Through the years our understanding of Jesus has been shaped by different cultural influences & many Christians have forgotten that Jesus was a Jewish man living in a Jewish land observing Jewish customs & investing his life into Jewish men & women Trading the popular but inaccurate Western perspective of the Bible for the context in which Jesus actually ministered in 2000 years ago author Robby Gallaty reveals the fascinating Hebraic culture customs & nuances many Christians have never experienced or learned about By uncovering the teaching of the first & second century rabbis & Christian theologians & highlighting little-known Jewish idioms & traditions Gallaty takes Christians on a biblical journey to rediscover a forgotten Jesus from a biblical perspective deepening your relationship with God ...

The Forgotten Legion
- fighting for honour freedom & revenge Romulus & Fabiola are twins born into slavery after their mother is
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The minefield of Elvis Cole's past is coming back to haunt him
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' Lovely mouth-watering page-turning Packed with the sunshine scents & savours of the South of France Enough to make you rush straight to the Eurostar' Daily Mail The grape harvest at the Cambon family's magnificent Provencal vineyard is always a cause for celebration But not this year When the crop is accidentally destroyed leaving the estate facing ruin Clarisse Cambon knows exactly who to blame
- her English daughter-in-law Jane It's just the latest incident in a decades-long feud that has left Jane feeling like an uninvited guest in her husband Luc's family But when tragedy strikes & Jane uncovers a shocking secret at the family's heart she wonders if she ever really knew any of the Cambons especially her husband at all Now she is left with a terrible choice
- walk away & see everything the Cambons believe in fall apart or stay to expose the truth & risk being caught in the storm?' Secrets tragedy hidden pasts & family secrets all set in glorious Provence
- I loved this' Santa Montefiore' This atmospheric read will whisk you straight to the South of France as you become immersed in the tale of secrets & heartbreak' Marie Claire


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A tale of love & friendship Annie the rag doll & Teddy Bear are in search of a child who will love them Their search takes them on an incredible adventure through an overwhelming city Based on the book & The Night After Christmas& by James Stevenson Certificate Universal Suitable for All ...

Shortlisted for The Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 If it hadn't been for the child then none of this might have happened She saw me kissing her father She saw her father kissing me The fact that a child got mixed up in it all made us feel that it mattered that there was no going back ...

The tenth to the thirteenth centuries in Europe saw the appearance of popular heresy & the establishment of the Inquisition the expropriation & mass murder of Jews & the propagation of elaborate measures to segregate lepers from the healthy & curtail their civil rights These were traditionally seen as distinct & separate developments & explained in terms of the problems which their victims presented to medieval society In this stimulating book first published in 1987 & now widely regarded as a a classic in medieval history R I Moore argues that the coincidences in the treatment of these & other minority groups cannot be explained independently & that all are part of a pattern of persecution which now appeared for the first time to make Europe become as it has remained a persecuting society In this new edition R I Moore updates & extends his original argument with a new final chapter "A Persecuting Society" Here & in a new preface & critical bibliography he considers the impact of a generation's research & refines his conception of the "persecuting society" accordingly addressing criticisms of the first edition ...

Jonathan Berkey's 2003 book surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from roughly 600 to 1800 CE The opening chapter examines the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity & the religious traditions which preceded Islam Subsequent chapters investigate Islam's first century & the beginnings of its own traditions the 'classical' period from the accession of the Abbasids to the rise of the Buyid amirs & thereafter the emergence of new forms of Islam in the middle period Throughout close attention is paid to the experiences of Jews & Christians as well as Muslims The book stresses that Islam did not appear all at once but emerged slowly as part of a prolonged process whereby it was differentiated from other religious traditions & indeed that much that we take as characteristic of Islam is in fact the product of the medieval period ...

234 pages 1 Line drawings black & white; 1 Tables black & white Hudson John (St Andrews University UK) ...

First published in 1922 & based on lectures delivered in May 1921 Albert Einstein's The Meaning of Relativity offered an overview & explanation of the then new & controversial theory of relativity The work would go on to become a monumental classic printed in numerous editions & translations worldwide Now The Formative Years of Relativity introduces Einstein's masterpiece to new audiences This beautiful volume contains Einstein's insightful text accompanied by important historical materials & commentary looking at the origins & development of general relativity Hanoch Gutfreund & Jurgen Renn provide fresh original perspectives placing Einstein's achievements into a broader context for all readers In this book Gutfreund & Renn tell the rich story behind the early reception spread & consequences of Einstein's ideas during the formative years of general relativity in the late 1910s & 1920s They show that relativity's meaning changed radically throughout the nascent years of its development & they describe in detail the transformation of Einstein's work from the esoteric pursuit of one individual communicating with a handful of colleagues into the preoccupation of a growing community of physicists astronomers mathematicians & philosophers This handsome edition"es extensively from Einstein's correspondence & reproduces historical documents such as newspaper articles & letters Inserts are featured in the main text giving concise explanations of basic concepts & short biographical notes & photographs of some of Einstein's contemporaries are included The first-ever English translations of two of Einstein's popular Princeton lectures are featured at the book's end ...