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Intelligent Testing with the WISC-V

By: Alan S. Kaufman,Susan Engi Raiford,Diane L. Coalson

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Intelligent Testing with the WISC-V

By: Alan S. Kaufman,Susan Engi Raiford,Diane L. Coalson

Interpret the WISC–V to help diagnose learning disabilities and to translate profiles of test scores to educational action The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Fifth Edition (WISC–V) is a valuable tool for assessing children and adolescents with learning disorders—and Intelligent Testing with the WISC–V offers the comprehensive guidance you need to administer, score, and interpret WISC–V profiles for informing diagnoses and making meaningful educational recommendations. This essential resource provides you with cutting-edge expertise on how to interpret the WISC–V, which has an expanded test structure, additional subtests, and an array of new composites. Intelligent Testing offers valuable advice from experienced professionals with regard to clinically applying the WISC–V in an effort to understand a child's strengths and weaknesses—and to create a targeted, appropriate intervention plan. Ultimately, this book equips you with the information you need to identify the best theory-based methods for interpreting each child's profile of test scores within the context of his or her background and behaviors. Intelligent Testing provides a strong theoretical basis for interpreting the WISC–V from several vantage points, such as neuropsychological processing theory and the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model, yet it permits you to interpret children's profiles using simple, straightforward steps. The most frequently used IQ test in the world, the WISC–V (like previous versions of the WISC) plays an integral role in evaluating children for learning and intellectual disabilities, developmental and language delays, and gifted and talented classifications. As such, understanding how to use the latest version of WISC is extremely important when assessing children and adolescents ages 6 to 16 years. Explore all aspects of both the conventional WISC–V and WISC–V Digital Read objective, independent test reviews of the WISC–V from independent, highly-respected expert sources Review 17 clinical case reports that spotlight experiences of children and adolescents referred to psychologists for diverse reasons such as reading problems, specific learning disabilities, ADHD, intellectual giftedness, and autistic spectrum disorders Learn how a broad-based, multi-faceted approach to interpretation that calls upon several scientific concepts from the fields of cognitive neuroscience, clinical and school neuropsychology, neuropsychological processing, and the CHC model, can benefit children by providing meaningful recommendations to parents, teachers, and often to the children and adolescents themselves Use the results of WISC–V as a helping agent to assist in creating the best intervention plan, rather than allowing test results to dictate placement or labeling Intelligent Testing with the WISC–V is an indispensable resource for professionals who work with the WISC–V, including school psychologists, clinical psychologists, educational diagnosticians, and more.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119176735

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The New Testament

Its Background and Message

By: Thomas Lea,David Alan Black

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The New Testament

Its Background and Message

By: Thomas Lea,David Alan Black

In the comprehensive The New Testament: Its Background and Message, the late Thomas Lea presented a clear and concise introduction to the New Testament giving readers the key that unlocks the door to understanding these important texts. This influential work presents the background of the New Testament with broad strokes and with a focus on specific books including the Gospels, Acts, and Paul and his letters. Originally written in an easy-to-understand style and form, Lea’s text continues to unlock the message of the New Testament for both new students and seasoned scholars.

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B&H Publishing Group

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1433669870

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Jesus Tradition, Early Christian Memory, and Gospel Writing

The Long Search for the Authentic Source

By: Alan Kirk

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Jesus Tradition, Early Christian Memory, and Gospel Writing

The Long Search for the Authentic Source

By: Alan Kirk

Breaking a 200-year impasse on the origins of the gospels Biblical scholars want to get to the roots of the gospels—the very earliest memories of Jesus and his world. Though scholars know about all the major concepts at work—Q, the Urgospel, priority—it seems like a definitive solution to the Synoptic problem is hopelessly unattainable. Why the impasse? And where do we go from here? In Jesus Tradition, Early Christian Memory, and Gospel Writing, Alan Kirk guides us through the history of biblical scholars’ quest for the authentic source. Kirk reveals that outdated assumptions about ancient media realities have caused the past two centuries of academic deadlock. Using cutting-edge scholarship on orality, memory, and tradition formation, he shows how the origins of the gospels may be found in the memory practices of the earliest Jesus communities. Jesus Tradition, Early Christian Memory, and Gospel Writing is an essential resource for scholars and students looking to better understand this complex and rapidly changing field.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467466220

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Spirit Never Dies

By: B. Alan Bourgeois

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Spirit Never Dies

By: B. Alan Bourgeois

When the world is faced with a new level of evolution, two things can happen. It can be good or it can be bad. This is a story of how these two forces must come to terms with their powers and to deal with that humanistic nature of what is good or bad.Author B. Alan Bourgeois has written a fast pace novel about the new level of evolution known as the Star Children or the Indigo Children. This is a story of a man who tries to redeem himself by teaching these children how to use their powers for good. Sadly though, he blew his first chance and it has come back to haunt him.

