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The Tent of Abraham

Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims

By: Arthur Waskow,Joan Chittister,Saadi Shakur Chishti

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The Tent of Abraham

Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims

By: Arthur Waskow,Joan Chittister,Saadi Shakur Chishti

The Tent of Abraham is the first book to tell the entire story of Abraham and to reenergize it as a basis for peace. Written by three leaders belonging to different faiths, the book explores in accessible language the mythic quality and the teachings of reconciliation that are embedded in the Torah, the Qur'an, and the Bible.

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Beacon Press

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0807077291

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Who's Who in Jewish History

After the period of the Old Testament

By: New edition revised by Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok,Joan Comay

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Who's Who in Jewish History

After the period of the Old Testament

By: New edition revised by Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok,Joan Comay

From Karl Marx to the Marx brothers, the Routledge Who's Who in Jewish History presents a complete and thoroughly updated reference guide to over a thousand prominent men and women who have shaped Jewish culture. Covering twenty centuries of Jewish history it provides: * detailed biographical information on each leading figure * analysis of their role and significance both in Jewish life and the wider culture * a comprehensive chronological table displaying the history of the Jewish race * a series of maps * a useful glossary giving precise definitions of Jewish words.

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1134509782

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Who's Who in Jewish History

By: Joan Comay

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Who's Who in Jewish History

By: Joan Comay

From Karl Marx to the Marx brothers, the Routledge Who's Who in Jewish History presents a complete reference guide to over a thousand prominent men and women who have shaped Jewish culture. Covering twenty centuries of Jewish history it provides: * detailed biographical information on each leading figure * analysis of their role and significance both in Jewish life and the wider culture * a comprehensive chronological table displaying the history of the Jewish race * a useful glossary giving precise definitions of Jewish words.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000950840

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Who's Who in the Old Testament

By: Joan Comay

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Who's Who in the Old Testament

By: Joan Comay

Who's Who in the Old Testament brings vividly to life the thousands of characters in the Old Testament, and provides: * nearly 3000 extensive entries covering every character * detailed biographical information on each character, including exactly where to find them in the Bible * the complete historical, geographical and archaeological context of each entry * comprehensive chronology of the times * a section on the Apocrypha - the collection of works that bridges the gap between the Old and New Testaments.

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1000158837

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9781000158830

Messages He Gave Me

By: Joan Hope

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Messages He Gave Me

By: Joan Hope

Joan Hope was born in Guyana in South America. She grew up in the Beterverwagting / Triumph area and attended elementary and high school in Georgetown. In her first semester at Bishops' High, she attended the school's Bible Club meetings and there accepted Jesus as her Savior. She worshipped at Elim Pentecostal Church on Albert Street in Georgetown, was an active participant in the youth fellowship, and subsequently a part of the leadership. She loved to sing and became a member of the church choir. She married Hamlet Hope, and they have one son, Darrel. When her husband was offered a job at the College of the Bahamas, the family moved to Nassau, Bahamas. She attended Bahamas Faith Ministries and served with her husband, first as ushers and later as cell group pastors. She was a part of BFM's Woman of the Word and a member of the island's Women's Aglow Fellowship. As she attached herself to the women's groups, she became aware of her heart for Women's Ministry. The family migrated to the USA and in Georgia, attended The Redeemed Christian Church of God, in Douglasville where she was a part of the Women's Ministry leadership. Joan, a professional teacher for many years, was a lecturer in microbiology and head of the Medical Technology Department at the University of Guyana. In Nassau Bahamas, she was head of the Science Department at Kingsway Academy and taught Biology, Mathematics, Agriculture, and Health Science. She established and still coordinates the Vacation Bible School for Children in The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Praise Chapel, Georgia. Her zeal for teaching is reflected in her sermons. She is truly grateful to God for the opportunities afforded her over the years to be useful in various areas of His kingdom.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1685702171

