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A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

By: Walter W. Skeat,Walter William Skeat

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A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

By: Walter W. Skeat,Walter William Skeat

This 1901 volume of A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language completely updates the classic reference work first published in 1882. Skeat provides a staggering number of words, including those most frequently used in everyday speech and those most prominent in literature. They appear along with their definitions, their language of origin, their roots, and their derivatives. Those who are fascinated with the English language will find much to explore here and many overlooked but interesting tidbits and treasures of an ever-evolving language. Walter W. Skeat was a scholar of Old English, mathematics, English place names, and Anglo-Saxon. He founded the English Dialect Society in 1873 and was a professor at Cambridge University. Skeat edited many classic works, including Lancelot of the Laik, Piers Plowman, The Bruce, Lives of Saints, and a seven-volume edition of Chaucer.

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685

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Cosimo, Inc.

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ISBN 10

1596050926

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9781596050921

Almost a Dynasty

The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies

By: William C. Kashatus

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Almost a Dynasty

The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies

By: William C. Kashatus

Almost A Dynasty details the rise and fall of the World Champion 1980 Phillies. Based on personal interviews, newspaper accounts, and the keen insight of a veteran baseball writer, the book convincingly explains how a losing team was finally able to win its first world championship.

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392

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812240367

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9780812240368

What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?

What Archeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel

By: William G. Dever

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What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?

What Archeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel

By: William G. Dever

For centuries the Hebrew Bible has been the fountainhead of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Today, however, the entire biblical tradition, including its historical veracity, is being challenged. Leading this assault is a group of scholars described as the "minimalist" or "revisionist" school of biblical studies, which charges that the Hebrew Bible is largely pious fiction, that its writers and editors invented "ancient Israel" as a piece of late Jewish propaganda in the Hellenistic era. In this fascinating book noted Syro-Palestinian archaeologist William G. Dever attacks the minimalist position head-on, showing how modern archaeology brilliantly illuminates both life in ancient Palestine and the sacred scriptures as we have them today. Assembling a wealth of archaeological evidence, Dever builds the clearest, most complete picture yet of the real Israel that existed during the Iron Age of ancient Palestine (1200 600 B.C.). Dever's exceptional reconstruction of this key period points up the minimalists' abuse of archaeology and reveals the weakness of their revisionist histories. Dever shows that ancient Israel, far from being an "invention," is a reality to be discovered. Equally important, his recovery of a reliable core history of ancient Israel provides a firm foundation from which to appreciate the aesthetic value and lofty moral aspirations of the Hebrew Bible.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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080282126X

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9780802821263

Unity and Diversity in Christ

Interpreting Paul in Context - Collected Essays

By: William S Campbell

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Unity and Diversity in Christ

Interpreting Paul in Context - Collected Essays

By: William S Campbell

The legacy of Pauline scholarship, from ancient to modern, is characterised by a surfeit of unsettled, conflicting conclusions that often fail to interpret Paul in relation to his Jewish roots. William S. Campbell takes a stand against this paradigm, emphasising continuity between Judaism and the Christ-movement in Paul's letters. Campbell focusses on important themes, such as diversity, identity and reconciliation, as the basic components of transformation in Christ. The stance from which Paultheologises is one that recognises and underpins social and cultural diversity and includes the correlating demand that because difference is integral to the Christ-movement, the enmity associated with difference cannot be tolerated. Thus, reconciliation emerges as a fundamental value in the Christ-movement. Reconciliation, in this sense, respects and does not negate the particularities of the identity of Jews and those from the nations. In this paradigm, transformation implies the re-evaluation of all things in Christ, whether of Jewish or gentile origin.

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James Clarke & Company

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0227906233

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9780227906231

Beyond the Texts

An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah

By: William G. Dever

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Beyond the Texts

An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah

By: William G. Dever

A handbook for biblical scholars and historians of the Ancient Near East William G. Dever offers a welcome perspective on ancient Israel and Judah that prioritizes the archaeological remains to render history as it was—not as the biblical writers argue it should have been. Drawing from the most recent archaeological data as interpreted from a nontheological point of view and supplementing that data with biblical material only when it converges with the archaeological record, Dever analyzes all the evidence at hand to provide a new history of ancient Israel and Judah that is accessible to all interested readers. Features A new approach to the history of ancient Israel Extensive bibliography More than eighty maps and illustrations

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773

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SBL Press

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ISBN 10

0884142175

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9780884142171

Psalms

By: Walter Brueggemann,William H. Bellinger, Jr

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Psalms

By: Walter Brueggemann,William H. Bellinger, Jr

This text introduces the book of Psalms and provides an exposition of each psalm with attention to genre, liturgical connections, societal issues and the psalm's place in the book of Psalms as a whole. The treatments of the psalms feature a close look at particular issues raised by the text and the encounters between the world of the psalm and the world of contemporary readers. The exposition of each psalm provides a reader's guide to the text in conversation with relevant theological issues.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107511828

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9781107511828

The Colonial Office List for 1862

By: William C. Sargeaunt,Arthur N. Birch

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The Colonial Office List for 1862

By: William C. Sargeaunt,Arthur N. Birch

Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375034245

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9783375034245

Book's by William G. Brett

A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

Almost a Dynasty

Almost a Dynasty

What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?

What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?

Unity and Diversity in Christ

Unity and Diversity in Christ

Beyond the Texts

Beyond the Texts

Psalms

Psalms

The Colonial Office List for 1862

The Colonial Office List for 1862

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