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Jews from all ages have translated the Bible for their particular timesand needs, but what does the act of translation mean? Aaron W. Hughes believestranslation has profound implications for Jewish identity. The Invention of JewishIdentity presents the first sustained analysis of Bible translation and its impacton Jewish philosophy from the medieval period to the 20th century. Hughes examinessome of the most important Jewish thinkers -- Saadya...

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Excerpt from Nerves of the Human Body: With Diagrams A middle root is sometimes described, arising from the olfactory tubercle. The Olfactory Bulb lies on the cribriform plate and gives off three sets of olfactory filaments to the nose, through the foramina in that plate. The inner set pass to the mucous membrane on the septum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.f...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Offers students an informed overview of significant work in security studies. This book is divided into the following sections: What is Security, Theories of Security, Security Dimensions and Issues, Security Frameworks and Actors, and, The Future of Security. It is suitable for students of security studies and international relations.

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Helioseismology has enabled us to probe the internal structure and dynamics of the Sun, including how its rotation varies in the solar interior. The unexpected discovery of an abrupt transition - the tachocline - between the differentially rotating convection zone and the uniformly rotating radiative interior has generated considerable interest and raised many fundamental issues. This volume contains invited reviews from distinguished speakers...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Jacob Neusner was a prolific and innovative contributor to the study of religion for over fifty years. A scholar of rabbinic Judaism, Neusner regarded Jewish texts as data to address larger questions in the academic study of religion that he helped to formulate. Jacob Neusner on Religion offers the first full critical assessment of his thought on the subject of religion. Aaron W. Hughes delineates the stages of Neusner¿s career and provides an...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

Illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues involved in defining Judaism for the purposes of comparative and historical studies. This book is divided into four overlapping sections that deal, in various ways, with the configuration of 'Judaism' and how this configuration relates to other historical and/or disciplinary contexts.

Excerpt from A Tour Through Several of the Midland and Western Departments of France, in the Months of June, July, August, and September, 1802: With Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Agriculture of the Country And the adventures of his fellow-traveller, and to furnish them with the information relative to the present state of France, which in common with the rest of man kind, they were anxious to obtain, but, when the manuscript was presen...

This book provides a hard-hitting examination of the spiritual motivations, rhetorical moves, and political implications associated with apologetical discourses. It argues that what is at stake is relevance, and examines the consequences of engaging in mythopoesis as opposed to scholarship.

As a child of three, Gerard Hughes said the word 'God' to see what would happen. God, Where Are You? is an exploration of God's answer echoing down the arches of the following seventy years. The book began as a personal exploration of the author's lingering memories. In writing it he discovered that memory is not just a personal historical archive, but is more like a powerhouse continuously emitting energies, both creative and destructive, whi...

A revised and updated edition of the highly acclaimed religious book. It takes the reader on an inner journey, and has much to say to those who have a love/hate relationship with the Church to which they belong or once belonged. Over 50, 000 copies of the previous edition were sold in the UK alone.

Algebra is really arithmetic in disguise.

The purpose of this book is to show you everything you need to know about functions to understand and enjoy calculus.