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This anthology explores the fruitful encounters between deities and humans, drawing on a broad spectrum of research and discoveries ranging from ancient Levantine archaeology and iconography to history. It also includes studies from Assyriology and Egyptology as well as several contributions from Hebrew Bible studies, New Testament studies, Jewish studies as well as from dogmatic and practical theology. Taking Angelika Berlejungs 2021-article "Refreshed Cultic Kisses: Forms of Encounter Between Gods and Humans" as a starting point, this anthology deepens our understanding of how fruitful encounters between deities and humans have looked like in the past or may look like today.

The Great Isaiah Scroll lives up to its present-day name: with its over 7 meters, it preserves a complete text of one of the most extensive Hebrew Bible books. Leading experts in Dead Sea Scrolls studies take the reader on a tour from the Qumran settlement and the caves to the Scrolls and then focus on the Great Isaiah Scroll. They address the materiality of this scroll, such as the parchment and the ink, but also the jars. And they engage with the socio-historical context of the Scroll and its role in the reception of the Book of Isaiah. Several authors voice the history of finding the scroll.With contributions by George Brooke, Ruthanne Brooks, Claudia Colini, Sidnie White Crawford, Marta Feliciangeli, Marcello Fidanzio, Jorg Frey, Jutta Jorikanta, Jodi Magness, Noam Mizrahi, Dennis Mizzi, Hindy Najman, Grzegorz Nehring, Mladen Popovic, Ira Rabin, Rebekah Van Sant, Orit Shamir, Lawrence Schiffman, Naama Sukenik, Eibert Tigchelaar, and Emanuel Tov.

Ampliando o Método Paulinyi sobre Poesia e Versificação, este tratado ensina 180 figuras de linguagens, tropos e esquemas que enriquecem a expressividade literária. Dezenas destas figuras são explica

In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to cross Antarctica. He never set foot on the continent. Instead, his ship, the Endurance, was crushed by pack ice, leaving 28 men stranded on a drifting floe in the most hostile environment on Earth. "Frozen Hell" is the gripping account of their two-year battle against cold, starvation, and madness.This story defines the word "impossible." We follow the crew as they camp on melting ice sheets, survive on penguin meat, and undertake a desperate 800-mile journey in a small open lifeboat across the wildest ocean on the planet. But the true miracle wasnt the navigation; it was the leadership. Shackleton held his men together through sheer force of will, ensuring that not a single life was lost.Drawing on diaries and logbooks, this book puts you in the boat with them. You will feel the biting wind and the crushing despair. It is a study in human resilience and a testament to the fact that when all hope is lost, the only thing left is the refusal to give up. A masterpiece of adventure history that reads like a thriller.

D-Day, 1944. The fate of the world hangs in the balance. The Nazis are waiting for the Allied invasion. But they are waiting in the wrong place. Why? Because of one man. "The Spy Who Saved the World" tells the incredible true story of Juan Pujol Garcia, code name "Garbo."He was a chicken farmer from Spain who hated fascism so much he decided to become a spy. Rejected by the British, he created a fake network of sub-agents and fed the Germans lies so convincing they awarded him the Iron Cross. Eventually recruited by MI5, he orchestrated the greatest deception in military history: convincing Hitler that the Normandy landings were just a diversion.This book reads like a spy novel, but every word is true. It explores the psychology of the double agentthe nerve required to lie to the face of evil every single day. Without Garbo, the liberation of Europe might have failed. This is the story of the man who won the war with nothing but his imagination.

It was the ultimate clash of civilizations. On one side, the Song Dynasty of China: the most technologically advanced, culturally sophisticated, and wealthy society on earth. On the other, the Mongol hordes: illiterate nomads from the harsh steppes, possessing nothing but horses, bows, and an unquenchable thirst for conquest. "Steel Against Silk" chronicles the decades-long war that transformed the map of the world.This book challenges the stereotype of the Mongols as mindless barbarians. It reveals the terrifying adaptability of Genghis and Kublai Khan, who learned siege engineering from their enemies and turned Chinas own inventionsgunpowder and bureaucracyagainst it. We witness the epic siege of Xiangyang, where for years the immovable object of Chinese fortification withstood the irresistible force of the Mongol cavalry.But it is also a story of cultural collision. How did a dynasty of poets and scholars fall to a nation of shepherds? Was the softness of the "silk" society its undoing, or did it eventually absorb and civilize its conquerors? Through vivid battle descriptions and analysis of court politics, we explore the brutal birth of the Yuan Dynasty. This is history written in blood and ink.