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Creative House Press

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0979628865

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Colossians and Philemon

An Introduction and Commentary

By: Alan J. Thompson

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Colossians and Philemon

An Introduction and Commentary

By: Alan J. Thompson

In this Tyndale commentary on the books of Colossians and Philemon, Alan Thompson shows how these books unpack and apply the beauty of the gospel of God's grace, pointing to the hope we have in Christ's supremacy and the difference that the gospel makes in the delicate context of Onesimus's departure from Philemon.

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InterVarsity Press

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1514005611

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Paul the Convert

The Apostolate and Apostasy of Saul the Pharisee

By: Alan F. Segal

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Paul the Convert

The Apostolate and Apostasy of Saul the Pharisee

By: Alan F. Segal

In this revisionist work, Segal maintains that Paul's life can be better understood by taking his Jewishness seriously, and that Jewish history can be greatly illuminated by examining Paul's writings". . . . a blockbuster of a book about Paul that blazes a new trail".--New Theology Review.

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Yale University Press

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0300052278

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The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus

Luke's Account of God's Unfolding Plan

By: Alan J. Thompson

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The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus

Luke's Account of God's Unfolding Plan

By: Alan J. Thompson

Instead of using Acts as a prooftext for contemporary debates about speaking in tongues or church government, this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume offers a biblical-theological framework meant to expose Luke's own purposes and themes. We find that Luke wanted to be read in light of both the Old Testament promises and the reign of Christ in the inaugurated kingdom of God.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830884203

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One Lord, One People: The Unity of the Church in Acts in its Literary Setting

By: Alan Thompson

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One Lord, One People: The Unity of the Church in Acts in its Literary Setting

By: Alan Thompson

This book examines the Lukan themes of unity and disunity against ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish social and political discourses on concord and discord to better understand the context in which Luke highlights the themes of unity and disunity. The themes of unity and disunity are particularly prominent in ancient discussions of the reigns of rulers, evaluations of laws/constitutions/forms of government, and descriptions of the contrasting effects of unity and disunity in the destruction and preservation of peoples and cities. These themes are grouped under the broad categories of kingship and law, and the preservation and destruction of cities. The book contends that, in the context of its literary setting, the theme of the unity of the church under one Lord in Acts contributes to Lukan Christological claims that Christ is the true king, and Lukan ecclesiological claims that the Christian community is the true people of God.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567573826

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Scribes, Motives, and Manuscripts

Evaluating Trends in New Testament Textual Criticism

By: Alan Mugridge

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Scribes, Motives, and Manuscripts

Evaluating Trends in New Testament Textual Criticism

By: Alan Mugridge

In this volume Alan Mugridge reviews claims that scribes of New Testament manuscripts altered the text of their copies to further their own beliefs, to stop people using them to support opposing beliefs, or for some other purpose. He discusses the New Testament passages about which these claims are made in detail, noting their context, exegesis, and supporting manuscripts. He concludes that while a small number of such claims are valid, most are doubtful because, unless a scribe’s habits are clear in one manuscript, we cannot know how the changes came about, why they were made, who made them, and when they were made. He argues that the bulk of the erroneous readings in New Testament manuscripts reviewed were made by scribal slips during the copying process, and not in order to further anyone’s personal agenda, adding strength to the reliability of the Greek New Testament text available today, despite the need to refine current editions to be as close as possible to the original text.

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1498217869

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Rising in Love (Alan Cohen title)

Opening Your Heart in All Your Relationships

By: Alan Cohen

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Rising in Love (Alan Cohen title)

Opening Your Heart in All Your Relationships

By: Alan Cohen

This is a book about Love… It is the saga of the heart’s journey from loneliness to celebration, from empty, dark caverns to waterfalls of triumphant gratitude. It is a testimony to the dauntless power of Love to heal broken dreams and make each one of us new, bright, and whole again.

