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The End of the Psalter

Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint

By: Alma Brodersen

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The End of the Psalter

Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint

By: Alma Brodersen

Psalms 146-150, sometimes called “Final Hallel” or “Minor Hallel”, are often argued to have been written as a literary end of the Psalter. However, if sources other than the Hebrew Masoretic Text are taken into account, such an original unit of Psalms 146-150 has to be questioned. “The End of the Psalter” presents new interpretations of Psalms 146-150 based on the oldest extant evidence: the Hebrew Masoretic Text, the Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Greek Septuagint. Each Psalm is analysed separately in all three sources, complete with a translation and detailed comments on form, intertextuality, content, genre, and date. Comparisons of the individual Psalms and their intertextual references in the ancient sources highlight substantial differences between the transmitted texts. The book concludes that Psalms 146-150 were at first separate texts which only in the Masoretic Text form the end of the Psalter. It thus stresses the importance of Psalms Exegesis before Psalter Exegesis, and argues for the inclusion of ancient sources beyond to the Masoretic Text to further our understanding of the Psalms.

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367

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110534959

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9783110534955

Kentucky's First Asylum

A Saga of the People and Practices

By: Alma Wynelle Deese

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Kentucky's First Asylum

A Saga of the People and Practices

By: Alma Wynelle Deese

Asylums were first established to care for the unfortunates of society. It was only later they acquired a negative image. In Kentucky's First Asylum, author Alma Wynelle Deese explores this issue by dissecting the inner workings of the Eastern Kentucky Asylum, Kentucky's first asylum and the second state-supported asylum to be established in the United States. She describes the people who were involved in the creation and maintenance of a medical school, law department, and lunatic asylum in Lexington, Kentucky. Using historical data, Deese presents a fictionalized narrative to explore this institution's history from 1817 to the 1990s including a chapter dedicated to 1906, a pivotal year for Eastern Kentucky Asylum. That year, four employees were charged in the murder of a patient, and this incident set the stage for the past and present history of this facility. Kentucky's First Asylum provides a historical understanding of one early asylum that became a state hospital and serves to give broader context for the understanding of the current mental health system. It provides a platform to better comprehend the problems and processes of American psychiatric care.

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428

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iUniverse

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1462073034

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9781462073030

Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach

By: Ada Edmiston Parrish,Alma Clyde Field,George Leland Harrell

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Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach

By: Ada Edmiston Parrish,Alma Clyde Field,George Leland Harrell

The history of Central Brevard County is almost as long and complicated as the geographical borders of the county itself. Stretching north and south for 77 miles, Brevard County is a thin strip of land, barely 20 miles across at its widest point. Within these narrow confines, however, diverse and dynamic communities have left their marks and many continue to flourish, among them Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach. Only 32 miles in length, Merritt Island was once a scrub-covered parcel of land settled by hardy pioneers who raised cattle and cultivated citrus, vegetable, and pineapple crops. Though now a commercial and residential center, the careful observer can still find, tucked away in hammocks along the shore and surrounded by million-dollar homes, the old citrus groves, simple homes built by early settlers, and the remnants of small communities that were once hubs of activity. Cocoa Beach owes much of its story to the vision and energy of a single man, Gus Edwards, who promoted the area as a resort to rival the communities of Miami Beach and Venice. With the coming of the space program to Florida's Atlantic coast in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the area built upon elaborately drawn subdivision plats and a few scattered buildings to become the bustling modern city it is today.

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132

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738506680

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9780738506685

Private Higher Education

An International Bibliography

By: Alma Maldonado-Maldonado,Yingxia Cao,Hong Zhu,Daniel C. Levy,Philip G. Altbach

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Private Higher Education

An International Bibliography

By: Alma Maldonado-Maldonado,Yingxia Cao,Hong Zhu,Daniel C. Levy,Philip G. Altbach

This research project has been supported by the Ford Foundation, the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, and the Program of Research on Private Higher Education at the University at Albany.

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283

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IAP

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1607529343

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9781607529347

Celebration of American Life

Applique Patterns Honoring a Nation and Its People

By: Barb Adams,Alma Allen

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Celebration of American Life

Applique Patterns Honoring a Nation and Its People

By: Barb Adams,Alma Allen

This much-talked about block-of-the-month project published in The Kansas City Star is available as a book! The patterns celebrate America's greatest virtues, such as Liberty, Opportunity, Diversity, Humor and more. Created by best-selling authors and the women of Blackbird Designs, the book also features six projects.

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140

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Kansas City Star Books

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097227393X

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9780972273930

Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

By: Carl C. Gaither,Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither

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Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

By: Carl C. Gaither,Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither

Scientists and other keen observers of the natural world sometimes make or write a statement pertaining to scientific activity that is destined to live on beyond the brief period of time for which it was intended. This book serves as a collection of these statements from great philosophers and thought–influencers of science, past and present. It allows the reader quickly to find relevant quotations or citations. Organized thematically and indexed alphabetically by author, this work makes readily available an unprecedented collection of approximately 18,000 quotations related to a broad range of scientific topics.

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1895

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387495770

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9780387495774

Home Sweet Home

By: Barb Adams,Alma Allen

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Home Sweet Home

By: Barb Adams,Alma Allen

The best-selling authors of Barb Adams and Alma Allen are back, this time with quilts and projects celebrating the home, community and friendships! The featured quilt has nine blocks reminiscent of early American sampler designs. You'll not want to miss this new work by the authors of Quilting the Garden.

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163

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C&T Publishing Inc

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1617458392

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9781617458392

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The End of the Psalter

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Kentucky's First Asylum

Kentucky's First Asylum

Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach

Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach

Private Higher Education

Private Higher Education

Celebration of American Life

Celebration of American Life

Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

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