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Gibeon, where the Sun Stood Still

The Discovery of the Biblical City

By: James Bennett Pritchard

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Gibeon, where the Sun Stood Still

The Discovery of the Biblical City

By: James Bennett Pritchard

This first book-length presentation of the results of our excavations at el-Jib has been written for the general reader who is concerned with the contribution that archaeology has made to the biblical history of the site.... In telling the story of Gibeon I have tried to show how the tale of the city unfolded week by week and year by year through excavation and study. I have sought to give in these pages a personally conducted tour, as it were, of the ruins of ancient Gibeon and what we have seen in them.... The results of the excavations at el-Jib are unique in that they can be related with a high degree of certainty to specific events described in the Old Testament. For the first time in the history of scientific archaeology in the land of the Bible an actual place name of a biblical city, neatly incised on clay, has been found under circumstances which make certain the identification of the name with the ruins.--from the Preface

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069100210X

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Gibeon, where the Sun Stood Still

The Discovery of the Biblical City

By: James Bennett Pritchard

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The Discovery of the Biblical City

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The Water System of Gibeon

By: James Bennett Pritchard

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The Water System of Gibeon

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University Museum Monograph, 22

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0934718148

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The First Clash

The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization

By: James Lacey

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The First Clash

The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization

By: James Lacey

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A compelling and provocative read . . . With a soldier’s eye, Jim Lacey re-creates the battle of Marathon in all its brutal simplicity.”—Barry Strauss, author of Masters of Command Marathon—one of history’s most pivotal battles. Its name evokes images of almost superhuman courage, endurance, and fighting spirit. In this eye-opening book, military analyst James Lacey takes a fresh look at Marathon and reveals why the battle happened, how it was fought, and whether, in fact, it saved Western civilization. Lacey brilliantly reconstructs the world of the fifth century B.C. leading up to the astonishing military defeat of the Persian Empire by the vastly undermanned Greek defenders. With the kind of vivid detail that characterizes the best modern war reportage, he shows how the heavily armed Persian army was shocked and demoralized by the relentless assault of the Athenian phalanx. He reveals the fascinating aftermath of Marathon, how its fighters became the equivalent of our “Greatest Generation,” and challenges the legacy and lessons that have often been misunderstood—perhaps, now more than ever, at our own peril. Immediate, visceral, and full of new analyses that defy decades of conventional wisdom, The First Clash is a superb interpretation of a conflict that indeed made the world safe for Aristotle, Plato, and our own modern democracy. “With a fresh eye to tactics, strategy, and military organization, and with his text grounded in direct experience of the troops on the battlefield, James Lacey gives us not only new understanding of how the Athenians managed to win but also a greater appreciation of the beginning of a long tradition of Western military dynamism that we take for granted today.”—Victor Davis Hanson, author of Carnage and Culture “Lacey’s swords-and-shields approach will absorb readers ever fascinated by the famous battles of antiquity.”—Booklist “A lively and rewarding read.”—Charleston Post and Courier “Exemplary . . . Lacey, a veteran of the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions and a professor at the Marine War College, brings to the tale of Marathon the practical experiences of the combat soldier and an intellectual sensibility.”—The New Criterion

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274

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Bantam

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0553385755

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9780553385755

Archaeology and the Old Testament

By: James B. Pritchard

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Archaeology and the Old Testament

By: James B. Pritchard

Archaeology is a science in which progress can be measured by the advances made backward into the past. The last one hundred years of archaeology have added a score of centuries to the story of the growth of our cultural and religious heritage, as the ancient world has been recovered from the sands and caves of the modern Near East-Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq. Measured by the number of centuries which have been annexed to man's history in a relatively few years, progress has been truly phenomenal. This book deals with the recent advance and with those pioneers to the past who made it possible. Interest in biblical history has played an important part in this recovery. Names such as Babylon, Nineveh, Jericho, Jerusalem, and others prominent on the pages of the Bible, have gripped the popular imagination and worked like magic to gain support for excavations. This book is written from the widely shared conviction that the discovery of the ancient Near East has shed significant light on the Bible. Indeed, the newly-discovered ancient world has effected a revolution in the understanding of the Bible, its people, and their history. My purpose is to assess, in non-technical language which the layman can understand, the kind of change in viewing the biblical past which archaeology has brought about in the last century. Since the text of the Bible has remained constant over this period, it is obvious that any new light on its meaning must provide a better perspective for seeing the events which it describes. In short, I am concerned with the question, How has history as written in the Bible been changed, enlarged, or substantiated by the past century of the archaeological work? --from the Preface

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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160608092X

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9781606080924

The Real Royal Family

The Image of God in Scripture and Ethics

By: James E. Schultz

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The Real Royal Family

The Image of God in Scripture and Ethics

By: James E. Schultz

God made human beings in his image and that is what makes us so valuable. Yet there are vastly different ideas of what the image means and how sin affects the image, and each of those ideas impacts the claim that the image grounds human value. People have treated one another in either horrible or wonderful ways based on their theologies of the image. This book examines the logical implications of various image doctrines in the real world. Also, in Genesis 1:26-27, the image of God is closely tied to the first stated purposes of human life in Genesis 1:28. Yet such practical purposes seem remote from the private spirituality of the gospel story often heard in churches. To live out our part in God's creation project, we need to understand the image of God within the unfolding story Scripture narrates from creation to new creation. This book builds a theology of the image of God by situating it firmly in the biblical narrative, harnessing the insights of biblical theology, and conversing with theologians past and present to form a coherent story of God, his children, and his creation in this age and the age to come.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725277204

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Archaeology and the Old Testament

By: James B. Pritchard

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Princeton University Press

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1400843197

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9781400843190

Landscapes of the Song of Songs

Poetry and Place

By: Elaine T. James

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Landscapes of the Song of Songs

Poetry and Place

By: Elaine T. James

In this masterful new study of the ancient poetry of the Song of Songs, Elaine T. James explores the Song's underlying interest in the natural world. Engaging with the fields of geography, landscape architecture, and literature, James critiques the tendency of scholars to reify a perceived dichotomy between "nature" and "culture" and instead argues that the poetic attention to landscape indicates an awareness of a viewer. Nature is here a poetic device that informs James's close-readings of agrarianism, gardens, cities, social control, and feminism and the gaze in the Song. With this two-fold emphasis on landscape and lyric, Landscape of the Song of Songs shows how the Song persistently envisions a world in which human lovers are embedded in the natural world, complexly enfolded in relationships of fragility and care.

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Oxford University Press

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0190619023

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9780190619022

The Official Price Guide to Football Cards 2010

By: James Beckett

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The Official Price Guide to Football Cards 2010

By: James Beckett

Covers football cards from most manufacturers from 1948 to the present, featuring prices for individual cards and full sets.

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House of Collectibles

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0375723277

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9780375723278

Book's by James Bennett Pritchard

Gibeon, where the Sun Stood Still

Gibeon, where the Sun Stood Still

Gibeon, where the Sun Stood Still

Gibeon, where the Sun Stood Still

The Water System of Gibeon

The Water System of Gibeon

The First Clash

The First Clash

Archaeology and the Old Testament

Archaeology and the Old Testament

The Real Royal Family

The Real Royal Family

Archaeology and the Old Testament

Archaeology and the Old Testament

Landscapes of the Song of Songs

Landscapes of the Song of Songs

The Official Price Guide to Football Cards 2010

The Official Price Guide to Football Cards 2010

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