The Text of the New Testament: From Manuscript to Modern Edition Review

The Text of the New Testament: From Manuscript to Modern Edition
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A great advantage of this book is that it is aimed at the general reader, not the trained New Testament scholar. You don't have to understand any Greek or have a seminary education to pick up this book and find a simple, clear discussion that answers your hard questions relating to the validity of and support for the New Testament text.
The book starts with a discussion of how ancient manuscripts were written, with good diagrams that show how papyrus manuscripts were made. It also explain the difference between scrolls and book format and provides the history of the New Testament--from the ancient writers to the process that has brought it to us today.
Greenlee's book is technically accurate while providing a clear and revealing discussion that shows us that the many discoveries and the studies in textual criticism strengthen the proof of the authenticity of the Scriptures


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The Text of the New Testament is a brief introduction for the lay person into the process whereby the New Testament came to be. It describes the basics of ancient writing tools, manuscripts, the work of scribes, and how to think about differences in what the various manuscripts say. This is a revised and expanded edition with a completely new chapter on how contemporary English translations fit in with our understanding of the New Testament text.Geared to the lay person who is uninformed or confused about textual criticism, Greenlee begins this volume by explaining the production of ancient manuscripts. He then traces the history of the development of the New Testament text. Readers are next introduced to the basic principles of textual criticism, the concept of variant readings, and how to determine which variant has the greatest likelihood of being the original reading. To illustrate the basic principles, several sample New Testament texts are examined. The book concludes by putting textual criticism in perspective as involving only a minute portion of the entire New Testament text, the bulk of which is indisputably attested by the manuscripts.

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Quiet Water: The Inspirational Poems of James Kavanaugh Review

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This is a book of poems I find myself reading and rereading. They are a delight. Both the poems and the author. On a scale of 1 to 5 this gets an 8...

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James Kavanaugh's favorite inspirational reflections,offering courage when life's most difficult passages seem impossibleto endure.As said by the author: "For centuries mankind waslocked in religious systems, falsely based on a Bible consistentlyinterpreted in myriad ways. Many, perhaps most remain fundamentalistchildren. Bold reformers in every century spoke another language,until today angry religious myths are losing their power. In the newmillennium honest and unpretentious humanness will flourish." AsKavanaugh writes, "There is quiet water in the center of your soul,where the weak can harden and a narrow mind can grow."

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A History of Reading in the West Review

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The content is wonderful! The book provides much insight to different reading practices and how they change through the years. But...
1. The footnotes need to be on the same page as the text. It is hard to keep your place when you constantly have to flip to the back of the book. Also, if the notes were on the same page, I could see whether or not I needed to read the footnote for more information.
2. Provide tranlations of foreign quotations. I don't know about you, but it has been a while since I had a foreign language course.
3. Some of the chapters could be better edited. For example, in chapter 8 ("Protestant Reformations and Reading"), contributing author Jean-Francois Gilmont needs to pinpoint dates more clearly. He mentions a twenty-year span in which the separation of the printed book from the hand-lettered book was finally completed, but says it happened soon after Luther preached against indulgences (p. 214). If Luther talked to the Archbishop of Mainz in 1518 about indulgences, isn't it logical that it was not in 1540 that the separation was complete?
4. The style of writing seems to jump from readable to dry. I know each chapter is by a different author, but is there any way there could be more fluidity from chapter to chapter?

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Building the Alaska Log Home Review

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I have read at least a dozen of the latest log cabin building books. Unfortunately, most of them do not go into enough detail on the scribe-fit building technique. This one, however, is the first that really does. This book includes many USEFUL pictures and doesn't ramble on about unimportant subjects. This book is focused, to-the-point, and in the amount of detail that is necessary. As a result, this is a good companion to any other log cabin building books that you may already have, since it fills in the missing details that the other books seem to overlook. I definitely recommend it.

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"This thorough book on traditional hand-hewn log construction has a warm, friendly text and 192 pages of full-color photos of work at some amazing home sites" ("Washington Post"). "A unique and valuable guide."--"Country Living Magazine." 210 color photos. 41 drawings.

