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From Fortitudes to Heros is a documentary of the triumphs and
"Honors" of the Negro Foot Soldiers during World War II, as told by
Annis Evans, and confirmed through historical documents. Annis was
seriously injured while on active duty. He received the Good
Conduct Medal, a World War II Victory Medal, an American Theater
Service Medal, and he also received a European African Middle
Eastern Service Medal. He was honorably discharged in November
1945.
This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.
This volume makes a positive intervention into
maximalist/minimalist debates about Israelite historiography by
pointing to the events that happened during the Persian and
Hellenistic periods. During this historical epoch, traditions about
Israel and Judah's founding became fixed as markers of ethnic
identity, and much of the canonical Hebrew Bible came into its
present form. Concentrating on these events, a clearer historical
picture emerges.
The entire volume is set within the context of Doug Knight's
contributions, which have encouraged a rigorous social-scientific
and tradition-historical approach to the Hebrew Bible and ancient
Israel in general. Many scholars have pursued how the social
scientific method, first used to analyze early monarchic Israel,
can shape the understanding of these later historical periods.
Knight's methods, teachings, writings, and scholarly interventions
have pointed the contributors of this volume to fresh
considerations of the Persian and Hellenistic periods. The
concluding essay will examine the future directions in which such
sociological and historical investigation can go forward.
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rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
The book represents the collection of the papers presented at the
2004 SBL sessions for the section, Social-Scientific Studies of the
Second Temple period, the purpose of which was to create
understanding about current historiography as it relates to
biblical studies and ancient Israel amidst diverging academic
trends. Papers and responses sought to avoid polemics while
concurrently bringing to clarification methodological practices of
prominent historians in an effort to move beyond hortatory
polemics. Those writing papers were asked to specify their own
methodology and the assumptions and philosophy underlying their
methodology in an effort to create understanding for the audience.
Respondents to the papers met two requests - to summarize the
methodology of the paper and to respond to the methodology,
philosophy, and presuppositions of the historian.
This volume makes a positive intervention into
maximalist/minimalist debates about Israelite historiography by
pointing to the events that happened during the Persian and
Hellenistic periods. During this historical epoch, traditions about
Israel and Judah's founding became fixed as markers of ethnic
identity, and much of the canonical Hebrew Bible came into its
present form. Concentrating on these events, a clearer historical
picture emerges. The entire volume is set within the context of
Douglas A. Knight's contributions, which have encouraged a rigorous
social-scientific and tradition-historical approach to the Hebrew
Bible and ancient Israel in general.
The book represents the collection of the papers presented at the
2004 SBL sessions for the section, Social-Scientific Studies of the
Second Temple period, the purpose of which was to create
understanding about current historiography as it relates to
biblical studies and ancient Israel amidst diverging academic
trends. Papers and responses sought to avoid polemics while
concurrently bringing to clarification methodological practices of
prominent historians in an effort to move beyond hortatory
polemics. Those writing papers were asked to specify their own
methodology and the assumptions and philosophy underlying their
methodology in an effort to create understanding for the audience.
Respondents to the papers met two requests - to summarize the
methodology of the paper and to respond to the methodology,
philosophy, and presuppositions of the historian.
The coronation was, and perhaps still is, one of the most important
ceremonies of a monarch's reign. This book examines the five
coronations that took place in England between 1509 and 1559. It
considers how the sacred rite and its related ceremonies and
pageants responded to monarchical and religious change, and charts
how they were interpreted by contemporary observers. Hunt
challenges the popular position that has conflated royal ceremony
with political propaganda and argues for a deeper understanding of
the symbolic complexity of ceremony. At the heart of the study is
an investigation into the vexed issues of legitimacy and
representation which leads Hunt to identify the emergence of an
important and fruitful exchange between ceremony and drama. This
exchange will have significant implications for our understanding
both of the period's theatre and of the cultural effects of the
Protestant Reformation.
The coronation was, and perhaps still is, one of the most important
ceremonies of a monarch's reign. This book examines the five
coronations that took place in England between 1509 and 1559: those
of Henry VIII, Anne Bolyen, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. It
considers how the sacred rite and its related ceremonies and
pageants responded to monarchical and religious change and charts
how they were interpreted by contemporary observers. Hunt
challenges the popular position that has conflated royal ceremony
with political propaganda and argues for a deeper understanding of
the symbolic complexity of ceremony. At the heart of the study is
an investigation into the vexed issues of legitimacy and
representation which leads Hunt to identify the emergence of an
important and fruitful exchange between ceremony and drama. This
exchange will have significant implications for our understanding
both of the period's theatre and of the cultural effects of the
Protestant Reformation. The book will be of great interest to
scholars and students of late medieval and early modern history and
literature.
Biblical scholars agree that priesthood(s) played a critical role
in the social, historical, cultural, and religious lives of the
ancient Israelites. This study seeks to clarify the role of one
such priesthood, the Zadokites. Traditional scholarship assumes the
dominance of a Zadokite priesthood from a united monarchy until the
time of the Hasmoneans. The thesis
of this study is that references to the "sons of Zadok" in ancient
texts reflect the sectarian nature of the Second Temple period. The
extent to which modern scholarship has magnified the Zadokites as
the dominant priestly institution from the monarchy into the Second
Temple period cannot be
substantiated. Rather, the Second Temple period serves as the
terminus for all literary references to the Zadokites and provides
a socio-historical context which allows for the development of a
plausible reconstruction explaining their appearance in the ancient
texts. This comprehensive study of the Zadokites provides a study
of historiography that traces the growth of scholarly notions
concerning the Zadokites. The study examines historiographic issues
related to the development of these conceptualizations. Literary
analysis indicates the role and status of the Zadokites in
available textual evidence. A socio-historical reconstruction forms
the theoretical basis and attempts to answer such questions such
as: Who placed the Zadokites in these texts? Why were the Zadokites
included in these texts? The Zadokites will be situated in relation
to the Dead Sea Scrolls. The study provides a foundation for
studies of priesthood(s) in ancient Israel.
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