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The Bible and the Ancient Near East
Presented in this volume is a collection of the shorter writings of one of the more innovative scholars working on the relationship between the writings of the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near East context. Topics include: ANE environment, literature of the ANE, myth versus history, Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite crisis, Job and the Israelite religious tradition, motif of the weeping God in Jeremiah, lament tradition in ANE, the hand of Yahweh, and whether God lies.
Journey from the Three Bridges
Pieter De Jong, Sr. was born 19 March 1808 in Arkel, The Netherlands. His parents were Jan De Jong and Maria Kooij. He married Gijsbertje Van Houwelingen (1810-1876) 1 May 1831. They had twelve children. They emigrated in 1866 with seven of their children and settled in Pella, Iowa. Pieter died in 1890. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.
Fred Graham, Creator of Forms
This comprehensive survey of the art of Fred Graham details the artist's life from his childhood in the Waikato to his career as a sculptor. Fred Graham is a leading figure in New Zealand's art world. He began as an art teacher, and since 1984, he has been a full-time sculptor, producing a wealth of work and having sell-out exhibitions. His work is displayed in public spaces in New Zealand and several Pacific Rim countries including the United States, Canada, and Korea. This book is richly illustrated with photographs of the artworks by award-winning photographer Geoff Dale, and it includes essays by Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Robert Jahnke, and Jill Smith that discuss Fred Graham's work in the context of New Zealand art.
The Telling Time
"Two young women, a generation apart, travel to opposite sides of the world on fraught journeys of self-discovery. 1958: Gabrijela yearns to escape the confines of bleak post-war Yugoslavia and her tiny fishing community, but never imagines she will be exiled to New Zealand - a new immigrant sent to housekeep for the mysterious and surly Roko, clutching a secret she dare not reveal.1989: Luisa, Gabrijela's daughter, departs on her own covert quest, determined to unpick the family's past. But not all decisions are equal and amid Yugoslavia's brewing civil unrest, Luisa's journey confronts her with culture shocks and dark encounters of her own"--Back cover.
Oek de Jong leest Maria Dermout / druk 1
Pleidooi van Oek de Jong voor en keuze uit het werk van de Indische schrijfster Maria Dermôut (1888-1962)
The Tree and the Vine
A lesbian love story set during the Nazi occupation in Holland.
The Uncanny Rise of Medical Hypnotism, 1888–1914
This book explores the improbable rise of medical hypnotism in Victorian Britain and its subsequent assimilation and neglect. It follows the careers of the ‘New Hypnotists’: Charles Lloyd Tuckey, John Milne Bramwell, George Kingsbury and Robert Felkin. This loosely knit group all trained with the Suggestion School of Nancy and published books on hypnotism. They had to confront the many public and medical prejudices against the trance state which had persisted after the scandalous disgrace of John Elliotson and medical mesmerism, fifty years before. Hypnotism was a highly contested technology and in the 1890s the debates about safety and utility were fought in the national newspapers as w...
Lloyd Register of Shipping 1940 Sailing Vessels
The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self-propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.
Lloyd Register of Shipping 1939 Sailing Vessels
The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self-propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.