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Wherever Nina Lies Review

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It's been two long years since Ellie's older sister Nina has disappeared. Pretty much everyone has given up any hope that Nina will return, but not Ellie. Ellie can't bear to think Nina, her sister whom she loves and idolizes, could be dead. Ellie desperately wants to find Nina, and when she stumbles upon a portrait of her, drawn by Nina, she's certain she's found her clue. With the help of a hot and mysterious stranger named Sean, Ellie sets off on a seemingly wild-goose chase for the whereabouts of her sister. But Ellie isn't prepared for what she learns along the way, regarding her sister and her new love interest Sean. In this suspenseful and fast-paced debut, readers will be swept along with Ellie as she journeys and finds love, lies, and the strength of sisterhood.
I was immensely impressed with this solid debut novel. Weingarten shows a mastery of her skill with words, especially when manipulating the plot. Ellie's cross-country escapade was filled with humor and lust yet also disappointment, anticipation for the next clue, confusion, and danger. I like how the story strings the reader along nicely and then twists nearly completely around. In the back of my mind, I think I expected part of the outcome of Ellie's journey, but I was still shocked when it actually happened. I also really liked the development of both Ellie's and Nina's characters. Ellie is easy to relate to, especially in her sisterly affection, friendship dilemmas, and thoughts of self-preservation, and this increases the reader's sympathy for her as well as interest in her story. The reader gets to know Nina mainly through Ellie's memories and thoughts of her sister, and it creates an image of a wild yet thoughtful girl anyone can love. Some of the minor details of this novel, though, were not as well executed as the plot and development of the major characters. There were some details that never completely added up. Also, Ellie's relationship with her best friend Amanda seemed strange at times, and their problems seemed to magically disappear at the end of the novel. Other than these few aspects, Wherever Nina Lies was an extremely well-written and enjoyable story.
Wherever Nina Lies is very impressive for a first novel, and I hope Weingarten plans to write more novels especially if they're as good as this one. Readers will see this novel as a hybrid between two fantastic novels, How to Be Bad and The Year My Sister Got Lucky, and will not be disappointed in this fantastic story of mystery, romance, suspense, and, most of all, sisterhood.

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The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System Review

