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Axis of glory a biblical and theological analysis of the temple motif in scripture / by Lioy, Dan

Table of Contents: “…The Garden of Eden as a primordial temple or sacred space for humankind -- The priestly activity of God's people in sacred spaces during the early biblical period -- The tabernacle and temple as an continuation of the temple-garden in Eden -- The depictions of God's heavenly temple in Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel -- The temple motif in the Synoptic Gospels -- The temple motif in the Fourth Gospel -- The temple motif in Acts and Hebrews -- The temple motif in the writings of Paul and Peter -- The temple motif in the book of Revelation.…”
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The origins of Christian democracy politics and confession in modern Germany / by Mitchell, Maria D., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Confessional conflict in German history -- Politics in defeat: the organizational beginnings of Christian democracy -- Christian democratic organization beyond the British zone: priests, Protestants, patriarchy -- Secularism, materialism, and rechristianization: the construction of a Christian democratic ideology -- Antimaterialism applied: ideological positions in the early CDU -- Christian democracy in practice: economic discourse and policy -- The CDU in council: forging economic and cultural policy -- Christian democracy and confessional culture in the Federal Republic -- Conclusion.…”
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Axis of glory a biblical and theological analysis of the temple motif in scripture / by Lioy, Dan

Table of Contents: “…The Garden of Eden as a primordial temple or sacred space for humankind -- The priestly activity of God's people in sacred spaces during the early biblical period -- The tabernacle and temple as an continuation of the temple-garden in Eden -- The depictions of God's heavenly temple in Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel -- The temple motif in the Synoptic Gospels -- The temple motif in the Fourth Gospel -- The temple motif in Acts and Hebrews -- The temple motif in the writings of Paul and Peter -- The temple motif in the book of Revelation.…”
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The origins of Christian democracy politics and confession in modern Germany / by Mitchell, Maria D., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Confessional conflict in German history -- Politics in defeat: the organizational beginnings of Christian democracy -- Christian democratic organization beyond the British zone: priests, Protestants, patriarchy -- Secularism, materialism, and rechristianization: the construction of a Christian democratic ideology -- Antimaterialism applied: ideological positions in the early CDU -- Christian democracy in practice: economic discourse and policy -- The CDU in council: forging economic and cultural policy -- Christian democracy and confessional culture in the Federal Republic -- Conclusion.…”
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The religion of the Etruscans

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the history of the study of Etruscan religion / Nancy Thomson de Grummond -- Etruscan inscriptions and Etruscan religion / Larissa Bonfante -- Prophets and priests / Nancy Thomson de Grummond -- Gods in harmony : the Etruscan pantheon / Erika Simon -- The grave and beyond in Etruscan religion / Ingrid Krauskopf -- Votive offerings in Etruscan religion / Jean MacIntosh Turfa -- Ritual space and boundaries in Etruscan religion / Ingrid E.M. …”
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The religion of the Etruscans

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the history of the study of Etruscan religion / Nancy Thomson de Grummond -- Etruscan inscriptions and Etruscan religion / Larissa Bonfante -- Prophets and priests / Nancy Thomson de Grummond -- Gods in harmony : the Etruscan pantheon / Erika Simon -- The grave and beyond in Etruscan religion / Ingrid Krauskopf -- Votive offerings in Etruscan religion / Jean MacIntosh Turfa -- Ritual space and boundaries in Etruscan religion / Ingrid E.M. …”
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A world apart a memoir of Jewish life in nineteenth century Galicia / by Margoshes, Joseph, 1866-1955

