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The Schroeder Family, Descendants of Joachim Schroeder and Margaretha Davids of Hohenfelde, Holstein, 1860-1978
Joachim Schroeder was born in 1806-1807 and immigrated, with his family, in 1860 to Clinton County, Iowa and moved in the 1870s to Tama County, Iowa. He died in 1872/1873.
Tree Book
Family tree book written by Margretta Ehlers Crofoot. Published by Sarah Crofoot.
The Metamorphosis of Heads
Since the days of the Spanish Conquest, the indigenous populations of Andean Bolivia have struggled to preserve their textile-based writings. This struggle continues today, both in schools and within the larger culture. The Metamorphosis of Heads explores the history and cultural significance of Andean textile writings—weavings and kipus (knotted cords), and their extreme contrasts in form and production from European alphabet-based texts. Denise Arnold examines the subjugation of native texts in favor of European ones through the imposition of homogenized curricula by the Educational Reform Law. As Arnold reveals, this struggle over language and education directly correlates to long-stand...
The Urim and Thummim
This is the first exhaustive study of the Urim and Thummim since 1824, and in this book Van Dam sets out to rectify that lack of attention. He investigates all of the biblical data concerning this enigmatic oracular means of high-priestly revelation and its connection, in the historical books of the Old Testament, with the common phrase "to enquire of Yahweh/God." After surveying the history of interpretation and the treatment of the terms in the various versions and translations, Van Dam examines the implications of similar oracular devices and priestly dress within the larger cultural context of the ancient Near East. He places the Urim and Thummim within the context of divine revelation a...
The Southern Review
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