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Contemporary Japan

by Duncan McCargo, Dr Sara Park ...

Series series Contemporary States and Societies
What have been the fundamental shifts in Japanese society over the past decade? And what has remained the same? What will the country look like in five years from now?Introducing you to all aspects of Japanese society, culture, politics, economy, geography and history, this book guides you through the country's enduring features, recent trends and the most interesting areas of analysis:- Gender ... Read more

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What have been the fundamental shifts in Japanese society over the past decade? And what has remained the same? What will the country look like in five years from now?Introducing you to all aspects of Japanese society, culture, politics, economy, geography and history, this book guides you through the country's enduring features, recent trends and the most interesting areas of analysis:- Gender
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Gender in the Rhetoric of Jesus

Women in Q

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Examining the hypothetical earliest layer of Jesus’ sayings known as Q, Sara Parks argues that Jesus deliberately crafted parabolic teachings regarding the basileia of God to appeal to both male and female adherents. For a century after Q, vestiges of gender-paired teachings popped up in multiple independent texts related to Jesus, from Mark to Paul to the Synoptics and John—making it more likely ... Read more

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Examining the hypothetical earliest layer of Jesus’ sayings known as Q, Sara Parks argues that Jesus deliberately crafted parabolic teachings regarding the basileia of God to appeal to both male and female adherents. For a century after Q, vestiges of gender-paired teachings popped up in multiple independent texts related to Jesus, from Mark to Paul to the Synoptics and John—making it more likely
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Constructions of Gender in Religious Traditions of Late Antiquity

by Shayna Sheinfeld, Juni Hoppe, Matthew R. Anderson, Lavinia Cerioni, Federico Dal Bo, Krista N. Dalton, Sari Fein, Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Andrew W. Higginbotham0, Matthew R. Hotham1, Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel2, Sara Parks3, Daniel Vorpahl4, David Zakarian5, Kathy Ehrensperger7, Bernadette J. Brooten8, Ilaria L.E. Ramelli9 ...

This volume examines questions concerning the construction of gender and identity in the earliest days of what is now Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Methodologically explicit, the contributions analyze textual and material sources related to these religious traditions in their cultural contexts. The sources examined are predominantly products of patriarchal elite discourses requiring innovative ... Read more

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This volume examines questions concerning the construction of gender and identity in the earliest days of what is now Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Methodologically explicit, the contributions analyze textual and material sources related to these religious traditions in their cultural contexts. The sources examined are predominantly products of patriarchal elite discourses requiring innovative
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Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean

by Sara Parks, Shayna Sheinfeld, Meredith J. C. Warren ...

Winner of the 2023 CSBS' Frank W. Beare Award.Honourable Mention for Best Book in Jewish Studies from the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies.This engaging and accessible textbook provides an introduction to the study of ancient Jewish and Christian women in their Hellenistic and Roman contexts.This is the first textbook dedicated to introducing women’s religious roles in Judaism and ... Read more

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Winner of the 2023 CSBS' Frank W. Beare Award.Honourable Mention for Best Book in Jewish Studies from the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies.This engaging and accessible textbook provides an introduction to the study of ancient Jewish and Christian women in their Hellenistic and Roman contexts.This is the first textbook dedicated to introducing women’s religious roles in Judaism and
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Gender and Second-Temple Judaism

by Shayna Sheinfeld, Francis Borchardt, Gabriella Gelardini, Sara Parks, Chontel Syfox, Daniel Vorpahl, Sarah E.G. Fein, Kathy Ehrensperger, Tal Ilan0, Amy-Jill Levine1, Gerbern S. Oegema2, Adele Reinhartz3, Angela Standhartinger4 ...

Ancient literature was generally written by and produced for elite men. That fact creates specific challenges to modern interpreters of gender roles in the ancient world, especially once contemporary understandings of gender as construction and performance are embraced. In Gender and Second-Temple Judaism, world-renowned scholars take on these challenges with regard to ancient Judaism (here ... Read more

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Ancient literature was generally written by and produced for elite men. That fact creates specific challenges to modern interpreters of gender roles in the ancient world, especially once contemporary understandings of gender as construction and performance are embraced. In Gender and Second-Temple Judaism, world-renowned scholars take on these challenges with regard to ancient Judaism (here
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Clever Carter

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“Clever Carter” is a story about a young boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder.It is a picture book that was written for children, to provide an understanding about the disorder. The book teaches about some of the common behaviors of ASD. Though initially geared towards young children, it grants valuable knowledge to anyone unfamiliar with the disorder.With its memorable rhythmic flow and pleasant ... Read more

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“Clever Carter” is a story about a young boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder.It is a picture book that was written for children, to provide an understanding about the disorder. The book teaches about some of the common behaviors of ASD. Though initially geared towards young children, it grants valuable knowledge to anyone unfamiliar with the disorder.With its memorable rhythmic flow and pleasant
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How Jesus Became God

The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee

by Bart D. Ehrman ...

New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early Church.The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed during Jesus’s lifetime—and it is not what Jesus claimed about himself. How Jesus Became God tells the ... Read more

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New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early Church.The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed during Jesus’s lifetime—and it is not what Jesus claimed about himself. How Jesus Became God tells the
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The First Paul

Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon

by Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan ...

“Borg and Crossan reveal a figure who, besides being neither anti-Semitic, anti-sex, nor misogynist, stresses social and political equality among Christians and between them and others. A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization.” — Booklist (starred review)John Dominic Crossan and Marcus J. Borg—two of the world ... Read more

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“Borg and Crossan reveal a figure who, besides being neither anti-Semitic, anti-sex, nor misogynist, stresses social and political equality among Christians and between them and others. A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization.” — Booklist (starred review)John Dominic Crossan and Marcus J. Borg—two of the world
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The Birth of Christianity

Discovering What Happened In the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus

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Mary Magdalene

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After 2,000 years of flawed history, here at last is a magnificent new biography of Mary Magdalene that draws her out of the shadows of history and restores her to her rightful place of importance in Christianity.Throughout history, Mary Magdalene has been both revered and reviled, a woman who has taken on many forms—witch, whore, the incarnation of the eternal feminine, the devoted companion (and ... Read more

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After 2,000 years of flawed history, here at last is a magnificent new biography of Mary Magdalene that draws her out of the shadows of history and restores her to her rightful place of importance in Christianity.Throughout history, Mary Magdalene has been both revered and reviled, a woman who has taken on many forms—witch, whore, the incarnation of the eternal feminine, the devoted companion (and
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After Jesus Before Christianity

A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements

by Erin Vearncombe, Brandon Scott, Hal Taussig, The Westar Institute ...

From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative work of early church history—an eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion and its early dissemination.Christianity has endured for more than two ... Read more

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From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative work of early church history—an eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion and its early dissemination.Christianity has endured for more than two
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From Jesus to Christianity

How Four Generations of Visionaries & Storytellers Created the New Testament and Christian Faith

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L. Michael White, one of the world's foremost scholars on the origins of Christianity, provides the complete, astonishing story of how Christianity grew from the personal vision of a humble Jewish peasant living in a remote province of the Roman Empire into the largest organized religion in the world.Rather than reading the New Testament straight through in its traditional, or "canonical" order, ... Read more

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L. Michael White, one of the world's foremost scholars on the origins of Christianity, provides the complete, astonishing story of how Christianity grew from the personal vision of a humble Jewish peasant living in a remote province of the Roman Empire into the largest organized religion in the world.Rather than reading the New Testament straight through in its traditional, or "canonical" order,
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