This is a scholarly work by an author of immense erudition who never reveals his own beliefs but gives an elaborate and clear account of the religion known as Judaism as it developed during its normative period.

The index of passages cited in the work is enough alone to humble all but the most profound of scholars of the Hebrew and Aramaic and classical sources.

Anyone seriously interested in Judaism as a religion should read this book.

Many years ago the late Professor Leon Roth (a former Rector of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem) said to me that he regarded the book as the best book in the English language on Judaism and possibly the best book in any language on Judaism. Having read it I agreed with him and in the intervening years I have never encountered anything to change my view.

Highly recommended.

_Jung and Christianity in Dialogue: Faith, Feminism, and Hermeneutics_ is a rich and diverse collection of writings, from some of the foremost authors in the fields of religion and psychology. This companion volume to _Carl Jung and Christian Spirituality_ explores the relationships between Jungian psychology and Christian traditions in new and illuminating ways. It includes some of the finest articles yet contributed to this dialogue, organized into four different sections: "Jung and Theology" discusses Jung and Christian faith; "Jung, Feminism, and Spirituality" presents feminist critques of Jungian psychology; "Jung and Hermeneutics" explores Jung's interpretive approach to Christian scripture and theology; and "Jung and Pastoral Care" looks at the application of Jung's psychology for the parish minister and pastoral counselor.

This is an excellent book for young women and I readily recommend it to anyone who has pre-teen daughters, or nieces. I gave it to my 12-year old niece and she enjoyed it. It is an excellent tool for young women. Donna Wanner is an excellent teacher and motivator for young women (and all women, for that matter). I should know, she was my first grade teacher 17 years ago and her guidance and teaching influenced my life greatly, and she has always stuck out in my mind as the best teacher I have ever had.

I loved this book from the very begining . I knew that It would be the best book for my book report.

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Writtern so that "regular folk" can understand it, The K Factor tells you how to lower your blood pressure and feel better right away.

Not wanting the side-effects of medication to control my hypertension (which had reached 185/99) I searched for natural remedies. This book tells it all, naturally. There are even lists of what you CAN eat (and cannot) and still keep the pressure down. My heart feels healthier, I have no more headaches, more energy, and a much better disposotion since I started controling my K factor to lower my pressure (which now averages 127/79).

Every hypertension patient should read this book.

This series advances the story of Kabuki started in Circle of Blood through the eyes of the other Noh agents. In a truly fascinating style, each agent is drawn by a different artist. This medium allows, in my opinion, each character to have a separate identity and personality--more so than one artist could have accomplished. Compelling storytelling and wonderful art at its best.

Did John Ernst Worrell Keely really discover a secret motive force in nature - or was he the greatest charlatan of the nineteenth century?

In 1874, Keely demonstrated a mysterious "force" to a group of hard-headed businessmen. His demonstration was so compelling that they launched the Keely Motor Company, and within five years it had capital stock of five million dollars.

Keely's experimental apparatus exhibited sensational results, although he failed to produce a marketable engine in more than twenty-five years of research and experimentation.

The inventor also developed a model airship (though never a full-scale prototype) many years before the first successfully powered Zeppelin.

Intellgent scientists who examined Keely's apparatus and experiments during his lifetime were unable to detect any irregularities in his "Compound Disintegrator," "Provisional Engine," "Musical Ball," "Globe Engine," "Vibratory Accumulator," and "Pneumatic Rocket Gun." Learned professors, shrewd businessmen, lawyers, and others watched awestruck as they saw the known laws of physics utterly violated. Keely was endorsed by men like Dr. J. M. Willcox, Professor Joseph Leidy, and Professor D. G. Brinton of the University of Pennsylvania.

Keely also found many supporters among Theosophists, who believed that he had liberated occult forces.

But investors wanted profits. Keely Motor Company shareholders sued. Keely went to jail for contempt of court for refusing to obey a court order to disclose his "secret" to a committee of experts.

At this low point in Keely's fortunes, Mrs. Clara Bloomfield Moore - poet, novelist, philanthropist - entered his life, became his campion, invested money, enlisted the support of reputable scientists, and wrote Keely and His Discoveries.