The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System
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Rated 4.5 stars; rounded up.
It's almost impossible to understand what happened on Wall Street in 2007 and 2008 without going back in time to the 1970s, the era in which investment banking changed forever. And that's what Gasparino does in this book, making it one of the most valuable books about the financial crisis published so far that the general reader is likely to find. Its nature is likely to come as a surprise to anyone who is familiar with the author only from his television appearances; while it has all the gossipy insights into Wall Street that Gasparino has always delivered (including Jimmy Cayne, the former CEO of Bear Stearns, offering him what Cayne described as a joint in an elevator one day...), it thankfully goes well beyond that. The scandalous tales about daily life on the Street are there to entertain and amuse us, sure, (along with a reasonable degree of self-promotion) but the author combines that with solid analysis and insight into the role played by the evolution of structured finance and the failures of risk management.
Most significantly, Gasparino pays attention to history, specifically to the way that a handful of bond market honchos transformed the mortgage lending market from a local business into a Wall Street affair. He weaves together the strands of the narrative deftly, showing how politics in Washington and greed on Wall Street combined to turbo-charge the level of risk-taking and then a series of risk-management failures. Andrew Ross Sorkin's book,[...] is more elegantly written and works as a great chronicle of the months that lay between the collapse of Bear Stearns and the near-apocalypse of September 2008, six months later, but a lot of the historical context needed to understand why those events unfolded as they did is missing. In contrast, Gasparino tries to accomplish something more ambitious, explaining how risk moved from becoming a way to boost profits on Wall Street to being the heart of Wall Street's business. What happened to Wall Street wasn't just about subprime lending or leverage -- it's about why the creation of mortgage-backed securities and leverage became the heart of what Wall Street is all about.
So far, the only books I've seen to have shed light on this issue aren't easily read by a general reader without a knowledge of finance or a high tolerance for jargon. [...] What Gasparino does is to present some of the same concepts in a gossipy, chatty book that should appeal to those on Main Street who are striving to understand just what happened and how it could happen.
Gasparino's thesis is that government policy encouraged that risk-taking to reach extreme levels -- in the great debate over whether Washington or Wall Street is more to blame with the mess, he comes down on the side of blaming Wall Street. (I'm not sure I agree, but his argument is thoughtful, logical and well-supported by the facts that he musters.) He correctly identifies the 1998 collapse of Long-Term Capital Management as a turning point in the process; after that point, it became politically impossible to let a large financial institution fail (and the CEOs of the large investment banks came to realize that.) After seeing just how urgently regulators pursued a bailout style solution to that conundrum, followed by the efforts to prevent Bear Stearns bankruptcy in early 2008, why would Dick Fuld take seriously the suggestion that he take urgent steps to bolster his balance sheet? Long before the critical events of September 2008, which culminated in a bailout of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG (not to mention the TARP program that has left the US taxpayer owning stakes in B of A and Citigroup), `moral hazard' was alive and well on Wall Street. In Gasparino's view, misbegotten government policies designed to make home ownership possible for all Americans (even those not in a position to afford it) should shoulder most of the blame. But the bankers aren't let off the hook, either. Their errors of judgment and oversights are placed in the spotlight and held up to scorn.
It helps that Gasparino has been covering Wall Street and all its doings for the better part of two decades, starting on the ground floor (the guys doing the bond deals) and working his way up to writing about Wall Street CEOs like Cayne, Fuld and John Mack. Sure, he's self-promotional, but he also has access to a network on Wall Street that is both broad and deep. And in this case, he's pulled off a book that is as much analytical and anecdotal. That combination could make it stand as one of the best books about the crisis, despite the rather glib conclusions about what needs to happen next. Gasparino is good at tackling what happened, and identifying villains across the landscape, but the reason this gets 4.5 stars instead of 5 (and came close to being rounded down instead of up) was that the forward-looking analysis fell rather flat. Gasparino comes up with some rather predictable recommendations -- ditch the SEC, for instance -- but doesn't have the insight of, say, a Niall Ferguson when it comes to imagining a future shape for what he acknowledges is a deeply-flawed financial system.
Recommended for anyone looking for insight into what we have just been through and why we have had to go through it. Gasparino, always a tenacious scoop-hound, has gone beyond his traditional strengths as a reporter and produced a book that is far better-written and more thoughtful/analytical than his two previous offerings. If you're looking for other reading material on the crisis, Andrew Ross Sorkin's book will take you deeper into the chronology of the critical months (including who ate what, when and where, and the jogging paths of key players in the crisis), but I found the historical context was more perfunctory and the book emphasized the day-to-day drama at the expense of the reasons for the debacle. There are several more detailed books available about both Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers; [...]
Full disclosure: Gasparino is a former colleague, although we haven't worked at the same organization in about eight years and we're not in touch regularly. I usually don't review books by people I know; I'm making an exception for this one because I think it's both a lively read and one that will help those who aren't on Wall Street get a handle on what happened, and because it provides the kind of historical context that has been largely lacking.


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The definitive account of Wall Street's stunning collapse

From critically acclaimed investigative journalist and CNBC personality Charles Gasparino comes a sweeping examination of the most recent volatile, anxiety-ridden era in our nation's socioeconomic history. The Sellout traces the implosion of the financial services business back to its roots in the late 1970s when Wall Street embraced a new business model predicated on taking enormous risks. It shows how a backwater business involving the trading of risky bonds packed with mortgages showered countless billions in profits on the financial industry but sowed the seeds of its ultimate demise. Gasparino walks readers through Wall Street's three-decades' love affair with risk, revealing a trail of culpability—from the government bureaucrats who crafted housing policies that encouraged homeownership, to the Wall Street firms that underwrote and invested in risky debt, to the mortgage sellers who handed out loans to people without the financial wherewithal to pay them back, to the homeowners who became convinced they could afford mansions on blue-collar wages. The ongoing tumult in financial markets and the global economy began when some of our most esteemed financial institutions, our government, and even average citizens abdicated their collective responsibilities, eventually selling out investors and selling off the American Dream itself.