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Genesis

Volume 2

By: Joan E. Cook

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Genesis

Volume 2

By: Joan E. Cook

In the ongoing debate over the when and how our universe began, Genesis chooses to answer the theological question, Who set in motion the beginning of the heavens and the earth?" Once that question is answered by vivid and memorable stories, the focus moves to ancestral stories that identify the roots and early branches of the Jewish family tree. This same tree grows in Christian settings as the matriarchs and patriarchs of Genesis appear over and again in New Testament writings. Given the growing interest in family genealogies, in this commentary Joan Cook leads us to appreciate and delight in our ancient and awesome spiritual heritage as well. We should not be surprised, however, to discover that our earliest spiritual kith and kin were guilty of deceit, marital infidelity, jealousy, and murder. But readers will learn that the God who created the heavens and the earth is also a forgiving and protective God-the God of ancient time, of our time, of all time. Joan E. Cook, SC, teaches Scripture at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She is author of Hannah's Desire, God's Design (Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) and Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth: An Introduction to the Prophets (Liturgical Press, 2006), which won a first-place Catholic Press Association award in 2007. Cook has also written numerous articles on biblical women and biblical prayer. Also available with Little Rock Scripture Study

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Liturgical Press

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0814647685

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9780814647684

Table Talk

Food for Thought That's Easy to Swallow!

By: Joan Butman

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Table Talk

Food for Thought That's Easy to Swallow!

By: Joan Butman

Are you tired of fad diets and empty chatter that leave you unfilfilled? Do you crave more heartfelt conversations along with more carbs? Then pull up a chair and sample some of Joan Butman's original "soul food" in her new book, Table Talk: Food for Thought That's Easy to Swallow Her menu includes calorie-free thoughts on everything from motherhood to window cleaning, with faith as the main ingredient. "(Our kitchen table)...is a safe place where ideas are exchanged, values are challenged, and minds and hearts are influenced in a way that hopefully produces thoughtful, caring individuals. Let me add that our table talk at times involves strong disagreements, raised voices, tears, an occasional derogatory comment or two, and lots of indigestion. My mother used to say, 'Can't we just get through one meal with no crying?' However, the important thing is we always return to the table." This latest collection of essays from the author of Heart Murmurs is sure to delight your senses, fill your soul, and provide plenty of dishing to savor. So if you like your "soul food" served with a side order of smiles, come and sit at the kitchen table of Joan's heart and visit for a while... All proceeds from Table Talk go directly to FOCUS, the Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools, whose purpose is to share with independent school students a life rooted in God that is real, adventurous, intellectually sound, and eminently practical.

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0595423752

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9780595423750

Sacred Scriptures of the World Religions

An Introduction

By: Joan Price

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Sacred Scriptures of the World Religions

An Introduction

By: Joan Price

Price examines religions across the world, offering an insight into each tradition's views of the world, through their scriptural texts and spiritual practices.

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082642354X

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9780826423542

Angels And Devils

By: Joan Carroll Cruz

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Angels And Devils

By: Joan Carroll Cruz

The most thorough book about the Angels yet written! Here, bestselling author Joan Carroll Cruz expounds upon the traditional definitions and delineations of the Angels and Devils, asking and answering virtually every conceivable question about them. Among the many recent books about Angels, this has to be one of the very best, if not the very best yet. Definitely another Mrs. Cruz bestseller! Impr.

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1618908901

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Peace in the Midst

By: Joan P. Walker

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Peace in the Midst

By: Joan P. Walker

The life of Rachael Webster is suddenly turned upside down, when her mother breaks the news to her that she will be leaving her home in Chicago and going to live with her maternal grandparents in Tennessee. Her grandparents are two devout Christians, but Rachael feels out of place around them.Filled with rage and resentment over the decision her parents have made, Rachael sets out to destroy all her chances for happiness by rebelling against authority. Rachael admires her grandparent’s faith and has grown to respect their prayer life. She listens to Grandmother as she talks to Jesus about her in the wee hours of the night. She wonders if Jesus really cares about her the way grandma says. God’s conviction weighs heavily upon her mind as she ponders what to do next. Finally in desperation, she goes to the bathroom at the school and calls out to Jesus for her souls Salvation. She laid down her load of guilt and shame and Jesus washed her as white as the snow. Shortly thereafter, Principal prater sends a note home to her grandparents telling of a school board meeting that has been scheduled to review Rachael’s absentees at the school. The note said that they also wanted to address the subject of Rachael’s negative attitude with the other students. At the meeting, Rachael is told that she must finish the school year at The Bentley School for Wayward Girls. Rachael’s stay at the school is very unpleasant at the start. However God opens so many doors at Bentley as he demonstrates his power and love for all. Upon graduation, Rachael goes to Africa to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a missionary. Her long awaited dream of helping the unfortunates was finally going to be realized, or so she thought. Upon entering the village, however, she had serious doubts. The streets were lined with sick and dying people. It was a death camp, not a mission field, especially for the children and elderly. Burying the dead was a daily matter and weighed heavily upon Rachael. Finally in desperation she decides to go back to America and ask for help for the Kenyan people. After many failed efforts she decides to go visit her parents before going back to Africa.. Who do you suppose she runs into there. You're right, it was her old boyfriend George Fulton..After hearing about the people of Africa and their state, he quits his Chief of Staff position at the local hospital and goes back to Africa with Rachael. Many years later after a world of success, they come back home to America and settle in the little town of Townsend, Tennessee. They opened a medical clinic on their property and minister to the needs of the people who live in that area.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1098041593

