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A Jew to the Jews

Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

By: David J. Rudolph

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A Jew to the Jews

Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

By: David J. Rudolph

David Rudolph's primary aim is to demonstrate that scholars overstate their case when they maintain that 1 Cor 9:19-23 is incompatible with a Torah-observant Paul. A secondary aim is to show how one might understand 1 Cor 9:19-23 as the discourse of a Jew who remained within the bounds of pluriform Second Temple Judaism. Part I addresses the intertextual, contextual and textual case for the traditional reading of 1 Cor 9:19-23. Weaknesses are pointed out and alternative approaches are considered. The exegetical case in Part II centres on interpreting 1 Cor 9:19-23 in light of Paul's recapitulation in 1 Cor 10:32-11:1, which concludes with the statement, Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Given the food-related and hospitality context of 1 Cor 8-10, and Paul's reference to dominical sayings that point back to Jesus' example and rule of adaptation, it is argued that 1 Cor 9:19-23 reflects Paul's imitation of Jesus' accommodation-oriented table-fellowship with all. As Jesus became all things to all people through eating with ordinary Jews, Pharisees and sinners, Paul became all things to all people through eating with ordinary Jews, strict Jews (those under the law) and Gentile sinners. This Cambridge University dissertation won the 2007 Franz Delitzsch Prize from the Freie Theologische Akademie.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161492935

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Why Washington Won't Work

Polarization, Political Trust, and the Governing Crisis

By: Marc J. Hetherington,Thomas J. Rudolph

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Why Washington Won't Work

Polarization, Political Trust, and the Governing Crisis

By: Marc J. Hetherington,Thomas J. Rudolph

Major polls all report that "trust in government is at an all-time low" in the United States. At the same time, polarization is at an all-time high. Hetheringon and Rudolph's timely book demonstrates a direct link between polarization and the decline of political trust in America. And it's not just legislators and party leaders who are polarized, but ordinary Americans. Drawing on a cornucopia of evidence and data, the authors show that since the early 2000s polarization in the electorate has increasingly been rooted not in ideological or policy differences, but, for the first time, in extremely negative feelings toward the other party. To an unprecedented degree, Republicans and Democrats simply do not like each other. These polarized feelings are central to why trust in government has polarized which, in turn, is central to "why Washington won't work." On most issues, presidents and other party leaders can convince their own party faithful in the electorate to support their positions. In order to pass legislation, however, a public consensus is needed to push policymakers toward action. Some proportion of the out-party partisans and independents have to have enough trust in government to make an ideological sacrifice and form that consensus. As the authors persuasively explain, this is no longer occurring. Far from being a long-term and relatively stable psychological trait, political trust is highly variable and contingent. Whether or not one trusts government will vary depending on whether one's party is in control, what part of government one is referring to, and what policies or events are most salient. Political trust increases, for example, when the public identifies international issues as most important (as during the 1950s and 60s). They also find that the effects of economic performance on political trust are asymmetric: weak economies harm trust more than strong economies help it. Ultimately, Hetherington and Rudolph have to conclude that it is unlikely political trust will ever to return to 1960s levels (a high point in the US) for any length of time unless international concerns again dominate politics and, just as important, the economy becomes consistently strong.

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University of Chicago Press

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022629921X

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9780226299211

The Rise

By: J. Rudolph

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The Rise

By: J. Rudolph

A Montana town searches for strength amid the dangers following the zombie apocalypse in this sequel to The Long Road. Community—it’s the reason the survivors have made it through the carnage and mayhem of the apocalypse. It is the source of their strength . . . until a message from the stars divides them. With half of the group off to Ireland in search of greener pastures, the remaining survivors gamble on whether they will be strong enough to make Wilsall rise. The road so far has not been without its stumbles, and more than a few enemies have been made. Many of the group are left with festering wounds, and only time will tell whether they can heal. Will community be enough to keep these survivors on their feet? The future of Wilsall rests on their shoulders. Praise for The Complex “I really enjoyed The Complex. . . . It brings a new and missing dynamic to the genre. . . . Ms. Rudolph tells a good story that left me wanting more.” —David Forsyth, author of the Sovereign Spirit Saga “This is a fantastic read that I could not recommend more!” —Tony Baker, author of Survivors of the Dead

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1682612147

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9781682612149

Scientists in the Classroom

The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education

By: J. Rudolph

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Scientists in the Classroom

The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education

By: J. Rudolph

During the 1950s, leading American scientists embarked on an unprecedented project to remake high school science education. Dissatisfaction with the 'soft' school curriculum of the time advocated by the professional education establishment, and concern over the growing technological sophistication of the Soviet Union, led government officials to encourage a handful of elite research scientists, fresh from their World War II successes, to revitalize the nations' science curricula. In Scientists in the Classroom , John L. Rudolph argues that the Cold War environment, long neglected in the history of education literature, is crucial to understanding both the reasons for the public acceptance of scientific authority in the field of education and the nature of the curriculum materials that were eventually produced. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped resources from government and university archives, Rudolph focuses on the National Science Foundation-supported curriculum projects initiated in 1956. What the historical record reveals, according to Rudolph, is that these materials were designed not just to improve American science education, but to advance the professional interest of the American scientific community in the postwar period as well.

