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Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This momumental work explores the earliest New Testament writings (pre AD 300). The goals of the book are: . to give an annotated list of all significant Greek manuscripts. to assign dates for the earliest manuscripts. to examine the nomina sacra (standardized abbreviations) used in the early manuscripts....

Luke (MacArthur Bible Studies) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It's just what I wanted! This study gives you lots of writing space for personal reflection. It also is nice because it has the Biblical text typed out for you to read and analyze. I highly recommend this study!Click Here to see more reviews about: Luke (MacArthur Bible Studies)The MacArthur Study Guide...

Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms (Looking At) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This little volume provides brief definitions of all the important phrases and terms used in the study of illuminated manuscripts including forms, techniques, themes, and periods. Great for understanding the differences between an historiated initial and an inhabited initial - or between an antiphonal...

Parallels: Mesoamerican and Ancient Middle Eastern Traditions a Tradition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Diane Wirth has collected an impressive number of cultural parallels between the Old World (Near East) and the New World (Mesoamerica). She presents a large number of examples that show bearded figures in the early cultures of Mesoamerica which have usually been considered as beardless. These examples...

The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Reviel Netz and William Noel have given us a well written, immensely informative and hugely entertaining glimpse into the world of Archimedes, mathematical thinking, antiquarian book collecting, manuscript conservation and, above all, puzzle solving. Puzzle solving that is dependent on the mind-boggling...

The New Testament: Its Background Growth and Content 3rd Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is one of the few college textbooks I did not have to use my highlighter to read. Metzger is extremely easy to understand; he structures his book chronologically, covering, albeit briefly given the spatial limitations of a short introductory text, most every topic the reader must understand to gain...

Joseph Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is great. I loaned my first copy to a friend and they lost it. I loved this book so much I was willing to spend another $22 to get another copy. The story lines are excellent and you realize that Joseph was just willing to be used by God, despite his background and trials. You really just see...

The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Penguin Classics) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This edition of Budge's book of the Dead is not the same as the Dover edition (the Papyrus of Ani). It's in fact an edition Budge published a few years later (The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day), and it's a compilation of all the papyri available at the time, making this the most complete edition of...

Shakespeare's Spy (Shakespeare Stealer, Book 3) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was drawn in by the first Shakespeare book by Gary - "Shakespeare Stealer" and was pleased to read more about Widge and his continuing adventures in this 3rd book - "Shakespeare's Spy." Gary Blackwood is an extraordinary writer and amazingly brings Widge and the other characters to life in this non...

Playwriting: From Formula to Form Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book sets out in specific terms the formula for a sucessful play with reasons and pitfalls of both ignoring and following the formula. It is ideally suited to classroom use and has an inclusive glossary. The examples plays used will spark discussion although I found them the least helpful portion...

Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Andrea McDowell is Professor at the Seton Hall University School of Law, New Jersey, being specialized in legal history and property. One of her recent concerns is the American legal history. Let's remind some important data about her Egyptological career. She received her Ph.D. from the University of...

Matthew (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Stanley Hauerwas' theological commentary on Matthew approaches this Gospel from a thematic standpoint, largely centered on the implications of following Christ. It also addresses relevant topics such as abortion, homosexuality and marriage in a timely, penetrating way. Throughout this volume, Hauerwas...

Angela of Foligno : Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Angela of Foligno is definitely one interesting mystic! A woman who became somewhat of a spiritual guru after adopting an anchorite-like way of life in Italy, following the death of EVERYONE in her family (not without some conspiracy theories), provides insight into the spirituality of a time and place...

Call and Consequences: A Womanist Reading of Mark Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an outstanding perspective on a gospel written for Romans in the first century, but analyzed by a women in the twentieth century. We must expand our thinking of God, and this author does just that expansion of the mind through Mark's account of Jesus Christ. This book is a great oppurtunity to...

How We Got the Bible: A Visual Journey (Zondervan Visual Reference Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)We live in a visual society. People like to "see" the history they are learning about--this is one of the reasons that the Discovery and History channels are so popular. Combine vivid, full-color images and a fascinating topic like "how we got the Bible" with a top notch New Testament scholar and you...

Gospel of Matthew, The (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Like Mary Healy's treatment of the Gospel of Mark in this series, Mitch and Sri's commentary on the Gospel of Matthew is exactly what the faithful need. The scholarship presented is first rate without being overly technical or arcane, and the prose is refreshingly lacking in the "hermeneutic of suspicion"...

The Gospel according to Mark: The English Text With Introduction, Exposition, and Notes (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Dr. Lane's commentary on Mark strikes an excellent balance between historical, theological, and practical issues. He also covers textual variants in the manuscript tradition. I found his brief appendix on the issue of Mark 16:9-20 to be very informative.Lane also does well with sticking to the gospel...