In the spirit of classics such as Barbarians at the Gate and Liar's Poker, this page-turning narrative captures how avarice, arrogance, and sheer stupidity eroded Wall Street's dominance and profoundly weakened the financial security of millions of middle-class Americans. Eye-opening and engrossing, The Sellout provides the most thorough investigation to date of this latest gilded era.


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Sex and the City Uncovered: Exposing the Emptiness and Healing the Hurt Review

Sex and the City Uncovered: Exposing the Emptiness and Healing the Hurt
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As a newly single again mom, I was feeling a little uneasy about reentering the dating world. Out of practice, hesitant yet pressured to get on with it already, I came across this book at the start of my journey - where I still am. And not a moment too soon. I feel no sense of urgency in finding someone else to replace what was lost, because I know I am whole in Christ. Thank you Marian for this life changing book.

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Hookups, hangovers, and heartbreakPopular TV series Sex and the City features four stylish New York women frequenting bars and talking bluntly about their broad range of sexual experiences. Awards lavished on the show suggest some redeeming values. But despite claims that it's ultimately about the longing for a committed relationship, the glamorization of casual sex and so on can really mess with impressionable young women.Just ask Marian Jordan. In Sex and the City Uncovered she admits, "A painful existence of ‘looking for love in all the wrong places' is hidden behind images of couture fashion, witty dialogue, and beautiful people. I know this to be true because I've lived it."Sharing her own storied past, Marian now celebrates an unfailing love she has found and helps struggling singles find this same joy by answering questions such as:• Why can't I have sex without regret or desiring commitment?• Why do I need alcohol or food to make me feel better?• Why do I go into debt to buy the latest designer items?• Why don't I feel good about myself around other women?Endorsements"An honest, engaging, and hopeful response to the dating dilemma. A must-read for every searching single!" -Louie Giglio, director of Passion Conferences"Marian does a fabulous job of exposing culture-generated lies about the endless pursuit of love and worth in a language that will resonate with young women today." -Vicki Courtney, best-selling author and founder of Virtuous Reality Ministries"Marian's transparency and insights will be life-changing to women." -Cliff Young, lead vocalist, Caedmon's Call

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Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain Review

Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
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This book is a rare treasure. As a dog lover, an amateur student of Japanese history, and a resident of Japan, I found it irresistable. It provides great information about a relatively unknown place in Japan, even to Japanese folks. It also chronicles a period of time in Japanese history from an unusual vantage point. The book is an excellent book for dog lovers, but it's about much more than that. It details incredible human relationships in tight, hypnotic verse, it tells about the most beautiful areas in Japan, and it tells about the changing dynamics of Japanese marriage. I read it from cover to cover, totally unable to put it down. A must read!

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Aramaic Peshitta New Testament Vertical Interlinear Volume I Review

Aramaic Peshitta New Testament Vertical Interlinear Volume I
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Best Aramaic Interlinear set I've found, most useful when combined with the companion dictionary and concordance (together, a five volume set that is not inexpensive). My only complaint is that the vertical "one word at a time" format is not space efficient. This Interlinear would be much more usable if in one volume using a format similar to the Jay Green Greek Interlinear. And, as such, likely more cost efficient.
In summary, though, having found the Aramaic to be the original and the Greek to be translations, this set is now my first "go to" for NT study.

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Gospel of Barnabas (Apocrypha) Review