History often repeats itself, but rarely with such brutal clarity as in the mountains of Afghanistan. "Graveyard of Empires" offers a forensic dissection of the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989), a conflict that began with a swift palace coup and ended with the disintegration of a superpower. This is not just a retelling of battles; it is a deep strategic analysis of how a technologically superior military machine was ground down by a decentralized, low-tech insurgency.We dive into the operational maps of the Red Army to understand the fatal flaw in their doctrine: the reliance on heavy mechanized columns in terrain that favored the ambush. The book explores the psychological toll on the conscript soldiers who found themselves fighting ghosts in a land they did not understand, and the ruthless efficiency of the Mujahideen, armed with faith and Stinger missiles.Beyond the battlefield, we examine the geopolitical chess game played in Washington and Islamabad, where covert funding and intelligence streams turned a local conflict into the final bleeding wound of the Cold War. We analyze the economic cost that drained the Kremlins coffers and the moral collapse that spread from the Hindu Kush back to the streets of Moscow.For military historians and students of geopolitics, this book provides essential lessons on the limits of hard power. It challenges the notion that sheer firepower guarantees victory and highlights the devastating effectiveness of asymmetric warfare. From the initial invasion to the chaotic withdrawal across the Friendship Bridge, "Graveyard of Empires" documents the hubris of an invader who forgot that in Afghanistan, the land itself fights back.

Egypt has many pharaohs, but only one tried to kill the gods. "The Forgotten Pharaoh" tells the story of Akhenaten, the heretic king who banned the old pantheon to worship a single god, the Sun Disk. It was the first monotheism in history, a radical revolution that turned an empire upside down.But after his death, the empire struck back. His temples were dismantled, his city abandoned to the desert, and his name chiseled off every monument. The priests tried to erase him from time itself. For 3000 years, they succeeded.We reconstruct the life of this enigmatic figure. Was he a visionary prophet or a mad tyrant? What was the role of his famous wife, Nefertiti? And how does his legacy connect to the biblical Moses? A gripping historical detective story about memory, religion, and the attempt to rewrite the past.

Seja muito bem-vindo à 16ª Edição do VADE MECUM POLICIAL! Após osucesso das nove primeiras edições, que se esgotaram, apresentamos esta, ainda maiscompleta e focada nos concursos policiais.Como profe

Reckoning with the Colonial Past to Bring Justice to the Present As White settlers spread across North America, they crafted and enacted an epic story of their God-given dominionover the land, over Indigenous nations, and over the future. Their narrative constructed a myth of innocence that justified a massive program of violence and dispossession by suppressing a darker history. That history still reverberates today, from settler Americas relations with the Indigenous nations of the United States to ways the land has been commodified as property. Its time for the whole truth to be told.In Undoing Manifest Destiny, L. Daniel Hawk exposes the belief systems and practices that settlers developed to justify the displacement, destruction, and cultural erasure of Indigenous peoples, beginning in the early American colonial period and extending to the present day. Writing as the descendant of White settlers and as a biblical scholar, he challenges settler Christians to uncover what the settler narrative denies and to work toward addressing historic injustices.In this book, Hawk combines settler colonial theory, historical analysis, and Christian theology to examine how settler America sought to erase Indigenous presence from lands taken by the United States and its colonial predecessors; offers a decolonizing perspective that challenges the church to acknowledge its complicity with the colonial project and to enter into dialogue directed toward setting things right; and highlights contemporary manifestations of colonialism in US interactions with its Indigenous citizens, demonstrating that past issues are still present and need to be addressed today. Hawk asserts that Christians were complicit with programs of erasure, and so Christians are called to confront and heal their residue today. Joining historical research with theology and biblical scholarship, Hawk helps us recognize the myths that shape the American imagination and to engage our faith for a better way forward.This book is an invaluable resource for scholars, educators, students, and readers invested in areas such as post- and de-colonial studies, race and ethnicity, United States history, and social justice. Deepen your understanding of history, confront unsettling truths, and work toward justice and healing with Undoing Manifest Destiny.

