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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Two Lamentable Tragedies
Robert Yarington, John Day, William Haughton
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This major work re-examines prophecy and the prophets in ancient
Israel, with essays ranging all the way from Israel's ancient Near
Eastern background right up to the New Testament. The majority of
essays concentrate on prophecy and the prophets in the Old
Testament, which are approached from a remarkable number of
different angles.
Particular attention is paid to the following subjects: Prophecy
amongst Israel's ancient Near East neighbours; female prophets in
both Israel and the ancient Near East; Israelite prophecy in the
light of sociological, anthropological and psychological
approaches; Deuteronomy 18.9-22, the Prophets and Scripture;
Elijah, Elisha and prophetic succession; the theology of Amos;
Hosea and the Baal cult; the sign of Immanuel; the rewriting of
Isaiah in Isaiah 28-31; Deutero-Isaiah and monotheism; Jeremiah and
God; Aniconism and anthropomorphism in Ezekiel; Habakkuk's dialogue
with God and the language of legal disputation; Zephaniah and the
'Book of the Twelve' hypothesis; Structure and meaning in Malachi;
Prophecy and Psalmody; Prophecy in Chronicles; Prophecy in the New
Testament.
Explores global m-commerce strategies and technological standards,
and provides cases of the subject from a global perspective.
David Winton Thomas (1901-1970) was Regius Professor of Hebrew in
the University of Cambridge (1938-1968) and one of the most
distinguished British lexicographers of the Hebrew language. His
special contribution was the identification of words in Biblical
Hebrew that had lain undetected since ancient times, sometimes
because they were homonyms of other, better-known words. He called
his project 'The Recovery of the Ancient Hebrew Language', the
title of his inaugural lecture at Cambridge in 1939, as well as of
the present book. In this volume John Day has gathered together all
Winton Thomas's lexicographical articles (nearly 400 pages
altogether) in a convenient format; hitherto these have been
scattered around many different journals and books. In addition, he
has prefaced them with a very substantial introduction of some 150
pages, in which he offers the first thorough and systematic
evaluation of Winton Thomas's work. Day concludes that there are
definitely occasions where Thomas has made a positive and enduring
contribution to Hebrew lexicography, and it is important that
modern scholars do not overlook these conclusions. On the other
hand, it becomes clear that Thomas was sometimes too prone to
appeal to cognate Semitic languages (especially Arabic) in the
search for new meanings of Hebrew words when this was unnecessary.
In seeking to make a thorough appraisal of Thomas's proposals this
volume offers a valuable contribution to the study of Biblical
Hebrew lexicography.
This major work examines the subject of Temple and Worship in
biblical Israel, ranging from their ancient Near Eastern and
archaeological background, through the Old Testament and Late
Second Temple Judaism, and up to the New Testament. It is the
product of an international team of twenty-three noted scholars.
Special attention is paid to such subjects as the ideology of
temples and the evidence for high places in Israel and the
Canaanite world; the architecture and symbolism of Solomon's
Temple; the attitude of various parts of the Old Testament to the
Temple and cult, including that of several prophets; the light shed
on Temple worship by the Psalms; the role and fate of the Ark of
the Covenant; and the Day of Atonement. It also examines attitudes
to the Temple in the Septuagint, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the
Dead Sea Scrolls, first-century Judaism, and the New Testament.
This important work is the product of an impressive array of
twenty-three noted scholars. The contributors include John Barton,
H.G.M. Williamson, John Day, Susan Gillingham, John Jarick, C.T.R.
Hayward, Michael Knibb, George Brooke, Martin Goodman, Christopher
Rowland and Larry Kreitzer.A
The stories of Genesis 1-11 constitute one of the better known
parts of the Old Testament, but their precise meaning and
background still provide many debated questions for the modern
interpreter. In this stimulating, learned and readable collection
of essays, which paves the way for his forthcoming ICC commentary
on these chapters, John Day attempts to provide definitive
solutions to some ofthese questions. Amongst the topics included
are the background and interpretation of the seven-day Priestly
Creation narrative, problems in the interpretation of the Garden of
Eden story, the relation of Cain and the Kenites, the strange
stories of the sons of God and daughters of men and of Noah's
drunkenness and the curse of Canaan, the precise ancient Near
Eastern background of the Flood story and the preceding
genealogies, and the meaning and background of the story of the
tower and city of Babel. Throughout this volume John Day constantly
seeks to determine the original meaning of these stories in the
light of their ancient Near Eastern background, and to determine
how far this original meaning has been obscured by later
interpretations.