Gospel of Barnabas (Apocrypha)
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The Gospel of Barnabas (GB) is a well known late-medieval forgery (most likely 15th or 16th Century Spain) which purports to be a lost or suppressed gospel by the apostle Barnabas. This edition is a re-release of the Ragg's early twentieth century translation amended to incorporate opening comments from an Islamic apologetic perspective. I offer the following thoughts for potential readers.
This book is probably only of interest for serious students of religious apologetics and religious history. Despite the publisher's claim the GB is not, nor has it ever been, recognized as a legitimate historic text by main stream scholars. It does, however, have some appeal for the insight it provides into popular apologetics.
Perhaps the GB's most interesting aspect is its enduring appeal as an apologetic tool. Undoubtably historic texts can make effective evangelizing tools - the GB, however, appears to be poorly suited for this role. It is a clearly an inauthentic document and exposes a message contrary to the religion in professes to support.
With regard to authenticity its challenges are numerous:
-it refers to jubilees occurring every 100 years rather than every fifty as was the case in the early Christian epoch (changed to 100 years intervals in 14th century)
-uses the fourth century Latin vulgate translation of the Bible (challenging for first century author)
-claims that Jesus was born when Pilate was governor (26 or 27 A.D.)
-claims that Nazareth is a seashore or lakeshore village
-despite the editors apparent attempt to confuse GB with the first century Epistle of Barnabus or the fifth century apocryphal Acts of Barnabas there is no reference to this text by either Christian or Islamic writers prior to approximately 1600
Despite it fabricated nature, perhaps what makes its use as an apologetic tool even more surprising is its heretical theology:
-contrary to Quran Mohammad is portrayed as a Christ-like entity
-the world was created for Muhammad
-Muhammad is an intercessor between God and man
-Contradicts Quran claim that Jesus is the Messiah
Overall, GB is an interesting read for students of religious apologetics. I cannot recommend the text for a broader audience - it is replete with misrepresentation and fabrication. Readers seeking a more serious examination of GB can see David Sox's the Gospel of Barnabas. Those interested in a discussion of GB within the genre of religious forgies may find J. Slomp's work helpful (some available for free on net). Those interested in serious comparative apologetics may wish to look at a series of public debates between Shabir Ally and William Craig.


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Men Called Him Master Review

Men Called Him Master
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I have been a Christian for almost twenty years and have not come across a book like this. While being very close to and following the Bible, this gem dialogues Jesus and his disciples as they really must have spoken. The real disciples, with their human frailties and failings are illustrated time and again. Unlike the "lofty religious" representations that often portray Jesus as being out of the human touch, this book portrays him in his total humanity. I respectfully recommend this book to anyone who wants a refreshing, biblical look at our Lord.

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The stories of Jesus and the disciples in this book are told in different words from those you will find in your Bible and background has been built in from other records of the time.

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THE ILLUSTRATED EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD (MIND, BODY, SPIRIT S.) Review

THE ILLUSTRATED EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD (MIND, BODY, SPIRIT S.)
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While Dr. Saleem is certainly heartfelt in his presentation of the material, his work is marred by the long standing 19th century biases and a totally bizarre sense of linguistics.
Much of what Saleem says reads as if taken directly from the works of Budge and the Theosophists. The idea of a "esoteric monotheism" of ancient Egypt is unsupportable being rooted in long standing western cultural biases that look upon magic and polytheism as 'primitive' (How could Egypt be both advanced and polythiest? Take a look at Japan and find out). If you want to take an irresponsible and distorted New Age headtrip and pretend your learning about Ancient Egypt, read this book. If you would rather get a sense of the real mystery, power, beauty and magic of Egypt, read Bob Brier.

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War of the End of the World Review

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This is perhaps Vargas Llosa's best novel and a must for all those well-meaning readers in the developed world who eagerly idealize Latin American revolutions without knowing anything about these countries.
The book is based on the true story of Antonio Vicente Mendes Maciel ("O Conselheiro"), a mad prophet of sorts -kind of a weird Christian ayatollah of the late XIX Century- who ignited, in the most remote corner of Brazil, a bloody uprising among the lowly against Money, Property, Progress, Law, Army, Republic and State, and everything else he found oppressive, sinful and evil. In return, the Brazilian government reacted with indifference, disbelief, concern, anger, outrage and total annihilation.
Little by little, Vargas Llosa transforms this obscure anecdote into a monumental epic of Tolstoiesque proportions that not only hooks you on the plot but reveals the richly interwoven carpet of Brazilian -and therefore Latin American- society; its illusions and delusions, its races and classes, its loves and hates, its fear of the modern and its contempt for the past, and the fanaticism that pervades both attitudes (to date).
I read this mammoth masterpiece during Christmass '94 at the midst of the Zapatista revolt in Chiapas, and it was sad to realize how little have we changed our societies. Our development always seems to engender inequality and our social struggles to defend backwardness and ignorance. Vargas Llosa is acutely aware of this, and he conveys it in his story splendidly, without preaching, without agendas, without aloofness and without letting you put down the book. Should you decide to read it, ask for a few days off!

