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Between Saint James and Erasmus: Studies in Late-Medieval Religious Life – Devotion and Pilgrimage in the Netherlands

By: Jan van Herwaarden

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Between Saint James and Erasmus: Studies in Late-Medieval Religious Life – Devotion and Pilgrimage in the Netherlands

By: Jan van Herwaarden

This volume is divided into four sections: late medieval devotion in the Netherlands; medieval Christian pilgrimage; the medieval cult of St. James the Great and Erasmiana. Variety and coherence sound the keynote in the title and the contents of the book. Religious concepts and expressions of religious faith such as pilgrimages and indulgences are representative of late-medieval Christianity. In this book they refer specifically to the medieval cult of St. James the Great, while for Erasmus they were an object of his critical consideration. The whole book can be read in the light of the debate about the tension between an appreciation for outward signs of faith, and the inward experience of religious belief, which Erasmus considered an absolute necessity.

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744

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BRILL

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900447367X

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9789004473676

James Joyce and Cultural Genetics

The Joycean Genome

By: Wim Van Mierlo

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James Joyce and Cultural Genetics

The Joycean Genome

By: Wim Van Mierlo

As a genetic study, this book uncovers the creative DNA of James Joyce's oeuvre by looking at the cultural forces that shaped him and that he in turn shaped in the creation of his books, developing a two-way relationship with history, memory and national identity. Following his development as an author, it revisits and redirects Joyce's attitudes towards the Irish Revival. From Chamber Music, through Ulysses to Finnegans Wake Joyce sought to define a cultural identity that went, in many respects, against the mainstream, but that nonetheless belonged to the wider Revivalist project with which it shared certain characteristics and aspirations. Joyce's historical and genealogical imagination is read through a careful investigation of the cultural materials that went into his work. Based on evidence from his personal library and the extensive archive of reading notes, ideas, sketches and drafts, this book investigates how Joyce used, absorbed and repurposed these materials creatively in his writing; it does so by bringing for the first time the methods of genetic criticism into the domain of cultural memory and the sociology of the text. Thus this books defines cultural genetics as an exploration of the textual material that are Joyce's sources interacts with the culture that produced and received them.

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356

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350169900

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9781350169906

The Epistle General of James

an Exegetical and Doctrinal Commentary

By: John Peter Lange,J. J. Van Oosterzee

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The Epistle General of James

an Exegetical and Doctrinal Commentary

By: John Peter Lange,J. J. Van Oosterzee

Presented here, in paperback for the first time, is John Peter Lange's Theologischhomiletisches Bibelwerk. Intended to help preachers prepare sermons the commentary series is essentially biblical and evangelical catholic. This 19th century commentary has served as a standard reference for more than a century. Many early reviewers regarded Schaff's edition with his additional material as superior to the original. It has proven to be a complete and useful Commentary and continues to prove especially valuable to ministers. It contains critical annotations of the text and its translation, and a threefold commentary, exegetical, doctrinal, and homiletical. Under these three heads the text is viewed from every aspect.

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155

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1556353995

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9781556353994

James Whitcomb Riley

A Life

By: Elizabeth J. Van Allen

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James Whitcomb Riley

A Life

By: Elizabeth J. Van Allen

Van Allen sifts facts from fiction to construct as true a portrait of Riley as possible in the context of the society in which he lived."--BOOK JACKET.

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412

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Indiana University Press

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0253335914

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9780253335913

James II and the First Modern Revolution

The End of Absolute Monarchy

By: John Van Der Kiste

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James II and the First Modern Revolution

The End of Absolute Monarchy

By: John Van Der Kiste

This in-depth biography explores the brief and turbulent reign of King James II and the growing opposition that led to the Glorious Revolution. James II succeeded his brother Charles II on the English throne in 1685, at a time when nothing could be taken for granted. A span of less that forty years had brought the execution of their father, Charles I, the proclamation of a republic, and the swift restoration of the monarchy. Though James inherited the makings of a stable reign, he was a deeply flawed character. Alternately pious and debauched, he was little liked by those who knew him. Within three years, James’s efforts to promote Catholicism in a nation that had predominantly embraced the Protestant faith had exhausted the patience of both the aristocracy and the church, who jointly appealed to his son-in-law, William, Prince of Orange, to intervene. Once James fled the kingdom, the ‘Glorious Revolution’ was quickly achieved. This book examines how the forces of Anglicanism and Jacobitism collided, how a monarch came to forfeit so much goodwill so quickly, and through his own folly aided the effortless victory of William and Mary (James’s own daughter), who at last brought a period of calm to a country that had endured so much.

