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The papers in this volume are the fruits of a conference on the priestly strata of the Pentateuch that took place in Vienna in the summer of 2007 The conference brought together scholars from Europe North America and Israel and revealed the diversity of contemporary views on the nature of the priestly material The essays in this volume cover a wide range of critical issues including the question of the extent to which a view of P as a consistent and unified whole can still be defended criteria for determining literary strata within the priestly material evaluation of models for understanding these strata and a discussion about the existence of the Holiness Code and its relationship to P Contributors include Joel Baden David Bernat Erhard Blum Simeon Chavel William Gilders Tamar Kamionkowski Christophe Nihan Eckart Otto Thomas Romer Baruch Schwartz Sarah Shectman and Jeffrey Stackert Dr Joel S Baden Jahrgang 1977 ist Assistant Professor of Old Testament an der Yale Divinity School in New Haven Connecticut Dr Sarah Shectman Jahrgang 1973 ist Visiting Assistant Professor am Department of Judaic Studies der Binghamton University in Binghamton New York
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The papers in this volume are the fruits of a conference on the priestly strata of the Pentateuch that took place in Vienna in the summer of 2007 The conference brought together scholars from Europe North America and Israel and revealed the diversity of contemporary views on the nature of the priestly material The essays in this volume cover a wide range of critical issues including the question of the extent to which a view of P as a consistent and unified whole can still be defended criteria for determining literary strata within the priestly material evaluation of models for understanding these strata and a discussion about the existence of the Holiness Code and its relationship to P Contributors include Joel Baden David Bernat Erhard Blum Simeon Chavel William Gilders Tamar Kamionkowski Christophe Nihan Eckart Otto Thomas Romer Baruch Schwartz Sarah Shectman and Jeffrey Stackert Dr Joel S Baden Jahrgang 1977 ist Assistant Professor of Old Testament an der Yale Divinity School in New Haven Connecticut Dr Sarah Shectman Jahrgang 1973 ist Visiting Assistant Professor am Department of Judaic Studies der Binghamton University in Binghamton New York
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Originally published in 1981 and long out of print this dual autobiography covers five unforgettable decades of the New York sporting life from 1915 to 1965 Told initially from the point of view of Frank Graham premier sportswriter for The New York Sun A Farewell to Heroes also includes the chronicles of Frank Jr who picks up the narrative as he becomes a sports journalist in his own right nbspFrank Graham Sr was a selftaught writer known for his uncanny ability to capture the high drama of a gamewinning play or the color of a fight mobs conversation in spare straightforward prose As a reporter he covered the roughandtumble Giants of John McGraws day and continued through boxings greatest era spanning the reigns of Jack Dempsey and Joe LouisAs the younger Frank tells more of the story we watch Lou Gehrig take Babe Ruths place as the Yankees star and then trace his glorious career to its tragic conclusion We see firsthand the legendary Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson and boxings brief but golden age on television in the 1950snbspAided by sixteen photographs and preserving the most masterful of his fathers writing while adding to it the best of his own Frank Graham Jr has given the sports fan A Farewell to Heroes perhaps the ultimate sports reminiscence of a time when the romance of sport gave life a golden hue when heroes still roamed the earthnbsp In what he calls this kind of dual autobiography he is his fathers son having learned to look and listen as his father did and still go his own way says W C Heinz longtime sportswriter for The New York Sun in his new foreword to this paperback editionnbsp
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This timesaving easytouse teacher guide includes inspiring lesson plans which provide a comprehensive novel unitthe legwork is already done for you The guide incorporates essential reading writing and thinking practice This is NOT the paperback novel
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When the last deep coal mine in Britain closed in 2016 it marked the end of the most transformative era in the history of mankind In writing this account of the rise and decline of the coal industry and its effects on the health of the miners of those who worked with coal products and of almost all of us who have breathed in the pollution from its combustion Professor Seaton points to the often hidden adverse consequences of transformative technologies He also traces the early history of the discoveries that led to the concept of manmade climate change and discusses the converging threats to civilisation from unregulated technological advanceI look back on the decline and death of the coal industry with mixed feelings and say echoing the words of Shakespeares Richard II Farewell King Coal But I watch with interest the decline of oil as a fuel soon perhaps to be followed by gas a switch away from fossil fuels driven by understanding of climate change This is my personal obituary of coal in the context of an individuals medical career and a populations increasing understanding of mankinds place in the ecology of the Earth It is the story of the most disruptive technology ever introduced by mankind and the consequential increasing prosperity of the western world but also of the deaths and diseases caused by coal its mining utilisation and combustion and of the scientific disputes that surrounded the medical discoveries As such it is an important part of the story of mankinds unending struggle to survive on this restless planet in harmony with the animals microbes and plants that share it with us From the Introduction by the author
