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It is somewhat surprising and illuminating to discover for how many people the Prophet of Nazareth has been little more than a theological concept with a semblance of humanity. I have chosen the ambitious description of biography for this life of Jesus, because that is the class of writing to which it is intended to belong. My book is not designed to serve any theological or propagandist purpose whatsoever. I have attempted to take the subject...

Originally published in 1943, this book provides both valuable insights into the problems confronting Judaism at the end of the Second World War but also a solution towards peace for mankind in general.The books covers such subjects as why anything Jewish has suffered so much hatred which caused even a hatred of Christianity and the democratic way of life.This is pertinent to the situation between Christians, Jews and Moslems today.The book is...

This is the definitive biography of Richard Francis Burton by Hugh J. Schonfield."Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause:He noblest lives and noblest dies whomakes and keeps his self-made laws.All other Life is living Death, A worldwhere none but Phantoms dwell, A breath, a wind, a sound, a voice, atinkling of the Camel-bell.

In his revolutionary book, Neither Sword nor Scepter, Wilhelm Haller (1935-2004) discusses justice in our economic system and in our society. In doing so, he brings into play quite original approaches to solutions based on an almost completely forgotten idea.Known as the inventor of flexitime and as the author of several books and numerous articles on management, economics and theological topics, he saw himself as a student of Martin Büber and...

The famous historian Hugh J. Schonfield draws together a selection of speeches of Woodrow Wilson and demonstrates this great man's dream of a better world where all can live in peace. Today, his words still carry a very relevant and timely message in a world yet to learn its lesson, yet we are left asking what happened to America's vision."Woodrow Wilson gave up his health and eventually his life in the first attempt, a generation ago, to pres...

Hitherto few scholars have treated John the Baptist as an independent personality, apart from the subordinate position accorded him in the Gospels of forerunner to Jesus. The policy of the Gospel writers, crystallized in the saying put into the mouth of the Baptist in the Fourth Gospel, "He must increase, but I must decrease, " was consistently directed to utilizing this historic figure as the supreme witness to the Messiahship of Jesus, and t...

In the spring of 1925 the writer purchased from a London antiquarian bookseller a small volume, dated A.D. 1555, containing the Gospel of Matthew in Hebrew, followed by a series of Jewish objections to the Gospel to the number of twenty-three, also in Hebrew. The text of the Gospel was accompanied at the end of the volume by a Latin translation. A dedicatory epistle to Charles de Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine, relates how Jean du Tillet, Bishop ...

Channtey Heng was born into a poor, broken family in a small village in Cambodia. She always had to fight barriers and discrimination. When she was two years old she was diagnosed with polio in her right leg and now her eyesight is failing.This was around the time that her father left them for another woman, shirking his responsibilities to his family. Her mother was very hurt and had to work immensely hard to look after three children with di...

Düstere GeschichtenWir alle kennen Menschen, die selbst dann gelassen bleiben, wenn ihnen der Arm abgerissen wurde. Den Tod eines sehr nahen Menschen still hinnehmen, der allerschlimmsten Gewalterfahrung wie einem gewöhnlichen Ereignis begegnen ... Vielmehr, von denen wir denken, dass sie so sind, weil wir uns vom äußeren Schein irreführen lassen ... Möglich, dass sie imstande sind, die Ereignisse durch ihren Verstand zu filtern oder aber dem ...

Merih Gu¿nay geboren 1969 in Istanbul, lebt in seiner Geburtsstadt. Seit 2001, dem Beginn seines aktiven literarischen Lebens, wurden seine Erzählungen in verschiedenen Zeitschriften und Auswahlbänden veröffentlicht. Fu¿r seine Erzählungen und Bu¿cher erhielt er zahlreiche Auszeichnungen.

