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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 1

Revelation and God

By: Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley

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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 1

Revelation and God

By: Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley

The church needs good theology that engages the head, heart, and hands. This four-volume work combines rigorous historical and theological scholarship with application and practicality—characterized by an accessible, Reformed, and experiential approach. In this volume, Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley explore the first two of eight central themes of theology: revelation and God.

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The Wentworth Papers, 1705-1739. Selected from the Private and Family Correspondence of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby, Created in 1711 Earl of Strafford

By: James Joel Cartwright,Thomas Wentworth Strafford

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The Wentworth Papers, 1705-1739. Selected from the Private and Family Correspondence of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby, Created in 1711 Earl of Strafford

By: James Joel Cartwright,Thomas Wentworth Strafford

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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Stories We Pray

By: Joel Lurie Grishaver

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Stories We Pray

By: Joel Lurie Grishaver

Stories (and informative background information) for almost every prayer in the weekday and Shabbat siddur. Perfect for teachers of prayer, rabbis, cantors, service leaders, junior congregation facilitators, and camp educators looking to infuse worship with a sense of meaning and wonder. Matches perfectly with stories in S'fatai Tiftah, Journeys Through the Siddur, and Pirkei T'filah.

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Torah Aura Productions

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1934527467

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Neither Yavne nor Antioch

Recovering Nazarean Judaism

By: Joel Heller

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Neither Yavne nor Antioch

Recovering Nazarean Judaism

By: Joel Heller

When Rome flattened Judea in the late first and early second centuries of the Common Era, Rabbinic Judaism regrouped and reorganized at the Academy in Yavne, Greek-speaking, gentile proto-orthodox Christianity headquartered in Antioch, Syria, and the Nazareans, the original, Jewish and "God-fearer," Hebraically minded "Followers of the Way," escaped to Pella. Rejected by both the rabbis and the bishops, the Nazareans have often had to go underground, but they have never gone extinct. They have resurfaced from time to time throughout the succeeding two millennia. Now, at the beginning of the Third Great Awakening, in what some believe will be the last Reformation before the Second Coming, the Nazarean movement is experiencing a renaissance. Neither Yavne nor Antioch: Recovering Nazarean Judaism celebrates that new birth.

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1666790389

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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 3

Spirit and Salvation

By: Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley

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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 3

Spirit and Salvation

By: Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley

Here is catechesis at its best, instructing the student of theology, providing pastors with a sermon-enriching manual, and giving growing Christians a resource book that will both inform and nourish them, as well as provide endless theological enjoyment!" — Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; Teaching Fellow, Ligonier Ministries The aim of systematic theology is to engage not only the head but also the heart and hands. Only recently has the church compartmentalized these aspects of life—separating the academic discipline of theology from the spiritual disciplines of faith and obedience. This multivolume work brings together rigorous historical and theological scholarship with spiritual disciplines and practical insights—characterized by a simple, accessible, comprehensive, Reformed, and experiential approach. In this volume, Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley unpack the work and role of the Holy Spirit (Pneumatology) and salvation (soteriology). The authors examine the Holy Spirit's role in the history of salvation, the order of salvation, and the believers' experience of salvation. As readers consider the interrelationship between the Spirit and salvation, they are invited to explore the direct activity of the Lord in their lives for their salvation.

