The Gospel According to Mark (Collegeville Bible Commentary) Review

The Gospel According to Mark (Collegeville Bible Commentary)
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This is an outstanding product. Van Linden presents much very useful information on historical and cultural matters to assist the reader in understanding Mark. The commentary is well written and easy to read. I highly recommend this for anyone wanting to study Mark.

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Secrets of the Exodus: The Egyptian Origins of the Hebrew People Review

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The collaborative effort of Messod Sabbah and Roger Sabbah (two French-Jewish researchers, who are themselves descendants of a long line of high-ranking rabbi), Secrets Of The Exodus: The Egyptian Origins Of The Hebrew People presents the boldly stated hypothesis that the ancient Hebrew people described in Exodus were not slaves from another nation, but rather Egyptian followers of that monotheistic pioneer and iconoclast -- Pharaoh Akhenaten. Secrets Of The Exodus deftly examine decades of linguistic and archaeological research that started a tremendous uproar in France when it was first published in 2000. A unique and seminal contribution to Egyptology, Secrets Of The Exodus may contain controversial ideas, but the authors approach them rationally and are well grounded in logical methodology.

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Writing with Families Review

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I have been a Middle/High School English and Theater teacher for almost 30 years. Writing With Family Values is a revolutionary CLEAR how to book. I actually read the book in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. If you are a teacher looking for rejuvination and a way to change the course of education by just following this easy to use lesson guide BUY THIS BOOK. The author leaves nothing out. For me, the book was rich, not only with educational philosophy, but with absolutely practical lessons that teachers can use in their classrooms or with the families of their students. By the way, this book is not just for teachers, but for anyone who is interested in building community and improving the school system. Do I sound excited? Well I am. This is not the typical education book. It could change the way we look at community and education forever.


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Year of the Hyenas: A Novel of Murder in Ancient Egypt Review

Year of the Hyenas: A Novel of Murder in Ancient Egypt
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I stumbled on this book, and now can hardly wait till a sequel comes out. The protaganist isn't very likable at first, then you realize that he really is an honest man...and not perfect.
The descriptions of the time and place in Egypt were woven into the story, occasionally an author throws more historical information at you and you find yourself distracted from the plot. Geagley weaves a tale and the context without doing the "look at me, look at how much research I've done" interferance.
I particularly liked how he ends the tail, I saw parts of it coming, but not the whole surprise.
Really worth your time if you like mysteries--and historical settings.


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Companions and Competitors (A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 3) Review

Companions and Competitors (A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 3)
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Consistent with the overall quality of the Anchor Bible Series, the "Marginal Jew" series impresses with the depth, honesty, and objectivity of its scholarship. It may be that nobody is completely impartial when it comes to assessing the historical Jesus, but John Meier comes far closer than most, and he documents every opinion he offers. (If you're into footnotes, and I mean thousands of them,is this ever the series for you!)
I took on the challenge of this series when I read that Raymond E. Brown, the late great Catholic scholar and author, gave his highest marks to the first two volumes. Similar to Brown, Meier cooly and adeptly applies the tools of critical scholarship to his task of learning what we can of the historical Jesus. Fundamentalists will find his approach too liberal. Jesus Seminar types will find him too conservative. As a believing Christian who also wants to be intellectually honest in my faith, I think he's just right.

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In Search of Ancient Israel: A Study in Biblical Origins (Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) Review

In Search of Ancient Israel: A Study in Biblical Origins (Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
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Many readers will remember the great impact that this book had on the question of the relationship of the history of ancient Israel to the biblical text. Though Davies had been preceded by others, it was this book more than any other that sparked the Minimalist-Maximalist debate (see Ziony Zevit in Biblica 83).
Immediately Davies says that the genre of literature of "history of Israel" is obselete. Instead there are three ancient Israels: one is the narrative found in the Bible; one is the history of the inhabitants of Palestine during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age; and the third is the amalgamation of these former two. For Davies the "ideo-logical structure" of the Bible is the Persian period although a certain amount of material must have survived from earlier times (see page 91).
It is unfortunate that this debate became as volatile as it did. For example, five years before Davies' book came out, Norman Whybray argued that the Pentateuch was a post-exilic document. One might expect Whybray and Davies to be allies in this matter. Yet he and Davies find themselves at odds in V Philips Long's _Israel's Past in Present Research_ which was published seven years after Davies' book.
Davies has a fascinating book. However I hope that any readers will read some more and not think that Davies has settled the matter.

