Arielle Fischer and the Secret Scroll
Arielle Fischer and the Secret Scroll

Author: Vera Lawrence

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2024-05-24

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Israeli intelligence agent Arielle Fischer embarks on the most perilous mission of her career, uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the Catholic Church, the world’s wealthiest organization. Meanwhile, biblical scholar Jeremy Stine, on a book-signing tour in Israel, receives a crucial message from his former mentor, Dr. Solomon Rosenberg, about an ancient scroll challenging the Church’s core beliefs. As Rosenberg falls victim to a suspicious hit-and-run, Jeremy is pursued by a clandestine group of Crusaders and Vatican insiders desperate for the scroll, aiming to manipulate the populist Pope’s charitable intentions. Tasked with protecting Jeremy and securing the scroll, Arielle’s journey spans from Washington to Jerusalem to Rome, racing against sinister forces. Arielle Fischer and the Secret Scroll weaves a thrilling narrative of intrigue, historical mysteries, and daring adventures, reminiscent of Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code.

Alexandria and Alexandrianism
Alexandria and Alexandrianism

Author: J. Paul Getty Museum

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1996-09-26

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0892362928

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One of the great seats of learning and repositories of knowledge in the ancient world, Alexandria, and the great school of thought to which it gave its name, made a vital contribution to the development of intellectual and cultural heritage in the Occidental world. This book brings together twenty papers delivered at a symposium held at the J. Paul Getty Museum on the subject of Alexandria and Alexandrianism. Subjects range from “The Library of Alexandria and Ancient Egyptian Learning” and “Alexander’s Alexandria” to “Alexandria and the Origins of Baroque Architecture.” With nearly two hundred illustrations, this handsome volume presents some of the world’s leading scholars on the continuing influence and fascination of this great city. The distinguished contributors include Peter Green, R. R. R. Smith, and the late Bernard Bothmer.

Seeing Perfection
Seeing Perfection

Author: Rune Nyord

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-11-19

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1108896715

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This Element offers a new approach to ancient Egyptian images informed by interdisciplinary work in archaeology, anthropology, and art history. Sidestepping traditional perspectives on Egyptian art, the Element focuses squarely on the ontological status of the image in ancient thought and experience. To accomplish this, section 2 takes up a number of central Egyptian terms for images, showing that a close examination of their etymology and usage can help resolve long-standing question on Egyptian imaging practices. Section 3 discusses ancient Egyptian experiences of materials and manufacturing processes, while section 4 categorizes and discusses the different purposes and functions for which images were created. The Element as a whole thus offers a concise introduction to ancient Egyptian imaging practices for an interdisciplinary readership, while at the same introducing new ways of thinking about familiar material for the Egyptological reader.

Brandeis University
Brandeis University

Author: Abram Leon Sachar

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780874515855

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In this engaging account, the first president of Brandeis tells how many formidable obstacles to launching a new university without initial capital endowment or any hope of alumni support for at least a generation were overcome; how academic goals were drafted, distinguished faculty recruited, and chairs endowed; and how a dilapidated campus was expended into a well-organized plant of some 90 buildings. In this revision of the 1976 edition, Abram L. Sachar expands the scope of his commentary and imbues it with a critical depth and objectivity that comes from 20 additional years of active involvement in the service of the university.

Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut
Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut

Author: José M. Galán

Publisher: Oriental Inst Publications Sales

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 9781614910244

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"This volume publishes the proceedings of the Theban Symposium that took place in May 2010, in Granada, Spain, at the Institute for Arabic Studies of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), on the general theme of 'Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut.' The volume contains nineteen papers that present new perspectives on the reign of Hatshepsut and the early New Kingdom. The authors address a range of topics, including the phenomenon of innovation, the Egyptian worldview, politics, state administration, women's issues and the use of gender, cult and rituals, mortuary practices, and architecture. Groundbreaking for the study of Hatshepsut's reign and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty, this volume will become an important reference for scholars and lay readers interested in the history, culture, and archaeology of the time of Hatshepsut and the early New Kingdom"--Publisher description.

Snowball in a Blizzard
Snowball in a Blizzard

Author: Steven Hatch

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2016-02-23

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0465098576

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There's a running joke among radiologists: finding a tumor in a mammogram is akin to finding a snowball in a blizzard. A bit of medical gallows humor, this simile illustrates the difficulties of finding signals (the snowball) against a background of noise (the blizzard). Doctors are faced with similar difficulties every day when sifting through piles of data from blood tests to X-rays to endless lists of patient symptoms. Diagnoses are often just educated guesses, and prognoses less certain still. There is a significant amount of uncertainty in the daily practice of medicine, resulting in confusion and potentially deadly complications. Dr. Steven Hatch argues that instead of ignoring this uncertainty, we should embrace it. By digging deeply into a number of rancorous controversies, from breast cancer screening to blood pressure management, Hatch shows us how medicine can fail-sometimes spectacularly-when patients and doctors alike place too much faith in modern medical technology. The key to good health might lie in the ability to recognize the hype created by so many medical reports, sense when to push a physician for more testing, or resist a physician's enthusiasm when unnecessary tests or treatments are being offered. Both humbling and empowering, Snowball in a Blizzard lays bare the inescapable murkiness that permeates the theory and practice of modern medicine. Essential reading for physicians and patients alike, this book shows how, by recognizing rather than denying that uncertainty, we can all make better health decisions.

Against Expression
Against Expression

Author: Craig Dworkin

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2011-01-17

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 0810127113

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Charles Bernstein has described conceptual "poetry pregnant with thought." Against Expression, the premier anthology of conceptual writing, presents work that is by turns thoughtful, funny, provocative, and disturbing. Editors Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith chart the trajectory of the conceptual aesthetic from early precursors such as Samuel Beckett and Marcel Duchamp through major avant-garde groups of the past century, including Dada, Oulipo, Fluxus, and language poetry, to name just a few. The works of more than a hundred writers from Aasprong to Zykov demonstrate a remarkable variety of new ways of thinking about the nature of texts, information, and art, using found, appropriated, and randomly generated texts to explore the possibilities of non-expressive language. --Book Jacket.

Catalog of Catalogs
Catalog of Catalogs

Author: William L. Gross

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004398566

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Catalog of Catalogs documents nearly 2,300 temporary exhibition catalogs, 1876-2018, that include objects of Judaica. It provides highly-detailed indices of these publications' subjects, exhibited objects and geographical foci.

Gary Gygax's Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds Volume 3
Gary Gygax's Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds Volume 3

Author: Gary Gygax

Publisher: Troll Lord Games

Published: 2002-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781931275224

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For the vigilant writer, driven publisher or game designer, Volume 3 of the Gygaxian Fantasy World series drives forward the gathering host of information brought to you by the Gygaxian Fantasy World series. From the encampments of common folk and wanderers to the teeming streets of walled towns, this work brings the fantastic world of magic to life. Game designers captain their own creations when they master knowledge of the high and low, the hamlets and towns, cities and castles and all that accompanies life in a world of our own imagining. More than that, Everyday Life breathes strength into the arms of your imaginings with pirates and palace life, eating and entertainment, villains and vagabonds, communications and commerce. Whatever is found in the daily life of a typical fantasy world is covered herein. Sound the note of world creation with Gary Gygax's Everyday Life.