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Jewish Americans
Examines the history of Jews in America, looking at the three waves of Jewish persecution and immigration from South America, Germany, and Eastern Europe and Russia, and features discussion of Yiddish culture, as well as profiles of notable Jewish Americans.
Mark
A highly regarded New Testament scholar offers a substantive commentary on Mark in the award-winning BECNT series.
Magnanimous Dukes and Rising States
This work tells the story of the formation of a new state in north-western Europe and the rise of the Burgundian house in the fifteenth century, and how a power-hungry dynasty was able to reach a new equilibrium with the elites. The outcome had the lasting effect of laying the foundation for the modern states of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg
The Bull Inside the Bear
The meltdown in the credit markets, the decline in housing prices, and the turmoil in the stock market has rocked the world of the everyday investor. The idea that home ownership and the stock market are the best long-term investments suddenly has been thrown into question. Bearish investment experts are touting historical research that suggests both real estate values and the stock market could stagnate for years to come, thus imperiling the retirement planning of millions of Americans. In The Bull Inside the Bear, investment manager and former Federal Reserve economist Rob Stein argues that the economy is entering uncharted water and investors need to actively manager their portfolios to t...
A Basic Guide to Interpreting the Bible
This completely revised edition helps readers identify various biblical genres, understand the meaning of biblical texts, and apply that meaning to contemporary life.
Incest and Human Love
This book explores Eros and incest for a new version of therapy that tries to heal the love/sex split.
CODE | WORDS Technology & Theory in the Museum
CODE WORDS brings together leading museum thinkers and practitioners to explore emerging issues about the nature of museums in the light of the dramatic and ongoing impact of digital technologies. Originally an online dialogue, this series of conversations explores challenging questions about the identity of museums, their role in society, their responsibility to serve a global public, and their very nature in a digital age. The authors aim to inspire change, and to demonstrate the important relationship between emerging digital practices and museum theory. "A timely exploration of how to engage with digital technologies." Laurent Gaveau, Director, The Lab, Google Cultural Institute. "Exciting, important and wide-ranging." Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Like the future, it is experimental, uncertain, and brilliant." Nina Simon, Executive Director, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, author of The Participatory Museum.
An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus
A clear and thorough introduction to the best known of Jesus' teachings, this much-needed text examines what parables are, why Jesus taught in parables, and the purpose and place of parables in the Gospel narratives. Invaluable for the beginning seminary or college students and for church study groups, this enlightening work reveals the meaning of the parables when they were first given, their meaning for the Gospel writers, and their meaning for us today.
Media Power
WHY WE'RE STUFFED WITH INFORMATION BUT STARVED FOR UNDERSTANDING Three decades ago, Media Power predicted the coming of our 24/7 news culture and how it would make us suffer from "deprivation by surfeit". Selected by the Book of the Month Club And the Fortune Book Club Robert Stein, an award-winning editor, publisher, media critic and journalism teacher, is a former chairman of the American Society of Magazine Editors. "His inquiry leads ultimately to moral concerns and he asks the right questions in abundance." -The New York Times Book Review "Keen insights a humanitarian critic." -Public Opinion Quarterly "You'll like it. It's salty." -Arnold Gingrich, Founding Editor, Esquire "If freedom of the press ever disappears in America it will not be with a bang but a whimper. Well said." -Columbia Journalism Review
The Method and Message of Jesus' Teachings
This useful and practical book provides the college student, seminarian, church study group, and interested lay person with a much-needed introductory guide on the "how" (method) and the "what" (message) of Jesus' teachings. In this revised edition, Robert Stein updates his classic work, adds a new bibliography, and introduces use of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, bringing this important text to a new generation of students.
