Goldman, Steven L.
Summary: Professor Steven L. Goldman of Lehigh University presents 24 lectures addressing various topics pertaining to the nature of scientific knowledge and the limits of scientific theories regarding claims to truth.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 509 GOLMcInerney, Jeremy
Summary: Twenty-four lectures delivered by Professor Jeremy McInerney, University of Pennsylvania explores the life, times and impact on the ancient world of Alexander the Great. Also discussed are the culture and civilization of the Hellenistic Age.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 938 PART 1Call number: CD 938 PART 2
Johnson, Luke Timothy.
Summary: Looks at Jesus through the many portraits the Gospels provide. The course examines not only the familiar canonical Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John from the New Testament, but also many other apocryphal narratives and literary works that have also contributed to our perceptions of Jesus, Mary, and Christianity. All of these works are encompassed by the word "Gospel."
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 232.9 JOHGuelzo, Allen C.
Summary: A survey of the American revolution, from its outbreak at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 until its close with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 and the dispersion of the American Continental Army.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.3 GUE VOL. 1Fischer, Edward F.
Summary: Professor Fischer delivers lectures on anthropology, the study of human societies and comparative customs, emphasizing in particular pre-capitalist societies and the things which pre-capitalist societies and modern societies have in common.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 301 FISLiulevicius, Vejas G.
Summary: Examines the fundamental question of our times: why was the 20th century so violent? It looks at the ideologies that promised utopias and total solutions to social problems and relates the terrible human toll of attempts to realize these ideas.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 909 LIUNichols, Ashton
Summary: A series of 24 lectures on the New England Transcendalist Movement delivered by Ashton Nichols, Professor of English at Dickinson College.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 141.3 NICRuiz, Teofilo F.
Summary: A study of mysticism, heresy, apocalyptic movements, and the witch craze in Europe between 1000 and 1700.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 291.422 RUIYaqub, Salim.
Contents: Part 1: Lecture l. A meeting of two worlds -- Lecture 2. Wilson & the breakup of the Ottoman Empire -- Lecture 3. The interwar period -- Lecture 4. U.S. & the Middle East during World War II -- Lecture 5. Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East -- Lecture 6. Truman & the creation of Israel -- Lecture 7. Eisenhower, the Cold War & the Middle East -- Lecture 8. The Suez crisis & Arab...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 327.73 YAQEhrman, Bart D.
Summary: Twenty-four lectures on the history and varieties of Christian doctrines in the early church.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 229.9206 EHRArmstrong, Dorsey
Summary: "Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the brief, brilliant cultural phenomenon we call the Renaissance lay the Middle Ages-- fully 1,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and religious turmoil and treasures. This course offers an interdisciplinary look at medieval society and culture, with an emphasis on literature, the arts, and the tumultuous historical forces at work from A.D....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 909 ARM PART 1Call number: CD 909 ARM PART 2
Call number: CD 909 ARM PART 3
Finn, John E.
Summary: First twelve of thirty-six lectures covering the institutional and interpretive foundations of the American constitutional order; the Bill of Rights; and the individual provisions of the Bill of Rights and the development of several other specific liberties. Thirteen to twenty four of thirty-six lectures covering the institutional and interpretive foundations of the American constitutional...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 323 FIN PART 1Call number: CD 323 FIN PART 2
Call number: CD 323 FIN PART 3
Vandiver, Elizabeth
Summary: Professor Vandiver makes it clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the Homeric epics remain not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told, but also two of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written. Questions include, why does Odysseus long so powerfully to go home? What are the limits of our freedom? Who or what shapes our actions and our ends? What holds...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 883.01 VANSummary: This course explores six themes that every one of us has experienced or will experience: the unconquerable human spirit; youth, old age, and all that is between; romance and love; adventure and courage; laughter and irony; and patriotism.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 800 FEA PART 1Call number: CD 800 FEA PART 2
Call number: CD 800 FEA PART 3
Fears, J. Rufus.
Summary: Thirty-six lessons on world history, taught by Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 909 FEA PART 2Call number: CD 909 FEA PART 3
Vandiver, Elizabeth
Summary: Professor Vandiver makes it clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the Homeric epics remain not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told, but also two of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written. Questions include, why does Achilles rage? What are the limits of our freedom? Who or what shapes our actions and our ends? Why do we love our own so strongly? Where...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 883.01 VANLerer, Seth
Summary: Presents lectures on the history of the English language.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 420 LER PART ICall number: CD 420 LER PART III
Rendsburg, Gary.
Summary: The discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls in the caves of Qumran could be considered the most remarkable archaeological find of the past century. This course explores the archeology, publication, content, and interpretations of the historical period of the scrolls.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 296 RENRendsburg, Gary.
Summary: Explores the book of Genesis showing us how we might read, hear, think about--and feel--its words as an ancient Hebrew would have, allowing us to gain a new appreciation of one of the most remarkable literary compositions from the ancient world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 221 REN Part 1Call number: CD 221 REN Part 2
Daileader, Philip.
Summary: Focusing on the seven centuries from 300 to 1000, this course examines the period of European history known as the "Dark Ages." The period is dominated by two empires, the Roman Empire and the Carolingian Empire.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.1 DAIGallagher, Gary W.
Summary: Details the effect of the war on all Americans. You'll learn how armies were recruited, equipped, and trained. You'll learn about the hard lot of prisoners. You'll hear how soldiers on both sides dealt with the rigors of camp life, campaigns, and the terror of combat. You'll understand how slaves and their falling masters responded to the advancing war. And you will see the desperate price paid...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 1Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 2
Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 3
Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 4
Koterski, Joseph W.
Summary: A review of the views of Aristotle about morality through the study of his Nicomachean ethics.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 171.3 KOTLevine, 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
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 221 LEVEhrman, 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