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English
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What is the book of Philippians about in the Bible? What is the book of Colossians about in the Bible? Who was Philemon?
The apostle Paul wrote these books of the Bible while he was in prison. Philippians is a warm, personal letter expressing great joy in Christ. Paul wrote to the Colossians to help them understand Christian truth and ward off false teaching. Philemon is a short note to Paul's friend, asking him to forgive a runaway slave who had...
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Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Language
English
Description
"From the current vantage point of the transformation of books and libraries, B. Venkat Mani presents a historical account of world literature. By locating translation, publication, and circulation along routes of 'bibliomigrancy'--the physical and virtual movement of books--Mani narrates how world literature is coded and recoded as literary works find new homes on faraway bookshelves. Mani argues that the proliferation of world literature in a society...
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Series
Publisher
Casade Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xliii, 281 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Apostolic Fathers Commentary Series aims to complement the study of early Christianity through historical, literary, and theological readings of the Apostolic Fathers. Writers of the AFCS volumes seek to be mindful of critical scholarship while commenting on a final-form text. Shawn J. Wilhite's commentary on the Didache includes a brief introduction to the Didache, the use of Scripture by the Didachist, and the theology of the Didache. The commentary...
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Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Genesis sets the scene for the whole of the Bible, and indeed the entire human drama. In this BST commentary, Joyce G. Baldwin shows how the vivid narratives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph in Genesis 12-50 still speak to us today, highlighting God's ways of dealing with ordinary, imperfect people in fulfilling his great plan for the whole of humanity.
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Series
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
These Old Testament books teach us some major truths: the importance of focusing on God, who is personal, sovereign, righteous and loving; of facing up to sin and judgment; of responding in repentance and faith; and of the hope of future salvation and restoration--From publisher description.
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Series
Pub. Date
2002
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vii, 347 pages : map ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
What is the book of James about in the Bible? What are the books of 1 and 2 Peter about in the Bible? What are the books of 1, 2, and 3 John about in the Bible? What is the book of Jude about in the Bible?
The letters of James, Peter, John, and Jude are often grouped together and called the general, or catholic, epistles because they are not addressed to a single congregation of Christians. James focuses on faith, and Peter encourages believers to...
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
E-book edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The poet Langston Hughes was a tireless world traveler and a prolific translator, editor, and marketer. Translations of his own writings traveled even more widely than he did, earning him adulation throughout Europe, Asia, and especially the Americas. In The Worlds of Langston Hughes, Vera Kutzinski contends that, for writers who are part of the African diaspora, translation is more than just a literary practice: it is a fact of life and a way of...
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Tyndale Old Testament commentaries volume 20
Publisher
IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 482 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
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English
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"No other prophetic book rivals Isaiah's clear message, powerful imagery, and confident hope in God's future deliverance. The prophet's vision of God's glory and holiness in chapter 6 permeates the whole book, and he never tires of correcting misplaced faith in power or false gods. In this thorough and accessible Tyndale commentary, Paul Wegner explores the background, structure, and themes of Isaiah. While many scholars divide the book with a gap...
15) Passing
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Irene Redfield is a Black woman living an affluent, comfortable life with her husband and children in the thriving neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920s. When she reconnects with her childhood friend Clare Kendry, who is similarly light-skinned, Irene discovers that Clare has been passing for a white woman after severing ties to her past - even hiding the truth from her racist husband. Clare finds herself drawn to Irene's sense of ease and security...
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Galaxy book volume GB-57
Language
English
Description
Author C. S. Lewis examines John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and the epic genre, discussing epic technique, subject matter, and style and the elements of Milton's story.
Author
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
During the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, insurgencies erupted in imperial states and colonies around the world, including Britain's. As Nicole Rizzuto shows, the writings of Ukrainian-born Joseph Conrad, Anglo-Irish Rebecca West, Jamaicans H. G. de Lisser and V. S. Reid, and Kenyan Ng gi wa Thiong'o testify to contested events in colonial modernity in ways that question premises underlying approaches in...
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Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"What does the Old Testament, especially the law, have to do with your Christian life? In this warm, accessible volume, Carmen Joy Imes takes readers back to Sinai, arguing that we've misunderstood the command about "taking the Lord's name in vain." Instead, Imes says that this command is really about "bearing God's name," a theme that continues throughout the rest of Scripture"--
Author
Pub. Date
1958
Edition
[1st American ed.]
Physical Desc
151 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A repackaged edition of the revered author's moving theological work in which he considers the most poetic portions from Scripture and what they tell us about God, the Bible, and faith.
In this wise and enlightening book, C. S. Lewis-the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved...
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Series
Very short introductions volume 168
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The words, phrases, and stories of the New Testament permeate the English language. Indeed, this relatively small group of twenty-seven works, written during the height of the Roman Empire, not only helped create and sustain a vast world religion, but also have been integral to the larger cultural dynamics of the West, above and beyond particular religious expressions. Looking at the New Testament through the lens of literary study, Kyle Keefer offers...