This book was shortlisted for the Lord Aberdare Prize 2013. While
the relationship between amateurism and sport is well documented,
the impact of this ethos on the professional coaches and trainers
who directed and supported elite sporting performance has been
entirely overlooked. This book explores the foundations of coaching
and training practices and chronicles how traditional approaches to
performance preparation evolved during the nineteenth century.
Drawing on primary material to uncover the life courses of coaches
and their families, the author argues that approaches to coaching
replicated the traditional craft approach to skilled work. The
advent of centralized, amateur-controlled governing bodies of sport
created a significant shift in the coaching environment for
professional coaches, meaning that individuals had to adapt to the
master-servant relationship preferred by the middle classes.
Cultural differences in the value accorded to coaching also
contributed to a decline in the competitiveness of British athletes
in the international arena. The author concludes by arguing that
despite scientific advances, Edwardian coaching practices remained
reliant on long-established training principles and that coaching
practices in any period are inevitably an amalgamation of both
tradition and innovation.
Originally published in 1979, this book shows the beautiful
simplifications that can be brought to the theory of differential
equations by treating such equations from the product integral
viewpoint. The first chapter of the book, dealing with linear
ordinary differential equations, should be accessible to anyone
with a knowledge of matrix theory and elementary calculus. Later
chapters assume more sophistication on the part of the reader. The
essential unity of these subjects is illustrated by the fact that
the idea of the product integral can be naturally and effectively
used to deal with all of them.
Nationalist dictatorships arose around the world in the 1920s and
1930s. On numerous occasions, the US government openly and actively
supported these states, even some of the cruelest. After the
idealism of the Wilsonian era, policymakers decided that
non-Communist dictatorships were not necessarily inimical to
American democracy, or at least to American national interests. As
these regimes proliferated in Latin America and Europe during the
interwar decades, both Democratic and Republican administrations in
Washington found it expedient to support these autocratic regimes.
People living under these governments therefore associated the
United States with their oppressors, with long-term negative
consequences for US policy. American policymakers were primarily
concerned with fostering stability in these countries.
Dictatorships, also eager to maintain political order and create
economic growth, looked to American corporations for investment to
modernize their nation's infrastructure and economy. In turn,
American bankers and investors invested heavily in these areas,
cementing in Washington's mind the need to support the regimes.
Through an examination of consular records in nine countries, the
book examines the logistics and consequences of this decision.
Given the blatant violence and terrorism of the 21stcentury world,
should Christians be seeking divine vengeance like that
demonstrated in the retribution psalms of David? This book examines
the theology of the curses in the Psalms as well as the ancient
cultural context and then shows how mercy and vengeance should play
out in the current world.
Originally published in 1979, this book shows the beautiful
simplifications that can be brought to the theory of differential
equations by treating such equations from the product integral
viewpoint. The first chapter of the book, dealing with linear
ordinary differential equations, should be accessible to anyone
with a knowledge of matrix theory and elementary calculus. Later
chapters assume more sophistication on the part of the reader. The
essential unity of these subjects is illustrated by the fact that
the idea of the product integral can be naturally and effectively
used to deal with all of them.
John Day investigates disputed points of interpretation within
Genesis 1-11, expanding on his earlier book From Creation to Babel
with 11 stimulating essays. Day considers the texts within their
Near Eastern contexts, and pays particular attention to the later
history of interpretation and reception history. Topics covered
include the meaning of the Bible's first verse and what immediately
follows, as well as what it means that humanity is made in the
image of God. Further chapters examine the Garden of Eden, the
background and role of the serpent and the ambiguous role of
Wisdom; the many problems of interpretation in the Cain and Abel
story, as well as what gave rise to this story; how the Covenant
with Noah and the Noachic commandments, though originally separate,
became conflated in some later Jewish thought; and the location of
'Ur of the Chaldaeans', Abraham's alleged place of origin, and how
this was later misinterpreted by Jewish, Christian and Islamic
sources as referring to a 'fiery furnace of the Chaldaeans'. These
chapters, which illuminate the meaning, background and subsequent
interpretation of the Book of Genesis, pave the way for Day's
forthcoming ICC commentary on Genesis 1-11.
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