Visions of Peace and Tales of War
Visions of Peace and Tales of War

Author: Jan Liesen

Publisher: de Gruyter

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9783110222777

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Beginning in 2004, De Gruyter publishes the Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature - Yearbook (DCLY) in cooperation with the International Society for the Study of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature. The Society is devoted to the study of the books of the Greek Bible (Septuagint), not contained in the Hebrew Bible, and to later Jewish literature, comprising approximately the time between the 3rd century B.C.E. and the 1st century C.E. The yearbooks contain the papers of the international conferences held by the Society. Volumes from 2004 to 2009 are available online. - Prayer from Tobit to Qumran, ed. by Renate Egger-Wenzel and Jeremy Corley (2004) - The Book of Wisdom in Modern Research, ed. by Angelo Passaro, Giuseppe Bellia, John J. Collins (2005) - History and Identity, ed. by N ria Calduch-Benages and Jan Liesen (2006) - Angels, ed. by Friedrich Reiterer, Tobias Nicklas and Karin Sch pflin (2007) - Biblical Figures in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, ed. by Hermann Lichtenberger and Ulrike Mittmann-Richert (2008) - The Human Body in Death and Resurrection, ed. by Tobias Nicklas, Friedrich Reiterer, Joseph Verheyden (2009)

Visions of Peace and Tales of War
Visions of Peace and Tales of War

Author: Jan Liesen

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783110222784

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In biblical as well as in non-biblical texts war is a widespread theme often embedded in a narrative framework. In this volume that contains the proceedings of a conference in Kerkrade (Netherlands) in July 2009, a whole series of war narratives has been analyzed, such as 1 Maccabees, Ben Sira, the Book of Judith, the Book of Chronicles, Esther. Special attention is paid to the Scrolls of War from Qumran, to the concepts of Holy War and Divine Warrior, to Josephus and to war and peace in the Book of Psalms. Visions of peace are discussed in contributions that give attention to the Idea of Peace in Antiquity, to peace in Jewish Prayer, to the collocation ?covenant of peace', as well as to specific passages in the books of Micha and Isaiah, and in the Gospel of Matthew.

Visions of War, Dreams of Peace
Visions of War, Dreams of Peace

Author: Lynda Van Devanter

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 1991-05-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780446392518

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Lynda Van Devanter--author of the backlist classic Home Before Morning, which inspired the TV show "China Beach"--edited this powerful collection of poems reminiscent of Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam. All author proceeds from the book will go to the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project. 6 photographs.

The Orphans of Normandy
The Orphans of Normandy

Author: Nancy Amis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 0689841434

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A document of extraordinary beauty, this moving journal is the true story of World War II told through drawings by children from a French orphanage. Full color.

Vision of Peace
Vision of Peace

Author: Dr. Waqar Pirzada

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-02-20

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1503543765

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In 1948, the issue of the division of Palestine was under discussion in the Security Council. At the wishes of the Arab states and also Huzur (Khalifa tul Masseh II), they instructed respected Chaudhry Mohammad Zafarullah Khan to present the case of Palestine. So he strongly presented and pleaded the Palestinian cause, and he presented the Arab case. The Arab delegations thanked Huzoor (Khalifa tul Masih II) by sending a telegram and wrote, We have been greatly relieved. We hope that this will immensely support our demands (Al-Fazal, November 8, 1947). Huzoors (Khalifa tul Masseh II) instruction to Hazrat Chaudry Sahib to stay on in New York and the gratitude of Arab delegations show that Huzoor was a source of peace, blessing, and mercy for all nations of the world. The Statesman (Delhi) dated October 8, 1947, editorially observes: Sir Mohammad Zafarullah Khan voiced in the counsels of the United Nations on a burning topic of world-wide significance when leader of this countrys delegation, Mohammad Zafarullah Khan, addressed the United Nations Palestine Committee at Lake Success on Tuesday. It was a telling speech which tore into shreds the specious pleas put forward by the advocates of the partition of Palestine. Chaudhry Zafarullah did not merely indulge in rhetoric when he described the partition plan as `physically and geographically a monstrosity.

Isaiah's Vision of Peace in Biblical and Modern International Relations
Isaiah's Vision of Peace in Biblical and Modern International Relations

Author: R. Cohen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-09-23

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1137104422

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The aim of this volume is to try to account for Isaiah's revolutionary vision from two disciplinary perspectives: one approach is the historical study of the Ancient Near East and the Bible, and the other rests on the study of international relations from a comparative, conceptual perspective.

The Things that Make for Peace
The Things that Make for Peace

Author: Jesse P. Nickel

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-02-08

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 3110703777

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This study offers fresh insight into the place of (non)violence within Jesus' ministry, by examining it in the context of the eschatologically-motivated revolutionary violence of Second Temple Judaism. The book first explores the connection between violence and eschatology in key literary and historical sources from Second Temple Judaism. The heart of the study then focuses on demonstrating the thematic centrality of Jesus’ opposition to such “eschatological violence” within the Synoptic presentations of his ministry, arguing that a proper understanding of eschatology and violence together enables appreciation of the full significance of Jesus’ consistent disassociation of revolutionary violence from his words and deeds. The book thus articulates an understanding of Jesus’ nonviolence that is firmly rooted in the historical context of Second Temple Judaism, presenting a challenge to the "seditious Jesus hypothesis"—the claim that the historical Jesus was sympathetic to revolutionary ideals. Jesus’ rejection of violence ought to be understood as an integral component of his eschatological vision, embodying and enacting his understanding of (i) how God’s kingdom would come, and (ii) what would identify those who belonged to it.

War and Peace and War
War and Peace and War

Author: Peter Turchin

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 9780452288195

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Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a common enemy, and describing how the growth of empires leads to a growing dichotomy between rich and poor, increasing conflict instead of cooperation, and inevitable dissolution. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Visions of Peace
Visions of Peace

Author: Matthew Sprange

Publisher:

Published: 2008-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781905471430

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The Anla'Shok, a sacred Minbari order known to others as the Rangers, worked for a thousand years to protect innocents from the Shadows. Upholding the values of justice and courage, they became an integral part of the Interstellar Alliance, standing in harm's way to keep the peace throughout the galaxy. Now, for the first time, their secret chronicles are told in a unique series of novels. Recently graduated among the Anla'Shok, Michael Shaw finds himself thrust into the centre of calamitous events that are set to propel the Earth Alliance into war with the Centauri Republic. Sinister forces lurk within both governments, eager to shatter peace and threaten the lives of millions for their own profit and advancement. Only the Rangers stand between the status quo and this nightmarish future.