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Deep within the remote backlands of 19th-century Brazil sits Canudosa libertarian paradise. Home of prostitutes, bandits, beggars, Canudos embodies the revolutionary spirit in its purest and most apocalyptic form. In one of his most brilliant and tragic novels, Mario Vargas Llosa creates an unforgettable tale of passion, idealism, adventure, and man's struggle to be free.--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture and Literature Review

A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture and Literature
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Introductory books on obscure subjects are usually themselves abstruse and enigmatic. However, "A Primer on Ugaritic Language, Culture, and Literature" is at the same time both erudite and accessible. This book should serve as a model for all introductory texts on ancient languages.
I was a graduate student of Dr. Schniedewind's late predecessor at UCLA, Dr. Stanislav Segert, and I have read at lease a half a dozen Ugaritic textbooks cover to cover over the years. This is by far the best from a student perspective. Scholars can debate whether 'adrt really is derived from *

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A Primer on Ugaritic is an introduction to the language of the ancient city of Ugarit, a city that flourished in the second millennium BCE on the Lebanese coast, placed in the context of the culture, literature, and religion of this ancient Semitic culture. The Ugaritic language and literature was a precursor to Canaanite and serves as one of our most important resources for understanding the Old Testament and the Hebrew language. Special emphasis is placed on contextualization of the Ugartic language and comparison to ancient Hebrew as well as Akkadian.

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In the Corner: Great Boxing Trainers Talk About Their Art Review

In the Corner: Great Boxing Trainers Talk About Their Art
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Considered by some to be the greatest book ever written about boxing, this book features interviews with a number of legendary boxing trainers as they talk about the art/craft of the sport. A must read for any serious fan of the fight game.

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Finish Carpentry (For Pros By Pros) Review

Finish Carpentry (For Pros By Pros)
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Being new to carpentry, I purchased this book to get aquainted with finish work. Previous reviewers spoke of this book being outdated and I agree. However, as an apprentice, I found useful methods including tips for scribing and fitting interior finishes. Putting these methods in the back of my mind has facilitated my work.
The organization of material is haphazard at best. This is not a textbook, but a collection of articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine. If you are looking to familiarize yourself with some basic techniques and universal situations in finish carpentry, this book will be a decent start. For the experienced carpenter, look elsewhere.

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The For Pros By Pros titles are compilations of articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine, selected by the editors of the magazine and organized by subject. New articles from recent issues of the magazine have been added to this edition of Finish Carpentry. Updated and redesigned throughout, this book gives builders the very best current information.

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When the Ghost Dog Howls (Goosebumps HorrorLand #13) Review

When the Ghost Dog Howls (Goosebumps HorrorLand #13)
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This is a really good book because it's scary and a little surprising. This book is about two cousins, Marnie and Andy, and what happens when they get a hound's tooth from Jonathan Chiller's gift shop.
It's scary because the Ghost Dog is scary in the story. It was a little surprising when Marnie stole the tooth from Andy and it was also a little surprising at the end when Marnie found the tooth.
I liked this book a lot.
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Twelve-year-olds Andy and Marnie had an awesome week in HorrorLand-despite their freaky encounter with Murder the Clown and the zombie mob. Then they think they've won big when they get a FREE souvenir from HorrorLand's Chiller House-and they're not so worried that the shopkeeper said they'd have to "pay later."Or that the hound's tooth is rumored to be haunted. It's totally worth the risk to have a tooth that grants wishes. But when Andy hears howling at night and Marnie starts acting strange, they begin to rethink the gift from HorrorLand.
Unlucky book #13 kicks off an entirely new type of terror that will keep you guessing and quaking until book #19.
Each eerie adventure of the next seven-book arc begins with a trip to the Chiller House, a gift shop only found in HorrorLand. Kids are invited to take a little horror home with them and given a souvenir and a miniature Horror. At home, the kids experience wild things with their "free" gift, while the glowing, menacing Horror keeps an eye on the fun. When it's time for their payment, the Horror takes them back to shopkeeper Jonathan Chiller.


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