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1433559943

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Unlikely Allies

How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution

By: Joel Richard Paul

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Unlikely Allies

How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution

By: Joel Richard Paul

From the author of Without Precedent and Indivisible, the gripping true story of how three men used espionage, betrayal, and sexual deception to help win the American Revolution. Unlikely Allies is the story of three remarkable historical figures. Silas Deane was a Connecticut merchant and delegate to the Continental Congress as the American colonies struggled to break with England. Caron de Beaumarchais was a successful playwright who wrote The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. And the flamboyant and mysterious Chevalier d'Éon⁠—officer, diplomat, and sometime spy⁠—was the talk of London and Paris. Is the Chevalier a man or a woman? When Deane is sent to France to convince the French government to support the revolutionary cause, he enlists the help of Beaumarchais. Together, they successfully smuggle weapons, ammunition, and supplies to New England just in time for the crucial Battle of Saratoga, which turned the tide of the American Revolution. And the catalyst for Louis XVI's support of the Americans against England was the Chevalier d'Éon, whose decision to declare herself a woman helped to lead to the Franco-American alliance. These three people spin a fascinating web of political intrigue and international politics that stretches across oceans as they ricochet from Versailles to Georgian London to the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. Each man has his own reasons for wanting to see America triumph over the British, and each contends daily with the certainty that no one is what they seem. The line between friends and enemies is blurred, spies lurk in every corner, and the only way to survive is to trust no one. An edge-of-your-seat story full of fascinating characters and lavish with period detail and sense of place, Unlikely Allies is Revolutionary history in all of its juicy, lurid glory.

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1594484872

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The Christian Doctrine Paradox

Spotlighting Biblical Truths and Exposing False Doctrines in Modern Christianity

By: Philip Joel Walls

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The Christian Doctrine Paradox

Spotlighting Biblical Truths and Exposing False Doctrines in Modern Christianity

By: Philip Joel Walls

The atheist, the agnostic and the devout religious alike; each and every one of us must at some point come to address these universal questions – Why are we here? How did we get here? What is the meaning of life? Why are there so many divisions in our Christian churches? Why are so many people deceived by a multitude of worldly religions? How do we witness a true Christian faith to the religions and philosophies of the world? So many questions at so great a cost for the wrong answers... This book, The Christian Doctrine Paradox, is the perfect illustration of where things went wrong, how we can make it right again, and what can ultimately be defined as Predestination – the reason for life on this planet – and much, much more.

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1664204024

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New Zealand. Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures During a Residence in that Country Between the Years 1831 and 1837

Vol. I

By: Joel Samuel Polack

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New Zealand. Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures During a Residence in that Country Between the Years 1831 and 1837

Vol. I

By: Joel Samuel Polack

Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.

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Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services

"I Am More Than My Label"

By: Joel K. Simon,Thorana S. Nelson

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Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services

"I Am More Than My Label"

By: Joel K. Simon,Thorana S. Nelson

Valuable patient-centered ideas for treating mental illness Traditional forms of mental health care can often center more on simply avoiding hospitalization than on promoting wellness by focusing on a patient’s personal feelings and hopes. In fact, these established methods can even have a dehumanizing and devaluing effect on a patient. Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services is a practical introduction and guide that provides practitioners an alternative way of thinking about and working with individuals who have been long-term users of the mental health system. Through interviews, case studies, and actual client testimony, this valuable text demonstrates the most effective ways to establish patient-centered conversations that forge collaborative relationships, realize strengths, and use them to move toward healing. Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services is a strength-based approach that utilizes a client’s personal and social resources to help them find a satisfactory solution to the sources of their need for professional help. This book offers a unique approach that can be applied to those who have been in the mental health system for many years and may remain so. Accessible and useable, this guide explores the meaning of conventional diagnosis and treatment and how both can actually reinforce the client’s disability, chronicity, and sense of helplessness as a person. Topics Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services covers include: the tools of solution-focused brief practice working with borderline personality disorder adaptability and application to different contexts reading the client during discussion sessions emphasizing an individual’s healthy parts the role of community support rethinking the medical model implementing solution-focused practices in agencies and hospitals poststructuralism, social constructionism, and language games and many more! Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services is extensively referenced with a detailed bibliography. It is an essential resource for psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, family therapists, counselors, nurse practitioners, and schools of social work and family therapy training programs. Staff of inpatient psychiatric hospitals, psycho-social clubs, and community mental health clinics will also benefit from this indispensable text.

