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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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 232.908 EHREhrman, 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 --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 236 EHREhrman, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 225.9 EHREhrman, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 236 EHREhrman, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 225.486 EHREhrman, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio MorganChryssides, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Academic 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.9 CHRBurns, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.3 BURShuman, Michael.
Summary: "Americans' long-term savings in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, pension funds, and life insurance funds total about $30 trillion. But not even 1 percent of these savings touch local small business-even though roughly half the jobs and the output in the private economy come from them. So, how can people increasingly concerned with the poor returns from Wall Street and the devastating impact of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 SHUShuman, Michael.
Summary: Defenders of globalization, free markets, and free trade insist there's no alternative to mega-stores like Wal-Mart; Michael Shuman begs to differ. In The Small-Mart Revolution, Shuman makes a compelling case for his alternative business model, one in which communities reap the benefits of "going local" in four key spending categories: goods, services, energy, and finance. He argues that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.642 SHUBagdade, Susan D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wallace-Homestead Book Co. 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 625.19 BAGStewart, Susan D.
Summary: "Existing portrayals of women who drink typically fall into two categories: disturbing stories of women hitting "rock bottom," resulting in ruined careers, families, and futures, or amusing stories of fun and harmless "girls' nights out," with women drinking and overindulging as a temporary escape from a never-ending list of work and family demands. Drawing on original research and extensive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Life StewartSherman, William T. (William Tecumseh)
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 SHESchuman, Michael.
Summary: Discusses the life and career of the thirty-sixth president, whose term was filled with controversy over the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1998
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB JOHNSON SCHSchuman, Nancy.
Summary: In today's tightening job market, the interview is a key stage. But too often in job interviews, candidates freeze and can't find the words they need to make the best impression. Now this clear, concise guide shows the best way to answer all the essential questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.144 SCHSchuman, Michael
Summary: Schuman, a Hong Kong-based correspondent for Time, traces the lasting influence of Confucianism in China, despite enormous political and social changes in Chinese society. This biography of the important Chinese philosopher describes how his teachings helped shape history, promoted the region's devotion to learning, and still influences the lives of over a billion people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONFUCIUS SCHRoll, David L.
Summary: "From Franklin Roosevelt's final days through Harry Truman's extraordinary transformation, this is the enthralling story behind the most consequential presidential transition in U.S. history. When Roosevelt, in failing health, decided to run for a fourth term, he gave in to the big city Democratic bosses and reluctantly picked Senator Truman as his vice president, a man he barely knew. Upon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Since its inception in 1893, Algonquin Park has meant many things to many people: to hundreds of thousands of people, in fact. But it is not easy for one writer either to explain the almost magical attraction that Algonquin has exerted on so many or to capture the spontaneous quality of this attraction. Instead, let us look at the personal impressions of thirty-two writers who, between 1824 and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Friends of Algonquin Park 1989
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Summary: Cycle of poems composed after Adaf's sister's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 492.4 ADAEdelman, Shimon.
Summary: Draws on philosophy, literature, and brain science to explain why the pursuit of happiness is a more complicated effort than understood by most people, sharing insights into how to apply scientific methods for increasing one's chances of achieving happiness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012
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Summary: "A memoir about the author's relationship with renowned painter Lucian Freud that includes interviews with many close friends and family members as well as critical analyses of Freud's art"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robinwood Press 1979
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