El libro en Nueva España reúne estudios que abordan la historia material y cultural del impreso novohispano desde una perspectiva amplia: antecedentes, condiciones de producción, circuitos de circulacion y practicas de lectura, sin aislar el libro de otros regimenes de transmision oralidades, manuscritos y culturas graficas que coexistieron con el.Coordinado por Jose Abel Ramos Soriano, el volumen ofrece un recorrido por problemas y objetos diversos: los primeros productos de la imprenta, repertorios y escrituras musicales, libros de coro, trayectorias bibliograficas y textos que tensionan las fronteras entre lo escrito y lo dicho. Con ese enfoque, la obra ilumina no solo "que" se imprimia, sino como se imprimia, para quien, con que usos y en que redesse sostenia la circulacion de la palabra.Por su riqueza documental y la pluralidad de aproximaciones, este libro resulta de interes para investigadores y estudiantes de historia del libro, historia cultural, literatura, musica, archivistica y estudios coloniales.

Quando Teófilo terminou de ler o Evangelho que Lucas lhe havia dedicado, pôde se sentir plenamente satisfeito. Mas Teófilo, apesar de seu entusiasmo, teria desejado comentar com Lucas muitas passagen

António Sérgio (1883-1969) viveu durante uma era em que Estados-nações mantiveram estruturas socioeconómicas promotoras da desigualdade entre as pessoas, e em que movimentos diversos tentaram as corr

António Sérgio (1883-1969) viveu durante uma era em que Estados-nações mantiveram estruturas socioeconómicas promotoras da desigualdade entre as pessoas, e em que movimentos diversos tentaram as corr

Paisaje Cultural de Chiloé invita a recorrer un territorio donde geografía, arquitectura, historia y vida comunitaria se entrelazan de manera inseparable, desde los asentamientos costeros y la relacion cotidiana con el mar, hasta las iglesias, palafitos, festividades y practicas contemporaneas. El libro muestra la manera en que el archipielago se ha configurado como un paisaje cultural unico, en el que la naturaleza, lo material y lo simbolico dialogan constantemente.Mediante dieciseis articulos, organizados en cuatro secciones aproximaciones historicas, territorio y maritorio, arquitecturas patrimoniales y expresiones comunitarias esta obra revela la profundidad y diversidad de Chiloe, destacando los modos de habitar, las memorias compartidas y las transformaciones que han dado forma a su identidad. Cada capitulo ofrece nuevas claves para comprender la manera en que las comunidades chilotas han construido, sostenido y reimaginado su paisaje cultural a lo largo del tiempo. El libro incorpora, ademas, un conjunto de imagenes que enriquecen la lectura y permiten apreciar visualmente la complejidad del archipielago.Pensado para lectores interesados en el patrimonio, el territorio y las culturas del sur de Chile, asi como sus diversas comunidades, este volumen se presenta como una ventana privilegiada hacia la riqueza chilota. Publicado en el marco de los 200 años de su incorporacion a la Republica de Chile, invita a mirar el paisaje cultural no solo como una herencia, sino que, al modo de un tejido vivo, en permanente movimiento.

Dos libros para entender lo que nunca se deja definir. El peronismo en su hora más trágica y decisiva. El peronismo atraviesa la historia argentina desde la mitad del siglo xx hasta nuestros días y todavia nadie puede definirlo de manera univoca. Jose Pablo Feinmann milito en el peronismo de izquierda de la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras en los años 60 y siguio acompañando ese movimiento hasta que, muerto Peron, este viro hacia la derecha represiva de la Triple A. Desde entonces, fue testigo privilegiado de los diferentes momentos y las diversas caras de este fenomeno unico, idolatrado por unos y demonizado por otros. ¿Que es el peronismo? Pareciera que no tiene definicion posible o certera porque siempre muestra una arista mas y vuelve a escurrirse. Esta obra ambiciosa, desmesurada el segundo tomo va del primer regreso de Peron, en 1972, al golpe militar de 1976, consigue mostrar en toda su complejidad y dramatismo los grandes momentos que cambiarian la historia argentina. Feinmann es el unico que podia escribirlo con tanta lucidez y legitimidad. Peronismo es un libro apasionado y estremecedor. Tambien escalofriante e hipercritico. Sin rehuir la polemica o la controversia, echa luz sobre una historia tan oscura como vital, tan fascinante como tragica. Todas las mascaras caen. La Argentina queda a flor de piel, sin excusas.Tambien cae la mascara del autor, quien insiste en afirmar una verdad de la microfisica: el experimentador forma parte del sistema experimental. Hoy, a quince años de su publicacion, este trabajo vibrante y desgarrado tal vez la maxima obra de Jose Pablo Feinmann resulta tan vigente como entonces y sigue iluminando e interpelando con la misma potencia y lucidez el pasado, el presente y el porvenir. Un fresco de la cultura politica argentina contemporanea, una historia de vida, una biografia intelectual-filosofica, un folletin tragico, un conjunto de dialogos teatrales... el ensayo, el dialogo, la meditacion, todos generos clasicos, estan ahi. Verdadera pintura de epoca, con partes propias del tratadista y un dolor interno muy intenso. Horacio Gonzalez

