The Fate of the Dead
The Fate of the Dead

Author: Richard Bauckham

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-04-09

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9004267417

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These studies focus on personal eschatology in the Jewish and early Christian apocalypses. The apocalyptic tradition from its Jewish origins until the early middle ages is studied as a continuous literary tradition, in which both continuity of motifs and important changes in understanding of life after death can be charted. As well as better known apocalypses, major and often pioneering attention is given to those neglected apocalypses which portray human destiny after death in detail, such as the Apocalypse of Peter, the Apocalypse of the Seven Heavens, the later apocalypses of Ezra, and the four apocalypses of the Virgin Mary. Relationships with Greco-Roman eschatology are explored. Several chapters show how specific New Testament texts are illuminated by close knowledge of this tradition of ideas and images of the hereafter.

Here and Hereafter
Here and Hereafter

Author: Uriah Smith

Publisher:

Published: 1897

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13:

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Containing a mine of information on the Sabbath Question. Every passage of Scripture having any connection with the Sabbath in the Old or the New Testament is critically examined. The various steps by which the change from the seventh day to the first day was made and the final exaltation of the Sabbath are given in detail. The complete testimony of the Fathers immediately succeeding the time of the Apostles is presented, and the comparative merits of the two days are clearly revealed. An index enables the reader to readily find any passage of Scripture or the statment of any historian. - I. Introduction. II. The Creation of Man. III. Objecting Examined. IV. Bible use of the Terms Immortal and Immortality. V. The Words Soul and Spirit. VI. Concerning the Human Spirit. VII. Concerning the Human Soul. VIII. The Death of Adam. IX. Condition of Man in Death. X. Objections Answered. XI. The Resurrection of the Dead. XII. The Judgment to Come. XIII. The Life Everlasting. XIV. The Wages of Sin. XV. Objections Answered. XVI. God's Dealings with His Creations. XVII. The Claims of Philosophy. XVIII. Historical View of the Doctrine of Immortality. XIX. Influence of the Doctrine. Appendix. Index of Authors Referred to. Index of Texts of Scripture. General Index

Through the Language Glass
Through the Language Glass

Author: Guy Deutscher

Publisher: Metropolitan Books

Published: 2010-08-31

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1429970111

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A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and language, culture Linguistics has long shied away from claiming any link between a language and the culture of its speakers: too much simplistic (even bigoted) chatter about the romance of Italian and the goose-stepping orderliness of German has made serious thinkers wary of the entire subject. But now, acclaimed linguist Guy Deutscher has dared to reopen the issue. Can culture influence language—and vice versa? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? Could our experience of the world depend on whether our language has a word for "blue"? Challenging the consensus that the fundaments of language are hard-wired in our genes and thus universal, Deutscher argues that the answer to all these questions is—yes. In thrilling fashion, he takes us from Homer to Darwin, from Yale to the Amazon, from how to name the rainbow to why Russian water—a "she"—becomes a "he" once you dip a tea bag into her, demonstrating that language does in fact reflect culture in ways that are anything but trivial. Audacious, delightful, and field-changing, Through the Language Glass is a classic of intellectual discovery.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Introduction to the Science of Sociology

Author: Robert Ezra Park

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-19

Total Pages: 1534

ISBN-13:

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"Introduction to the Science of Sociology" by Robert Ezra Park, E. W. Burgess. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

New Testament Theology
New Testament Theology

Author: George Bradford Caird

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780198263883

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Exploring New Testament theology based on the conference table approach, this book examines the plan and the need for salvation as expressed by the writers of the New Testament.