E-böcker / Religion
Archaeology in the 'Land of Tells and Ruins'
Recently, a travel account and 700 photographs came to light by the hand of Leo Boer, a former student of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem who, at the age ...
Locating the Sacred
Ritual happens in distinct places – in temples, in caves, along pilgrimage routes – and religious activities there incorporate a diverse set of objects such as holy water, cult sta ...
Signals of Belief in Early England
This volume will throw new light on the intellect of the earliest English - the way they thought, the way they viewed the world, and the way they viewed worlds other than this. Pre ...
Anglo-Saxon Somerset
The county of Somerset cannot lay claim to have been an Anglo-Saxon kingdom like Kent or Sussex, but nevertheless it has a history as a distinct region which can be traced to the s ...
Gods and Garments
Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this ...
The Tomb of Pharaoh’s Chancellor Senneferi at Thebes (TT99)
Senneferi was the chancellor of the king in Thebes (modern Luxor) in the reign of Thutmose III (c. 1430 BC). His large but badly damaged tomb lies in the hill of Sheikh Abdel Qurna ...
A Concordance to Biblical Gothic
Includes all Gothic texts in Biblical Gothic, and the Gothic calendar and the Deeds from Naples and Arezzo. Complete with Introduction, Texts and Concordance.
Britain's Medieval Episcopal Thrones
This book is the first major investigation of a subject of seminal importance in the study of church history and archaeology. The two stone thrones, at Wells and Durham, the three ...
Defining the Sacred
Religion is a phenomenon that is inseparable from human society. It brings about a set of emotional, ideological and practical elements that are pervasive in the social fabric of a ...
The Southern Transjordan Edomite Plateau and the Dead Sea Rift Valley
Burton MacDonald presents an in-depth study of the archaeology and history of human presence over the past five-six thousand years in the southern segment of the Transjordan/Edomit ...
Yes, The Arabs Can Too
Much has been written about the role and presence of the Arabs in the world at the beginning of this millennium, and their ability to meet the challenges overwhelming our planet, b ...
Living to Some Purpose
Often described as Iraq’s elder statesman, Dr Adnan Pachachi has enjoyed one of the longest and most distinguished political careers of modern times, both domestically and on the w ...
Encountering Islam
Long before European empires came to dominate the Middle East, Britain was brought face to face with Islam through the activities of the Barbary corsairs. For three centuries after ...
Half Past Ten in the Afternoon
Much of this book is a record of the time the author spent between 1965 and 1970 as an English teacher in Aneiza – a provincial town in central Saudi Arabia. In an entertaining ser ...
Accused
The image of the witch - crook-nosed, unpleasant of disposition and with a penchant for harming her neighbours - is well established in the popular imagination. For hundreds of yea ...
God's Generals
It is one of the more startling facts of military history that the founders of three of the four 'great religions'—Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam—were also accomplished field general ...
Fight the Good Fight
The Second World War challenged many of the concepts that had provided stability and unity in the world. As totalitarian regimes in Europe and Asia attempted to impose their world ...
The Jihadist Threat
This timely and controversial book examines the international and domestic threats to the West from Jihadism. It joins the dots in the Middle East, Asia and Africa and explains wha ...
Ei liian kevyesti, tunteella
Martti Luther mullisti koko Euroopan kirjoitelmillaan. Kiinnostuneena hänen motiiveistaan kirjailija Tauno Yliruusi käy analysoimaan Lutherin muita kirjoitelmia, kuten hänen juutal ...
Soul work
I boken Soul Work delar Josefin Dahlberg med sig av sin personliga resa till ett bättre mående. Efter tre år på drömjobbet som chefredaktör för en modesajt sa hon upp sig och börja ...
Islam
Islam räknas som världens näst största religion. Bara i Sverige identifierar sig nästan en halv miljon människor på olika sätt som muslimer. I denna introduktion till islam present ...
Skambunden
Alla människor har, eller kommer någon gång, att drabbas av skam. Skam kan styra våra liv mycket mer än vad vi tror och den kan göra att vi hamnar i situationer som vi själva inte ...
Feministpastorns tro och tvivel
Att vara både frikyrkopastor och feminist kan vara komplicerat. Esther Kazens tro kantats av tvivel och frustration över en religion som utövat både kvinnoförtryck, homofobi och ra ...
Rörlighetsträning för ett smidigare liv – övningar, inspiration och motivation
Är du stel i rygg och axlar? Har du sms-nacke och dålig hållning? Och, har du också märkt att det är svårare att ta på sig strumporna nuförtiden ? Är svaret ja? Lugn. Du är inte e ...
Lev i din kraft
Vill du uppnå dina drömmar och leva ditt liv till fullo? I "Lev din kraft" leder författaren Helena Magdalena Ivekrans-Nätt dig på rätt väg! I denna djupdykning i attraktionslagen ...