Light from the Ancient East
Author: Adolf Deissmann
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 698
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New Light on the Most Ancient East
Author: Vere Gordon Childe
Publisher: London : Routledge & K. Paul
Published: 1958
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAncient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament
Author: John H. Walton
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2018-05-15
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1493414364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of specific Old Testament passages. This new edition of a top-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the refined thinking of a mature scholar. It includes over 30 illustrations. Students and pastors who want to deepen their understanding of the Old Testament will find this a helpful and instructive study.
The Symbolism of the Biblical World
Author: Othmar Keel
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9781575060149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Othmar Keel's book first appeared in Germany in 1972, it was a pioneering study, the first to compare systematically the conceptual world of a biblical book with that of ancient Near Eastern iconography. First translated into English in 1978, the book has proven its lasting value for exegesis of the Psalms, the comparative study of the Bible and its world, and the study of ancient Near Eastern art and iconography.
Light from the Ancient East
Author: Adolf Deissmann
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2004-01-15
Total Pages: 688
ISBN-13: 1725209187
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Light from the Ancient East' is the classic study of nonliterary Greek and Latin texts from the period leading up to, and contemporary with, the emergence of Christianity. Deissmann showed how late nineteenth-century discoveries shed light on early Christian social and religious life. Working from the now common thesis that Christianity must be understood in its historical setting, Deissmann posits that Christianity be seen as a movement of the lower classes.
The Ancient Near East
Author: Dr. John L. McLaughlin
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1426765509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe cultures of the great empires of the ancient Near East from Egypt to Mesopotamia influenced Israel's religion, literature, and laws because of Israel's geographic location and political position situation. Anyone who wishes to understand the Old Testament texts and the history of ancient Israel must become familiar with the history, literature, and society of the surrounding kingdoms that at times controlled the region. Brief in presentation yet broad in scope, Ancient Near East will introduce students to the information and ideas essential to understanding the texts of the Old Testament while clarifying difficult issues concerning the relationship between Israel and its neighbors. Abingdon Essential Guides fulfill the need for brief, substantive, yet highly accessible introductions to the core disciplines in biblical, theological, and religious studies.
War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East
Author: Carly Lorraine Crouch
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 3110223511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiographical note: Carly L. Crouch, University of Cambridge.
Readings from the Ancient Near East
Author: Bill T. Arnold
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2002-09
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0801022924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprehensive, up-to-date collection of primary source documents (creation accounts, epic literature, etc.) gives insight into the Ancient Near East and the Old Testament.
Ancient Light
Author: John Banville
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2012-10-02
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0307960838
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea gives us a brilliant novel about an actor in the twilight of his life and his career: “a devastating account of a boy’s sexual awakening and the loss of his childhood…. Seamless [and] profound ... An unsettling and beautiful work.” —Wall Street Journal Is there a difference between memory and invention? That is the question that haunts Alexander Cleave as he reflects on his first, and perhaps only, love—an underage affair with his best friend’s mother. When his stunted acting career is suddenly, inexplicably revived with a movie role playing a man who may not be who he claims, his young leading lady—famous and fragile—unwittingly gives him the opportunity to see, with startling clarity, the gap between the things he has done and the way he recalls them. Profoundly moving, Ancient Light is written with the depth of character, clarifying lyricism, and heart-wrenching humor that mark all of Man Booker Prize-winning author John Banville’s extraordinary works.
Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion
Author: Menelaos Christopoulos
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010-09-25
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 0739139010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLight and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion is a ground-breaking volume dedicated to a thorough examination of the well known empirical categories of light and darkness as it relates to modes of thought, beliefs and social behavior in Greek culture. With a systematic and multi-disciplinary approach, the book elucidates the light/darkness dichotomy in color semantics, appearance and concealment of divinities and creatures of darkness, the eye sight and the insight vision, and the role of the mystic or cultic.
