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Shake Down the Thunder

The Creation of Notre Dame Football With an Updated Preface

By: Murray A. Sperber

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Shake Down the Thunder

The Creation of Notre Dame Football With an Updated Preface

By: Murray A. Sperber

Sperber. . .tackles the details, great and small, unearthing a treasure." —New York Times Book Review Shake Down the Thunder traces the history of the Notre Dame football program—which has acquired almost mythical proportions—from its humble origins in the 19th century to its status as the paragon of college sports. It presents the true story of the program's formative years, the reality behind the myths. Both social history and sports history, this book documents as never before the first half-century of Notre Dame football and relates it to the rise of big-time intercollegiate athletics, the college sports reform movement, and the corrupt sporting press of the period. Shake Down the Thunder is must reading for all Fighting Irish fans, their detractors, and any reader engaged by American cultural history.

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Indiana University Press

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0253215684

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9780253215680

Symbols of Church and Kingdom - New Edition

A Study in Early Syriac Tradition

By: Robert Murray

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Symbols of Church and Kingdom - New Edition

A Study in Early Syriac Tradition

By: Robert Murray

A new edition of the study of Syriac Christianity up to the early fifth century CE: its beliefs and worship; its life and art. In this classic work, Robert Murray offers the fullest and most vivid picture yet available of the development and character of the culture, illustrating both its original close relationship to Judaism and its remoter background in Mesopotamian civilization. He is interested in the subsequent influence of Syriac Christian culture, particularly on European literature. The largely revised Introduction (now assisted by a sketch map) locates Syriac as an Aramaic dialect, then traces the origins of Syriac Christianity, its relationship to Jewish Christianity and the Syriac Bible version, the character of Syriac asceticism (including Marcionism and Manichaeism), and of the Christian schools. Key Syriac terms are explained, and all citation of Syriac texts throughout the work are given in translation either by other scholars or by the author. The second part of the introduction reviews the literature studied in the following chapters, concentrating on Aphrahat and Ephrem. In both parts, a number of positions adopted in the first edition are revised in the light of recent studies, the bibliographical details of which are given in the greatly increased number of footnotes. This book deals with a topic of interdisciplinary importance, at the cultural crossroads of the ancient and medieval worlds of east and west, and of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students.

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430

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A&C Black

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0567081575

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9780567081575

Literature and Politics

By: Murray A. Sperber

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Literature and Politics

By: Murray A. Sperber

A collection of poems, articles, short stories, and sections of novels revealing the political nature of literature.

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226

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Rochelle Park, N.J. : Hayden Book Company

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0810458780

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9780810458789

College Sports Inc

The Athletic Department Vs [sic] the University

By: Murray A. Sperber

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College Sports Inc

The Athletic Department Vs [sic] the University

By: Murray A. Sperber

With surprisingly new details about famous coaches and athletes and examples from basketball, football, and non-revenue sports such as swimming and soccer, this thorough investigation identifies the time bomb planted within American higher education and offers a plan for defusing it.

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416

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Henry Holt & Company

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0805014454

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9780805014457

Shake Down the Thunder

The Creation of Notre Dame Football

By: Murray A. Sperber

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Shake Down the Thunder

The Creation of Notre Dame Football

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Draws on archival materials, including Knute Rockne's private correspondence, to reveal the history of Notre Dame's football program and the individuals behind that program

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Henry Holt & Company

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0805018743

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9780805018745

Shake Down the Thunder

The Creation of Notre Dame Football With an Updated Preface

By: Murray A. Sperber

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The Creation of Notre Dame Football With an Updated Preface

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Indiana University Press

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Shake Down the Thunder

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Symbols of Church and Kingdom - New Edition

Symbols of Church and Kingdom - New Edition

Literature and Politics

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College Sports Inc

College Sports Inc

Shake Down the Thunder

Shake Down the Thunder

Shake Down the Thunder

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