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Genesis, Part One

By: Joan E. Cook

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Genesis, Part One

By: Joan E. Cook

A study of the book of Genesis is an invitation not only to contemplate the creation story, but to remember with the Israelites their ancestors in faith. Part One of this study covers Genesis 1:1–25:18 (the "pre-history" of Israel including the creation accounts, the stories of the fall and the great flood, as well as the story of Abraham and Sarah). Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayer and access to online lectures are included. 5 lessons.

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Liturgical Press

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0814663702

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Signing the Scriptures

A Starting Point for Interpreting the Sunday Readings for the Deaf (Year B)

By: Joan Blake

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Signing the Scriptures

A Starting Point for Interpreting the Sunday Readings for the Deaf (Year B)

By: Joan Blake

Intended to provide a fresh view and stir up some new ideas for interpreting the readings. Arranged according to the order of the Catholic liturgical year, with an index which lists all the citations in biblical order, making it easy to find a specific text.

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LiturgyTrainingPublications

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1568545924

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Phoebe

Patron and Emissary

By: Joan Cecelia Campbell

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Phoebe

Patron and Emissary

By: Joan Cecelia Campbell

Human beings are embedded in a set of social relations. A social network is one way of conceiving that set of relations in terms of a number of persons connected to one another by varying degrees of relatedness. In the early Jesus group documents featuring Paul and coworkers, it takes little effort to envision the apostle's collection of friends and friends of friends that is the Pauline network. The persons who constituted that network are the focus of this set of brief books. For Christians of the Western tradition, these persons are significant ancestors in faith. While each of them is worth knowing by themselves, it is largely because of their standing within that web of social relations woven about and around Paul that they are of lasting interest. Through this series we hope to come to know those persons in ways befitting their first-century Mediterranean culture. Imagine trying to find a window into the life of an individual who lived approximately two thousand years ago in a culture vastly different from our own. Consider the added difficulty when that individual is a woman and the only written record of her consists of two biblical verses (Rom 16:1-2). In this volume Joan C. Campbell takes on the challenge and provides a surprisingly full and rich account of Phoebe of Kenchreai. With Campbell, we visit Phoebe's hometown, we wander the city streets with her, and we meet her associates. Along the way, we gain insight into the social roles that Paul ascribes to her (sister, deacon," and patron) and what these roles entailed in first-century Mediterranean Jesus groups. This book is important reading for anyone interested in the contribution of women to emerging Christianity and for contemporary deacons who seek to understand the biblical roots of their ministry. Joan C. Campbell, CSM, PhD, is a member of the Congregation of Saint Martha of Prince Edward Island, Canada, and assistant professor of New Testament Studies at Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A major teaching and research interest of hers is the cultural world of first-century Mediterranean Jesus groups and how knowledge of that cultural world can illumine biblical texts that deal with women such as Phoebe. She is the author of Kinship Relations in the Gospel of John.

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Liturgical Press

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0814684025

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9780814684023

Our Bible Study

By: Margaret Meeres-Alton,Joan Bates

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Our Bible Study

By: Margaret Meeres-Alton,Joan Bates

Our Bible Study is a condensed version of every verse, chapter and book of the Bible. The purpose was to take out the repetition so we could better understand what the message we were to receive meant. So often the words just spoke to us and we realized we needed to share our interpretation. Through experimenting with other studies we found that Our Bible Study simplified the understanding of Gods Word.

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Xlibris Corporation

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149317620X

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Genesis, Part Two

By: Joan E. Cook

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Genesis, Part Two

By: Joan E. Cook

A study of the book of Genesis moves the reader from the cosmic creation story to the story of the creation of God’s people. Part Two of this study moves us forward from the time of Abraham to the unfolding of his family in the stories of Isaac and Jacob, as well as the story of Joseph and his brothers and their clans.

