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When Biblical scholar Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages, he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. For almost 1500 years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were influenced by the cultural, theological and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes and intentional changes abound in the surviving manuscripts,...
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315 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Allen makes the case that we cannot have freedom as individuals without equality among us as a people. Evoking the colonial world between 1774 and 1777, Allen describes the challenges faced by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston--the "Committee of Five" who had to write a document that reflected the aspirations of a restive population and forge an unprecedented social contract. Although the focus is...
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xiii, 354 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm
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English
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Illustrated with reproductions from early editions of the King James Bible, Bible: The Story of the King James Version offers an authoritative history of this renowned translation, ranging from the Bible's inception to the present day.--From publisher description.
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History of Middle-Earth volume 9
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xi, 482 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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English
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History of Middle-Earth volume 7
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vi, 504 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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Christopher Tolkien chronicles his father's creation of the novel "The Lord of the Rings," presenting early drafts and showing how the cast of characters grew after the first stage of writing. Also discusses Tolkien's changing map of Middle-earth, and the runic alphabets.
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Letras hispánicas volume 313
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296 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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Español
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History of Middle-Earth volume 8
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xi, 476 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 21 cm.
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English
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History of Middle-Earth volume 6
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x, 497 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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English
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417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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An account of the dramatic writing of and fight to publish James Joyce's "Ulysses" reveals how the now classic book was the subject of a landmark federal obscenity trial in 1933 that overturned key censorship laws.
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