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The appearance in 1992 of 'In Search of Ancient Israel' generated a still raging controversy about the historical reality of what biblical scholars call 'Ancient Israel'. But its argument not only takes in the problematic relationship between Iron Age Palestinian archaeology and the biblical 'Israel' but also outlines the processes that created the literature of the Hebrew bible-the ideological matrix, the scribal milieu, and the cultural adoption of a national literary archive as religious scripture as part of the process of creating 'Judaisms'. While challenging the whole spectrum of scholarly consensus about the origins of 'Israel' and its scriptures, it is written more in the style of a textbook for students than a monograph for scholars because, its author believes, it offers an agenda for the next generation of biblical scholars. 'In this reader-friendly polemic, Davies brilliantly addresses an essential issue and at numerous points represents a vanguard in biblical studies' (Robert B. Coote, Interpretation). 'A rich mine of provocative quotations, will provoke considerable opposition and debate, and deserves to be read and reflected on by all biblical scholars' (Keith Whitelam, SOTS Book List).

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Prophets and Apostles: A "Come and See" Catholic Bible Study Review

Prophets and Apostles:  A Come and See Catholic Bible Study
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This latest installment in the wonderful "Come and See" Catholic Bible Study program by Fr. Jospeh Ponessa and Laurie Watson Manhardt is a comprehensive look at eleven Old Testament prophets, as well as the Epistles of the New Testament. The book's introduction sets the stage for the study, explaining materials necessary, how to get started, and helpful suggestions for starting a group study. The book has equal value for individuals looking to work their way through the Bible study process on their own. Of particular importance in this study is the fact that it emphasizes the role of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Study participants are directed to relevant and appropriate references in the Catechism to compliment their study of scripture. A great resource for groups or individuals!


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Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man Review

Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man
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Why is this book out of print? It should be taught in universities as a classic work on 20th century literary criticism and "theory". Its take on the posthumous Paul De Man scandal is clear, comprehensive, and mostly convincing. De Man, a dead deconstrutionist, was revealed to have been a cad in his public and private lives. Lehman demonstrates how the equivoque and equivoation that are central to deconstrutionism allowed De Man to rationalize his past as a Nazi collaborator, as a liar to USA immigration and to influential American intellectuals in the 1950s, and as a shuffler off of responsibilities to his first wife and family, all as mere textual details that didn't need addressing in his later career as a very respected American literary critic and academic. I disliked De Man's mandarin literary criticism even before I knew he was involved in deconstructionism--I thought his insistence on universal textual equivocation, universal lack of definitive textual commitment, and universal textual self-referentiality was part of the conservative, literature-has-no-social-bearing school of literary criticism which dominated the academy in the 1950s, and remained vital though not unchallenged there in the 1960s and early 70s. I dock Lehman's book one star for his too indiscriminately lumping De Man and deconstrutionism with other, more socially involved movements in academic thought that Lehmann also happens to dislike.

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Searching for the Original Bible Review

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"Searching for the Original Bible" is a solidly evangelical study of how the Bible came to us. The importance of the Bible for Christians mandates that we study and understand the process which brought it to us. Price does this in a carefully researched and clearly presented manner. He has the ability to take complex issues related to the original biblical texts and explain to the average reader how God's Word was written, recognized as authoritative, and preserved.
Price begins his book by responding to the current attack on the Bible's credibility and then raises the question, "Does it matter?" The rest of the book demonstrates that it does indeed matter whether or not we have a Bible that can be regarded as trustworthy. He addresses the claims and challenges of the critics, showing that we have ancient Hebrew and Greek manuscripts that provide the basis for a reliable Bible. He deals with the formation of the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament, interacting with the subject of textual criticism in manner that can be understood by readers not familiar with the subject.
In the last section of the book Price raises and answers important questions of canonicity and whether the new Gnostic gospels belong in the Bible. He demonstrates that these gospels were written long after the other New Testament books and contain messages not consistent with early Christianity. Toward the end of the book Price presents a very helpful discussion on the subject of innerancy and the Bible.
"Searching for the Original Bible" is a book I will heartily recommend to my students and colleagues. The research is supported by extensive footnotes. A "Recommended Reading" list of books provides readers direction for further study.

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Noted researcher/archaeologist Randall Price tackles crucial, faith-challenging questions about theBible's claims to be divine communication. All dispute boils down to two fundamental issues: Were the original writings givenby God, or were they cobbled together from traditions, myths, and human ethical notions? And if divine, have they been faithfullypassed down to us?