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Hay House, Inc

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1401941192

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Songs of Resistance

Challenging Caesar and Empire

By: R. Alan Streett

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Songs of Resistance

Challenging Caesar and Empire

By: R. Alan Streett

Songs of Resistance: Challenging Caesar and Empire examines New Testament hymns in light of their historical and cultural contexts. Such a reading yields new insights. Rather than finding theological truths alone, one also discovers lyrics that contest and defy Rome's "great tradition." The early Christ followers sang songs that opposed the empire's worldview and offered an alternative vision for society. These songs were a first-century equivalent of modern-day protest songs. But instead of marching and singing in the streets, believers gathered in private spaces where they lifted their voices to Jesus and retold the story of his execution as an enemy of the state and how God raised him from the dead to rule over the universe. As they sang, believers were emboldened to remain faithful to Christ and withstand the temptation to comply with the sociopolitical agenda of the empire.

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1725270013

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George W.E. Nickelsburg in Perspective, vol. 2

An Ongoing Dialogue of Learning

By: Jacob Neusner,Alan Avery-Peck

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George W.E. Nickelsburg in Perspective, vol. 2

An Ongoing Dialogue of Learning

By: Jacob Neusner,Alan Avery-Peck

In these volumes we pays tribute to George W.E. Nickelsburg through acts of engaged, critical scholarship, in which specialists reread articles reproduced in these pages and respond to them, with Nickelsburg then joining issue—a protracted engagement, spanning an entire intellectual career and many of its more important moments. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004129870).

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BRILL

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9004531319

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Memory and the Jesus Tradition

By: Alan Kirk

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Memory and the Jesus Tradition

By: Alan Kirk

Alan Kirk argues that memory theory, in its social, cultural, and cognitive dimensions, is able to provide a comprehensive account of the origins and history of the Jesus tradition, one capable of displacing the moribund form-critical model. He shows that memory research gives new leverage on a range of classic problems in gospels, historical Jesus, and Christian origins scholarship. This volume brings together 12 essays published between 2001 and 2016, newly revised for this edition and organized under the rubrics of: 'Memory and the Formation of the Jesus Tradition'; 'Memory and Manuscript'; 'Memory and Historical Jesus Research'; and 'Memory in 2nd Century Gospel Writing'. The introductory essay, written for this volume, argues that the old form critical model, in marginalizing memory, abandoned the one factor actually capable of accounting for the origins of the gospel tradition, its manifestation in oral and written media, and its historical trajectory.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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056768024X

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Genre and Narrative Coherence in the Acts of the Apostles

By: Alan Bale

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Genre and Narrative Coherence in the Acts of the Apostles

By: Alan Bale

Focusing specifically on the issue of genre methodology in Acts, Bale' work will have clear ramifications for the study of biblical texts in general. The first part of the work surveys the state of genre theory in Acts scholarship and demonstrates its inadequacy for both classifying and interpreting Acts. Bale constructs a new genre model rooted in contemporary genre theory, tackling the problematic issue in Biblical scholarship of the relationship between history and fiction in literature. From this theoretical analysis Bale presents a new, pragmatic model for genre which is non-exclusive and heavily intertextual. In part two Bale utilises the model in three original readings which draw heavily upon parallels from ancient literature. The first reading shows how a specific device at the beginning of Acts dictates interpretation. The second looks at the problem of Paul's status as apostle in Acts from a narrative rather than a propositional perspective. The final reading explores several passages in Acts which may instructively be read as incorporating themes and techniques from ancient comedy and related genres.

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056765592X

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Intelligence and Espionage in the Reign of Charles II, 1660-1685

By: Alan Marshall

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Intelligence and Espionage in the Reign of Charles II, 1660-1685

By: Alan Marshall

A balanced portrait of the dark byways of Restoration politics.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521521270

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The „Sitz im Leben“ of the Apocalypse with Particular Reference to the Role of the Church’s Enemies

By: Alan J. Beagley

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The „Sitz im Leben“ of the Apocalypse with Particular Reference to the Role of the Church’s Enemies

By: Alan J. Beagley

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) is one of the oldest and most highly regarded international scholarly book series in the field of New Testament studies. Since 1923 it has been a forum for seminal works focusing on Early Christianity and related fields. The series is grounded in a historical-critical approach and also explores new methodological approaches that advance our understanding of the New Testament and its world.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110904225

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Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works?

The Role of Works in Salvation in the Synoptic Gospels

By: Alan P. Stanley

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Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works?

