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Bible in literature Bible N.T Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible N.T. Revelation Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible Study and teaching McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler) 1922-1991 New York (State) New York (State) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Juvenile literature New York (State) History Revolution, 1775-1783 Juvenile literature Nineteen seventeen, A.D United StatesKirsch, Jonathan
Contents: Something rich and strange -- Spooky knowledge and last things -- The history of a delusion -- The Apocalyptic invasion -- "Your own days, few and evil" -- To begin the world over again -- The godless Apocalypse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 228 KIRPagels, Elaine H.
Summary: A world-renowned scholar of religion and bestselling author of "The Gnostic Gospels, Beyond Belief," and" Reading Judas" explores the strangest and most controversial book in the Bible: the Book of Revelation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 228 PAGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 228.06 PAGRossing, Barbara R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westview Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 236.9 ROSVanderKam, James C.
Summary: Drawing together all the evidence, this timely book explores: The discovery and dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls; their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, Apocrypha, and New Testament; their messianic and apocalyptic messages; the identity, nature, and theology of the Qumran community; the nonbiblical scrolls; and controversies surrounding the scrolls. This comprehensive, guide provides an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.155 VANHerman, Arthur
Summary: "How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies--a change that would go on to kill millions? In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson--champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice--thrust the United States into the First World War in order to make the 'world safe for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Summary: "How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies--a change that would go on to kill millions? In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson--champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice--thrust the United States into the First World War in order to make the 'world safe for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.3 HERKlinenberg, Eric
Summary: "Crisis has a way of laying bare our truest selves: who we trust, which principles and impulses we heed, whose lives we deem expendable. As it ravaged millions of lives, the Covid-19 pandemic revealed and accentuated the dividing lines that had already, for decades, splintered American public life. Against the backdrop of the 2020 presidential election, misinformation regimes, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Contents: Introduction -- The Garden of Eden -- Noah's ark -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- Moses and the Exodus -- Joshua and the Battle of Jericho -- The ark of the covenant -- The ten lost tribes of Israel -- Epilogue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 221.67 CLIEhrman, 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 EHRFrankel, Ellen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 222.107 FRADrosnin, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 221.68 25Markle, Sandra.
Summary: A few horses, set free on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, soon become wild and, led by one fine stallion, find a way to survive. Includes historical notes and facts about wild horses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Company 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: NavPress 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 222.1106 ROSKerr, Kelly-Marie
Summary: "The Bible Book of Revelation, also known as the Book of the Apocalypse explains the true science of enlightenment: body, mind and soul in a dramatic, fantastical and epic parable only 22 chapters long. The often misinterpreted mysteries of this enigmatic book are the keys to freedom, liberation and abundance--ELEVATION! The book of Revelation is a testimony about transformation. The ascension...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seek Vision 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.6 KERHoffman, Joel M.
Summary: Hoffman shares revelations about mistranslations in the Bible. He offers insight into such examples as the actual intentions of the Ten Commandments, the mistaken description of a virgin birth, and the message of the Song of Solomon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 221.052 HOFHealy, Thomas
Summary: "A history of Floyd McKissick's 1969 plan to build a Black city in North Carolina, examining the story of the idealists who settled there, the obstacles that derailed the project, and what Soul City's saga says about Black opportunity, capitalism, and power then and now"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.6 HEASummary: The C.S. Lewis Bible draws upon Lewis's spiritual classics and pairs them alongside the full text of the NRSV Bible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 232 MILMeeks, Wayne A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241.09 MEEGaines, James R.
Summary: They began as courtiers in a hierarchy of privilege, but history remembers them as patriot-citizens in a commonwealth of equals. On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon; that same night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find. So began what have been called the "sister revolutions" of France and America. In a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 GAICornuke, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadman & Holman 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 221.91 CORTaussig, Hal (EDT)/ Crossan, John Dominic (FRW)
Summary: A founding member of the Jesus Seminar presents a new edition of the New Testament that includes ten more recently discovered texts, selected by a council of scholars and spiritual leaders, along with the classic books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 225.5 NEWCatel, Patrick
Summary: "This book explores the people, places, and history of the New York Colony"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017