Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: The Heavenly Book Motif in Judeo-Christian Apocalypses 200 B.C.E.-200 C.E.Author: Baynes, LesliePublisher: Brill Academic PubPublication Date: 2011/09/01Number of Pages: 233Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: 2011038428

Product Description: Left Behind and Loving It is a cheeky critique of popular writings about the end times. Rather than presenting a steroid-buffed Jesus wrapped in an American flag and "coming again in clouds of gunfire," Left Behind and Loving It invites readers to approach some of the most controversial and scary portions of the Scriptures with the utter confidence that "God's steadfast love endures forever...read more

Product Description: Sets of seven. 666. The Whore of Babylon and the Seven-headed Beast. How would first-century readers have heard these things? One can get at an answer by asking, How does the Book of Revelation compare with contemporaneous Jewish apocalypses? God's Timetable unlocks the hitherto unseen Jewish background to the Apocalypse based on the seven weeks leading up to Pentecost, the Harvest Feast...read more

Product Description: This collection of essays is a tribute to Rachel Elior´s decades of teaching, scholarship and mentoring. If a Festschrift reflects the individuality of the honoree, then this volume offers insights into the scope of Rachel Elior´s interests and scholarly achievements in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish apocalypticism, magic, and mysticism from the Second Temple period to the later rabbinic and Hekhalot developments...read more

Product Description: Apocalypse now? Speaking of the end time seems to be en vogue. This collection of essays looks at apocalyptic thinking from an interdisciplinary point of view.

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Product Description: Milton's Statistical Methods in the Biological and Health Sciences offers comprehensive coverage for the applied statistics course for health and bio-related majors. This course focuses primarily on developing basic statistical techniques and relevant applications within a framework that addresses the needs of these specific audiences...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)