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Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Volume 2: Expansions of the "Old Testament" and Legends, Wisdom and Philosophical Literature, Prayers, Psalms and Odes, Fragments of Lost Judeo-Hellenistic Works

Charlesworth James H.

ISBN: HB: 9780300140200, Yale University Press, December 2007
1056 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

This book contains expansions of the "Old Testament" and legends, wisdom and philosophical literature, prayers, psalms and odes, and fragments of lost Judeo-Hellenistic works. Western culture has been shaped largely by the Bible. In attempting to und...

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Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries

I Kings

Cogan Mordechai, Tadmor Hayim

ISBN: HB: 9780300140538, Yale University Press, December 2007
576 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white illus., maps

Beginning with the death of David and the rise of Solomon, "1 Kings" charts the history of Israel through the divided monarchy, when Ahab reigned in the north and Jehoshaphat reigned in the south. This new translation, with introduction and commentar...

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II Kings

Cogan Mordechai, Tadmor Hayim

ISBN: HB: 9780300140743, Yale University Press, December 2007
408 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

"II Kings" (Volume 11 in the acclaimed "Anchor Bible") is the chronicle of the raging conflicts that tore the United Kingdom of Israel apart, creating the rival nations of Israel to the north and Judah to the south. It tells of the time of the great...

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Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library

Education in Ancient Israel Across the Deadening Silence

Crenshaw James L.

ISBN: HB: 9780300140118, Yale University Press, December 2007
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

In this groundbreaking new book, distinguished biblical scholar James L. Crenshaw investigates both the pragmatic how's and the philosophical why's of education in ancient Israel and its surroundings. Asking questions as basic as "Who were the teache...

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Decorative Arts

Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty Tapestries at the Tudor Court

Campbell Thomas P.

ISBN: HB: 9780300122343, Yale University Press, October 2007
440 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 206 colour images, 114 black&white illus.

Luxurious, beautiful, and portable, tapestry was the pre-eminent art form of the Tudor court. Henry VIII amassed an unrivaled collection over the course of his reign, and the author weaves the history of this magnificent collection into the life of i...

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Japanese

Living Japanese Diversity in Language and Lifestyles, with Online Media

Colligan-Taylor Karen

ISBN: PB: 9780300222661, Yale University Press, December 2006
348 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 35 black&white illus.

"Living Japanese: Diversity in Language and Lifestyles" ("Ikita Nihongo: samazama na kotoba, samazama na seikatsu") draws students into the lives of thirty-three Japanese from ages seven to seventy-five. As students listen to diverse viewpoints on cu...

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Contemporary Art

One Way or Another Asian American Art Now

Chiu Melissa, Higa Karin M., Min Susette S., Machida Margo, Zia Helen

ISBN: PB: 9780300120592, Yale University Press, October 2006
124 pp., 23.1x22.6 cm, 50 colour images, 15 black&white illus.

Contemporary Asian American artists, with a strong sense of being American and an acute critical consciousness of world matters, grapple with issues of identity in a way that sets them apart from their predecessors. Whereas many Asian American artist...

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History of Art

Clark Brothers Collect Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings from the Collections of Sterling and Stephen Clark

Conforti Michael, Ganz James A., Harris Neil, Vincent Gilbert T., Cohen-McFall Daniel, Lees Sarah, Maurer Susannah, Rand Richard, Simpson Marc

ISBN: HB: 9780300116199, Yale University Press, August 2006
368 pp., 25x28.1 cm, 100 colour images, 150 black&white illus.

Brothers Sterling and Stephen Clark, heirs to the Singer sewing machine fortune, were among the twentieth century's most influential art collectors. This volume examines their magnificent collections, their personal lives and public profiles, and the...

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History of Art

Surrealism and its Others Yale French Studies, Number 109

Conley Katherine, Taminiaux Pierre

ISBN: PB: 9780300110722, Yale University Press, August 2006
224 pp., 23.4x15.4 cm

This issue of "Yale French Studies" on "Surrealism and Its Others"examines the works and theories of writers, artists, and thinkers who positioned themselves and their productions in dialogue with Breton's surrealism. Although surrealism always sough...

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Architecture

Art, Design, and Architecture in Central Europe, 1890-1920

Clegg Elizabeth

ISBN: HB: 9780300111200, Yale University Press, May 2006
356 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 60 colour images, 200 black&white illus.

In this unprecedentedly wide-ranging account of art, design, and architecture in the complex Central Europe of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during its momentous last decades, Elizabeth Clegg achieves a forceful integration of political and cultural de...

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