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0814663966

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Loyalist Mosaic

A Multi-Ethnic Heritage

By: Joan Magee

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Loyalist Mosaic

A Multi-Ethnic Heritage

By: Joan Magee

Loyalist Mosaic highlights the ethnic diversity among the Loyalist settlers to Canada by exploring the experiences of 11 extraordinary individuals.

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Dundurn

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1459711424

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9781459711426

Hannah's Desire, God's Design

Early Interpretations of the Story of Hannah

By: Joan E. Cook

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Hannah's Desire, God's Design

Early Interpretations of the Story of Hannah

By: Joan E. Cook

This study analyses the biblical personage Hannah as a literary entity, to illustrate her uniquely significant place in the traditions of Israel as the mother of Samuel and thus of the reform of the priesthood, the creation of the monarchy, and the teacher of all Israel. There are three interweaving themes: first, the literary issue of the barren mother type scene; second, the theological theme of divine guidance and human initiative; and third, the perspectives of early biblical interpretation. The study develops around four works: the Hannah narrative in 1 Samuel 1-2, Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities, the Targum of the Prophets, and the Infancy Narrative in Luke 1-2.

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185075909X

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Reviving Liberty

Radical Christian Humanism in Milton's Great Poems

By: Joan S. Bennett

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Reviving Liberty

Radical Christian Humanism in Milton's Great Poems

By: Joan S. Bennett

Milton's Great Poems--Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes--are here examined in the light of his lifelong commitment to the English revolutionary cause. The poems, Joan Bennett shows, reflect the issues Milton had dealt with in theological and public policy debate, foreign diplomacy, and propaganda; moreover, they work innovatively with these issues, reaching in epic and tragedy answers that his pamphlets and tracts of the past twenty years had only partially achieved. The central issue is the nature and possibility of human freedom, or "Christian liberty." Related questions are the nature of human rationality, the meaning of law, of history, of individuality, of society, and--everywhere--the problem of evil. The book offers a revisionist position in the history of ideas, arguing that Renaissance Christian humanism in England descended not from Tudor to Stuart Anglicanism but from Tudor Anglicanism to revolutionary Puritanism. Close readings are offered of texts by Richard Hooker, Milton, and a range of writers before and during the revolutionary period. Not only theological and political positions but also political actions taken by the authors are compared. Milton's poems are studied in the light of these analyses. The concept of "radical Christian humanism" moves current Milton criticism beyond the competing conceptions of Milton as the poet of democratic liberalism and the prophet of revolutionary absolutism. Milton's radical Christian humanism was built upon pre-modern conceptions and experiences of reason that are not alien to our time. It stemmed from, and resulted in, a religious commitment to political process which his poems embody and illuminate.

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Harvard University Press

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0674766970

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Little John's Angels

By: Joan Shortridge

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Little John's Angels

By: Joan Shortridge

John, an unmotivated seven year old is taken back in time by an adult angel. She tries to teach him the true meaning of life. He returns from his many adventures and tells his family about the angel, but none of them believe him. A child angel wants to be his guardian and comes to visit him. The child angel must get John to tell him about every adventure the adult angel took him through, but John is too lazy to tell him. John puts the job off on his sister and brother, but first he has to convince them there is an angel wanting to hear the stories. John wonders why his family, who professes to believe in angels and goes to church, can't believe that he has seen two angels. The baby angel, Joshua, gives John the gift to communicate with all animals, but his family thinks he is making it up. Meanwhile the family is planning a grand vacation with their father who is in on furlong. The family pets are to go also, that is, if they can get stubborn Rambo, their huge dog, to get his shots for the trip. At the vet, Rambo runs into the woods. Meow, the cat, and Baby, the small dog, along with John follow him. They end up at John's grand-parents' farm where they get into all kinds of humorous mischief. When Joshua shows up again, he promises John if someone will tell him the story, he will take all of the children and animals to another dimension where they will have a spectacular vacation climax.

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1463003390

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Signing the Scriptures: Year C

A Starting Point for Interpreting the Sunday Readings for the Deaf

By: Joan Blake

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A Starting Point for Interpreting the Sunday Readings for the Deaf

By: Joan Blake

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The Biblical Book of Daniel

The Catalan Translation by the French Hebraist Maties Delcor

By: Joan Ferrer Costa,Francesc Feliu,Olga Fullana

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The Biblical Book of Daniel

The Catalan Translation by the French Hebraist Maties Delcor

By: Joan Ferrer Costa,Francesc Feliu,Olga Fullana

Delcor (1919-1992) is responsible for a translation of the Book of Daniel, which is the only Catalan version of a book of the Bible produced by a North Catalan author to be included in Fundació Bíblica Catalana’s 1968 Bible. This unique circumstance was the inspiration to recover this translation and publish it in a scientific edition collated with the original texts from which Delcor worked. The introduction situates this singular work in the context of the long history of biblical translations in Catalan and offers an exegetical approach to this work that tradition has transmitted in three languages of the ancient world: Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. English equivalents of all of the texts have been added as a further point of comparison.

