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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume "An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist and philosopher David Hume, published in 1748. It was a simpli……続きを見る

David A. Brenner examines how Jews in Central Europe developed one of the first "ethnic" or "minority" cultures in modernity. Not exclusively "German" or "Jewish," the experiences of German-speaking……続きを見る

Tell me, sir, is it on your grandmother's or your grandfather's side that you are descended from an ape? In June of 1860, some of Britain's most influential scientific and religious authorities gath……続きを見る

Baptists have an amazing history that begins in the Word of God. Where do Baptists come from? What is their heritage? Down through history, Baptists have always claimed that they go back to the time……続きを見る

A National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down……続きを見る

A great work of religious and historical importance penned by Jewish historian Josephus Flavius. In this classic work he has defended the antiquity of Judaism with great verve. It was written in res……続きを見る

Apollonius of Tyana by G.R.S. Mead Apollonius of Tyana had the myth and ambiance about him equal to and perhaps even approaching the level the other Jewish sage - Jesus of Nazareth. The reason Apoll……続きを見る

The present creation-evolution debate is often cast as a choice between two positions: naturalistic evolution over millions of years or miraculous creation six thousand years ago. When simplified, t……続きを見る

How the rise of Christianity profoundly influenced the development of Judaism in late antiquity In late antiquity, as Christianity emerged from Judaism, it was not only the new religion that was bei……続きを見る

Frido Mann, der im kalifornischen Exil der Schriftstellerfamilie Mann geboren wurde, geht der Frage nach, welchen Beitrag Religion, Naturwissenschaft und Kultur zur Beantwortung der Sinnfragen leist……続きを見る

The status of women in the ancient Judaism of the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic texts has long been a contested issue. What does being a Jewess entail in antiquity? Men in ancient Jewish culture are def……続きを見る

Part of the Jewish Encounter series Novelist and critic Jonathan Wilson clears away the sentimental mists surrounding an artist whose career spanned two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holoc……続きを見る

Ancient Jewish Proverbs by Abraham Cohen A treasury of Jewish proverbs from the Mishna and Talmud. The importance of a people's proverbs has long been recognised. Aristotle went to the trouble of ma……続きを見る

The Mahabharata Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. The Mahabharata complete series of all Parva in this book. They are :- 1: Adi Parva 2: Sabha Parva 3: Vana Parva 4: Virata Parva 5: Udyoga Parva 6: Bhishma ……続きを見る

How did the New Testament writers and the earliest Christians come to adopt the Jewish scriptures as their first Old Testament? And why are our modern Bibles related more to the Rabbinic Hebrew Bibl……続きを見る

Chicago, Satan's Sanctum By L. O. Curon 続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. In his ambition to provide a male heir to the throne, Henry VIII married six times. Divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, caused En……続きを見る

The apocalyptic text On the End of the World was penned by an unknown author, likely around the 4th century A.D. Pseudo-Hippolytus, unknown, is not to be confused with Hippolytus of Rome, an early C……続きを見る

It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and……続きを見る

The Aborigines of Western Australia By Albert F. Calvert Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946) wrote The Aborigines of Western Australia (1892) and Granada, Present and Bygone (1908). "Any attempt to……続きを見る

It is generally accepted in the West that Buddhism is a ‘peaceful’ religion. The Western public tends to assume that the doctrinal rejection of violence in Buddhism would make Buddhist pacifists, an……続きを見る

A History of the Popes tells the story of the oldest living institution in the Western world-the papacy. From its origins in Saint Peter, Jesus' chief disciple, through Pope Benedict XVI today, the ……続きを見る

In German Idealism and the Jew, Michael Mack uncovers the deep roots of anti-Semitism in the German philosophical tradition. While many have read German anti-Semitism as a reaction against Enlighten……続きを見る

The story of how Europe was converted to Christianity from 300AD until the barbarian Lithuanians finally capitulated at the astonishingly late date of 1386. It is an epic tale from one of the most g……続きを見る

Fredrica Harris Thompsett, a scholar of the English Reformation, introduces us to the role that history has played in creating and shaping the Episcopal Church as we know it today. In giving us the ……続きを見る

The concept of yinyang lies at the heart of Chinese thought and culture. The relationship between these two opposing, yet mutually dependent, forces is symbolized in the familiar black and white sym……続きを見る

In these meditations on the lesser feasts and fasts of the church calendar Sam Portaro asks the question, “What do these saints and commemorations have to say to Christians today?” His answers are o……続きを見る

This book examines the process of secularization in the Middle East in the late 19th and early 20th century through an analysis of the transformation and abolition of Islamic Caliphate. Focusing on ……続きを見る

In this charming biography especially for young people, Mark Bozzuti-Jones gives us a warm and caring glimpse of Barbara C. Harris, the first woman to be ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion.……続きを見る

This book offers a fully up-to-date and comprehensive guide to religion in Britain since 1945. A team of leading scholars provide a fresh analysis and overview, with a particular focus on diversity ……続きを見る