Summary: Questions about the language and construction of the Jewish Bible, especially its first five books, are among the most fascinating in paleography. Was Moses the sole originator of the Pentateuch? Did other writers have a hand in it? How does archaeology complement textual research? In this program, theologian Robert Beckford travels through the Middle East in search of definitive answers. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Rubalcaba, Jill.
Summary: This valuable reference book features more than 100 notable people from the Old and New Testaments, offering kids a window into the biblical world and to the important men and women who shaped religious history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 220.9 RUBLevine, Amy-Jill
Summary: A twenty-four lecture course that offers an introduction to the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel and early Judaism as it is presented in the collection of texts called the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, and the Tanakh.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 221 LEVSummary: This informative program exposes areas of narrative-writing that most frequently pose challenges for beginners, providing tips and techniques for authoring a good read. Viewers learn how to create well-rounded characters, complete with motivations and character flaws; techniques for establishing tone and mood; and how to capture attention starting on page one. The video also covers writing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Transitioning from ancient Jewish narratives to the emergence of the Jesus story, this program follows theologian Robert Beckford as he studies the authorship of the Gospels and subsequent New Testament books. Beckford's itinerary stretches from Jerusalem and Bethlehem to the Turkish ruins of Ephesus, then westward to Rome, London, and Bible-Belt America-underscoring the textual evolution that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: How did it feel to be bought and sold like cattle, only to be liberated with nowhere to go and no one to turn to for help? In this profoundly moving program, Ted Koppel of ABC News presents the African-American slave experience in the voices of those who knew it firsthand. Thanks to tapes-now digitally remastered-from a project undertaken during the 1930s and 40s by John Henry Falke and others,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The early Church saw a proliferation of writings all claiming divine authority. This program surveys many of these texts and their adherents, as well as traces the course of the New Testament's codification. Original manuscripts and critical commentary are used to explore the infancy gospels, St. Clement's letters to the Corinthians, and the Gnostic gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Anderson, Bernhard W.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 221.6 AnDSummary: Of the 27 compositions that comprise the New Testament, 21 are letters: some guide, some warn. This program explores the content as well as authenticity of the various letters attributed to Paul, James, Jude, and Peter. Location footage brings to life Paul's missionary journeys to Antioch, Athens, Corinth, and Rome. The Pastoral Epistles, Gospel of Thomas, letters of Pontius Pilate, and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
Summary: An audio original collection of primary source documents written by 19th century Black women along with author Erica Armstrong Dunbar's own context, insights, and story-telling talent.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920.72 DUNSummary: This dynamic program takes an in-depth look at the structure and components of narrative writing. Viewers learn that narratives must include characterization, plot structure, tone, mood and setting, stylistic techniques, diction, and themes, and that these elements are brought to life through the careful choices of the author. The video also defines key concepts: character perspective,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Old Dominion (Musical group)
Contents: Make it sweet -- Smooth sailing -- One man band -- Never be sorry -- My heart is a bar -- Midnight mess around -- Do it with me -- Hear you know -- I'll roll -- American style -- Paint the grass green -- Some people do.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY OLDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY OldSmith, Wilbur A.
Summary: Years of Hyksos rule have seen the ruin and suffering of a once-mighty Egypt. Though Pharaoh is now restored to his rightful throne, his power fragile as some seek to take advantage of the ensuing chaos following the overthrowing of the Hyksos. Desperate to unite the two divided kingdoms of Egypt under Pharaoh's rule, great mage Taita sends his protégé, Piay, to discover the answer to a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Ehrman, Bart D.
Summary: Provides a historical context to foster a fuller understanding of contemporary events and people in the New Testament. Discuses distinguishing characteristics between the Greco-Roman cults and Judaism and Christianity, Jesus as a historical figure, and each of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 225 EHROld and In the Gray (Musical group)
Contents: Good old boys / John Hartford (4:54) -- Pancho & Lefty / Townes Van Zandt (5:12) -- Meadow Green / Peter Rowan (2:45) -- The flood / Carter Stanley (4:04) -- When the springtime comes again / A.P. Carter (3:11) -- Barefoot Nellie / Don Reno ; Jim Davis (2:25) -- Childish love / Ira Louvin (3:18) -- Victim to the tomb / John Duffey (4:26) -- Vassar's fiddle rag / Vassar Clements (3:08) -- Two...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Acoustic Disc 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY OLDFranklin, John Hope
Summary: Sally Thomas went from being a slave on a tobacco plantation, to a "virtually free" slave who ran her own business and purchased one of her sons out of bondage. This book offers a portrait of her extended family and of the life of slaves before the Civil War. Based on family letters as well as an autobiography by one of her sons, the detective work follows a singular group as they walk the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.2 FRABrown, Danny
Contents: Side A (old) -- The return (feat. Freddie Gibbs) -- 25 buck (feat. Purity Ring) -- Wonderbread -- Gremlins -- Dope fiend rental (feat. Schoolboy Q) -- Torture -- Lonely -- Clean up -- Red 2 go -- Side b (Dope song) -- Dubstep (feat. Scrufizzer) -- Dip -- Smokin & drinkin -- Break it (go) -- Handstand -- Way up here (feat. AB-Soul) -- Kush coma (feat. A$AP Rocky & Zelooperz) -- Float on (feat....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fool's Gold Records 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP BROSmith, Brendan Powell.
Summary: Retells ten books from the Old Testament with illustrations created with LEGO toys.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Florer-Bixler, Melissa
Summary: In Fire by Night, pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler invites readers to marvel at the Old Testament. Page after page, in stories and poems and prophecies, the Hebrew Scripture introduces us to a God who is unwieldy and uncontrollable, common and extraordinary, and who brings both life and death. Using stories from Scripture and from her ministry, Florer-Bixler braids together the text with the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Herald Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 221.6 FLOSummary: Chronicles the descendants of immigrants and exiles in these remote lands. The results are three poetic, intimate documentaries that capture the unique lives and customs of people unknown to most of the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OLDO'Malley, Padraig
Summary: Arguing that a two-state solution is no longer a viable path to lasting peace, a controversial assessment of the Israeli-Palestine conflict addresses key issues while outlining a framework for action.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 OMAAsimov, Isaac
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avenel Books Distributed by Crown Publishers 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.95 ASIOld Gays (Group)
Summary: Ranging in age from 67 to 80, Mick, Jessay, Robert, and Bill are survivors whose lives have been transformed by sweeping cultural change. It was their generation that was devastated by AIDS, a health crisis that deprived us of so many brilliant, creative lives, including many of their friends. They offer their collective wisdom on a rainbow of topics, including coming out, sex, gay liberation,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperWave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023