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9027262853

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Graphic Organizers

Building Comprehension Skills

By: Joan Westley

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Graphic Organizers

Building Comprehension Skills

By: Joan Westley

Introduce young readers to 30 versatile graphic organizers. Lessons focus on story structure, characters, plot, setting, language, and informational text. Includes 100 additional formats.

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1601841973

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Yisrael Artzaynu

Our Home, Our Homeland

By: Behrman House,Joan L. Florsheim

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Our Home, Our Homeland

By: Behrman House,Joan L. Florsheim

This child's-eye view of life in Israel builds students' emotional ties to our Jewish homeland.

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0867051418

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The Monastic Heart

50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life

By: Joan Chittister

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The Monastic Heart

50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life

By: Joan Chittister

The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday sounds the call to create a monastery within ourselves—to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we may join God in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice right where we are. “Essential reading for anyone wishing to find the compass of their heart and the wellspring from which to live fully.”—Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries and New York Times bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart “In every beating heart is a silent undercurrent that calls each of us to a place unknown, to the vision of a wiser life, to become what I feel I must be—but cannot name.” So begins Sister Joan Chittister’s words on monasticism, offering a way of living and seeing life that brings deep human satisfaction. Amid the astounding disruptions of normalcy that have unfolded in our world, Sister Joan calls all of us to cultivate the spiritual seeker within, however that may look across our diverse journeys: “We can depend only on the depth of the spiritual well in us. The well is the only thing that can save us from the fear of our own frailty.” This book carries the weight and wisdom of the monastic spiritual tradition into the twenty-first century. Sister Joan leans into Saint Benedict, who, as a young man in the sixth century, sought moral integrity in the face of an empire not by conquering or overpowering the empire but by simply living an ordinary life extraordinarily well. This same monastic mindset can help us grow in wisdom, equanimity, and strength of soul as we seek restoration and renewal both at home and in the world. At a time when people around the world are bearing witness to human frailty—and, simultaneously, the endurance of the human spirit—The Monastic Heart invites readers of all walks to welcome this end of certainty and embrace a new beginning of our faith. Without stepping foot in a monastery, we can become, like those before us, a deeper, freer self, a richer soul—and, as a result, a true monastic, so “that in all things God may be glorified.”

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0593239423

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Love Again, Live Again

Restore Your Heart and Regain Your Health

By: Joan Hunter

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Love Again, Live Again

Restore Your Heart and Regain Your Health

By: Joan Hunter

Everyone gets their feelings hurt in life. As these wounds fester and compound throughout life, they become scars that affect our current relationships. Anyone suffering from a wounded heart feels a sense of separation from people, but the separation it creates from our heavenly Father is far worse for our mind, body and soul. “Broken Heart Syndrome” is a recognized medical condition. Tests show that the pain caused by relational stress or trauma releases stress hormones to circulate through the body. This causes the inner layers of the heart to shred, damaging the cardiac muscle and its capacity to pump blood throughout the body. The chest pain this can cause resembles a serious heart attack. Stents or angioplasty can treat blocked vessels, but modern medicine still has no quick fix for a broken heart. Joan Hunter reveals how to heal your heart from past hurts. To do this, you must be set free from the trauma of past relationships that prevent you from giving of yourself to those most important to you today. In doing so, you will also restore your most important relationship—the one with your heavenly Father.

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1641231556

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The Bible in a Nutshell

Creation Versus Evolution

By: Joan McGuire

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The Bible in a Nutshell

Creation Versus Evolution

By: Joan McGuire

The Holy Bible. What is it? It is God's love letter to humanity. This is a very shortened version to show that Jesus Christ is the subject of the entire Bible. He is real, we don't need to invent any more Super heroes because He is THE ONE. All the Patriarchs at the beginning of the book as well as the prophets that feature later are all talking and living out aspects of the life of Jesus Christ so that when He was here He constantly referred to "It is written" as the reason for Him doing something because it was important to Him being able to save the human race from its own self-destruction. They are mentioned by name as having done something which they did not realise the significance of at the time. We can only understand things backwards but life has to be lived forwards. Jesus wants to save everyone but we shut ourselves out by the silly things we do. I sincerely hope that you find the love and peace He offers to you in His book.

