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Summary: Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Dwight Eisenhower had warned in his 1961 Farewell Address, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a nation in transition--drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHY

Ehrman, Bart D.

Contents: Major Christian Apocrypha discussed, dates and contents -- Recouping our losses -- Forgeries and discoveries. The ancient discovery of a forgery : Serapion and the Gospel of Peter ;The ancient forgery of a discovery : the Acts of Paul and Thecla ; The discovery of an ancient forgery : the Coptic Gospel of Thomas ; The forgery of an ancient discovery? : Morton Smith and the secret Gospel of Mark...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005

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Bouman, Mark.

Summary: Mark Bouman recounts the events of his childhood at the hands of his larger-than-life, Neo-Nazi father in brilliant, startling detail in this memoir. From adventure-filled days complete with real-life war games, artillery fire, and tank races to terror-filled nights marked by vicious tirades, brutal beatings, and psychological torture, Mark paints a chilling portrait of family life that is at...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOUMAN, MARK BOU

Ehrman, Bart D.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 232.908 EHR

Ehrman, 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

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 229.9206 EHR

Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAU

Ehrman, Bart D

Contents: Guided tours of heaven and hell -- The fear of death -- Life after death before there was life after death -- Will justice be done? : the rise of postmortem rewards and punishments -- Death after death in the Hebrew Bible -- Dead bodies that return to life : the resurrection in ancient Israel -- Why wait for the resurrection? : life after death right after death -- Jesus and the afterlife --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 236 EHR

Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: Discussion of how Christianity was shaped. Who exactly were the Apostolic Fathers? Why were they given that name? Most important, what windows into the shaping of Christianity's canon, church hierarchy, and creed are opened for us with an understanding of works that include the letters of 1 Clement or Ignatius, the Didache of the Apostles, or the Letter to Diognetus? Provides anwers to these...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 230 EHR

Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: Presents a history of Christianity from the time of Jesus to the end of the fourth century. Includes examination of Jewish-Christian relationships, Christian relationships with the Roman Empire, persecution of Christians, and the development of church offices and theology.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004

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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 230 EHR Part 1
Call number: CD 230 EHR Part 2

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 EHR

Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: Historian of religion Ehrman takes readers on a tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers: Simon Peter, Paul of Tarsus, and Mary Magdalene. What do the writings of the New Testament tell us about each of these key followers of Christ? What legends have sprung up about them in the centuries after their deaths? Was Paul bow-legged and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 225.9 EHR

Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: "A New York Times bestselling Biblical scholar reveals why our popular understanding of the Apocalypse is all wrong-and why that matters. You'll find nearly everything the Bible has to say about the end in the Book of Revelation: a mystifying prophecy filled with bizarre symbolism, violent imagery, mangled syntax, confounding contradictions, and very firm ideas about the horrors that await us...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 236 EHR

Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: "Even though early Christianity is one of the most studied fields in the entire discipline of religious studies, numerous controversies continue to puzzle both scholars and laypeople. This course examines 24 of these controversies to show why they have fascinated students of the Christian religion and to attempt to resolve them with academic rigor."--page 1 of course guidebook.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: Presents a series of twelve lectures that provide an introduction to the New Testament for people who recognize or appreciate its cultural importance or have religious commitments to it. This course is historical and does not presuppose faith or deny faith. The four Gospels, the book of Acts, the 21 epistles and the book of Revelation are studied in terms of the factors which eventually...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 225.09 Ehrman 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 225.09 HIS

Ehrman, Bart D.

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Summary: When Biblical scholar Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages, he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. For almost 1500 years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were influenced by the cultural, theological and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006

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Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: When Biblical scholar Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages, he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. For almost 1500 years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were influenced by the cultural, theological and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2005

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 225.486 EHR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 225.486 EHR

Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: In The Triumph of Christianity, Bart Ehrman, a master explainer of Christian history, texts, and traditions, shows how a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four centuries. The Triumph of Christianity combines deep knowledge and meticulous...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018

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Shulman, Mark

Summary: Show Me History will show you the real man behind the myths! Known as the "Father of Our Country," George Washington lost his own father at the age of 11, was a surrogate father to Alexander Hamilton, and yet was never a father himself. In war and in peace, he left an unmistakable impression on his new nation in more ways than you know. George Washington: Soldier and Statesman! tells the story...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press 2020

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Shulman, Mark

Summary: "With the next presidential election upon us, this witty, nonpartisan book will help explain the concept of voting to the youngest readers." - Publisher annotation.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 SHU

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 SHU

Morgan, George D.

Summary: "Blending a fascinating personal history with dramatic historical events, this book brings long-overdue attention to a brilliant woman whose work proved essential for America's early space program. This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, it describes Mary Sherman Morgan's crucial contribution to launching America's first satellite and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Morgan

Freier, George D.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fisher Books 1992

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.631 FRE

Chryssides, George D.

Summary: "What would happen if I accepted an invitation to Bible Study from Jehovah's Witnesses? What would attending a Kingdom Hall meeting involve? And if I invited door-knocking Witnesses into my home? This book introduces Jehovah's Witnesses without assuming prior knowledge of the Watch Tower organisation. After outlining the Society's origins and history, the book explains their key beliefs and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Academic 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.9 CHR

Burns, Lawrence D.

Summary: "We stand on the brink of a technological revolution. In the near future, most of us will not own automobiles, but will travel instead in driverless electric vehicles summoned at the touch of an app. We will be liberated from driving, so that the time we spend in cars can be put to more productive use. We will prevent more than 90 percent of car crashes, provide freedom of mobility to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.3 BUR

Saudek, Christopher D.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2001

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 616.462 SAU

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