Price brings his expert knowledge of the Bible texts to examine crucial topics:

what the key ancient manuscripts reveal
ideas about how mere humans composed the writings
evidence from the archaeological record
the gathering of inspired texts into one book
the transmission of those texts to us

All evidence available today, concludes the author, upholds even more strongly the age-long views oforthodox Christianity. Not only is the Bible we have a trustworthy record of divine revelation, but it remains livingand authoritative for every time, every place, and every person.


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The Ancient Books of Ireland Review

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This book is a wonderful read for those interested in the background of the numerous ancient annals of Ireland. It contains a number of photographs of these rare illuminated scripts, but little or nothing of the translations. It also deals less with the content of the ancient texts or it's contribution to our knowledge of the early history of the island, than it does with the provenance of the original documents and their early copies. But this is to be expected as the author is an antiquarian, not a historian.

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Barnstormers: Game 3 Review

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In August 1899, Griffith, Ruby and Graham Payne and the Travelin' Nine leave behind their winning ways in Louisville, Kentucky, and take a train to Chicago, Illinois. The Travelin' Nine baseball team includes the children's mother, Elizabeth, and eight Spanish-American War veterans who fought side by side with the younsters' late father, Guy. The team is barnstorming across the United States, challenging local "ballists" to winner-take-all games in order to repay Guy's debt.
On the train ride from Louisville, Elizabeth confides in Griffith and Ruby, the two older kids, details about the substantial debt owed by their father and Uncle Owen. If the Paynes can't repay $10,000, Elizabeth fears she could lose her children. Griffith believes he knows who is behind their troubles. Yet his mother refuses to listen to talk about the evil Chancellor and his men, who followed the family in Louisville. Griffith suspects she knows more than she's admitting and can't shake the feeling that they're still being watched.
The movement of the train and his mother's talk upset Griffith. Unable to sleep, he takes a late-night stroll and bumps into one of the Chancellor's goons. The man grabs Griffith by the collar and tells him that the Chancellor wants what he has, adding that the Chancellor "always gets what he wants."
In Chicago, while passing out flyers in Jackson Park, Ruby runs into a stranger who says his name is Preacher Wil. Instead of being afraid of the dark-skinned man with wire-rimmed glasses and two different colored eyes, she feels safe. He calls her "Angel" and promises their paths will cross again.
At the ballpark, Graham does his best to be part of the team. Ruby tries to focus on the game but becomes distracted by events on the field and searching the crowd for Preacher Wil. Griffith also looks for him but with a feeling of dread because he fears he might see the Chancellor and his men.
On game day, "Chicagoland rooters" cheer from the stands, bizarre creatures appear on the field, a beloved member of the Travelin' Nine falls ill and the Payne children's magical baseball heats up the action. Game 3 is a must-win for the Travelin' Nine, but at what cost?
The short chapters, graceful illustrations, eye-appealing layout and fascinating historical tidbits about the game of baseball enhance this young-reader-friendly novel. The suspenseful third installment of the New York Times bestselling series has characters to root for and will enchant young readers who love America's favorite pastime.
--- Reviewed by Donna Volkenannt

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PREGAME RECAP As the Travelin' Nine head to Chicago, the team is filled with hope and optimism. After a disappointing loss in Cincinnati at the start of their baseball tour, the heroes of the Spanish-American War bounced back in Louisville. Doc and Woody came through with timely fielding, Crazy Feet and Tales smacked clutch hits, and champion horses provided that extra kick, helping the barnstormers to their come-from-behind victory. By the end of the thrilling contest, there was no doubt in the minds of Griffith, Ruby, and Graham that the baseball their Uncle Owen had given to them on the night of their father's funeral was magical. Indeed, the mysteries surrounding their baseball, which their uncle had urged them to keep secret, were deepening. And as excited as they were by the barnstormers' win, the Payne siblings' fears and worries continued to grow. Uncle Owen's tattered, bloody letter had warned them about the Chancellor. What's more, they'd seen the Chancellor's men lurking at the Louisville game. Griffith and Ruby now realized that their adventure was about far more than raising money to pay off a family debt. But what exactly was it about? After the Louisville match, Griffith confronted his mother. She denied that the Chancellor could be involved, but she promised to answer all of Griffith's questions on the train to Chicago...

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Charts of the Gospels and the Life of Christ Review

Charts of the Gospels and the Life of Christ
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Very helpful charts and summaries. It shparly reduces research time. It is a "must have" for teachers and pastors. I am teaching the Gospel of John and it is so helpful to find the parallel passages. THe chronology presented is also very helpful to put it all together.
I highly recommend it.