UM RELATO BRILHANTE DE ANTONY BEEVOR SOBRE O COLAPSO DO TERCEIRO REICHO Exército Vermelho tinha sede por vingança quando finalmente alcançou as fronteiras do Terceiro Reich em janeiro de 1945. Instrutores politicos martelavam a mensagem sobre a brutalidade da Wehrmacht e das SS. O resultado foi o exemplo mais aterrorizante de destruiço e violencia ja visto, com tanques esmagando colunas de refugiados sob suas esteiras, estupros em massa, saques e aniquilaço.Centenas de milhares de mulheres e ciranças morreram congeladas ou foram massacradas porque os chefes do Partido Nazista, recusando-se a aceitar a derrota, haviam proibido a evacuaço de civis. Mais de sete milhes fugiram para o oeste, tentando escapar do terror do Exercito Vermelho.Apoiado em arquivos ineditos, Antony Beevor nos oferece neste livro no apenas um documento historico fundamental, mas tambem um grande relato tragico e comovente, no qual todas as paixes humanas se desencadeiam em seu auge em que o orgulho se mistura a loucura, a astucia convive com a estupidez, o heroismo coexiste com o medo, a abnegaço com a crueldade.

El peronismo contado desde adentro, con lucidez, pasión y polémica. Dos libros para entender lo que nunca se deja definir. El peronismo atraviesa la historia argentina desde la mitad del siglo xx hasta nuestros dias y todavia nadie puede definirlo de manera univoca. Jose Pablo Feinmann milito en el peronismo de izquierda de la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras en los años 60 y siguio acompañando ese movimiento hasta que, muerto Peron, este viro hacia la derecha represiva de la Triple A. Desde entonces, fue testigo privilegiado de los diferentes momentos y las diversas caras de este fenomeno unico, idolatrado por unos y demonizado por otros. ¿Que es el peronismo? Pareciera que no tiene definicion posible o certera porque siempre muestra una arista mas y vuelve a escurrirse. Esta obra ambiciosa, desmesurada el primer tomo va de 1943 al primer regreso de Peron, en 1972, consigue mostrar en toda su complejidad y dramatismo los grandes momentos que cambiarian la historia argentina. Feinmann es el unico que podia escribirlo con tanta lucidez y legitimidad. Peronismo es un libro apasionado y estremecedor. Tambien escalofriante e hipercritico. Sin rehuir la polemica o la controversia, echa luz sobre una historia tan oscura como vital, tan fascinante como tragica. Todas las mascaras caen. La Argentina queda a flor de piel, sin excusas.Tambien cae la mascara del autor, quien insiste en afirmar una verdad de la microfisica: el experimentador forma parte del sistema experimental. Hoy, a quince años de su publicacion, este trabajo vibrante y desgarrado tal vez la maxima obra de Jose Pablo Feinmann resulta tan vigente como entonces y sigue iluminando e interpelando con la misma potencia y lucidez el pasado, el presente y el porvenir. Un fresco de la cultura politica argentina contemporanea, una historia de vida, una biografia intelectual-filosofica, un folletin tragico, un conjunto de dialogos teatrales... el ensayo, el dialogo, la meditacion, todos generos clasicos, estan ahi. Verdadera pintura de epoca, con partes propias del tratadista y un dolor interno muy intenso. Horacio Gonzalez

The artist Norman Thelwell (19232004) was famous for his horse and pony cartoons, but his work was far more wide ranging. He focused his exceptional talent on many diverse subjects, with his witty and wry observations providing amusement and sharp social comment. Brat Race, which was first published in 1977, takes a comical look at the world of children and the joys of parenthood. Thelwell chronicles youngsters behaviour with hilarious accuracy noting the mysteries, curiosities and characteristics, while providing humorous hints and advice for anxious parents and well-meaning relatives. From names, toys and birthday parties, to pets, health and happiness, all elements of childhood are depicted in the artists inimitable and entertaining style.