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The Book of the Pomegranate Moses de Leon’s Sefer Ha-Rimmon
The Book of the Pomegranate is a Hebrew edition of an important work by the Spanish kabbalist Moses de Leon (ca. 1240-1305). Sefer Ha-Rimmon, which was written in 1287, is particularly significant for study of the Zohar and the development of a theory of the commandment (mitzvot) and why one should do them.
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Claude Montefiore and Christianity
Claude Montefiore (1858-1938) was among the major founders of Anglo-Liberal Judaism and the World Union for Progressive Judaism, and was known for his radical ideas and deep sympathy for Christian ideas. This volume explores why and how Montefiore engaged Christianity, and the reaction to this engagement by many contemporary Jewish luminaries.
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A Conceptual Commentary on Midrash Leviticus Rabbah Value Concepts in Jewish…
In this book Kadushin offers a running commentary on sections of Leviticus Rabbah. His goal is not only to explicate individual sections of this Late Antique midrashic work, but also to highlight the basic conceptual framework within which the rabbis worked. Kadushin's commentary highlights the indeterminacy of belief and the genuine emphatic trends that distinguish rabbinic Judaism while also …
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Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee
This study focuses on tractate Baba Mesi‘a’ of the Mishnah, which deals primarily with contracts of various kinds. Lapin's book focuses both on the literary traits of the tractate and, more importantly, attempts to tease out some of the implications of the tractate's depiction of social and economic relationships for an understanding of the history of later Roman Palestine.
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Artisans/Appalachia/US
This is the documentation of an Appalachian Consortium traveling exhibition of Appalachian Art produced in the 1970s. The project was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.
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Divine Rulers in a Secular State
Ghana in 2000–2001 and 2005–2006, data drawn from several archival sources located in Ghana and the United Kingdom, and the anthropological and historical literature on Ghana and the Asante."
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- 9789522226822
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Archives in Appalachia: A Directory
Archives in Appalachia: A Directory consists of entries describing 181 repositories in 195 counties in the South-Central Appalachia region which hold historical records documenting the political, social, cultural, and economic history of the region, and a list of “Coming Attractions,” agencies which did not collect manuscript material but which planned to do so in the future. Also included …
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The Appalachian Experience
The Proceedings of the 6th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference contains papers on a variety of academic disciplines and contemporary issues, reflecting interest in Appalachia from both scholarly and activist viewpoints. Topics addressed include ethnic diversity, literature, politics and government, culture, and economic development.
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Beyond Waters : Archaeology and Environmental History of the Amazonian Inland
This book is one of the outcomes of the project Cultivated Wilderness: Socio-economic development and environmental change in pre-Columbian Amazonia (http://www.cultivated-wilderness.org/). The project has particularly focused on the previously relatively unknown prehistory of the Amazonian hinterland. Our work has revealed that pre-Columbian settlements in the Santarém region in the State of …
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- 978-91-85245-66-6
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- Gothenburg Archaeological Studies 6
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Appalachia / Americ
This volume of the Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, held in 1981, offers a collection of some of the more important papers presented at the conference. Paper topics include labor and the economy; land in Appalachia; urban Appalachia; education; and values and culture.
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