Product Description: Exile and Restoration in Jewish Thought presents the history of an idea originating at the intersection of Judaic piety and the social history of the Jews: faith in a protective sovereign deity amid contrary conditions. Exiled primordially (Eden), during the Patriarchal era, in the sixth century bce, and from the first century to the twentieth, the Jewish experience of alienation has been the historical backdrop against which affirmations of divine benevolence have been constructed...read more

The Christian Tradition, formerly published by Pearson/Prentice Hall, introduces students at the beginning of the third millennium to a religion that has evolved over and shaped two previous millennia. With particular focus placed on the social and cultural background to this tradition, the text provides a stimulating survey of the history of Christianity from its Jewish roots to the challenges it faces in the twenty-first century. This innovative text weaves a consideration of the arts, spirituality, religious life and practice―especially among the laity, women, and others outside the dominant institutional tradition―into its rich historical narrative, and offers a comprehensive and diverse view of the course of Christian history.

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Product Description: The "Philippics" originally published between 1534 and 1549 were directed against the Reformation, and notably against Philipp Melanchthon. I. Text II. Introduction Commentary Bibliography Appendices"