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Matters of Exchange Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age

Cook Harold J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300143218, Yale University Press, August 2008
578 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 1 black&white illus.

In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincing evidence that Dutch commerce-not religion-inspired the rise of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Harold J. Coo...

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Photography

Meaning of Photography

Kelsey Robin, Stimson Blake, Batchen Geoffrey, Brunet Francois, Harper Sharon, LoCurto Lilla, Outcault William, Tan Fiona

ISBN: PB: 9780300121506, Yale University Press, April 2008
208 pp., 24.1x17.8 cm, 75 black&white illus.

How can we write the histories of photography? How should art history and visual studies integrate the special technical and aesthetic challenges posed by the medium and respond to the intense interest it has provoked in the art world in recent years...

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Jewish Studies

Moscow Yiddish Theater Art on Stage in the Time of Revolution

Harshav Benjamin, Harshav Barbara

ISBN: HB: 9780300115130, Yale University Press, January 2008
256 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 39 colour images, 49 black&white illus.

The Moscow Yiddish Theater (later called GOSET) was born in 1919 and almost immediately became one of the most remarkable avant-garde theaters in Europe. It flourished in the 1920s but under Bolshevik pressure soon lost much of the originality that h...

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Christianity

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Malachi

Hill Andrew E.

ISBN: PB: 9780300139778, Yale University Press, December 2007
480 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, illus., maps

Admittedly, as the last book in the "Old Testament", and a minor prophet at that, Malachi is often overlooked by Bible readers. Yet, Malachi's passionate proclamations and the significance of what he had to say to his people capture the attention of...

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Marginal Jew Volume 1: Roots of the Problem and the Person (Rethinking the Historical Jesus)

Meier John P.

ISBN: HB: 9780300140187, Yale University Press, December 2007
484 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, maps

In this book on the real, historical Jesus, Meier sifts the evidence of 2000 years to portray neither a rural magician nor a figure of obvious power, but a marginal Jew.

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Marginal Jew Volume 2: Mentor, Message and Miracles (Rethinking the Historical Jesus)

Meier John P.

ISBN: HB: 9780300140330, Yale University Press, December 2007
1118 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, maps

In this book on the real, historical Jesus, Meier sifts the evidence of 2000 years to portray neither a rural magician nor a figure of obvious power, but a marginal Jew.

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Marginal Jew Volume 3: Companions and Competitors (Rethinking the Historical Jesus)

Meier John P.

ISBN: HB: 9780300140323, Yale University Press, December 2007
703 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

In this book on the real, historical Jesus, Meier sifts the evidence of 2000 years to portray neither a rural magician nor a figure of obvious power, but a marginal Jew.

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Mark 1-8

Marcus Joel

ISBN: PB: 9780300139792, Yale University Press, December 2007
592 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, maps

Although it appears second in the "New Testament", "Mark" is generally recognized as the first Gospel to be written. Captivating nonstop narrative characterizes this earliest account of the life and teachings of Jesus. In the first installment of his...

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Matthew

Albright W. F., Mann C. S.

ISBN: PB: 9780300139785, Yale University Press, December 2007
568 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white illus.

This is volume twenty-six of "The Anchor Bible", a new translation done book-by-book with accompanying introduction, notes, and comments. Matthew is the most familiar of the gospels, best known for its parables, miracle narratives, and the long Sermo...

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Micah

Andersen Francis I., Freedman David Noel

ISBN: PB: 9780300139723, Yale University Press, December 2007
664 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, maps

One of the twelve Minor Prophets, "Micah" unwaveringly spoke God's message to Israel – a message filled with judgment but also laced with the promise of redemption. "Micah" combined poetic complexity and literary sophistication to compel his audience...

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