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Urbanus Rhegius: humanist, poet, theologian, educator, and reformer... ...one of the lesser known yet significant leaders of the Reformation. He contributed over 100 writings and is honored with a life-size statue in the Wittenberg Church where Luther...

In questo volume presentiamo la prima traduzione in lingua italiana dello scritto latino di Bartholomeo Georgievitz intitolato De Turcorum moribus epitome, reso con "Saggio sui costumi dei Turchi". Questo scritto, la cui redazione risale alla prima metà...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format...

It is a popular belief that the Ramayana is idealistic, while the Mahabharata is realistic. Yet these two epics have identical building blocks, identical themes, and identical history.In this ground-breaking book, Devdutt Pattanaik, India's most popular...

Los dos primeros textos que Ernesto de Martino había reunido en 1962 en el trabajo publicado con el título Furore, simbolo, valore, junto a otros dos presentados aquí -publicados uno y otro en Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni en 1953 y en...

All Prophets and Messengers were sentwith one Message. God says:"Or have they taken gods besides Him?Say, [O Muhammad to them], 'Produceyour proof. This [Qur'an] is the messagefor those with me and the message ofTHE GREATPROPHETSOF GODthose before me.'...

CONTENTSIntroductionChapter 1 Before Nubuwat Chapter 2 The Mubaarak birth of Rasulullah [PBUH]Chapter 3 Prophethood Chapter 4 The First Muslims Chapter 5 The Spread of Islam Chapter 6 Bitter EnemiesChapter 7 Punishing the Poor Muslims Chapter 8 Miracles...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Theologie - Historische Theologie, Kirchengeschichte, Note: 1,7, Theologische Hochschule Friedensau (Theologische Hochschule), Veranstaltung: Reformationsgeschichte, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der...

Wissenschaftliche Studie aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Theologie - Historische Theologie, Kirchengeschichte, , Veranstaltung: Religionsgeschichte, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Annäherung und Überwindung der Spaltung von Ost- und Westkirche und von...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Theologie - Historische Theologie, Kirchengeschichte, Note: 1,0, Technische Universität Dresden (Institut für Evangelische Theologie), Veranstaltung: Frauengestalten der Kirchengeschichte, Sprache: Deutsch,...

The book brings together the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard with that of another prominent proto-existentialist thinker, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Asking the question: "What constitutes an authentic Christian life?", the book explores the answer given by both...

Die Arbeit untersucht die Hinwendung des römischen Rhetorikprofessors und Philosophen Marius Victorinus zum Christentum und seine trinitätstheologischen Schriften. Ein erster Teil widmet sich Voruntersuchungen zum Leben und zur Bekehrung des Victorinus,...

Die Arbeit befasst sich in auslegungsgeschichtlicher Perspektive mit der in der Frühen Neuzeit äußerst prominent in Erscheinung tretenden Motivik des Gnadenstuhls, der Deckelplatte der alttestamentlichen Bundeslade. Ausgehend von der in Röm 3,25...

The second volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae covers the inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima and the coastal region of the Middle Coast from Tel Aviv in the south to Haifa in the north from the time of Alexander to the Muslim conquest...

Two major texts of Justin Martyr are now available in one volume (reprint of 1994/1997 editions):Iustini Martyrs' Apologiae pro Christianis, a critical edition of Justin Martyrs’ Apologia Maior and Apologia Minor (approx. A.D. 150), consisting...

This volume, the second of a five-volume edition of the third order of the Jerusalem Talmud, deals in part I (So?ah) with the ordeal of the wife suspected of adultery (Num 5) and the role of Hebrew in the Jewish ritual. Part II (Nedarim) is concerned...

This volume explores issues of moral character found in the different text versions of the book of Esther. First the study suggests the two most common approaches to perceived moral problems in the story of Esther: avoidance and transformation. Then it...

Für Meister Eckhart (um 1260 - um 1328) ist der Mensch als Ebenbild Gottes ein denkendes Wesen, wobei das Denken für ihn epistemologische und ontologische Relevanz hat. Diese Arbeit behandelt wesentliche Aspekte von Eckharts Denken, so seine...

Interpreting Kierkegaard in the general context of Golden Age Denmark, this interdisciplinary anthology features articles which treat his various relations to his most famous Danish contemporaries. It aims to see them not as minor figures laboring in...

In this concluding installment, the following writings of Athanasius of Alexandria are critically edited andhistorical commentary is provided on the basis of all available manuscripts: Apologia ad Constantium, Epistula ad Ioannem et Antiochum, Epistula...

The commentary that Moses ibn Tibbon (approx. 1195 - 1275) wrote on the Song of Solomon serves in this book as an example of the interlacing between Judaic-Arabic philosophy and Judaism's traditional interpretation of hymns of praise. The authentic text...

John Hultink contributes with this publication toward The Celebration of Faith Series, which reflects on the lives and contributions of those who have been touched by the grace of God, those who have professed, defended, and advanced the Christian...