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1136863524

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Theories of Human Nature, and, Human Nature: A Reader

A Hackett Value Set

By: Joel J. Kupperman

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Theories of Human Nature, and, Human Nature: A Reader

A Hackett Value Set

By: Joel J. Kupperman

Now available together as a set for a discounted price: Theories of Human Nature, with, Human Nature: A Reader, by Joel J. Kupperman. On Theories of Human Nature:A very fine book on human nature, both what it is and what philosophers have thought about it--philosophers in an inclusive sense, from Plato and Aristotle to Mengzi and Xunzi, from Hume and Kant to Ibn al-Arabi to Marx and Rousseau and including many others. The writing is lively and accessible, the philosophy insightful, and the sense of human possibilities conveyed admirable. It will fit nicely into many different sorts of classes. --John Perry, Stanford University On Nature: A Reader: This anthology provides a set of distinctive, influential views that explore the mysteries of human nature from a variety of perspectives.

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1603849475

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Meredith's Complete Book of Bible Lists

A One-of-a-Kind Collection of Bible Facts

By: Joel L. Meredith

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Meredith's Complete Book of Bible Lists

A One-of-a-Kind Collection of Bible Facts

By: Joel L. Meredith

This new volume combines Joel Meredith's two books of Bible lists for a total of 375 lists! Includes easy access to lists like the Ten Commandments, the gifts of the Spirit, and the Beatitudes. But it doesn't stop with the expected. It also offers lists of people raised from the dead and people who were struck blind. Readers will also discover surprising Bible facts, like animals God used miraculously, bald men in the Bible, and nine of the earliest recorded inventors. Lists are organized into 39 categories. A great resource for students, families, or anyone wanting to learn more about the Bible.

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Bethany House

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1441208321

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Encouragement for Today’s Pastors

Help from the Puritans

By: Joel R. Beeke,Terry D Slachter

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Encouragement for Today’s Pastors

Help from the Puritans

By: Joel R. Beeke,Terry D Slachter

The Scriptures advise us to learn from examples of faithful ministers (Heb. 13:7). The Puritans were a group of such ministers whose teaching and living can be particularly encouraging to troubled and discouraged pastors today. They were steadfast in adhering to Scripture as the Word of God, in confessing the great truths of the Reformed faith, and in applying sound doctrine to the problems of life in an age and culture nearly as challenging as our own. In Encouragement for Today's Pastors, Joel R. Beeke and Terry D. Slachter examine the writings of these pastors of a bygone era consider how they can help struggling pastors today. Here pastors will find a helping hand, reminding them of the importance of cultivating personal piety, resting in God's sovereignty recovering clarity in their calling, discovering means of support God provided, recognizing the dignity of their office, and taking comfort in grace and glory to come. Table of Contents: Part One: Piety 1. Zeal for the Ministry of the Word 2. ‘In Sweet Communion, Lord, with Thee’ 3. Encouraged by God’s Promises Part Two: Sovereignty 4. God Gives the Increase 5. Submission to God’s Will Part Three: Clarity 6. Taking Heed to Doctrine 7. Practicing What Is Preached 8. The Calling of the Shepherd Part Four: Creativity and Community 9. History and Science 10. The Communion of Saints 11. A Cloud of Witness Part Five: Dignity 12. ‘One among a Thousand’ 13. Doing the Work of Angels 14. The Urgency and Importance of Preaching the Word Part Six: Eternity 15. The Reward of Grace 16. The Glories of Heaven

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Reformation Heritage Books

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1601782217

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Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures

Sport and Asian Pacific American Cultural Citizenship

By: Joel Franks

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Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures

Sport and Asian Pacific American Cultural Citizenship

By: Joel Franks

Since Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures was originally published in 2000, new findings in Asian Pacific American sports have come to light. Moreover, Americans of Asian Pacific ancestry have made the sports world incredibly more exciting than before. Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures tells intriguing tales of athletes, now often forgotten-such as aquatic legend Duke Kahanamoku, diving gold medalist Vicki Manalo, courageous female golfer Jackie Liwai Pung, and baseball pioneer Buck Lai. It explores how Asian Pacific Americans have asserted a vibrant, joyful sense of community through sports, while encountering racism and nativism. Since 2000, talented athletes of Asian Pacific ancestry have emerged-athletes such as the great Tiger Woods, but also Tim Lincicum, Troy Polamalu, Bryan Clay, Natasha Kai, and Logan Tom. These athletes have chipped away at prevailing stereotypes, and their stories, too, will be told in this second edition of Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures.