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Springer

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0230107362

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9780230107366

Politics and Ethnicity

A Comparative Study

By: J. Rudolph

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Politics and Ethnicity

A Comparative Study

By: J. Rudolph

This book offers a brief, broad, comparative study of ethnic politics that places ethnic conflict within the context of particular political systems. To develop these themes, they are explored by comparing and contrasting the experiences of France, Czechoslovakia and its subsequent division, and Nigeria.

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Springer

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1403983577

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9781403983572

Expression Vs. Equality

The Politics of Campaign Finance Reform

By: J. Tobin Grant,Thomas J. Rudolph

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Expression Vs. Equality

The Politics of Campaign Finance Reform

By: J. Tobin Grant,Thomas J. Rudolph

In Expression vs. Equality, J. Tobin Grant and Thomas J. Rudolph argue that although public opinion plays a vital role in judicial rulings on the legalities of various finance reform options, political scientists have yet to realize fully the complexities and nuances of public attitudes toward campaign financing. The issue of campaign finance reform exposes a real conflict between the core democratic values of equality and expression. Economic inequalities, reformers argue, allow certain groups and individuals to exert undue influence in the political process, thereby threatening the democratic value of political equality. Opponents tend to frame the issue as a question of free speech: restrictions on campaign contributions are viewed as a threat to the democratic value of political expression. In the context of campaign finance, how do committed Americans rank the importance of equality and expression? How do they resolve the conflict between these competing democratic values? The answers to these questions, say the authors, depend heavily on whose influence and whose rights are perceived to be at stake. Using a series of unique experiments embedded in a national survey of the American electorate, they find that citizens' commitment to the values of expression and equality in the campaign finance system is strongly influenced by their feelings or affect toward those whose rights and influence are perceived to be at stake. Freedom of speech is more highly valued in contexts where the respondent agrees with the issue in question; equity, on the other hand, is more highly valued when the respondent disagrees with the issue. These findings have implications not only for the continuingpublic debate over campaign finance reform, but also for our understanding of how citizens make tradeoffs between competing democratic values.

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Ohio State University Press

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0814209653

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9780814209653

The Escape

By: J. Rudolph

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The Escape

By: J. Rudolph

When the world ends, what will you fight for? As the zombie apocalypse rages on, Cali and her family find refuge in Idaho…but it’s not enough. She knows the ugly truth: hand-to-mouth, hard-scrabble “survival” is just slow suicide. If they hope to live, really live, her family, her friends, her community must thrive. At first a small town in Montana, hundreds of miles away, looks like the answer. Then Cali receives a message of hope from an unlikely source, telling them about Ireland: a safe zone, free from the undead. She and her allies must make an impossible decision: do they risk their lives crossing the country – and the Atlantic Ocean – to reach a zombie-free home, or do they stay put and make the best with what they have? With the undead attacking from every side … how far will they go to feel truly alive once more?

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Simon and Schuster

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1618687611

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9781618687616

The Long Road

By: J. Rudolph

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The Long Road

By: J. Rudolph

A young man fights his way across a zombie-ridden America to save the last of his family in this post-apocalyptic sequel to The Escape. Years after his trans-Atlantic journey from America to Ireland, Drew returns to the States with a dark truth: The Emerald Isle has already fallen into a dictatorship that runs on slavery and fear. Now, Drew must fight his way across a fatally-infected New York and the remains of civilization itself to find and warn the last of his people—don’t go. There is no escape to Ireland. Their hell is worse than ours . . . The Long Road is two stories in one—Drew’s travels to Montana to save the last people in the world that matter, punctuated by the vivid, violent memories of Ireland and what humans can do to each other when the world collapses around them. All is not lost, but Drew brings with him a bitter message: When your last hope is stolen from you...it’s time to build hope, all your own. Praise for The Complex “I really enjoyed The Complex. . . . It brings a new and missing dynamic to the genre. . . . Ms. Rudolph tells a good story that left me wanting more.” —David Forsyth, author of the Sovereign Spirit Saga “This is a fantastic read that I could not recommend more!” —Tony Baker, author of Survivors of the Dead

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1682612120

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The Highway

By: J. Rudolph

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The Highway

By: J. Rudolph

The Complex is in ruins. The zombies are everywhere. Cali Anglin and the other survivors have one slim hope: sanctuary in Idaho, thousands of miles away. They must take to the Highway – Interstate 15, the only path to safety. Their trek across a devastated America is one horror stacked on another, constantly pursued by the hungry dead. They must ask themselves: How much would you pay to begin again?

