This book explores a new model for the production, revision, and reception of Biblical texts as Scripture. Building on recent studies of the oral/written interface in medieval, Greco-Roman and ancinet Near Eastern contexts, David Carr argues that in ancient Israel Biblical texts and other texts emer[...]

David Carr outlines a distinctively phenomenological approach to history. Rather than asking what history is or how we know history, a phenomenology of history inquires into history as a phenomenon and into the experience of the historical. How does history present itself to us, how does it enter ou[...]

Law for Social Workers has long been established as the market leading textbook on the subject and is essential reading for social work students and practitioners. The twelfth edition provides a thoroughly updated account of all relevant areas of the law and in-depth analysis of recent developments.[...]

The second edition of this successful introductory guide has been thoroughly revised, updated and expanded to take into account the latest developments and current teaching. It now features three new chapters covering Moraic Theory and Optimality Theory, as well as new exercises and suggestions for [...]

"For description and defense of the narrative configurations of everyday life, and of the practical and social character of those narratives, there is no better treatment than Time, Narrative, and History.... a clear, judicious, and truthful account, provocative from beginning to end." --Journal of [...]

Written by three New York Times bestselling authors. Includes: Silver Bells - Debbie Macomber The Perfect Holiday - Sherryl Woods Under the Christmas Tree - Robyn Carr[...]

Being assertive means that you are self-assured know what you want from life, are happy to stand up for yourself and have the respect of those around you. Do you want to be like this? This book will show you how! Practical and easy to read, it looks at what it means to be assertive in today's world[...]

The Menil Collection in Houston houses one of the most important collections of Byzantine and Russian icons in the United States - a collection that spans over one thousand years, from the 7th to the 18th century. Understanding the power of this art form, seldom recognized outside of Russia and Gree[...]

Keith Jarrett is probably the most influential jazz pianist living today: his concerts have made him world famous. He was a child prodigy who had his first solo performance at the age of seven. In the sixties he played with the Jazz Messengers and then with the Charles Lloyd Quartet, touring Europ[...]

Few pastors continue to read their Hebrew Old Testament after seminary. One reason is that it is too time-consuming, since many words have to be looked up in the dictionary. The Reader's Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, now for the first time complete in one volume, enables the pastor an[...]

"La Moustache"--now a film directed by Emmanuel Carrere "What would you say if I shaved off my mustache?" asks "The Mustache"'s hero of his wife. Once removed, his wife and friends not only fail to recognize him, but deny the existence of the former mustache altogether. A metaphysical nightmare of t[...]