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Booknotes: Life Stories: Notable Biographers on the People Who Shaped America Review

Booknotes: Life Stories: Notable Biographers on the People Who Shaped America
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Brian Lamb, host of C-Span's Booknotes, has pulled together a collection of short, enjoyable, highly personal biographical glimpses into the lives of famous Americans - political notables ranging from John Adams to Lincoln to Edison to Bill Clinton.
Booknotes Life Stories contains more than 75 four-to-eight-page profiles, reflecting the informed, entertaining, and controversial opinions of scores of leading biographers and historians, as told to Lamb in his decade of Booknotes interviews.
While other available biographical references are more detailed, the charm of Booknotes Life Stories is its tendency to cut to the chase, presenting only the relevant points of the historical figure's life in an informal, enlightening, and sometimes irreverent style.
This impressive compendium belongs on the bookshelf of writers, history buffs, students, teachers, politicians, and those who just plain enjoy a good, educational read. (Reviewed by Angelo Parra, award-winning writer and dramatist, who also writes and edits personal and family memoirs.)

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The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits (Mammoth Books) Review

The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits (Mammoth Books)
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These stories are set in various times during Ancient Egypt, and are written by masters in the field of historical mystery. Stories were well crafted and riveting. I would have prefered a little more background on both the author and the main characters, especially the the authors I hadn't read before, but it's not really necessary. I will be looking for some of the authors to read more about their characters.

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From Cleopatra and Herodotus to Howard Carter and the Curse of the Pharaohs, the investigators in The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits uncover the murder mysteries of Ancient Egypt in over two dozen stories. Master anthologist Mike Ashley has gathered hidden gems and specially commissioned pieces from the genre's favorite practitioners like Elizabeth Peters, Suzanne Franke, Michael Pearce, and featuring such favorite ancient-world investigators as Lynda Robinson's Lord Meren, "the Eyes and Ears" of Nefertiti and Tutankhamun, Paul Doherty's judge Amerotke from the 18th Dynasty, and Lauren Haney's Lieutenant Bak of the Medjay police under Queen Hatshepsut, to beguile and confound historical mystery readers.

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A Cruel Deceit Review

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I've enjoyed all of Lauren Haney's Egyptian mysteries, but this one was by the farthest the hardest to put down! I finished it the same day I got it, because it was the story was so interesting. I really enjoyed the book being set around a festival, because it gave me more of a feel for the history of Ancient Egypt. And the descriptions really makes you feel like you are there in Kemet while everything is going on about you.

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Joint Application Development Review

Joint Application Development
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The only bad thing about this book is that you can't locate it when you search for books on facilitation. This is one of the most basic and down-to-earth books ever written about group facilitation. Anyone involved in facilitation . . . especially if they're just starting out . . . should get this book. There's something for everyone. Even if you're not facilitating JAD sessions, there's so much to draw from.

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From two leading JAD innovators—everything you need to become a first-class JAD facilitator
If you're an IS professional, you've probably heard quite a bit over the past few years about JAD's amazing track record in computer system design. But have you also heard that JAD techniques are now being used in companies worldwide to help facilitate everything from planning mergers to new product development? The demand has never been greater for first-class JAD facilitators and now this book helps you to become one. No dry academic treatise, this lively, hands-on guide bridges the gap between theory and practice with:
Detailed, step-by-step guidance on running JAD workshops from start to finish—from project definition, research, preparation, and running sessions, to final documentation
Dozens of useful agendas, checklists, sample documents, memos, visual aids, and more
A gold mine of eye-opening "war stories" and helpful hints from facilitators across North America and Europe

Completely updated and revised to reflect JAD's prominent new role in corporate decision-making, this Second Edition of the "JAD facilitator's bible" now features new and expanded coverage of how to:
Manage group dynamics, including handling difficult people, getting the timid ones to speak up, promoting creative thinking, and much more JAD psychology
Integrate CASE tools, prototyping, and groupware into your JAD sessions
Use JAD across and beyond the entire systems development life cycle
Measure success, select pilot projects, and train facilitators
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Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids Review

Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids
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This book is for the person just beginning to read about Ancient Egypt, as well as the more advanced reader. It's scholarly, well-organized, and up-to-date, but this narrative of the Old and Middle Kingdoms, and people who lived in those times, is also vivid and moving. Day-to-day life of those long gone becomes real, for Guillemette Andreu has given the Ancient Egyptians the immortality they yearned for. I haven't seen the book in its original French, but the translation by David Lorton must be excellent, it reads so well.

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