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The anonymous late-fourteenth-century mystical work suggests that man's union with God can be achieved through love and devotion (view table of contents)

Product Description: A new investigation of wisdom at Corinth which argues that the wisdom which Paul opposes in 1 Corinthians 1ó3 may be convincingly interpreted against the background of early post-biblical Jewish sapiential traditions. Examines the Book of Sirach, the Qumran scrolls, the Philonic literature, and the Book of Wisdom...read more

Product Description: This book examines the relationship between the biblical trajectory of Wisdom Christology and the Christologies of Karl Rahner and Norman Pittenger and explores the contribution that the wisdom tradition can make to contemporary interpretations of Jesus Christ...read more

Discusses feminist spirituality, looks at the concept of wisdom and provides exercises, meditations, and sermons

Product Description: This study uses recent literary theory in an attempt to reconcile apparent contradictions and discrepancies in the narrative concerning Solomon (I Kings 1-11) into an internally coherent statement about wisdom and law. After a survey of various historical-critical approaches, it moves to a literary perspective to show literary criticism's convergence and divergence with historical criticism...read more

One of the first U.S. economic history texts on the market, this text presents economic events chronologically for easy understanding, equipping students with a firm foundation in the evolution of American economic history. Features: * Five key themes provide the foundation of the book: 1) economic growth, 2) markets and the role of government, 3) the quest for security, 4) competitiveness and international comparisons, and 5) demographic forces. * The text emphasizes the big picture of historical change, the role of economic forces in prompting change, and the ability of economics to improve our understanding of history. * Featured in each chapter, "Economic Insights" boxes give students hands-on practice developing analytical skills using basic economic principles. Reflecting the real-world marketplace in the 1990s and beyond, the text places particular emphasis on the changing role of women in the labour market. * The text offers fresh insight on the role of property rights in creating an efficient market, the political economy and regulation, and recent theories about the causes and consequences of the Great Depression. * Each part opens with a list of major trends, giving students a broad overview of U.S. economic history. New to this edition: * Completely revised and updated, the eighth edition features a stronger emphasis on economics in the twentieth century, such as the expanded coverage in Part 5 The Postwar Era, 1946 to the Present. * A new, expanded focus on the critical role of institutions in the success of the U.S. economy emphasizes the complex relationship between institutions, the norms, customs, and laws of society and its economic performance. The text highlights the difficulties of building market-based economies in the former Soviet Union and the consequences of its dissolution of political and economic ties. * In order to extend students' understanding of the development of U.S. economic policy to the world at large, the new edition has significantly increased the number of in-text comparisons of American historical economic developments to the experience of other countries and times. * A greater emphasis on explicit economic theory as tested by empirical evidence is now included, particularly in the "Economic Insight" boxes but also in numerous in-text examples that allow current research to illuminate economic history.

Product Description: Written for pastors with a relatively elementary knowledge of the Old Testament. Includes accounts of how this portion of the Bible has been interpreted throughout history. Easily incorporated into individual sermons. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Proverbial wisdom exists in all cultures in every age, identified through such forms as proverbs, parables, and riddles. But Wisdom Literature--in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures, in the ancient world before them, in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and in Gnosticism--has many faces: human, social, cosmic, religious, traditional, theological, and more...read more

Product Description: This book contributes to current debates in Matthean studies centered around the influence of wisdom thinking in Christology. The primary purpose of the study is to examine key passages in their present context and in relation to Matthew's Gospel as a whole...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Offers a selection of passages from the Bible offering advice on honesty, friendship, beauty, pride, worry, obedience, prayer, and other topics

Product Description: Jewish wisdom flourished under Hellenism in the books of Ben Sira and the wisdom of Solomon, as well as in a recently discovered sapiential text from Qumran. In this book, now available as a casebound, internationally known author John Collins presents a compelling description and analysis of these three texts and their continuing wisdom traditions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: What is wisdom - and where is it to be found? A number of experts in a wide range of theological and related disciplines have come together to explore this question. In the first part they consider wisdom in Israel and in the church, drawing upon scriptural sources and historical case-studies...read more

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The anonymous late-fourteenth-century mystical work suggests that man's union with God can be achieved through love and devotion

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