The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 712
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Oriental Customs: or an Illustration of the sacred Scriptures, by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, and especially the Jews ... together with observations on many difficult and obscure texts; collected from the most celebrated travellers, and the most eminent critics, etc
Author: Samuel BURDER
Publisher:
Published: 1807
Total Pages: 428
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Biblical Companion: Or, An Introduction to the Reading and Study of the Holy Scriptures. Comprising a Comprehensive Digest of the Principles and Details of Biblical Criticism, Interpretation, Theology, History, Natural Science, Etc
Author: William Carpenter (Editor of the Political Letter.)
Publisher:
Published: 1836
Total Pages: 868
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriental Customs: Or an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and Especially the Jews ... Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts; Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Etc.
Author: Samuel BURDER
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Published: 1807
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKManners and Customs of the Bible
Author: James Midwinter Freeman
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780883682906
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a valuable resourse book through the Bible, explaining many customs practiced in Bible times. Not only is it easy to understand, but it is also filled with many helpful illustrations.
Passion of the Western Mind
Author: Richard Tarnas
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2011-10-19
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 0307804526
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.
Clothing Sacred Scriptures
Author: David Ganz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2018-12-03
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 3110558602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccording to a longstanding interpretation, book religions are agents of textuality and logocentrism. This volume inverts the traditional perspective: its focus is on the strong dependency between scripture and aesthetics, holy books and material artworks, sacred texts and ritual performances. The contributions, written by a group of international specialists in Western, Byzantine, Islamic and Jewish Art, are committed to a comparative and transcultural approach. The authors reflect upon the different strategies of »clothing« sacred texts with precious materials and elaborate forms. They show how the pretypographic cultures of the Middle Ages used book ornaments as media for building a close relation between the divine words and their human audience. By exploring how art shapes the religious practice of books, and how the religious use of books shapes the evolution of artistic practices this book contributes to a new understanding of the deep nexus between sacred scripture and art.
Orientalism
Author: Edward W. Said
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2014-10-01
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0804153868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—three decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." —The New York Times In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding.
History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations
Author: John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder
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Published: 1876
Total Pages: 478
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCulture and Imperialism
Author: Edward W. Said
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2012-10-24
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 0307829650
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA landmark work from the author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as the Western powers built empires that stretched from Australia to the West Indies, Western artists created masterpieces ranging from Mansfield Park to Heart of Darkness and Aida. Yet most cultural critics continue to see these phenomena as separate. Edward Said looks at these works alongside those of such writers as W. B. Yeats, Chinua Achebe, and Salman Rushdie to show how subject peoples produced their own vigorous cultures of opposition and resistance. Vast in scope and stunning in its erudition, Culture and Imperialism reopens the dialogue between literature and the life of its time.
