Bear & Co, 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Author. Signed by Author In this critically acclaimed bestseller, named "the overall most influential psycho-spiritual book of the 1980's", maverick theologian Matthew Fox provides a daring view of historical Christianity, and a theologically sound basis for the personal discovery of spiritual liberation. Ninth printing. Clean and intact; bump to top edge of cover and first few pages, else fine. Inscription by author on title page.... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2001. Reprint. 8vo. Hardcover binding, 317 pp. A lively and controversial history of the Jews. New in new dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover.. Reprint. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 2001. Reprint. Cloth binding. 317 pp. Jonathan Kirsch takes a lively and at times controversial journey through Jewish history and offers answers to the complex and difficult question, "Who is a Jew?" Today, Jewish peoples are divided by differences of faith, practice, and political antagonism. For every accepted tradition in Jewish faith there are counter-traditions, with their roots going back to ancient times. Kirsch's illuminating work reveals that even i... more information

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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1978 In Chaim Potok's extraordinary narrative - large, panoramic, rich with brilliant and moving details - the 4,000-year history of the Jews unfolds, alive with the sweep and turbulence of the centuries. It carries us from the remote past to the 20th century, showing us the Jewish people within the succession of civilizations that both harbored and suppressed them - Mesopotamia and Egypt, Greece and Rome, Islam, medieval Christendom, and modern secular society. What... more information

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Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A.: Sheed & Ward, 2003. Near Fine/Near Fine; Hardbound; 180 pp.; First Edition.. Reprint. Hardbound. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. First Edition. ... more information

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New York: Paulist Press, 1941 This book is the story of the coming of the Cenacle from France to the United States to plant a heavenly seed on the banks of the Hudson. The great sycamore tree in the Cenacle garden of New York symbolizes its blessed growth. To many who have not yet "heard of this treasure" to quote Pope Pius XII, the story will tell the women of America how to reach it. "Blessed are they who find." 257 pages including notes and an index. 16 pages of photographs, 8 of the ... more information

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Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A.: Abradale/Abrams, 1997 Michelangelo's The Last Judgment (1534), painted on the rear wall of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, is one of the most important works in the history of art. In this book, the newly cleaned and restored fresco is presented in all its powerful complexity. Richly illustrated iwth 150 mangificent full-color plates - showing the painting in its entirety and many close-up details - this book offers an in-depth study of the work itself. Clothbound, 207 pages... more information

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Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Cornell Univ Press, 2000 NEW - (From the Introduction) Many readers of this book no doubt grew up hearing stories about the saints. To me, the most arresting were those of the girls, some scarcely older than I was, who became virgin martyrs by suffering excruciating tortures to safeguard their "purity." The proportion of legends with unusual plots is higher in this collection than it was in English anthologies. Most Middle English virgin martyr legends compactly narrate t... more information

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New York: Columbia Univ Press, 2002 This book is a history of the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen, and of their aims and actions, written at a time when the decline of the see from its greatest heights was already clearly visibile but not, as yet, evidently irreversible. Adam's key position as the author of one of the earliest writen sources for early Scandinavian history had by 1959 already been established for two generations. Though Adam was exceptionally well informed about Scandinavian history and co... more information

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New York: Crown, 1996. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. 4to. First printing. Book is crisp and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has one short closed tear, else fine. Published in the UK and elsewhere as "A Test of Time: The Bible from Myth to History." Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color plates. 425 pp. including index. In protective Mylar. Heavy. ... more information

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