As a result of Mrs. Moore's efforts, Major Ricarde-Seaver, a Fellow of the Royal Society in Britain, went to Philadelphia to investigate Keely's work, and returned saying that Keely was working with and had apparent command over mysterious forces which were aboslutely unknown to him or to modern science.

Clara Bloomfield Moore's book, first published in 1893, is the only complete account of Keely's work and theories, and it includes his description of his discoveries and the hypotheses involved.

The 3 directors of Kincora boys foster home engaged in pedaphile activities with the boys. The book traces the authors investigation as he learns that the RUC & Secret Service used the directors association with extreme Unionists / Loyalists with similiar tastes to get inside information on paramilitary activities. The major scandal was never fully unearthed in the British House of Parliament. Some of the political heavy weights had enough influence to crush the investigation. The files are sealed even to the RUC police force to this day.

Washington Irving's A Knickerbocker's History of New York is the single funniest book in American literature. Despite a weak and too-lengthy opening segment on the origin of life and other awkward philosophical questions (the merits of this section are addressed by Irving/Knickerbocker in volume two), once the Dutch colonize the ancient island of Manhattoes (present-day Manhattan), Irving hits a rollicking gallop, going full stride at full speed and doesn't stop until the dubious William the Testy is vanquished at the first volume's end.

"Diedrich Knickerbocker" was arguably the greatest of the several personae Irving adopted during the course of his long writing career. 'Diedrich' penned 'The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle,' as well as short stories 'Wolfert Weber,' 'The Devil And Tom Walker,' 'Kidd The Pirate,' and 'Dolph Heyliger.' Irving achieved magic whenever he wrote, but when he steps into Knickerbocker's antique Dutch shoes, the combination of humor, history and folklore that results is unique, sweeping, and highly entertaining.

Few writers could or would dare to write the kind of poetic sentances Irving/Knickerbocker could, such as "the inhabitants were of primitive stock, and had itermarried and bred in and in, never swarming far from the parent hive."

All lovers of American literature and history, and of Americana generally, should know this delightful, warm and amusing book. Too often today, when addressing the origins of American literature and our early writers, we turn to names like Hawthorne and Poe, forgetting that Irving came first and was in fact the first American writer ever to be taken seriously by Europeans. (It was Hawthorne and Poe that paid lip service to Irving, who was born a full 21 years before Hawthorne and 26 years before Poe.) Some historians and critics go so far as to credit Irving with the creation of the short story as a literary form; he was also the U.S. ambassador to Spain, a world traveler, a biographer of George Washington, and at one time requested to run for mayor of New York City (an invitation he kindly declined). Thanks largely to Irving, the New York City and Hudson River Valley areas have a thriving plethora of myth and folklore all their own. As Americans, we owe the dynamic, magnanimous and prolific Irving a great debt, which decade after decade we neglect to pay or acknowledge.

Knickerbocker's History of New York is not difficult reading, though it is too advanced for children and most teenagers. However, any young adult or adult with a love of American history, particularly with an interest in the founding of our country or the American Revolution specifically, will find it fascinating. Humorists will find it a page-turning delight, and send their volumes of Twain back to the library post-haste....

KOR chronicles the rise of the democratic opposition in Poland starting in 1976 in the aftermath of the riots in Gdansk to the imposition of martial law in 1981. We know now that the good guys won.

This is a detailed account of how a group of intellectuals formed a Committee for the Defense of Workers (the acronym is from its Polish initials.) It is also an account of the difficulties of bringing workers and intellectuals together, getting past the distrust and, er, class divisions.

It is difficult to read, written in the verbally thick style of Eastern European intellectuals. On the plus side, everything is documented and then some. The authors give readers the facts and trust readers to make their own judgement.

Reading this book you get a feel for the human element, the inevitable jealousies that occur when publicity can mean not just the difference between money and nothing, but literally the difference between life and death.

And of course the divisions of society never dissapear. Read how Archbishop Glemp felt it necessary to mention the number of Jews active in the dissident movement and how KOR activists came to call Glemp The Red Prince in consequence.

This is a wonderful book with many valueable lessons in the practical applicaiton of building a just society and I recommend it to everyone.