In 1847, the Spanish scholar and Hebraist Luis de Usoz y Río (1805-1865) embarked on a monumental task: compiling and updating the writings of the sixteenth-century Spanish reformers. This work, known as The Old Spanish Reformers (Los...

As a theologian, Andrew Fuller ranks alongside men like John Owen and Jonathan Edwards for his significance in global Christianity. This reading guide takes an individual reader or a reading group through a representative selection of Fuller's works,...

This book is for a wide readership that will be introduced to:• A personal account of a Holocaust survivor• A Jewish artist’s portrait of Christ• An invitation to Judeo-Christian dialogue• An example of a faith-based community...

This book is part of a three-part series on America as a Covenant Nation. This volume covers from the rise of America's industrial revolution in the late 1800s to America's taking the position in the Cold-War 1950s as the leader of the "Free World." It...

To all the antisemites, racists, homophobes, and minority haters, the book you've been waiting for is finally here.To anyone who has ever been a victim of antisemitism, racism, homophobia, etc. the book you've been waiting for is finally here.To those...

A masterful overview of the Big "C" Church from the birth of Jesus until today.Brief stories bring to life the people of the early Christian church and the communities in which Christianity struggled and grew. You'll watch a widow hide her son's clothing...

Will Christian History Survive the Information Age?Is it possible we are losing our identity as Christians because we have such little knowledge of our past? By embracing our history, we can strengthen our faith and become a conduit for our heritage to...

Did God hide irrefutable proof of Christ's identity and purpose in plain view centuries before His arrival? • What difference would it make if everyone could see that our Creator had provided proof of His plan to rescue...

Of all the subjects to which Friedrich Nietzsche applied his penetrating insight and razor sharp perception, none preoccupied him over the course of his entire life so much as the Christian religion. For Nietzsche, this was not only a deeply personal...

<p>"Dear reader! you are about to take part inperhaps the greatest tragedy of an age that wrote Hamlet and Macbeth. Greater even than the writer's part will be yours, the reader's and hearer's part. Only your hearing ear and your seeing eye will...

<p>In this Theological treatise St. Robert Bellarmine takes on Protestant as well as Greek Orthodox objections to the Papacy in five books.In the first, he argues that Christ established the Primacy of Peter by means of an Ecclesiastical Monarchy,...

Maps the Path of Pan-Wesleyan Christologies. An international group of Pan-Wesleyan scholars address this question posed by Jaroslav Pelikan: What happened to Methodist Christology after Wesley? Vickers' work on Methodist Christology in The Oxford...

This is the story of a true church of Jesus Christ with very humble beginnings. The congregation of mostly poor farmers faced and survived many challenges, some due to her isolated location in a hook-like bend in the Grand River. But this one-hundredth...

‘The Way of the Heart’ is a collection of Jeshua’s teachings, faithfully transcribed from the original channeled audio recordings. It forms the third volume of the five essential ‘Way of Mastery’ texts. Jeshua shares:...

In 2005, a real archeological find was uncovered inside one of Israel's top security jails-a large and superbly preserved mosaic featuring two images of a fish with a Greek inscription referring to the "Lord Jesus Christ." Gralin W. Buratt has used his...

In the Christian East, the pastoral manuals of the Church took a literary form known as “Questions/Answers.” The authors of these canonical works were bishops and priests who usually wrote to guide clergy in addressing issues arising from...

1. Peter Bolt, Introduction ; 2. Darrell Bock, What Got Jesus into Trouble? Understanding the Significance of Jesus’ Ministry by Looking at Its Jewish Context: Part One—The Irritant Events ; 3. John Davies, Nonverbal Responses...

THE STORY OF ZEN is a complete overview of the ideas, history, evolution, and practice of Zen Buddhism, based on interviews with more than 100 Zen teachers and senior students in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Richard Bryan McDaniel, the...

The influence of Ibn ‘Arabi, the 12th century Andalusian mystic philosopher extended beyond the Muslim world from Spain, to China, to Indonesia. Interest in Ibn ‘Arabi in the west has grown over the last century. Ibn ‘Arabi and the...

Hilda was born into a pagan, Anglo-Saxon family in the province of Deira (land to the north of the Humber) in 614, and her early life was to witness much of the brutality and darkness for which that period has become most famous. Her own father was...

This captivating study, based on original research undertaken at The University of Oxford, offers fascinating insight into the lives of a group of children in Early Medieval England who were called "oblates". This term, meaning "sacrificed" describes the...

Volume 1 of this important translation series of Luther's Works with introductions and notes. Re-publication of the 1915 Philadelphia Edition. Contains: Luther's Prefaces to his works, the Ninety-Five Theses (together with related letters), Treatise on...

True to His Word, God had punished the world for its wickedness, but spared Noah because he found grace. Shortly after the ark had settled on Ararat, Noah had offered an animal sacrifice by shedding blood. It was in this worship service that God smelled...