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To what do we owe the great privilege of freedom? To a handful of Greek soldiers and their naval commanders in a life-or-death confrontation with the Persians in 480 bc? To a small band of Frankish soldiers who stood against the conquering armies of Islam more than 1, 300 years ago? To the people of Great Britain who refused to surrender to the overwhelming power of Hitler s Third Reich? Today, fewer than 12 of the 193 countries in the world have a democratic government that has survived for more than fifty years. So, what extraordinary events in history have made it possible for us to enjoy self-rule and personal liberty? And what role has the hand of God played in securing that freedom? In this remarkable new book, bestselling authors Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart highlight seven miracles that changed the course of the world. Skillfully weaving story vignettes with historical explanations, they affirm that history would have been dramatically altered if any one of these events had turned out differently.

Release Date: September 01, 2001

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In Search of the Greeks is a lively and informative introduction to the societies of Classical Greece. Making extensive use of ancient sources and illustrated with over a hundred photographs, drawings, maps and plans, the book introduces six key areas of ancient Greece: Greek religion, the Olympic Games, Athenian drama, Athenian society, Athenian democracy, and Sparta. Each chapter can be read independently, but there are many cross-references and links between each of them. There are useful Appendixes on Attica and Athens, Greek currency values, Greek musical instruments, and the Greek calendar.Review questions throughout the book challenge students to read further and reflect on some of the most important social, political and cultural issues of classical Greece. Many topics raise issues of contemporary relevance, such as the rights of citizens in a democracy, forced marriage, and approaches to education.Essential reading for teachers and students of Classical Civilisation, the book will also be of considerable interest to those involved in drama and citizenship courses.The book is supported by a web site which contains extensive resources.

The understanding of the soul in the West has been profoundly shaped by Christianity, and its influence can be seen in certain assumptions often made about the soul: that, for example, if it does exist, it is separable from the body, free, immortal, and potentially pure. The ancient Greeks, however, conceived of the soul quite differently. In this ambitious new work, Michael Davis analyzes works by Homer, Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, and Aristotle to reveal how the ancient Greeks portrayed and understood what he calls “the fully human soul.”            Beginning with Homer’s Iliad, Davis lays out the tension within the soul of Achilles between immortality and life. He then turns to Aristotle’s De Anima and Nicomachean Ethics to explore the consequences of the problem of Achilles across the whole

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author 8, 000 Differences Between the N.T. Greek Words of the King James Bible and the Modern Versions by Jack A. Moorman, Dr J.a. Moorman Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New This is a superb scholarly work that demonstrates the significant differences between the the New Testament Greek texts of Westcott and Hort, Nestle/Aland, or United Bible Societies and the Greek Words underlying our King James Bible. The difference

Gods and heroes are brought to life in this masterly retelling of the legends and tales of ancient Greece....

Release Date: February 01, 2002

Surveying funerary rites and attitudes toward death from the time of Homer to the fourth century B.C., Robert Garland seeks to show what the ordinary Greek felt about death and the dead. The Second Edition features a substantial new prefatory essay in which Garland addresses recent questions and debates about death and the early Greeks. The book also includes an updated Supplementary Bibliography. Praise for the first edition: "This [volume] contains a rich and remarkably complete collection of the abundant but scattered literary, artistic, and archaeological evidence on death in the ancient world as well as an extensive bibliography on the subject. Robert Garland conceives of death as a process, a rite of passage, a mutual but changing relationship between the deceased and [his or her] survivors. . . . A most useful collection of evidence, sensibly organized (no small feat) and lucidly presented. . . . A valuable source on the Greeks and on the always-lively subject of death."-American Historical Review "Much can be learned from this engaging survey of popular attitudes toward death, the dying, and the dead in Greece down to the end of the Classical period. . . . Appealing to scholars and the general audience."-Religious Studies Review

Developments in several areas of archaeological and historical inquiry over the past years have converged into a new perception of city life in ancient and classical Greece. Contributors identified only by name offer 11 essays from a May 2004 conference at the Cambridge University classics facility on such topics as scaling up from household to state in Bronze Age Crete, town planning in palatial Mycenae, the Thracian landscape of archaic Thasos, literary sources and archaeological evidence for a Hippodamian city at Thourioi, and space and identity in Hellenistic Beirut. There is no index. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)