Table of Contents: “…Family memoirs -- My mother's family -- My father -- Reb Mordecai Peltz -- The Belzer rabbi -- Ignatz Deutsch -- The Krakow rabbi -- The newspaper -- Hospitality -- The Talner rebb -- My father's death -- Yaha"sh -- Jacob Werber, the master of Haivri -- My childhood -- Melamdim -- Gemara melamdim -- My two girlfriends -- Haskalah -- Reb Vovtshi's kloyz -- In Tarnow -- The Tarnow kloyz -- Kloyz-boys -- Reb Naftoli Reb Pesakh's -- Shidukhim -- I become a khosn (groom) -- My wedding -- After the wedding -- Village work -- I get shot -- I get bound -- Riding a horse -- I become a merchant -- Yozefov -- Velvele Damask -- Radomishla -- A fallen takef -- At the rebbe's in Dembitz -- A strike in the Zgursk manor -- Jews and peasants -- Pritsim, gendarmes, and priests -- Pritsim, gendarmes, and priests (continued) -- The wedding -- Shimshen Asheim -- Theft -- Shtsutsin (Szczuczyn) -- The sold-off estate -- Wet and dry years -- The wet year -- The dry year -- Uncle Moyshe Lind -- Out of Yosefov -- The Shtsutsin meadows -- Oshitz -- Uncle Khazkl -- Yitshok Mordkhe Bernstein -- My business ventures in the Shtsutsin meadows -- My father-in-law and his enemies -- Criminal proceedings -- Pikolovka -- The takeover of Pikolovka -- Punishment or coincidence?.…”
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A world apart a memoir of Jewish life in nineteenth century Galicia / by Margoshes, Joseph, 1866-1955

Table of Contents: “…Family memoirs -- My mother's family -- My father -- Reb Mordecai Peltz -- The Belzer rabbi -- Ignatz Deutsch -- The Krakow rabbi -- The newspaper -- Hospitality -- The Talner rebb -- My father's death -- Yaha"sh -- Jacob Werber, the master of Haivri -- My childhood -- Melamdim -- Gemara melamdim -- My two girlfriends -- Haskalah -- Reb Vovtshi's kloyz -- In Tarnow -- The Tarnow kloyz -- Kloyz-boys -- Reb Naftoli Reb Pesakh's -- Shidukhim -- I become a khosn (groom) -- My wedding -- After the wedding -- Village work -- I get shot -- I get bound -- Riding a horse -- I become a merchant -- Yozefov -- Velvele Damask -- Radomishla -- A fallen takef -- At the rebbe's in Dembitz -- A strike in the Zgursk manor -- Jews and peasants -- Pritsim, gendarmes, and priests -- Pritsim, gendarmes, and priests (continued) -- The wedding -- Shimshen Asheim -- Theft -- Shtsutsin (Szczuczyn) -- The sold-off estate -- Wet and dry years -- The wet year -- The dry year -- Uncle Moyshe Lind -- Out of Yosefov -- The Shtsutsin meadows -- Oshitz -- Uncle Khazkl -- Yitshok Mordkhe Bernstein -- My business ventures in the Shtsutsin meadows -- My father-in-law and his enemies -- Criminal proceedings -- Pikolovka -- The takeover of Pikolovka -- Punishment or coincidence?.…”
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The African trilogy : Things fall apart; Arrow of God; No longer at ease / by Achebe, Chinua

Legal friction law, narrative, and identity politics in biblical Israel / by Hepner, Gershon

Table of Contents: “…Abimelech's gift to Sarah alludes to the conjugal right mentioned in the covenant code -- Time out and substitute : Abraham's sacrifice of a ram after the near-sacrifice of Isaac implies that the Judeans cannot lose their holiness -- Ding, dong, dell : the disputes between Abraham, Isaac, and Abimelech reflect the violation of contiguous Sinai laws in Lev. 5:21-24 and 19:1--13 -- Snow White and the eight days of succoth : Laban clear his house as if he had scale disease and Jacob celebrates a festival -- Priestly kingdom : Isaac chooses a son whose destiny is to become the ancestor of a kingdom of priests rather than the ancestor of the Davidic dynasty -- Servant with two masters : Jacob's servitude in Laban's house reflects conflicts between the covenant code and Deuteronomy -- Man on the run : Jacob seeks refuge from Esau in a city of refuge -- Two weddings and an adoption : Jacob's marriage to Rachel reflects the law of the fair captive -- Little Bo Peep : Rachel's premature death is the fulfillment of a priestly law caused by Jacob's oath -- Stealing beauty : Rachel's theft of her father's teraphim and Joseph's use of a divination goblet are implicit polemics against priestly instruments of divination -- Beauty and the beast : the narrative of Dinah's love affair with Shechem is an implicit polemic against intermarriage, circumcision, and the Samaritans -- Only two kids : the expulsion of Joseph, Ishmael, and Esau echoes the priestly law of the scapegoat, while Jacob's expulsion corresponds to the symbolic exile of ostracism -- Not tonight Joseph(ine) : Joseph's ordeal with Potiphar's wife and his emancipation by Pharaoh allude to contiguous laws of the jealous husband and the Nazirite -- Amaziah.com : Jacob's rejection of Reuben's offer to guarantee Benjamin's life with that of his two sons reflects obedience to a deuteronomic law outlawing vicarious punishment -- Kidnapped : Joseph's attempt to detain Simeon and Benjamin reflects the holiness school's revision of the priestly Torah's law of reparation -- Darkness at noon : Joseph's brothers' amazement at noon echoes the blindness and suffering predicted in Deuteronomy 28 -- On the bread line : Egypt's famine echoes the desolation of the land in Leviticus 26 -- The slave trade : Jacob's adoption of Ephraim and Manasseh mirrors God's adoption of Israel --…”
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Legal friction law, narrative, and identity politics in biblical Israel / by Hepner, Gershon