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The Secret to Good WritingWhen asked by the Paris Review what compelled him to rewrite the ending of A Farewell to Arms 39 times Ernest Hemingway replied Getting the words right His answer echoes what every successful writer knows The secret to all good writing is revisionFor more than twenty years Getting the Words Right has helped writers from all professions rewrite revise and refine their writing In this new edition author Theodore Cheney offers 39 targeted ways you can improve your writing including how tocreate smooth transitions between paragraphscorrect the invisible faults of inconsistency incoherence and imbalanceovercome problems of shifting point of view and styleexpress your ideas clearly by trimming away weak or extra wordsYoull strengthen existing pieces and every future work by applying the three simple principlesreduce rearrange and reword Once the secrets of revision are yours youll be able to follow Hemingways leadand get the words right
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Arthur Hopkins arrived in the Lincolnshire town of Boston in November 1942 to take up the post of Vicar of St Thomass Church in the workingclass parish of Skirbeck Quarter He was already writing almost daily instalments of a diary for the social research organisation Mass Observation In the course of his priestly duties Hopkins regularly visited his parishioners sharing firewatching duties and discussing the progress of the war He was involved in a multitude of local organisations hospitals schools local clubs and societies He had conversations with people from all walks of life from dock workers to local politicans from prosperous farmers to commercial travellers from shopkeepers to busy mothers some of whose sons were killed or missing in action Little escaped his notice He wrote of the prices of food and toys of air raids of illness and deaths of what his fellow travellers on trains or buses were reading of weddings and funerals and he recorded his visits to public houses and to the Wednesday market in Boston The entries are edited here with an introduction and notes
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Binder explores both the Jewish congregations and the buildings they met in throughout the Middle East from the late sixth century BCE and the earliest known synagogue at the time of his writing to 70 CE which marks the cessation of the Temple cult the abrupt termination of the high priestly hegemony that had mostly administered affairs in Palestine since the end of the Babylonian exile and a major change in Jewish worship and community life throughout the Roman Empire A companion website provides new information such as Ehud Netzers March 1998 discovery of what may the oldest synagogue yet The dissertation was for Southern Methodist University in 1997 It is not indexed Annotation c Book News Inc Portland OR booknewscom
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Exile brought a host of physical socioeconomic and theological problems for Israel Ralph Klein examines six theological traditions of exillic theology Lamentations the Deuteronomistic History Jeremiah Ezekiel Second Isaiah and the Priestly Writing in the Pentateuch for evidence of Israels response to the exillic crisis His careful study highlights the literary legacy of Israels anxiety and stress over the loss of its temple and its king The author points to a theological blueprint of hope for modern exiles in coping with challenges to faith from books back cover
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Arthur Hopkins arrived in the Lincolnshire town of Boston in November 1942 to take up the post of Vicar of St Thomass Church in the workingclass parish of Skirbeck Quarter He was already writing almost daily instalments of a diary for the social research organisation Mass Observation In the course of his priestly duties Hopkins regularly visited his parishioners sharing firewatching duties and discussing the progress of the war He was involved in a multitude of local organisations hospitals schools local clubs and societies He had conversations with people from all walks of life from dock workers to local politicans from prosperous farmers to commercial travellers from shopkeepers to busy mothers some of whose sons were killed or missing in action Little escaped his notice He wrote of the prices of food and toys of air raids of illness and deaths of what his fellow travellers on trains or buses were reading of weddings and funerals and he recorded his visits to public houses and to the Wednesday market in Boston The entries are edited here with an introduction and notes
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Beautiful writing intricate plotting and breathless reveals plus several plucky female leads make this a mustread nbspKirkus Reviewsnbspstarred reviewIn a world between wars a young man on the cusp of taking priestly vows is suddenly made a fugitive Fleeing the accusations of police who blame him for a murder as well as more sinister forces with darker intentions Vango attempts to trace the secrets of his shrouded past and prove his innocence before all is lost Centered on a mysterious unforgettable and romantic protagonistnbspVangonbsptells a thrilling story sure to captivate lovers of daring escapades and subversive heroes