Eine flüchtige Bekanntschaft tritt nach über 10 Jahren erneut in das Leben des Ich-Erzählers. Für den sehr zurückgezogen in seiner Innenwelt lebenden Ich-Erzähler beginnt eine neue Lebensphase mit allmählich aufkeimender Lebensfreude, aber auch mit neuen Problemen, die zu den alten dazukommen. Die Beziehung hat ihre Höhen und Tiefen. Zwei gegensätzliche Charaktere bemühen sich, ihre stürmische Liebe aufrecht zu erhalten. Kurz vor seinem 50. ...

Strictly speaking, 'Sweet Chocolate', first part of the trilogy together with 'Ramblings' and 'Towards the End of the Night', is one of the countless variations of Billy Wilder's 'boy meets girl'.But it's not that simple - is the beginning the end or the end the beginning? There are time leaps, flashbacks, changes of perspective and even overlaps caused by them. Reality, dreams and prophecies, inner monologue, dialogues and chats. Helpful, puz...

Strictly speaking, 'Sweet Chocolate', first part of the trilogy together with 'Ramblings' and 'Towards the End of the Night', is one of the countless variations of Billy Wilder's 'boy meets girl'.But it's not that simple - is the beginning the end or the end the beginning? There are time leaps, flashbacks, changes of perspective and even overlaps caused by them. Reality, dreams and prophecies, inner monologue, dialogues and chats. Helpful, puz...

Raimund Fischer gehört zu den Menschen, die in Statistiken als "soziale Aufsteiger" auftauchen: Als Sohn eines Schreiners und einer Hausfrau wächst er in der südbadischen Provinz auf, schafft die Hauptschule und verkauft aus seinem Kinderzimmer heraus die ersten Katalogküchen. Jahre später gehören sieben Gesellschaften zur Fischer Holding - die Fischer Küchenateliers, die er 2018 für einen Millionenbetrag verkauft. Was wie eine geradlinige Kar...

No longer a very young man, Philipp Wilhelm Sack, is discharged from Frederick the Great's army after battling and getting wounded fighting Napoleon. Before starting a new career in the government, he decides to take a journey in the part of Germany he loves, meeting up with relatives on the way. He falls in love and gets involved in religious differences, putting off marrying his sweetheart due to his sense of honor.A tale of joy and sometime...

In this scholarly yet readable book Schonfield tries to unravel the mysteries behind the development of early Christianity in the thirty years between the crucifixion of Jesus and the Fall of Jerusalem.It builds on the famous work 'The Passover Plot' by the same author. It is a companion reader also to 'Those Incredible Christians' and 'The Politics of God' and provides challenging insights into a world we thought we understood.We discover a m...

The Politics of God is the work which the historian Hugh Schonfield considered to be the culmination of his work and thinking. In the extensively well argued book, he builds upon his best-selling books, The Passover Plot and Those Incredible Christians as well as the decades of research into Messianic beginnings and great thinkers bringing them together to an argument for a new approach to mankind's problems based on meekness rather than power...

The story of Jesus as the writers of the New Testament meant it to be told. Astonishingly unlike the New Testament as it has been handed down to us today, this remarkable new translation makes the story come alive as never before. Impelled by the latest archaeological and historical discoveries, eminent scholar Hugh J. Schonfield has returned the New Testament to its own time and place, relating its documents to contemporary literature, custom...

In the spring of 1925 the writer purchased from a London antiquarian bookseller a small volume, dated A.D. 1555, containing the Gospel of Matthew in Hebrew, followed by a series of Jewish objections to the Gospel to the number of twenty-three, also in Hebrew. The text of the Gospel was accompanied at the end of the volume by a Latin translation. A dedicatory epistle to Charles de Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine, relates how Jean du Tillet, Bishop ...

This is the new official Schonfield Trust edition of the Passover Plot which is probably one of the most controversial books on the role of Jesus the Messiah. Yet to say that, might detract from its scholarly attention to detail and its furnishing of new insights into the character of the Man who changed the world so radically. Thus it is a 'must read' for who are seeking a better understanding. Schonfield's aim in life was to build a bridge b...