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The Wreck of the Old 97


Free Download Larry G. Aaron, "The Wreck of the Old 97 "
English | ISBN: 1596298766 | 2010 | 160 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
With Fast Mail train No. 97 an hour behind schedule, locomotive engineer Steve Broady, according to legend, swore to "put her in Spencer on time" or "put her in Hell."

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The Bible In Aramaic Based On Old Manuscripts And Printed Texts


Free Download Alexander Sperber, "The Bible In Aramaic: Based On Old Manuscripts And Printed Texts"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 9004140387 | PDF | pages: 1240 | 172.1 mb
In 1924, Professor Sperber graduated from Bonn University with a dissertation on "Das Propheten-Targum in seinem Verhältnis zum masoretischen Text". He was then invited to prepare a critical edition of the Targum. Thus Professor Sperber began an immense task.

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Behind the Scenes Daily Life in Old Kingdom Egypt


Free Download Behind the Scenes: Daily Life in Old Kingdom Egypt By Ann McFarlane; Anna-Latifa Mourad; Australian Centre for Egyptology
2012 | 186 Pages | ISBN: 0856688606 | PDF | 148 MB
"In ancient Egypt the tombs of officials are decorated with wall scenes recording many aspects of everyday life and its structure : families, work and leisure, activities on the water and on agricultural estates, individual circumstances and preferences. These images, thousands of years old, preserve a perpetual and, although incomplete, detailed record of individuals and their society. Through them we can today gain an appreciation of the extraordinary achievements and skills of that early civilisation and of the abilities of ancient Egyptian artists. This volume deals with themes of daily life as represented in tomb decoratrion of the Old Kingdom (ca 2,657-2,120 BC)." — p. 1.

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The politics of old age Older people’s interest organisations and collective action in Ireland


Free Download Martha Doyle, "The politics of old age: Older people’s interest organisations and collective action in Ireland"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0719090474 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 0.4 mb
The politics of old age in the twenty first century is contentious, encompassing ideological debates about the rights and welfare entitlements of individuals in later life. An important aspect is the manner in which older people and their representative groups are given the opportunity to articulate their interests in the policy-making process. Drawing upon key literature in political science, social gerontology and cultural sociology, The politics of old age explores the relationship between ageing, politics and representation. It reveals the complexity of older people’s representation and how the power the organisations exercise, their legitimacy and existence remain highly contingent on government policy design, political opportunity structures and the prevailing cultural and socioeconomic milieu.

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New Theologies of the Old Testament and History The Function of History in Modern Biblical Scholarship (33)


Free Download Petr Slama, "New Theologies of the Old Testament and History: The Function of History in Modern Biblical Scholarship (33) "
English | ISBN: 3643908415 | 2017 | 300 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In this book, Old Testament theologies written in the last two centuries are scrutinized with special regard to their relation to history. History as a way of making sense and finding one’s orientation out of the past is discussed. A distinction between emic (taken from within a literary work) and etic (taken from outside of a literary work) perspectives is suggested as an important criterion for understanding any Old Testament theology. (Series: Contributions to the Understanding of the Bible / BeitrÃ?¤ge zum Verstehen der Bibel, Vol. 33) [Subject: Bible Studies, Religious Studies, Protestantism, Old Testament]

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