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Simon and Schuster

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161868759X

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The Complex

By: J. Rudolph

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The Complex

By: J. Rudolph

Neighbors in an apartment complex must band together to survive a zombie plague in this post-apocalyptic horror series opener. Cali Anglin, RN, had a great life. It may have been nothing special to the rest of the world, but she loved it. That was on a Wednesday. By Friday, it was gone forever. With the government gone, electricity extinguished, and the food supply dwindling, she must face questions she’s never asked herself before—just how far would she go to save her family, her friends, and her rapidly collapsing community? Would she kill for them? Would she die for them? She’s about to find out . . . Praise for The Complex “I really enjoyed The Complex. . . . It brings a new and missing dynamic to the genre. . . . Ms. Rudolph tells a good story that left me wanting more.” —David Forsyth, author of the Sovereign Spirit Saga “This is a fantastic read that I could not recommend more!” —Tony Baker, author of Survivors of the Dead

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1618687565

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Restricted Orbit Equivalence for Actions of Discrete Amenable Groups

By: Janet Whalen Kammeyer,Daniel J. Rudolph

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Restricted Orbit Equivalence for Actions of Discrete Amenable Groups

By: Janet Whalen Kammeyer,Daniel J. Rudolph

This monograph offers a broad investigative tool in ergodic theory and measurable dynamics. The motivation for this work is that one may measure how similar two dynamical systems are by asking how much the time structure of orbits of one system must be distorted for it to become the other. Different restrictions on the allowed distortion will lead to different restricted orbit equivalence theories. These include Ornstein's Isomorphism theory, Kakutani Equivalence theory and a list of others. By putting such restrictions in an axiomatic framework, a general approach is developed that encompasses all of these examples simultaneously and gives insight into how to seek further applications.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521807956

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9780521807951

Revolution by Degrees

James Tyrrell and Whig Political Thought in the Late Seventeenth Century

By: J. Rudolph

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Revolution by Degrees

James Tyrrell and Whig Political Thought in the Late Seventeenth Century

By: J. Rudolph

This book examines the Whig theory of resistance that emerged from the Revolution of 1688 in England, and presents an important challenge to the received opinion of Whig thought as confused and as inferior to the revolutionary principles set forth by John Locke. While a wealth of Whig literature is analyzed, Rudolph focuses upon the work of James Tyrrell, presenting the first full-length study of this seminal Whig theorist, and friend and colleague of John Locke. This book provides a compelling argument for the importance of Whig political thought for the history of liberalism.

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Springer

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1403990271

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9781403990273

Embodying Latino Masculinities

Producing Masculatinidad

By: J. Rudolph

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Embodying Latino Masculinities

Producing Masculatinidad

By: J. Rudolph

Through explorations of six cases taken from various Latino ethnic groups, this book advances our understanding about meanings of Latino manhood and masculinities. The studies range from theatre and literature to men's activism and sports, showing how masculinities are embodied and performed.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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1349437956

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9781349437955

Growing Your Olive Tree Marriage

A Guide for Couples from Two Traditions

By: David J. Rudolph

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Growing Your Olive Tree Marriage

A Guide for Couples from Two Traditions

By: David J. Rudolph

One partner is Jewish, the other is a Christian. Do they celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, or both? Do they worship in a church or a synagogue? How will the children be raised? This essential resource addresses the concerns of interfaith couples, and includes interviews with intermarried couples, a discussion of intermarriage in history, and more.

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Messianic Jewish Publisher

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1880226170

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9781880226179

Words Hit Hard As a Fist

With 18 Tips on How to Stop Being Bullied

By: Charisse J. Rudolph

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Words Hit Hard As a Fist

With 18 Tips on How to Stop Being Bullied

By: Charisse J. Rudolph

160,000 kids don't go to school everyday because they live in fear of being bullied. 75% of the kids at school are aware of it taking place. Who's responsible? What can be done? Words Hit Hard as a Fist, with 18 Tips on How to STOP Being Bullied, is a book that shows the reader what to do so getting an education is not a death sentence. Kids need to be able to turn to something that will give them advice when a parent or teacher is not available. We all try to be there for our kids, but it's not always possible. This book will give your teenager sound advice when you're not at home.

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145253389X

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9781452533896

Atlas of the Newborn

By: Arnold J. Rudolph

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Atlas of the Newborn

By: Arnold J. Rudolph

This title consists of five volumes covering every disease, disorder and condition affecting the newborn. Numerous colour illustrations provide the reader with a most comprehensive collection of newborn diseases.

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Pmph Bc Decker

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1550090623

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9781550090628

The Secret Daydream for College Students

The Guide for Surviving Conflict

By: Charisse J Rudolph

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The Secret Daydream for College Students

The Guide for Surviving Conflict

By: Charisse J Rudolph

The Secret Daydream for College Students (The Guide for Surviving Conflict) is a book that teaches college age students how to live their daydreams and get through the obstacles that can sometimes get in the way. It is a spiritual and practical combination. You can't just meditate about what you want, you need to take action as well. In this book the student will learn ""The Way of the World,"" which is how the things you want in life come to you as well as how to communicate clearly and find the power with in you to believe in yourself and your direction. This is the guide for life! It is written for college age students because this is the beginning of their adult life and there is a lot more to deal with once you leave for college.

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Morgan James Publishing

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1600375235

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9781600375231

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