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Excavations at the Ancient Synagogue of Gush Ḥalav

By: Eric M. Meyers,Carol L. Meyers,James F. Strange

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Excavations at the Ancient Synagogue of Gush Ḥalav

By: Eric M. Meyers,Carol L. Meyers,James F. Strange

During 1977 and 1978 the Meiron Excavation Project moved north from its excavations at Khirbet Shema and Meiron, excavating at the site of the synagogue at Gush Halav. With only very limited areas available for excavation, the team nevertheless was able to extract significant information for the history of Galilean synagogues. The synagogue here had a unique form, with spatial elements that have few if any parallels elsewhere. This publication will thus be of great importance for the history of Galilee in the first millennium C.E. and for the development of synagogue architecture and its relationship to the culture of the region in general.

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Eisenbrauns

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0931464595

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9780931464591

Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1

Life, Culture, and Society

By: James Riley Strange

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Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1

Life, Culture, and Society

By: James Riley Strange

Drawing on the expertise of archaeologists, historians, biblical scholars, and social-science interpreters who have devoted a significant amount of time and energy in the research of ancient Galilee, this accessible volume includes modern general studies of Galilee and of Galilean history, as well as specialized studies on taxation, ethnicity, religious practices, road systems, trade and markets, education, health, village life, houses, and the urban-rural divide. This resource includes a rich selection of images, figures, charts, and maps.

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450

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Fortress Press

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1451489587

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9781451489583

Excavating the Land of Jesus

How Archaeologists Study the People of the Gospels

By: James Riley Strange

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Excavating the Land of Jesus

How Archaeologists Study the People of the Gospels

By: James Riley Strange

How do archaeologists unearth the daily life of people from Jesus’s time? Contrary to popular belief, archaeology of first-century Roman Galilee is not about illustrating or proving the Gospels, drawing timelines, or hunting treasure. Rather, it is about understanding the lives of people, just like us, who lived in the time of Jesus. How do we understand Jesus and his mission as part of a larger world? How do we interpret material culture alongside textual evidence from the Gospels? How do we know where and how to dig? James Riley Strange teaches students how to address these problems in this essential textbook. Drawing on professional experience as a scientific archaeologist in Israel, Strange explains current methodology for ground surveying, excavating evidence, and interpreting data. Excavating the Land of Jesus is the ideal guide for students seeking answers in the dirt of the Holy Land.

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262

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467467596

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9781467467599

Excavations at Sepphoris

Volume One: University of South Florida Probes in the Citadel and Villa

By: James Francis Strange,Thomas Richmond Willis Longstaff,Dennis E. Groh

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Excavations at Sepphoris

Volume One: University of South Florida Probes in the Citadel and Villa

By: James Francis Strange,Thomas Richmond Willis Longstaff,Dennis E. Groh

This volume concerns the excavations at ancient Sepphoris, Israel, from 1983 to 1987. It contains a detailed report on the history of the site, based on literary sources, excavations, and investigations.

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190

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BRILL

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9047404319

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9789047404316

Making Dystopia

The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism

By: James Stevens Curl

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Making Dystopia

The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism

By: James Stevens Curl

In Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice. Tracing the effects of the Modernist revolution in architecture to the present, Stevens Curl argues that, with each passing year, so-called 'iconic' architecture by supposed 'star' architects has become more and more bizarre, unsettling, and expensive, ignoring established contexts and proving to be stratospherically remote from the aspirations and needs of humanity. In the elite world of contemporary architecture, form increasingly follows finance, and in a society in which the 'haves' have more and more, and the 'have-nots' are ever more marginalized, he warns that contemporary architecture continues to stack up huge potential problems for the future, as housing costs spiral out of control, resources are squandered on architectural bling, and society fractures. This courageous, passionate, deeply researched, and profoundly argued book should be read by everyone concerned with what is around us. Its combative critique of the entire Modernist architectural project and its apologists will be highly controversial to many. But it contains salutary warnings that we ignore at our peril. And it asks awkward questions to which answers are long overdue.

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Oxford University Press

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0191068160

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9780191068164

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

A Re-examination of the New Testament Teaching on the Gift of the Spirit in Relation to Pentecostalism Today

By: James D. G. Dunn

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Baptism in the Holy Spirit

A Re-examination of the New Testament Teaching on the Gift of the Spirit in Relation to Pentecostalism Today

By: James D. G. Dunn

In Baptism in the Holy Spirit James Dunn argues that water baptism is only one element in the New Testament pattern of conversion and initiation. The gift of the Spirit, he believes, is the central element. For the writers of the New Testament only those who had received the Holy Spirit could be called Christians. For them, the reception of the Spirit was a very definite and often very dramatic experience - the decisive and climactic experience in conversion-initiation - to which Christians were usually recalled when reminded of their Christian faith and experience.James Dunn uncovers the place of the gift of the Holy Spirit in the total complex event of becoming a Christian.

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273

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SCM Press

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0334047943

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9780334047940

The Emergence of the Christian Basilica in the Fourth Century

By: James Riley Strange

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The Emergence of the Christian Basilica in the Fourth Century

By: James Riley Strange

Explores why the Christian basilica emerged.

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Global Academic Publishing

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1586840320

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9781586840327

Dictionary of Louisiana French

As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities

By: Albert Valdman,Kevin James Rottet

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Dictionary of Louisiana French

As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities

By: Albert Valdman,Kevin James Rottet

The Dictionary of Louisiana French (DLF) provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana: the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of twenty-four areas in these regions. In addition to the data collected from fieldwork, the dictionary contains material compiled from existing lexical inventories, from texts published after 1930, and from archival recordings. The new authoritative resource, the DLF not only contains the largest number of words and expressions but also provides the most complete information available for each entry. Entries include the word in the conventional French spelling, the pronunciation (including attested variants), the part of speech classification, the English equivalent, and the word's use in common phrases. The DLF features a wealth of illustrative examples derived from fieldwork and textual sources and identification of the parish where the entry was collected or the source from which it was compiled. An English-to-Louisiana French index enables readers to find out how particular notions would be expressed in la Louisiane .

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604734043

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9781604734041

The Moral World of James

Setting the Epistle in Its Greco-Roman and Judaic Environments

By: James Riley Strange

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The Moral World of James

Setting the Epistle in Its Greco-Roman and Judaic Environments

By: James Riley Strange

In The Moral World of James, James Riley Strange compares the moral system in the Epistle of James with other Greco-Roman and Judaic texts. The author of the epistle prescribed moral practices in a world in which other people, both pagan and Jewish, had long been expressing similar concerns, and more would continue to take up the task centuries after Christianity was well established in the Roman Empire. In this fresh and thick analysis, Strange's systemic comparison of texts (among them works of Plato, Plutarch, Epictetus, and Aelius Aristides, as well as Greek Magical Papyri, tractates of the Mishnah, and the Community Rule of the Dead Sea Scrolls) reveals how James's vision of a distinctive way of community life was both part of and distinct from the moral and religious systems among which it emerged.

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Peter Lang

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143310881X

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Book's by James F. Strange

Excavations at the Ancient Synagogue of Gush Ḥalav

Excavations at the Ancient Synagogue of Gush Ḥalav

Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1

Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1

Excavating the Land of Jesus

Excavating the Land of Jesus

Excavations at Sepphoris

Excavations at Sepphoris

Making Dystopia

Making Dystopia

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

The Emergence of the Christian Basilica in the Fourth Century

The Emergence of the Christian Basilica in the Fourth Century

Dictionary of Louisiana French

Dictionary of Louisiana French

The Moral World of James

The Moral World of James

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