What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography (Burridge Richard A.)(Paperback)

What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography (Burridge Richard A.)(Paperback)

The publication of Richard Burridge's What Are the Gospels? in 1992 inaugurated a transformation in Gospel studies by overturning the previous consensus about Gospel uniqueness. Burridge argued convincingly for an understanding of the Gospels as biographies, a ubiquitous genre in the Graeco-Roman

Richard Ramirez - The Night Stalker (Biography) (Biographiq)(Paperback)

Richard Ramirez - The Night Stalker is the biography of Richard Ramirez, a convicted American serial killer awaiting execution on California's death row at San Quentin State Prison. Prior to his capture, Ram rez was dubbed the 'Night Stalker' by the news media as he terrorized California. On

Can We Trust the Gospels? (Williams Peter J.)(Paperback)

Is there evidence to believe the Gospels? The Gospels--Matthew, Mark, Luke, John--are four accounts of Jesus's life and teachings while on earth. But should we accept them as historically accurate? What evidence is there that the recorded events actually happened? Presenting a case for the

World, the Flesh and the Devil - What Do We Do With Evil? (Rohr Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Roman Diary (Platt Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Explore the city at the heart of the ancient Roman Empire with Iliona, a Greek girl captured by pirates and sold into

Writing the Gospels - Composition And Memory (Eve Eric)(Paperback / softback)

A fresh and original account of how the Gospels were written, given what we know of the compositional techniques of the time, and stressing the importance of

Magic of Reality - Illustrated Children's Edition (Dawkins Richard (Oxford University))(Paperback / softback)

These fantastical myths are fun - but what are the real answers to such questions?Professor Richard Dawkins has teamed up with renowned illustrator Dave McKean to take you on an amazing journey from atoms to animals, pollination to paranoia, the big bang to the bigger

The Bible Knowledge Commentary Gospels (Walvoord John F.)(Paperback)

Walk with Those Who Walked with Jesus In the Gospels we witness the most crucial turning point in world history and the reason we believe what we do. The New Testament begins with four accounts of the 'good news' of the Son of God. Drawing on the research of Dallas Theological Seminary scholars,

Integrative Psychotherapy in Action (G. Erskine Richard)(Paperback)

What is integrative psychotherapy? How effective is the integrative approach to therapy? And what are its limitations? Answering these and other significant questions, this volume provides the working clinician with a practical guide to using an integrative approach to

The Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed (Bond Helen K.)(Paperback)

The introduction to this new guide sets out the sources (Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian), noting the problems connected with them, paying particular attention to the nature of the gospels, and the Synoptic versus the Johannine tradition. A substantial section will discuss scholarship on Jesus

What Do People Do All Day? (Scarry Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Richard Scarry's classic has been a favourite with children the world over for more than 50 years. Share in the magic of Scarry's Busytown with this beautiful paperback

Richard III: The Young King to Be (Wilkinson Josephine)(Paperback)

A major new biography of the young Richard III. Richard III is a paradox - the most hated of English kings, yet the most beloved, a deeply pious man, yet materialistic to the point of obsession, puritan, yet the father of at least two illegitimate children. This new biography concentrates on the

Day at the Airport (Scarry Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Discover what happens at the airport with Huckle and Sally Cat and Lowly

Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me (Lewis Matthew)(Paperback)

This biography aims to become a definitive account by exploring what is known of Richard's childhood and the impacts it had on his personality and view of the world. He would be cast into insecurity and exile only to become a royal prince before his 10th birthday. As Richard spends his teenage

Comparison in Anthropology: The Impossible Method (Candea Matei)(Paperback)

Why and how do social and cultural anthropologists make comparisons? What problems do they encounter in doing so, and how might these be resolved? What, if anything, makes one comparison better than another? This book answers these questions by exploring the many ways in which, from the nineteenth

Probability Models for DNA Sequence Evolution (Durrett Richard)(Paperback)

'What underlying forces are responsible for the observed patterns of variability, given a collection of DNA sequences?' In approaching this question a number of probability models are introduced and anyalyzed.Throughout the book, the theory is developed in close connection with data from more than

Earth (Northcott Richard)(Paperback)

Read and discover all about Earth How old are Earth's mountains? What is under the land? Read and discover more about the world This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project

Unbreakable - Winner of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Biography of the Year (Askwith Richard)(Paperback / softback)

WINNER OF THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the Grand Pardubice steeplechase, Europe's most blood-curdling sporting test of manhood. With war looming, the race has a brutal political significance. The Nazis

Now: The Physics of Time (Muller Richard A.)(Paperback)

You are reading the word now right now. But what does that mean? Now has bedeviled philosophers, priests, and modern-day physicists from Augustine to Einstein and beyond. In Now, eminent physicist Richard A. Muller takes up the challenge. He begins with remarkably clear explanations of relativity,

Darwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and the Evolution of the Noosphere (Doyle Richard M.)(Paperback)

Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants? Darwin's Pharmacy shows they are by weaving the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs. Long suppressed as components of the human tool kit,

Shelley - The Pursuit (Holmes Richard)(Paperback / softback)

A fantastic reissue of Richard Holmes' epic biography of this most enigmatic and intriguing of the Romantic poets. This is simply one of the greatest biographical achievements of recent

Theories of Development, Third Edition: Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives (Peet Richard)(Paperback)

This widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and what is the relationship between these two concepts? The authors examine orthodox theories of growth grounded in different schools of economics (classical, neoclassical, Keynesian, neoliberal)

A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament (Pitre Brant)(Pevná vazba)

Although many Catholics are familiar with the four Gospels and other writings of the New Testament, for most, reading the Old Testament is like walking into a foreign land. Who wrote these forty-six books? When were they written? Why were they written? What are we to make of their laws, stories,

Algorithms (Louridas Panos)(Paperback)

An accessible introduction to algorithms, explaining not just what they are but how they work, with examples from a wide range of application areas.Digital technology runs on algorithms, sets of instructions that describe how to do something efficiently. Application areas range from search engines