Seeking Out The Wisdom Of The Ancients

Author : Ronald L. Troxel
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 1575061058
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seeking Out the Wisdom of the Ancients written by Ronald L. Troxel and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2005 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael V. Fox, long-time professor in the Dept. of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, is known both for his scholarship and his teaching. As the editors of this volume in his honor note, the care and sensitivity of his reading of the Hebrew text are well known, and he lavishes equal attention on his own writing, to the benefit of all who read his work, which now includes the first of two volumes in the Anchor Bible commentary on Proverbs (the next volume is in preparation), as well as monographs on wisdom literature in ancient Israel and elsewhere, and many articles. The rigor that he brought to his own work he also inflicted on his students, and they and a number of his colleagues honor him with their contributions to this volume. Contributors include: Menahem Haran, Kelvin G. Friebel, Cynthia L. Miller, Theron Young, Adele Berlin, William P. Brown, James L. Crenshaw, John A. Cook, Robert D. Holmstedt, Shamir Yona, Christine Roy Yoder, Carol R. Fontaine, Nili Shupak, Victor Avigdor Horowitz, Tova Forti, Richard L. Schultz, J. Cheryl Exum, Dennis R. Magary, Theodore J. Lewis, Sidnie White Crawford, Ronald L. Troxel, Karl V. Kutz, Heidi M. Szpek, Claudia V. Camp, Johann Cook, Leonard Greenspoon, Stephen G. Burnett, Carol A. Newsom, Shemaryahu Talmon, and Frederick E. Greenspahn. The book is organized around themes that reflect Prof. Fox's interests and work: Part 1: "Seeking Out Wisdom and Concerned with Prophecies" (Sir 39:1): Studies in Biblical Texts"; Part 2: "Preserving the Sayings of the Famous" (Sir 39:2): Text, Versions, and Method.

Author : Bryan M. Litfin
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736984623
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wisdom from the Ancients written by Bryan M. Litfin and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old ideas. New insights. Timeless relevance for the church. Studying the views and lifestyles of your forerunners in the faith can provide incredible guidance for how you live out your spiritual convictions today. In Wisdom from the Ancients, author and scholar Bryan Litfin paints a vivid portrait of the first five centuries of the Christian church, packed with fascinating history and applicable insights for modern believers. As you encounter the wisdom of early Christians, you’ll be challenged to revisit the building blocks of your faith in light of ancient beliefs and spiritual practices. This book will help you reframe common evangelical ideas, including questions Christians face today, such as when it makes sense to read the Bible literally and when God’s truth shines through symbolism how the beliefs and practices of early believers should inform your worship whether the church should cooperate with political power or resist it Wisdom from the Ancients reveals life-changing lessons from the early church that you can take to heart today. When you set aside your modern perspectives and approach ancient truths with an open mind, the beliefs of the early Christians will illuminate your faith in a brand-new way.

Author : Sir Francis Bacon
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849691845
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of the Ancients written by Sir Francis Bacon and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 1691 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bacon published this interesting little work in 1609. It contains thirty-one fables abounding with a union of deep thought and poetic beauty. In most fables he explains the common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will, knowing and acting, are convertible terms.

Author : Chammah J. Kaunda
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000522296
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity and COVID-19 written by Chammah J. Kaunda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores current understandings of the global meaning of faith and suffering in the context of COVID-19 and interrogates responses to the pandemic that have emerged from World Christianity. It includes chapters by a range of international contributors approached from a variety of angles within Global Christian theology. They provide reflections and analyses focused on the question of God, human suffering, structural injustice, the role of the church and Christian praxis in the milieu of COVID-19, where misery and dying is a daily routine. This book will be of interest to scholars of Missiology, World Christianity, biblical/public/contextual theology and various Contemporary Christian studies.

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Download or read book The Book of Knowledge; Treating of the Wisdom of the Ancients. In Four Parts written by and published by . This book was released on 1720 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Trevor Curnow
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0715635042
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wisdom in the Ancient World written by Trevor Curnow and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings the different aspects of the study of ancient wisdom together and presents it as a subject in its own right, looking at wise deities, wise figures from myth and legend, wise characters from ancient history, practices associated with wisdom (including divination and healing), and wisdom as it appears in ancient literature.

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
ISBN 13 : 9780809476756
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feats and Wisdom of the Ancients written by Time-Life Books and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1990 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines what is known of ancient knowledge in the areas of healing, inventions, engineering, art, astronomy, sports, and explorations.

Author : Martha Himmelfarb
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812202279
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Kingdom of Priests written by Martha Himmelfarb and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the account in the Book of Exodus, God addresses the children of Israel as they stand before Mt. Sinai with the words, "You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (19:6). The sentence, Martha Himmelfarb observes, is paradoxical, for priests are by definition a minority, yet the meaning in context is clear: the entire people is holy. The words also point to some significant tensions in the biblical understanding of the people of Israel. If the entire people is holy, why does it need priests? If membership in both people and priesthood is a matter not of merit but of birth, how can either the people or its priests hope to be holy? How can one reconcile the distance between the honor due the priest and the actual behavior of some who filled the role? What can the people do to make itself truly a kingdom of priests? Himmelfarb argues that these questions become central in Second Temple Judaism. She considers a range of texts from this period, including the Book of Watchers, the Book of Jubilees, legal documents from the Dead Sea Scrolls, the writings of Philo of Alexandria, and the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, and goes on to explore rabbinic Judaism's emphasis on descent as the primary criterion for inclusion among the chosen people of Israel—a position, she contends, that took on new force in reaction to early Christian disparagement of the idea that mere descent from Abraham was sufficient for salvation.

Author : Neil Oliver
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473575265
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wisdom of the Ancients written by Neil Oliver and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMES From the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors. For all we have gained in the modern world, simple peace of mind is hard to find. In a time that is increasingly fraught with complexity and conflict, we are told that our wellbeing relies on remaining as present as possible. But what if the key to being present lies in the past? In Wisdom of the Ancients, Neil Oliver takes us back in time, to grab hold of the ideas buried in forgotten cultures and early civilizations. From Laetoli footprints in Tanzania to Keralan rituals, stone circles and cave paintings, Oliver takes us on a global journey through antiquity. A master storyteller, drawing on immense knowledge of our ancient past, he distils this wisdom into twelve messages that have endured the test of time, and invites us to consider how these might apply to our lives today. The result is powerful and inspirational, moving and profound.

Author : Society for Old Testament Study
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521423922
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World of Ancient Israel written by Society for Old Testament Study and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encapsulating as it does research that has been undertaken on the sociological, anthropological and political aspects of the history of ancient Israel, this important book is designed to follow in the tradition of works in the series sponsored by The Society for Old Testament Study which began with the publication of The People and the Book in 1925. The World of Ancient Israel is especially concerned to explore in greater depth than comparable studies the areas and degrees of overlap between approaches to the subject of Old Testament research adopted by scholars and students of theology and the social sciences. Increasing numbers of scholars have recognised the valuable insights that can be gained from a cross-disciplinary approach, and it is becoming clear that the early biblical traditions about the formation of the Israelite state must be examined in the light of comparative anthropology if useful historical conclusions are to be drawn from them.