The Role of Works in Salvation in the Synoptic Gospels

By: Alan P. Stanley

This book investigates the role of works in salvation in the Synoptic Gospels. Jesus was all too aware of people who claimed to believe in Him and yet proved to be not truly born again (e.g., John 2:23-25; 8:31-46). A profession of faith made at some point during one's life is no guarantee that heaven awaits that person. Such professions or conversion experiences must be followed by changed lives if faith is to be shown to be genuine saving faith. Hence Jesus teaches that regardless of one's profession, if one does not demonstrate a changed life produced by God, one will not enter into heaven. Such a judgment will be made when Jesus returns and judges every person according to his or her works. While this may seem contradictory to some more well-known passages ruling out the role of works in salvation (e.g., Rom 3:21-4:25; Gal 2:16-21; Eph 2:8-9), there is every good reason to understand that Jesus' teachings complement such passages. The works that admit one into heaven are not works produced by the flesh before conversion but works produced by God after conversion. They will fundamentally be characterized by a life of discipleship, love for others, and endurance in faith and obedience, and will therefore serve to confirm that one indeed did have a relationship with God during one's life. Hence Jesus did teach salvation by works. However God is the one who produces the works and they occur after conversion. Thus salvation is not one's initial conversion but one's final entrance into heaven.

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1597526800

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Lifestyles of the Rich in Spirit (Alan Cohen title)

Living in a Win-win World

By: Alan Cohen

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Lifestyles of the Rich in Spirit (Alan Cohen title)

Living in a Win-win World

By: Alan Cohen

Lifestyles of the Rich in Spirit is about the many dreams that people experience in a lifetime and how to pay attention to those dreams and use them in a practical way to join personal awakening with interpersonal healing. Alan Cohen helps readers sustain the courage to release fear and allow themselves to be lifted naturally to the next stage of transformation.

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Hay House, Inc

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1401941184

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Heaven on Earth

By: Alan Vincent

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Heaven on Earth

By: Alan Vincent

This book is a treatise on the Kingdom of God and the need for the Church to forcefully advance it across the earth. No longer can the businessman sit back in the pew and expect the pastor to do all the work. No longer can the lonely widow or single mom wallow in insecurity and condemnation. Heaven comes to earth when individual believers begin to understand their sphere of authority. Â The self-righteous will no longer be able to sit in judgment of the world, for they will come face to face with what God has forgiven them of and what He is calling them to. We have both the ability and the responsibility to transform society. Don t like the world in which you live? Then come to faith, obey the Word, and allow the Holy Spirit to release the power of the Kingdom through you.

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768499410

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James, Brother of Jesus, and the Jerusalem Church

A Radical Exploration of Christian Origins

By: Alan Saxby

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James, Brother of Jesus, and the Jerusalem Church

A Radical Exploration of Christian Origins

By: Alan Saxby

James, Brother of Jesus, and the Jerusalem Church opens fresh ground in our understanding of Christian origins through an exploration of the role of James in the founding of the church. Based on the author's doctoral research, that first Christian church, with its roots in the Baptist movement, is shown to be part of the broad contemporary Judaic movement for the restoration of Israel. The events surrounding the death of Jesus (their leader's brother) both confirmed their commitment to Judaic reform and transformed their understanding of it. Despite the impact of that experience, they seem to have had neither knowledge nor interest in the teaching and ministry of Jesus in Galilee. Set in the world of James, this careful study of the difficulties and opportunities facing Judaic peasants in first-century Palestine proposes that James and his other brothers moved to Jerusalem (where work was available) several years before the final visit of Jesus and, under James's leadership, became the kernel of a growing group of followers of the Baptist that would later emerge onto the page of history as the Jerusalem Church.