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Kinship Relations in the Gospel of John

By: Joan C. Campbell

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Kinship Relations in the Gospel of John

By: Joan C. Campbell

This monograph examines the relationships between the two "families" of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel. The first family is that of the mother, brothers, and sisters of Jesus; the second is the fictive family of the disciples. Using social-scientific criticism, Campbell proposes that the Gospel depicts a sharp division between these families, that is, between the biological family, the brothers and sisters of Jesus (adelphoi), and the discipleship family that includes the mother of Jesus.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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166678706X

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9781666787061

Contemporary Thought

By: Joan A. Price

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Contemporary Thought

By: Joan A. Price

Examines the central ideas considered by such modern philosphers as Heidegger, Sartre, Nietzsche, James, and Camus.

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Infobase Publishing

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0791087921

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Jewish Communities of India

Identity in a Colonial Era

By: Joan G. Roland

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Jewish Communities of India

Identity in a Colonial Era

By: Joan G. Roland

Although the Bene Israel community of western India, the Baghdadi Jews of Bombay and Calcutta, and the Cochin Jews of the Malabar Coast form a tiny segment of the Indian population, their long-term residence within a vastly different culture has always made them the subject of much curiosity. India is perhaps the one country in the world where Jews have never been exposed to anti-Semitism, but in the last century they have had to struggle to maintain their identity as they encountered two competing nationalisms: Indian nationalism and Zionism. Focusing primarily on the Bene Israel and Baghdadis in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Joan Roland describes how identities begun under the Indian caste system changed with British colonial rule, and then how the struggle for Indian independence and the establishment of a Jewish homeland raised even further questions. She also discuses the experiences of European Jewish refugees who arrived in India after 1933 and remained there until after World War II.To describe what it meant to be a Jew in India, Roland draws on a wealth of materials such as Indian Jewish periodicals, official and private archives, and extensive interviews. Historians, Judaic studies specialist, India area scholars, postcolonialist, and sociologists will all find this book to be an engaging study. A new final chapter discusses the position of the remaining Jews in India as well as the status of Indian Jews in Israel at the end of the twentieth century.

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Routledge

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135130982X

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Daily Declarations of Faith for Men

By: Joan Hunter

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Daily Declarations of Faith for Men

By: Joan Hunter

See the Word of God come alive in your life. You are invited to read and receive God’s promises of strength, joy, and blessing in Daily Declarations of Faith for Men. Read these declarations to encourage your spirit and feel empowered to live every day in the fullness of God’s abundance. Achieve breakthrough as you experience - the power of God’s Word, - increased faith, - an overflow of blessing, - freedom from fear, and - a closer walk with the Holy Spirit. As you trust and claim these powerful declarations, you can expect the Word of God to activate your faith, challenge old mindsets, and remove limitations.

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BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC

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1424561949

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Reluctant Race Men

Black Challenges to the Practice of Race in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Joan L. Bryant

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Reluctant Race Men

Black Challenges to the Practice of Race in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Joan L. Bryant

Activists in the earliest Black antebellum reform endeavors contested and deprecated the concept of race. Attacks on the logic and ethics of dividing, grouping, and ranking humans into races became commonplace facets of activism in anti-colonization and emigration campaigns, suffrage and civil rights initiatives, moral reform projects, abolitionist struggles, independent church development, and confrontations with scientific thought on human origins. Denunciations persisted even as later generations of reformers felt compelled by theories of progress and American custom to promote race as a basis of a Black collective consciousness. Reluctant Race Men traces a history of the disparate challenges Black American reformers lodged against race across the long nineteenth century. It factors their opposition into the nation's history of race and reconstructs a reform tradition largely ignored in accounts of Black activism. Black-controlled newspapers, societies, churches, and conventions provided the principal loci and resources for questioning race. In these contexts, people of African descent generated a lexicon for refuting race, debated its logic, and, ultimately, reinterpreted it. Reformers' challenges call into question the notion that race is a self-evident site of identity among Black people. Their ideas instead spotlight legal, political, religious, social, and scientific practices that configured human difference, sameness, hierarchy, and consciousness. They show how a diverse set of actions constituted multi-faceted American phenomena dubbed "race.

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