholars, evangelicals, detectives, and millionaire collectors—Unholy Business tells the incredibly story of what the Israeli authorities have called "the fraud of the century." It takes readers into the murky world of Holy Land relic dealing, from the back alleys of Jerusalem's Old City to New York's Fifth Avenue, and reveals biblical archaeology as it is pulled apart by religious believers on one side and scientists on the other.

Author : Nina Burleigh
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061980909

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Unholy Business by Nina Burleigh Pdf

In 2002, an ancient limestone box called the James Ossuary was trumpeted on the world's front pages as the first material evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ. Today it is exhibit number one in a forgery trial involving millions of dollars worth of high-end, Biblical era relics, some of which literally re-wrote Near Eastern history and which could lead to the incarceration of some very wealthy men and embarrass major international institutions, including the British Museum and Sotheby's. Set in Israel, with its 30,000 archaeological digs crammed with biblical-era artifacts, and full of colorful characters—scholars, evangelicals, detectives, and millionaire collectors—Unholy Business tells the incredibly story of what the Israeli authorities have called "the fraud of the century." It takes readers into the murky world of Holy Land relic dealing, from the back alleys of Jerusalem's Old City to New York's Fifth Avenue, and reveals biblical archaeology as it is pulled apart by religious believers on one side and scientists on the other.

Author : Andrew Fisher
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262535168

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Big Hunger by Andrew Fisher Pdf

How to focus anti-hunger efforts not on charity but on the root causes of food insecurity, improving public health, and reducing income inequality. Food banks and food pantries have proliferated in response to an economic emergency. The loss of manufacturing jobs combined with the recession of the early 1980s and Reagan administration cutbacks in federal programs led to an explosion in the growth of food charity. This was meant to be a stopgap measure, but the jobs never came back, and the “emergency food system” became an industry. In Big Hunger, Andrew Fisher takes a critical look at the business of hunger and offers a new vision for the anti-hunger movement. From one perspective, anti-hunger leaders have been extraordinarily effective. Food charity is embedded in American civil society, and federal food programs have remained intact while other anti-poverty programs have been eliminated or slashed. But anti-hunger advocates are missing an essential element of the problem: economic inequality driven by low wages. Reliant on corporate donations of food and money, anti-hunger organizations have failed to hold business accountable for offshoring jobs, cutting benefits, exploiting workers and rural communities, and resisting wage increases. They have become part of a “hunger industrial complex” that seems as self-perpetuating as the more famous military-industrial complex. Fisher lays out a vision that encompasses a broader definition of hunger characterized by a focus on public health, economic justice, and economic democracy. He points to the work of numerous grassroots organizations that are leading the way in these fields as models for the rest of the anti-hunger sector. It is only through approaches like these that we can hope to end hunger, not just manage it.

Author : Rev. John Hanson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590460156

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Lectures to the Working Classes ... by Rev. John Hanson Pdf

Author : Nina Burleigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : OCLC:966452274

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Unholy Business by Nina Burleigh Pdf

In 2002, an ancient limestone box called the James Ossuary was trumpeted on front pages as the first material evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ. Today it is exhibit A in a forgery trial involving millions of dollars worth of high-end Biblical-era relics, which could lead to the incarceration of some very wealthy men and embarrass major international institutions, including the British Museum and Sotheby's. Set in Israel, with its 30,000 archaeological digs crammed with biblical-era artifacts, and full of colorful characters--scholars, evangelicals, detectives, and millionaire collectors--this book tells the story of what Israeli authorities have called "the fraud of the century." It takes readers into the murky world of Holy Land relic dealing, from the back alleys of Jerusalem's Old City to New York's Fifth Avenue, and reveals biblical archaeology as it is pulled apart by religious believers on one side and scientists on the other.--From HarperCollins description.

Author : John Creasey
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780755117734

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The House of the Bears by John Creasey Pdf

Standing alone is Sir Rufus Marne's 'House of the Bears'. Dr. Palfrey is asked to examine an invalid - whom he finds has disappeared. Moreover, Marne's daughter lies terribly injured, which Palfrey discovers was no accident. He trail truly fantastic. A deserted mine, powerful explosive and a submarine all feature in this powerful mystery.

Author : Joel Mark Flugstad
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780578172767

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Sunday Is Not Enough: Devotional Readings through the Week by Joel Mark Flugstad Pdf

This is a collection of daily devotional readings based on the Revised Common Lectionary for Year C, written by a Lutheran pastor. Each reading consists of a suggested Bible reading, a short quotation from the Scripture passage, a brief meditation and a prayer. There are enough readings for each day of the year.