Table of Contents: “…Abimelech's gift to Sarah alludes to the conjugal right mentioned in the covenant code -- Time out and substitute : Abraham's sacrifice of a ram after the near-sacrifice of Isaac implies that the Judeans cannot lose their holiness -- Ding, dong, dell : the disputes between Abraham, Isaac, and Abimelech reflect the violation of contiguous Sinai laws in Lev. 5:21-24 and 19:1--13 -- Snow White and the eight days of succoth : Laban clear his house as if he had scale disease and Jacob celebrates a festival -- Priestly kingdom : Isaac chooses a son whose destiny is to become the ancestor of a kingdom of priests rather than the ancestor of the Davidic dynasty -- Servant with two masters : Jacob's servitude in Laban's house reflects conflicts between the covenant code and Deuteronomy -- Man on the run : Jacob seeks refuge from Esau in a city of refuge -- Two weddings and an adoption : Jacob's marriage to Rachel reflects the law of the fair captive -- Little Bo Peep : Rachel's premature death is the fulfillment of a priestly law caused by Jacob's oath -- Stealing beauty : Rachel's theft of her father's teraphim and Joseph's use of a divination goblet are implicit polemics against priestly instruments of divination -- Beauty and the beast : the narrative of Dinah's love affair with Shechem is an implicit polemic against intermarriage, circumcision, and the Samaritans -- Only two kids : the expulsion of Joseph, Ishmael, and Esau echoes the priestly law of the scapegoat, while Jacob's expulsion corresponds to the symbolic exile of ostracism -- Not tonight Joseph(ine) : Joseph's ordeal with Potiphar's wife and his emancipation by Pharaoh allude to contiguous laws of the jealous husband and the Nazirite -- Amaziah.com : Jacob's rejection of Reuben's offer to guarantee Benjamin's life with that of his two sons reflects obedience to a deuteronomic law outlawing vicarious punishment -- Kidnapped : Joseph's attempt to detain Simeon and Benjamin reflects the holiness school's revision of the priestly Torah's law of reparation -- Darkness at noon : Joseph's brothers' amazement at noon echoes the blindness and suffering predicted in Deuteronomy 28 -- On the bread line : Egypt's famine echoes the desolation of the land in Leviticus 26 -- The slave trade : Jacob's adoption of Ephraim and Manasseh mirrors God's adoption of Israel --…”
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Constituting the community studies on the polity of ancient Israel in honor of S. Dean McBride, Jr. /

Table of Contents: “…Dean McBride, Jr. -- The priestly houses of early Israel / Frank Moore Cross -- Justice : perspectives from the prophetic tradition / James L. …”
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Constituting the community studies on the polity of ancient Israel in honor of S. Dean McBride, Jr. /

Table of Contents: “…Dean McBride, Jr. -- The priestly houses of early Israel / Frank Moore Cross -- Justice : perspectives from the prophetic tradition / James L. …”
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Eyes wide open : see and live the real you / by Wilhite, Jud, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…-- Love bound by promise -- Smash your mirror -- Your new ID -- Be a saint -- Priests without collars -- Slaves and servants -- The trouble with U-haul -- Drop the mask -- Post your secret -- Mind your own business -- Be filled -- Don't stand alone -- Unhindered to make a difference -- Love is the movement -- The culture war is over, thank God! …”