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0761847456

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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 4

Church and Last Things

By: Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley

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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 4

Church and Last Things

By: Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley

Accessible Study of Ecclesiology and Eschatology from a Reformed Perspective Reformed Systematic Theology explores key Scripture topics from biblical, doctrinal, experiential, and practical perspectives, helping readers grow in their understanding and application of the truth presented in God's Word. Written by Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley, each volume presents a comprehensive yet accessible study of the Reformed Christian faith that ministers to the whole person―head, heart, and hands. The final volume, Church and Last Things, unpacks important topics around ecclesiology (the doctrine of the church) and eschatology (the doctrine of last things), including the biblical significance of church membership, Jesus's model for the church, and 7 practical lessons from Revelation. A set of all 4 Reformed Systematic Theology volumes is also available. Biblical and Theological: Explains key passages of the Holy Scriptures and draws extensively from historic Reformed and Puritan sources Easy to Understand: Explores central points of ecclesiology and eschatology from a simple, accessible, comprehensive, and experiential approach Part of the Reformed Systematic Theology Series: Volumes cover the entire scope of systematic theology based on 8 central themes: revelation, God, man, Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the church, and last things Also Available as Part of the 4-Volume Reformed Systematic Theology Set

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1433559986

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Revelation and Knowledge

Romanticism and Religious Faith

By: Ross Greig Woodman,Joel Faflak

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Revelation and Knowledge

Romanticism and Religious Faith

By: Ross Greig Woodman,Joel Faflak

Ross Woodman and Joel Faflak focus on the clash in British Romantic poets' works between depth psychology and mysticism in the context of post-Enlightenment crises of belief.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802092136

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Conn's Current Therapy 2024 - E-Book

By: Rick D. Kellerman,David P. Rakel,Joel J. Heidelbaugh

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Conn's Current Therapy 2024 - E-Book

By: Rick D. Kellerman,David P. Rakel,Joel J. Heidelbaugh

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Family Medicine**Trusted by clinicians for more than 75 years, Conn's Current Therapy presents today's evidence-based information along with the personal experience and discernment of expert physicians. The 2024 edition is a helpful resource for a wide range of healthcare providers, including primary care physicians, subspecialists, and allied health professionals, providing current treatment information in a concise yet in-depth format. Nearly 350 topics have been carefully reviewed and updated to bring you state-of-the-art content in even the most rapidly changing areas of medicine. - Offers personal approaches from recognized leaders in the field, covering common complaints, acute diseases, and chronic illnesses along with the most current evidence-based clinical management options. - Follows a consistent, easy-to-use format throughout, with diagnosis, therapy, drug protocols, and treatment pearls presented in quick-reference boxes and tables for point-of-care answers to common clinical questions. - Incorporates electronic links throughout the text that connect the reader to apps and clinical prediction tools that can easily be accessed in practice. - Features thoroughly reviewed and updated information from multiple expert authors and editors, who offer a fresh perspective and their unique personal experience and judgment. - Provides current drug information thoroughly reviewed by PharmDs. - Features nearly 300 images, including algorithms, anatomical illustrations, and photographs, that provide useful information for diagnosis.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443121524

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ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM: Defending the Gospel Against Polytheism

By: Dr. Steve Joel Moffett, Sr., M.A., D.Min.

