Clio's Other Sons

Clio's Other Sons
Author: John Dillery
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2015-04-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0472052276

A discussion of the first written histories of Babylon and Egypt

Alexandria and Alexandrianism

Alexandria and Alexandrianism
Author: J. Paul Getty Museum
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1996-09-26
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0892362928

One of the great seats of learning and repositories of knowledge in the ancient world, Alexandria, and the great school of thought to which it gave its name, made a vital contribution to the development of intellectual and cultural heritage in the Occidental world. This book brings together twenty papers delivered at a symposium held at the J. Paul Getty Museum on the subject of Alexandria and Alexandrianism. Subjects range from “The Library of Alexandria and Ancient Egyptian Learning” and “Alexander’s Alexandria” to “Alexandria and the Origins of Baroque Architecture.” With nearly two hundred illustrations, this handsome volume presents some of the world’s leading scholars on the continuing influence and fascination of this great city. The distinguished contributors include Peter Green, R. R. R. Smith, and the late Bernard Bothmer.

The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion

The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion
Author: John Hinnells
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2005-06-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134318464

Providing a genuinely full guide to the theory and methods related to religious studies, this text - written entirely by world-renowned specialists - is the ideal resource for those studying the discipline.

Manetho Demystified--Third Edition

Manetho Demystified--Third Edition
Author: Marianne Luban
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2017-08-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974435838

Every serious student of ancient Egyptian history and chronology will come across the writings of Manetho of Sebennytos sooner or later. This is the most comprehensive and easiest to digest explanation and analysis currently in print of what is behind Manetho's history of his native land and the so-called epitomes made from his "Aegyptiaca" at a later date. While, in 2012, Marianne Luban raised the understanding of Manetho to a new level, subsequent discoveries mandate this Third Edition of her popular work.

Moses the Egyptian

Moses the Egyptian
Author: Jan Assmann
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0674020308

Moses is at the foundation of monotheism, and so of Western culture. Here the factual and fictional events and characters in religious beliefs are studied. It traces monotheism back to the Egyptian king Akhenaten and shows how Moses's followers established truth by denouncing all others as false.

The Metaphysical World of Isaac Newton

The Metaphysical World of Isaac Newton
Author: John Chambers
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 583
Release: 2018-02-13
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1620552051

Newton’s heretical yet equation-incisive writings on theology, spirituality, alchemy, and prophecy, written in secret alongside his Principia Mathematica • Shows how Newton’s brilliance extended far beyond math and science into alchemy, spirituality, prophecy, and the search for lost continents such as Atlantis • Explains how he was seeking to rediscover the one true religion that existed prior to the Flood of Noah, when science and spirituality were one • Examines Newton’s alternate timeline of prehistory and his study of prophecy through the Book of Revelations, including his prediction of Apocalypse in the year 2060 Isaac Newton (1643-1727) is still regarded by the world as the greatest scientist who ever lived. He invented calculus, discovered the binomial theorem, explained the rainbow, built the first reflecting telescope, and explained the force of gravity. In his famous masterpiece, Principia Mathematica, he described the mechanics of the physical universe with unimagined precision, proving the cosmos was put together according to laws. The perfection of these laws implied a perfect legislator. To Newton, they were proof that God existed. At the same time Newton was writing Principia Mathematica, he was writing a twin volume that he might have called, had it been completed, Principia Theologia--Principles of Theology. This other masterpiece of Newton, kept secret because of the heresies it contained, consists of thousands of essays providing equation-incisive answers to the spiritual questions that have plagued mankind through the ages. Examining Newton’s secret writings, John Chambers shows how his brilliance extended into alchemy, spirituality, the search for lost continents such as Atlantis, and a quest to uncover the “corrupted texts” that were rife in the Bibles of his time. Although he was a devout Christian, Newton’s work on the Bible was focused not on restoring the original Jewish and Christian texts but on rediscovering the one true religion that existed prior to the Flood of Noah, when science and spirituality were one. The author shows that a single thread runs through Newton’s metaphysical explorations: He is attempting to chart the descent of man’s soul from perfection to the present day. The author also examines Newton’s alternate timeline of ancient history and his study of prophecy through the Book of Revelations, including his prediction of an Apocalypse in the year 2060 followed by a radically transformed world. He shows that Newton’s great hope was that these writings would provide a moral compass for humanity as it embarked upon the great enterprise that became our technological world.

Christ Among the Messiahs

Christ Among the Messiahs
Author: Matthew V. Novenson
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199844577

He then traces the rise and fall of "the messianic idea"' in Jewish studies and gives an alternative account of early Jewish messiah language: the convention worked because there existed both an accessible pool of linguistic resources and a community of competent language users. Whereas it is commonly objected that the normal rules for understanding "christos" do not apply in the case of Paul since he uses the word as a name rather than a title, Novenson shows that "christos" in Paul is neither a name nor a title but rather a Greek honorific, like Epiphanes or Augustus. Focusing on several set phrases that have been taken as evidence that Paul either did or did not use "christos" in its conventional sense, Novenson concludes that the question cannot be settled at the level of formal grammar. Examining nine passages in which Paul comments on how he means the word "christos", Novenson shows that they do all that we normally expect any text to do to count as a messiah text.

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses
Author: Richard Bauckham
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2008-09-22
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0802863906

Noted New Testament scholar Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption the accounts of Jesus circulated as "anonymous community traditions," instead asserting that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitness.

From Adapa to Enoch

From Adapa to Enoch
Author: Seth L. Sanders
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2017-06-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783161544569

"This book asks what drove the religious visions of ancient scribes. During the first millennium BCE both Babylonian and Judean scribes wrote about and emulated their heroes Adapa and Enoch, who went to heaven to meet their god."--Preface, p. [v].