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Vinyl LP pressing 2016 release from the Australian band La Despedida Spanish for The Farewell is a breakup album A psychedelic postapocalyptic metabreakup album by a band that has broken up more than once For over a decade San Lazaro have been playing and writing original Latin music in Melbourne Unconcerned by the fact noone around them has any idea what they are talking about San Lazaro have put together a collection of Spanish language songs that reflects the alienation and u
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The author of such works as The Big Sleep 1939 Farewell My Lovely 1940 The Lady in the Lake 1943 and The Long Goodbye 1953 Raymond Chandler was one of the most popular mystery writers of his time His works continue to be read today and have been adapted many times into films Chandlers writings have also been receiving growing amounts of scholarly attention and while most of this attention has focused on his use of language critics are now studying the fictitious world he created and the milieu in which he wrote This reference is a detailed guide to his writingsA chronology and brief biography overview the chief events in his life and career with the biography discussing thematic patterns in his life and writings The major section of the book Chandlers World describes the characters and places in his 7 novels and 25 short stories Alphabetically arranged entries also provide summaries of his works along with discussions of key topics The entries are concise and informative and thus readily guide the reader through Chandlers complex universe Appendices provide information about adaptations of his works along with extensive listings of primary and secondary sources for additional consultation
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Ernest Hemingways initiation into war Ernest Hemingways enlistment with the American Red Cross during World War I was one of the most formative experiences of his life and it provided much of the source material for A Farewell to Arms and his writings about Italy and the Great War As significant as it was Hemingways service has never been sufficiently understood By looking at previously unexamined documents including the letters and diary of Hemingways commanding officer Robert W Bates official reports of the ambulance and canteen services and section newspapers published by volunteers author Steven Florczyk provides crucial insights into Hemingways service The book opens by sharing tales of the volunteer ambulance units from the Western Front which also led to the involvement of the American Red Cross in Italy This was where Hemingway came to know many of the experienced drivers from France In the spring of 1918 the young writer enlisted serving first with an ambulance unit in Schio and then as a canteen worker at the Piave River until he was wounded After the war when the volunteer outfits disbanded Hemingway returned home where he took up his plan to earn a living as a writer Hemingways Red Cross experience was a major influence on his development as a writer and a thinker Through the power of words Hemingways journalism short stories and novels exposed the falsehoods of World War I propaganda His involvement with the Red Cross led to some of the finest American literature on the Great War
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Roger Piper is married middleaged and middlerung he is a man who has elevated failure to an art form His wife thinks he is up all night writing a novel In fact hes writing a suicide note a long farewell letter to Angela Caxton the girl with the marmaladecoloured hair with whom he has shared a wild but hopeless affair OUR SONG traces their entanglement from its carefree beginnings to its inevitable yet unexpected tragic end Pouring out his heart the former advertising executive his career as well as much else sacrificed to the consuming trauma of his obsessive relationship looks back upon the astonishing helterskelter experience of falling unsuitably but violently in love
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Features selections from the authors first book of short stories In Our Time as well as excerpts from A Farewell to Arms For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Fifth Column in a collection of war writings edited by his grandson and featuring a personal foreword by his surviving son 75000 first printing
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This poignant at times dramatic beautifully written and deeply reflective book is the farewell work of perhaps the most interesting American historian writing today The New York Times Benson Bobrick earned his doctorate in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and in 2002 received the Literature Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters His fourteen books including two national best sellers have been featured on the front page of The New York Times Book Review widely praised in both academic and popular journals and published in sixteen different lands Throughout his career Bobricks workwhich has ranged from Russian and American history to medicine and technology to topics on religious and esoteric themeshas appealed not only to historians and general readers but to men and women of letters across a wide field After his first book LABYRINTHS OF IRON was published in 1981 Lewis Mumford the great social historian called it an extraordinarily original work by a mind of the first order And in a letter to the author the famed playwright John Guare described Bobricks WIDE AS THE WATERS as Thrilling It made my jaw drop consistently drop with amazementA remarkable accomplishment Part memoir part religious autobiography RETURNING FROM AFAR is a unique summing up The author and his wife Hilary make their home in Vermont
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