English Explorers in the East (1738-1745)
English Explorers in the East (1738-1745)

Author: Rachel Finnegan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-06-17

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 9004404228

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In English Explorers in the East (1738-1745). The Travels of Thomas Shaw, Charles Perry and Richard Pococke, Rachel Finnegan offers an account of the influential travel writings of three rival explorers, whose eastern travel books were printed within a decade of each other. Making use of historical records, Finnegan examines the personal and professional motives of the three authors for producing their eastern travels; their methods of researching, drafting, and publicising their works while still abroad; their relationships with each other, both while travelling and on their return to England; and the legacy of their combined works. She also provides a survey of the main features (both textual and visual) of the travel books themselves.

Richard Pococke’s Letters from the East (1737-1740)
Richard Pococke’s Letters from the East (1737-1740)

Author: Rachel Finnegan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-10-20

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9004440054

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In Richard Pococke’s Letters from the East (1737-1740), Rachel Finnegan provides edited transcripts of the full run of correspondence from Richard Pococke’s famous eastern voyage from 1737-40, together with updated biographical accounts of the author and his correspondents (his mother, Elizabeth Pococke and his uncle and patron, Bishop Thomas Milles).

The Complete Story of Civilization
The Complete Story of Civilization

Author: Will Durant

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-01-21

Total Pages: 11051

ISBN-13: 1476779716

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The Complete Story of Civilization by Will Durant represents the most comprehensive attempt in our times to embrace the vast panorama of man’s history and culture. This eleven volume set includes: Volume One: Our Oriental Heritage; Volume Two: The Life of Greece; Volume Three: Caesar and Christ; Volume Four: The Age of Faith; Volume Five: The Renaissance; Volume Six: The Reformation; Volume Seven: The Age of Reason Begins; Volume Eight: The Age of Louis XIV; Volume Nine: The Age of Voltaire; Volume Ten: Rousseau and Revolution; Volume Eleven: The Age of Napoleon

The Fundamentals of the Christian Faith
The Fundamentals of the Christian Faith

Author: Steve Urick

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2009-09-21

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1467058661

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In our busy society many Christians find it hard to take the time to read and understand larger systematic theology and apologetic (defense of the faith) books. The Fundamentals of the Christian Faith gives a clear and concise explanation of several essential Bible doctrines to help ground believers in the Christian faith and equip them with practical knowledge in basic apologetics. This book is the result of many years of Bible study, evangelistic work, and apologetic research and debate. It will help to prepare anyone who wants to do the work of evangelism, make disciples of Christ, and refute many false teachings that exist in our world today.

The Gospel of Matthew on the Landscape of Antiquity
The Gospel of Matthew on the Landscape of Antiquity

Author: Edwin K. Broadhead

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2017-07-13

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9783161544545

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The Gospel of Matthew is an oeuvre mouvante (a work in process), and the dynamics of this process are essential to its identity and function. This understanding of the Gospel of Matthew stands in distinction from the long history of research centered on Matthew the author and his design for the gospel. Focused instead on tradition history-the history of composition and transmission-Edwin K. Broadhead's approach keeps open the dialectical engagements and the conflicting voices intrinsic to the Gospel of Matthew. As a result, the consistently Jewish textures of this gospel are emphasized, there is a broader engagement with the landscape of antiquity, and serious attention is given to further developments in the history of transmission. This focus on the developing tradition thus highlights, rather than suppresses, the viability and the generative potential of such discourses.

Exploring Written Artefacts
Exploring Written Artefacts

Author: Jörg B. Quenzer

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-10-25

Total Pages: 1222

ISBN-13: 3110753308

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The series Studies in Manuscript Cultures (SMC) publishes monographs and collective volumes contributing to the study of written artefacts. This field of study embraces disciplines such as art history, codicology, epigraphy, history, material analysis, palaeography and philology. SMC encourages comparative approaches, without regional, linguistic, temporal or other limitations on the objects studied; it contributes to a larger historical and systematic survey of the role of written artefacts in ancient and modern cultures, and in so doing provides a new foundation for ongoing discussions in cultural studies.