Author : Wayne E. Fuller
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0252028120

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Morality and the Mail in Nineteenth-Century America by Wayne E. Fuller Pdf

Morality and the Mail in Nineteenth-Century America explores the evolution of postal innovations that sparked a communication revolution in nineteenth-century America. Wayne E. Fuller examines how evangelical Protestants, the nation’s dominant religious group, struggled against those transformations in American society that they believed threatened to paganize the Christian nation they were determined to save. Drawing on House and Senate documents, postmasters general reports, and the Congressional Record, as well as sermons, speeches, and articles from numerous religious and secular periodicals, Fuller illuminates the problems the changed postal system posed for evangelicals, from Sunday mail delivery and Sunday newspapers to an avalanche of unseemly material brought into American homes via improved mail service and reduced postage prices. Along the way, Fuller offers new perspectives on the church and state controversy in the United States as well as on publishing, politics, birth control, the lottery, censorship, Congress’s postal power, and the waning of evangelical Protestant influence.

Author : Carolyn Korsmeyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190904876

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Things by Carolyn Korsmeyer Pdf

Things: In Touch with the Past explores the value of artifacts that have survived from the past and that can be said to embody their histories. Such genuine or real things afford a particular kind of aesthetic experience-an encounter with the past-despite the fact that genuineness is not a perceptually detectable property. Although it often goes unnoticed, the sense of touch underlies such encounters, even though one is often not permitted literal touch. Carolyn Korsmeyer begins her account with the claim that wonder or marvel at old things fits within an experiential account of the aesthetic. She then presents her main argument regarding the role of touch-both when literal contact is made and when proximity suffices, for touch is a fundamental sense that registers bodily position and location. Correct understanding of the identity of objects is presumed when one values things just because of what they are, and with discovery that a mistake has been made, admiration is often withdrawn. Far from undermining the importance of the genuine, these errors of identification confirm it. Korsmeyer elaborates this position with a comparison between valuing artifacts and valuing persons. She also considers the ethical issues of genuineness, for artifacts can be harmed in various ways ranging from vandalism to botched restoration. She examines the differences between a real thing and a replica in detail, making it clear that genuineness comes in degrees. Her final chapter reviews the ontology that best suits an account of persistence over time of things that are valued for being the real thing.

Author : J. C. MacErlain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Alcohol
ISBN : NYPL:33433006521235

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Whither Goest Thou?, Or, Was Fr. Mathew Right? by J. C. MacErlain Pdf

Author : Bettina Langerfeldt
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630478995

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The Sleeping Queen by Bettina Langerfeldt Pdf

The Sleeping Queen is a timely message that offers a fresh perspective on the role of the woman entrepreneur as a powerful contributor to the prosperity level of families, communities, and economies worldwide. It unveils myths about feminine entrepreneurship that have been silently accepted for centuries and banished women to a place of little or no relevance in their society. It also sheds new light on the spirituality of entrepreneurship, money and wealth creation by women, and offers an eye-opening, biblical viewpoint of why women can and should fulfill their authentic role as feminine influencers. The reader of this book will discover the amazing contribution a woman was created to make to society with her unique feminine gifts and the priceless enrichment her divine calling to the business world is meant to have. As you journey through these pages you’ll experience how historical barriers that have deterred women for ages from engaging in successful feminine enterprises are exposed and broken. The sleeping queen inside of you will awaken! Your mindset about true womanhood and female entrepreneurship will be powerfully renewed. You will feel inspired and released to confidently step into the God-given position of empowered leadership and wealth creation you were always meant to have.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Temperance
ISBN : WISC:89073015984

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The International Good Templar by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Frederick Pentecost
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:AH5TDG

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Bible Studies from the Old and New Testaments by George Frederick Pentecost Pdf

Author : Hannah Johnston Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Quakers
ISBN : YALE:39002008171077

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Reminiscences of a Christian Life by Hannah Johnston Bailey Pdf

Author : John R. Elsom
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789124231

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Lightning Over the Treasury Building by John R. Elsom Pdf

A clear and concise treatise of the banking and money system of the United States as manipulated by the international bankers, by whom governments are controlled, wars promoted, peoples exploited and the real wealth of the nation gathered unto themselves through the process of mortgage and foreclosure—together with a constitutional remedy for our national dilemma.