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1498203906

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Holy Writ as Oral Lit

The Bible as Folklore

By: Alan Dundes

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Holy Writ as Oral Lit

The Bible as Folklore

By: Alan Dundes

Dundes offers a new and exciting way to resolve some of the mysteries and contradictions that evolved during the Bible's prewritten legacy and that persist today. He unearths and contrasts multiple versions of nearly every major biblical event, including the creation of woman, the flood, the ten commandments, the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the inscription on the Cross.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0847691985

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Through the Bible in One Year

A 52-Lesson Introduction to the 66 Books of the Bible (Bible Study Guide for Small Group or Individual Use)

By: Alan B. Stringfellow

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Through the Bible in One Year

A 52-Lesson Introduction to the 66 Books of the Bible (Bible Study Guide for Small Group or Individual Use)

By: Alan B. Stringfellow

A 52-Lesson Introduction to the 66 Books of the BibleFor more than three decades, Through the Bible in One Year has brought greater insight into God’s Word to thousands of believers. Taking the reader completely through the Bible, book by book, this acclaimed learning tool spells out the progressive, step-by-step revelation of God’s will; shows how it has become manifest over the centuries; and explains how it affects believers’ lives today. With each study, the reader will learn… How to identify major themes in each book of the Bible How to memorize key Scriptures How to recognize God’s central messages How each book came into being and the role it plays in the Bible story By embarking on this yearlong journey, believers will see the Bible unfold as a beautiful, divinely inspired true story, with a beginning, a middle, and an end yet to come. And by embracing its themes and truths, they will be better prepared to meet life’s daily challenges.

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Whitaker House

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1629110558

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As Good as it Got

The 1944 St. Louis Browns

By: David Alan Heller

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As Good as it Got

The 1944 St. Louis Browns

By: David Alan Heller

World War II threatened to ruin Major League Baseball. By 1945, over 500 major leaguers and 3,000 minor league prospects had been enlisted for the war effort, leaving a dearth of talent for the Big Leagues. The St. Louis Browns, like other AL and NL clubs, would be forced to fill holes in their roster with scrubs-4-F players (those dismissed from the military due to physical ailments), retired major leaguers, and youngsters not yet ready to leave the minors. But there were still some top level players to be had, and 1944 Browns manager Luke Sewell assembled the franchise's most successful team ever, taking the St. Louis ball club to its first and only Fall Classic.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738531995

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The People of the Parables

Galilee in the Time of Jesus

By: R. Alan Culpepper

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The People of the Parables

Galilee in the Time of Jesus

By: R. Alan Culpepper

Drawing from Greco-Roman history, Second-Temple Jewish studies, archaeology, the social world of the New Testament, parable studies, and the burgeoning literature on Galilee, The People of the Parables describes life in first-century Galilee as it was experienced by the characters in Jesus' parables. R. Alan Culpepper assesses both primary literature and recent research on Galilee--including important archaeological discoveries--and fashions a new and insightful social history of Galilee, the people of the parables, and the historical context of Jesus' ministry. Culpepper builds this history by elucidating the lives of first-century Galileans featured in Jesus' parables: children, women, daughters, mothers, widows, fathers, sons, landowners, tenants, day laborers, debtors, farmers, fishermen, shepherds, merchants, travelers, innkeepers, masters, slaves, tax collectors, judges, Pharisees, priests, Levites, Samaritans, bandits, and, finally, Jesus. Who these people were--their place in Galilean society, how they lived, socialized, worshiped, and conducted business; how they were educated--is described in straightforward, nontechnical language. Culpepper brings new meanings to the parables for today's readers by shedding light on the people of Galilee in the time of Jesus.

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Presbyterian Publishing Corp

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1646983793

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Subversive Meals

An Analysis of the Lord's Supper under Roman Domination during the First Century

By: Streett R Alan

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Subversive Meals

An Analysis of the Lord's Supper under Roman Domination during the First Century

By: Streett R Alan

In Subversive Meals, Alan Streett follows on from James C Scott's idea of a hidden transcript to argue that the Lord's Supper was a subversive, non-violent act against the Roman Empire. Primarily through exegesis of the writings of Luke and Paul, Streett examines the political nature of the meal in the context of first-century Roman domination. In his widely researched argument, Streett illuminates for the reader why understanding the Lord's Supper as a purely symbolic act overlooks the political significance it would have had in the first century CE. Subversive Meals analyses how the structure of the Lord's Supper followed that of a Roman banquet by having a deipon and a symposium, the latter being the time when anti-resistance discussions would take place. Streett examines several aspects of the history, context and theological significance of the Lord's Supper. He discusses such topics as the identification of Passover as an anti-imperial meal against the Pharaoh's rule, the Roman domination system, the meal practices of Jesus, the eschatological meaning of the Last Supper, the practice of this anti-imperial work ethic in the early church, and the gift of prophecy as a symposium activity. By seeing the Lord's Supper as a political act, readers will be able to study Scriptural passages more closely and precisely.

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0227905830

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9780227905838

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