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The Historical Jesus for Beginners

A Primer on Contemporary Biblical Scholarship

By: William M. Linden

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The Historical Jesus for Beginners

A Primer on Contemporary Biblical Scholarship

By: William M. Linden

The last few decades have seen a resurgence of the scholarly quest for the historical Jesus--for the words and deeds that probably can be attributed to the human Jesus who walked the hills of Galilee some two thousand years ago. You might not be aware of the recent scholarship, and the reason is simple. For the most part, many scholars write for and talk to other scholars, using their own technical language. This leaves huge numbers of Christians unaware of their discoveries. So even though you may have studied the Bible for years, you still may be a historical Jesus beginner. After the life of Jesus, his followers began to develop their memory of his sayings and actions. Then, year after year, and century after century, the tradition grew until it became Christianity as it is known in the twenty-first century. What if we could go back in time and delve under all the layers to find what Christianity would be if it were based upon the historical Jesus? If you are a person who would like to begin to be informed, this book is for you.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725244098

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9781725244092

Government 2.0

Using Technology to Improve Education, Cut Red Tape, Reduce Gridlock, and Enhance Democracy

By: William D. Eggers

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Government 2.0

Using Technology to Improve Education, Cut Red Tape, Reduce Gridlock, and Enhance Democracy

By: William D. Eggers

Unhyped and therefore unnoticed, technology is altering the behavior and mission of city halls, statehouses, schools, and federal agencies across America. From transportation to education to elections to law enforcement (or, as we're now referring to it, 'homeland security'), the digital revolution is transforming government and politics, slashing bureaucracies; improving services; producing innovative solutions to some of our nation's thorniest problems; changing the terms of the Left/Right political debate; and offering ordinary people access to a degree of information and individual influence until recently accessible only to the most powerful citizens, finally redeeming the Founding Fathers' original vision for our democracy, and enriching American life and society in the process. Based on interviews with over 500 leading politicians, researchers, technology industry CEOs and leaders, futurists and front-line public employees, Government 2.0 journeys across America and overseas to demonstrate the promise and perils of this emerging world and offer a likely road map to its implementation. You'll hear from technology executives preparing for an onrushing future when, for many citizens, most government interactions could take place on private-sector websites; from bureaucrats like OSHA's Ed Stern fighting to get their agencies to adopt expert systems technology; from William Bennett, whose virtual education company offers a glimpse into one possible future of American education; and from Governor Jeb Bush and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as they endeavor to overcome bureaucratic inertia to provide more open, efficient, and effective governments. Rich with anecdotes and case studies, Government 2.0 is a must read for every entrepreneur frustrated by paperwork, every parent who's sick of being surprised by bad report cards, every commuter stuck in traffic, every activist trying to fight City Hall, and every taxpayer who cares about the future of government.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742541762

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9780742541764

Law, Policy, and International Justice

Essays in Honour of Maxwell Cohen

By: William Kaplan,Donald McRae

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Law, Policy, and International Justice

Essays in Honour of Maxwell Cohen

By: William Kaplan,Donald McRae

Written by distinguished scholars from Canada and abroad, the essays cover topics in four different fields that reflect some of Cohen's principal academic interests and concerns: international law, public law, legal history, and legal education. From discussion of the development of United Nations law in the recent Gulf Conflict, the International Court of Justice, and the Cohen Committee on Hate Propaganda, to habeas corpus and legal education, the essays break new ground and demonstrably add, as Maxwell Cohen has done, to knowledge in their respective fields. The collection contains a preface by former Chief Justice Brian Dickson and essays by Anne Bayefsky, William Black, Irwin Cotler, Dale Gibson, Annemieke Holthuis, Julius Grey, William Kaplan, Louis Knafla, David McDonald, Roderick Macdonald, J.P.S. McLaren, Donald McRae, Edward McWhinney, Donat Pharand, Shabtai Rosenne, Oscar Schachter, Robert Sharpe, and William Stevenson. Maxwell Cohen was a former Dean of Law at McGill University. He is currently Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Ottawa.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773564276

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9780773564275

Cool Orchids

By: Frederick William Burbidge

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Cool Orchids

By: Frederick William Burbidge

Englishman Frederick William Burbidge (1847-1905) was a legendary and intrepid collector of tropical orchids, traveling in Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Australia, and the Fiji Islands in search of specimens. His experience trying to cultivate these tropical plants in more temperate regions led him to publish "Cool Orchids" in 1874, which focused on successful orchid growing in cooler climates. Burbidge, who worked for Victorian orchid distributor James Veitch and Sons, was named Curator of the Trinity College Botanic Gardens at Dublin, Ireland in 1879. More than 20 black-and-white illustrations accompany the text.

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182

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Applewood Books

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1429013621

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9781429013628

Governing by Network

The New Shape of the Public Sector

By: Stephen Goldsmith,William D. Eggers

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Governing by Network

The New Shape of the Public Sector

By: Stephen Goldsmith,William D. Eggers

A fundamental, but mostly hidden, transformation is happening in the way public services are being delivered, and in the way local and national governments fulfill their policy goals. Government executives are redefining their core responsibilities away from managing workers and providing services directly to orchestrating networks of public, private, and nonprofit organizations to deliver the services that government once did itself. Authors Stephen Goldsmith and William D. Eggers call this new model “governing by network” and maintain that the new approach is a dramatically different type of endeavor that simply managing divisions of employees. Like any changes of such magnitude, it poses major challenges for those in charge. Faced by a web of relationships and partnerships that increasingly make up modern governance, public managers must grapple with skill-set issues (managing a contract to capture value); technology issues (incompatible information systems); communications issues (one partner in the network, for example, might possess more information than another); and cultural issues (how interplay among varied public, private, and nonprofit sector cultures can create unproductive dissonance). Governing by Network examines for the first time how managers on both sides of the aisle, public and private, are coping with the changes. Drawing from dozens of case studies, as well as established best practices, the authors tell us what works and what doesn’t. Here is a clear roadmap for actually governing the networked state for elected officials, business executives, and the broader public.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815797524

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Oh, Do I Remember!

Experiences of Teachers During the Desegregation of Austin's Schools, 1964-1971

By: Anna Victoria Wilson,William E. Segall

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Oh, Do I Remember!

Experiences of Teachers During the Desegregation of Austin's Schools, 1964-1971

By: Anna Victoria Wilson,William E. Segall

The story of one city's experience with school desegregation, as seen through the eyes of the teachers who lived it.

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SUNY Press

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0791450384

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The Dimensions of Quantitative Research in History

By: William O. Aydelotte,Robert William Fogel,Allan G. Bogue

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The Dimensions of Quantitative Research in History

By: William O. Aydelotte,Robert William Fogel,Allan G. Bogue

Nine papers consider problems in American, French, and British history that range from economic history to political behavior and social structure. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400867126

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Book's by William M. Linden

The Historical Jesus for Beginners

The Historical Jesus for Beginners

Government 2.0

Government 2.0

Law, Policy, and International Justice

Law, Policy, and International Justice

Cool Orchids

Cool Orchids

Governing by Network

Governing by Network

Oh, Do I Remember!

Oh, Do I Remember!

The Dimensions of Quantitative Research in History

The Dimensions of Quantitative Research in History

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