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ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM: Defending the Gospel Against Polytheism

By: Dr. Steve Joel Moffett, Sr., M.A., D.Min.

Rev. Dr. Steve Joel Moffett, Sr. has been involved in professional ministry for over 33 years. He has served as a Pastor, Teacher and Evangelist. He is a powerful communicator and is in high demand as a church and conference speaker. He has earned the B.A. in Behavioral Science (Cum Laude), an M.A. in Human Behavior, and the D. Min. Degree. He is one of the worlds foremost authorities on the Oneness Pentecostal Faith and the Apostolic Doctrine.

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1365452476

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The Tudor Play of Mind

Rhetorical Inquiry and the Development of Elizabethan Drama

By: Joel B. Altman

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The Tudor Play of Mind

Rhetorical Inquiry and the Development of Elizabethan Drama

By: Joel B. Altman

Contrary to the widespread assumption that Elizabethan drama grows out of an essentially homiletic tradition, The Tudor Play of Mind proposes that many important plays—including such diverse works as Gorboduc, Endimion, Tamburlaine, The Spanish Tragedy, Every Man in His Humour, and Bussy D’Ambois—are informed by the ancient rhetorical tradition of posing questions and arguing them in utramque partem emphasized in humanist education. This accounts for the complex and often ambivalent responses they demand. In support of this thesis, Joel B. Altman shows how abstract debate questions were developed into increasingly subtle mimetic fictions in the sixteenth century. He discusses the significance of this process for the drama through detailed analyses of early debate plays, the Terentian commentaries and English comedy, Lyly's court allegories, Senecan tragedy, and the experimental plays of Marlowe. Altman’s argument that Tudor playwrights offered their audiences dramatized inquiries will profoundly affect our interpretation of individual plays and our assessment of the larger cultural function of drama in the period. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.

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0520378792

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The Journal Articles Of Hermann Sasse

By: Hermann Sasse,Bror Erickson,Joel A. Brondos,Matthew C. Harrison

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The Journal Articles Of Hermann Sasse

By: Hermann Sasse,Bror Erickson,Joel A. Brondos,Matthew C. Harrison

This publication of Sasse's RTR articles marks yet another milestone in the continued publication of the works of one of the great Lutheran theologians of the twentieth century. The RTR and Springfielder articles and the many book reviews presented in this volume have been all but inaccessible for decades. All of them bear witness to Sasse's deep knowledge of Church history, the New Testament, Luther, the Reformation, the Eastern Church, and Rome. Though writing as a very convinced confessional Lutheran, Sasse nevertheless affirms the breadth and scope of the Una Sancta. He dispels myths such as the "ancient undivided church" and untangles the riddles of Roman Catholicism with deepest respect and truth.

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New Reformation Publications

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1945500530

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The Improbability of Othello

Rhetorical Anthropology and Shakespearean Selfhood

By: Joel B. Altman

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The Improbability of Othello

Rhetorical Anthropology and Shakespearean Selfhood

By: Joel B. Altman

Shakespeare’s dramatis personae exist in a world of supposition, struggling to connect knowledge that cannot be had, judgments that must be made, and actions that need to be taken. For them, probability—what they and others might be persuaded to believe—governs human affairs, not certainty. Yet negotiating the space of probability is fraught with difficulty. Here, Joel B. Altman explores the problematics of probability and the psychology of persuasion in Renaissance rhetoric and Shakespeare’s theater. Focusing on the Tragedy of Othello, Altman investigates Shakespeare’s representation of the self as a specific realization of tensions pervading the rhetorical culture in which he was educated and practiced his craft. In Altman’s account, Shakespeare also restrains and energizes his audiences’ probabilizing capacities, alternately playing the skeptical critic and dramaturgic trickster. A monumental work of scholarship by one of America’s most respected scholars of Renaissance literature, The Improbability of Othello contributes fresh ideas to our understanding of Shakespeare’s conception of the self, his shaping of audience response, and the relationship of actors to his texts.

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