Illuminating Leviticus a study of its laws and institutions in the light of biblical narratives / by Carmichael, Calum M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the nature of biblical law -- Looking at Leviticus : Leviticus 10-14 -- Genital impurity in the lineages of David and Jonathan : Leviticus 15 -- The Day of Atonement : Leviticus 16 -- The slaughter of animals : Leviticus 17:2-9 -- The blood taboo : Leviticus 17:10-16 -- Mourning and marriage rules for priests : Leviticus 21 -- Life and lies of David : Leviticus 22 and 23 -- Blasphemies : Leviticus 24 -- The Year of Jubilee : Leviticus 25 -- Three laws on the release of slaves : Exodus 21:2-11, Deuteronomy 15:12-18, and Leviticus 25:39-46.…”
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Shamans of the foye tree gender, power, and healing among Chilean Mapuche / by Bacigalupo, Ana Mariella

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The gendered realm of the foye tree -- The ambiguous powers of machi : illness, awingkamiento, and the modernization of witchcraft -- Gendered rituals for cosmic order : shamanic struggles for wholeness -- Ritual gendered relationships : kinship, marriage, mastery, and machi modes of personhood -- The struggle for Machi masculinity : colonial politics of gender, sexuality, and power -- Machi as gendered symbols of tradition : national discourses and Mapuche resistance movements -- The responses of male machi to homophobia : reinvention as priests, doctors, and spiritual warriors -- Female machi : embodying tradition or contesting gender norms? …”
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Jesuits and Matriarchs : Domestic Worship in Early Modern China / by Amsler, Nadine

Table of Contents: “…Clothes make the man: the Jesuits' adoption of literati masculinity -- A kingdom of virtuous women: Jesuit descriptions of China's moral topography -- A source of creative tension: literati Jesuits and priestly duties -- Strengthening the marital bond: the Christianization of Chinese marriage -- Praying for progeny: women and Catholic spiritual remedies -- Domestic communities: women's congregations and communal piety -- Sharing genteel spirituality: the female networks of the Xus of Shanghai -- A widow and her virgins: the domestic convents of Hangzhou and Nanjing -- Fabrics of devotion: Catholic women's pious patronage -- Women and gender in global Catholicism.…”
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Eyes wide open : see and live the real you / by Wilhite, Jud, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…-- Love bound by promise -- Smash your mirror -- Your new ID -- Be a saint -- Priests without collars -- Slaves and servants -- The trouble with U-haul -- Drop the mask -- Post your secret -- Mind your own business -- Be filled -- Don't stand alone -- Unhindered to make a difference -- Love is the movement -- The culture war is over, thank God! …”

Illuminating Leviticus a study of its laws and institutions in the light of biblical narratives / by Carmichael, Calum M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the nature of biblical law -- Looking at Leviticus : Leviticus 10-14 -- Genital impurity in the lineages of David and Jonathan : Leviticus 15 -- The Day of Atonement : Leviticus 16 -- The slaughter of animals : Leviticus 17:2-9 -- The blood taboo : Leviticus 17:10-16 -- Mourning and marriage rules for priests : Leviticus 21 -- Life and lies of David : Leviticus 22 and 23 -- Blasphemies : Leviticus 24 -- The Year of Jubilee : Leviticus 25 -- Three laws on the release of slaves : Exodus 21:2-11, Deuteronomy 15:12-18, and Leviticus 25:39-46.…”
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Shamans of the foye tree gender, power, and healing among Chilean Mapuche / by Bacigalupo, Ana Mariella

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The gendered realm of the foye tree -- The ambiguous powers of machi : illness, awingkamiento, and the modernization of witchcraft -- Gendered rituals for cosmic order : shamanic struggles for wholeness -- Ritual gendered relationships : kinship, marriage, mastery, and machi modes of personhood -- The struggle for Machi masculinity : colonial politics of gender, sexuality, and power -- Machi as gendered symbols of tradition : national discourses and Mapuche resistance movements -- The responses of male machi to homophobia : reinvention as priests, doctors, and spiritual warriors -- Female machi : embodying tradition or contesting gender norms? …”
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