The Anticipation of Death as an Incentive for Productive Life in Eccl 9:10
Title | The Anticipation of Death as an Incentive for Productive Life in Eccl 9:10 PDF eBook |
Author | Trevor Peterson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN |
Death in Jewish Life
Title | Death in Jewish Life PDF eBook |
Author | Stefan C. Reif |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2014-08-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 3110377489 |
Jewish customs and traditions about death, burial and mourning are numerous, diverse and intriguing. They are considered by many to have a respectable pedigree that goes back to the earliest rabbinic period. In order to examine the accurate historical origins of many of them, an international conference was held at Tel Aviv University in 2010 and experts dealt with many aspects of the topic. This volume includes most of the papers given then, as well as a few added later. What emerges are a wealth of fresh material and perspectives, as well as the realization that the high Middle Ages saw a set of exceptional innovations, some of which later became central to traditional Judaism while others were gradually abandoned. Were these innovations influenced by Christian practice? Which prayers and poems reflect these innovations? What do the sources tell us about changing attitudes to death and life-after death? Are tombstones an important guide to historical developments? Answers to these questions are to be found in this unusual, illuminating and readable collection of essays that have been well documented, carefully edited and well indexed.
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
Title | Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church PDF eBook |
Author | Catholic Church. Pontificium Consilium de Iustitia et Pace |
Publisher | Veritas Co. Ltd. |
Pages | 13 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Christian sociology |
ISBN | 1853908398 |
The Consolations of Philosophy
Title | The Consolations of Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Alain De Botton |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2013-01-23 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 030783350X |
From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday problems. Perhaps only Alain de Botton could uncover practical wisdom in the writings of some of the greatest thinkers of all time. But uncover he does, and the result is an unexpected book of both solace and humor. Dividing his work into six sections -- each highlighting a different psychic ailment and the appropriate philosopher -- de Botton offers consolation for unpopularity from Socrates, for not having enough money from Epicurus, for frustration from Seneca, for inadequacy from Montaigne, and for a broken heart from Schopenhauer (the darkest of thinkers and yet, paradoxically, the most cheering). Consolation for envy -- and, of course, the final word on consolation -- comes from Nietzsche: "Not everything which makes us feel better is good for us." This wonderfully engaging book will, however, make us feel better in a good way, with equal measures of wit and wisdom.
Social Dimensions of Climate Change
Title | Social Dimensions of Climate Change PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Mearns |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2009-12-02 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0821381423 |
While major strides have been made in the scientific understanding of climate change, much less understood is how these dynamics in the physical enviornment interact with socioeconomic systems. This book brings together the latest knowledge on the consequences of climate change for society and how best to address them.
The Emphasised Bible
Title | The Emphasised Bible PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Bryant Rotherham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1254 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN |
The Letters of St. Jerome
Title | The Letters of St. Jerome PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Jerome |
Publisher | Paulist Press |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Christian literature, Early |
ISBN | 9780809100873 |
No other source gives such an intimate portrait of this brilliant and strong minded individual, one of the four great doctors of the West and generally regarded as the most learned of the Latin fathers.