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Pen and Sword History

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1399001418

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9781399001410

The Hebrew Revelation, James and Jude

ספר אלה הסודות, אגרת יעקב ואגרת יהודה

By: Justin J. Van Rensburg

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The Hebrew Revelation, James and Jude

ספר אלה הסודות, אגרת יעקב ואגרת יהודה

By: Justin J. Van Rensburg

[Sabbath: please don't purchase on Sabbath (friday evening - saturday evening).] Discover the Hebrew Book of Revelation! - Complete English translation from Hebrew. - Vowel-pointed Hebrew transcript for easy study. - Bonus: includes the same for James and Jude! - Based on Hebrew manuscripts discovered in India. - Extensive evidence of authenticity, including unique agreements with the most ancient Greek manuscripts. - Can we learn anything from the Hebrew Revelation? Absolutely! Consider the following intriguing questions: - Was Revelation originally written in Hebrew or Greek? - What is the Hebrew title for the Book of Revelation? - Is Yeshua (Jesus) the 'Alpha and Omega'? - Are there added words and phrases in the Greek Revelation? - Are there mistranslations in the Greek Revelation? - How can the 'tree of life' grow on both sides of the river? - Was the Creator's name translated into Greek as Theos? - Do these Hebrew manuscripts quote from the Old Testament more than the Greek version? Read this book to find the answers to the above questions, based on clear evidence from Hebrew manuscripts!

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2001

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Hebrew Scriptures Institute | HebrewGospels.com

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064863972X

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9780648639725

Devil Theatre

Demonic Possession and Exorcism in English Renaissance Drama, 1558-1642

By: Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen

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Devil Theatre

Demonic Possession and Exorcism in English Renaissance Drama, 1558-1642

By: Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen

The so-called "Devil Theatre" is here set against its context of non-dramatic texts on possession and exorcism, providing many new insights. Representations of demonic possession and exorcism rituals abound in English Renaissance drama, an area which this book seeks to illuminate by comparison with non-dramatic works. The author investigates stage images of possessionin relation to a range of early modern demonological, theological and medical prose texts on the subject, looking specifically at how the theatre responded to these texts. He argues that the stage appropriated debates over demonicpossession to explore the competing roles of the inner life and the body in early modern definitions of selfhood. The theatre also employed the contemporary controversy over possession and exorcism to investigate the politics ofreligion, and to consider the nature of monarchic power. Moreover, because demonic possession cases and exorcism rituals were frequently dismissed by conformist writers as a piece of theatre, they offered an opportunity to reflecton the nature of drama and role-playing. JAN FRANS VAN DIJKHUIZEN is lecturer and research fellow at the University of Leiden.

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238

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DS Brewer

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1843841142

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9781843841142

Male Authors, Female Subjects

The Woman Within/beyond the Borders of Henry Adams, Henry James and Others

By: Duco van Oostrum

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The Woman Within/beyond the Borders of Henry Adams, Henry James and Others

By: Duco van Oostrum

In the wake of feminist and poststructuralist contributions to literary study, how can we read images of women in literature written by men? Is it possible to read anything other than appropriation or misrepresentation in these male portraits of women? Starting with these questions, Van Oostrum looks for openings in a debate that seems to be firmly locked into traditional gender roles. While contemporary literary theory works hard to dismantle oppressive binaries, questions about the representation of an other' often lead back to a dizzying number of rigid identities. Through an examination of Henry Adams's and Henry James's attempts to write about American women, Van Oostrum tries to have it both ways, at once holding on to gendered cultural identity and at the same time challenging a stable personality. Using the sentimental fiction written by women in the 1850s, James and Adams write about the new women' of the turn of the 20th century. Traversing multiple oceans, they increasingly entangle concepts of gender and nationality, othering' not only women but the culture of Europe and the South Seas as well. An analogous movement of a male translation of female American sentimental fiction intersected with national identities, the author argues, takes place in two Dutch novels of the late 19th century. By looking through a Dutch lens at American literature, this book on possible gender crossings shows cultural identities always to be on the move. Crossing from the male author to the female subject on such an international landscape, the author tries to navigate a place for women within and beyond literature written by men.

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278

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Rodopi

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9051838778

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9789051838770

James Joyce and Catholicism

The Apostate's Wake

By: Chrissie Van Mierlo

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James Joyce and Catholicism

The Apostate's Wake

By: Chrissie Van Mierlo

James Joyce and Catholicism is the first historicist study to explore the religious cultural contexts of Joyce's final masterpiece. Drawing on letters, authorial manuscripts and other archival materials, the book works its way through a number of crucial themes; heresy, anticlericalism, Mariology, and others. Along the way, the book considers Joyce's vexed relationship with the Catholic Church he was brought up in, and the unique forms of Catholicism that blossomed in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and during the first years of the Irish Free State.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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147258595X

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9781472585950

Book's by Van James

Between Saint James and Erasmus: Studies in Late-Medieval Religious Life – Devotion and Pilgrimage in the Netherlands

Between Saint James and Erasmus: Studies in Late-Medieval Religious Life – Devotion and Pilgrimage in the Netherlands

James Joyce and Cultural Genetics

James Joyce and Cultural Genetics

The Epistle General of James

The Epistle General of James

James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley

James II and the First Modern Revolution

James II and the First Modern Revolution

The Hebrew Revelation, James and Jude

The Hebrew Revelation, James and Jude

Devil Theatre

Devil Theatre

Male Authors, Female Subjects

Male Authors, Female Subjects

James Joyce and Catholicism

James Joyce and Catholicism

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