This volume examines the library of the Abbasid caliphs, known as "The House of Wisdom" ("Bayt al-Hikma"), exploring how this important institution has been misconceived by scholars’. This book places the palace library within the framework of the multifaceted cultural and scientific activities in the era of the caliphs, Harun al-Rashid and al-Ma’mun, generally regarded as the Golden Age of Islamic civilization. The author studies the first references to the House of Wisdom in European sources and shows how misconceptions arose because of incorrect translations of Arabic manuscripts and also because of how scholars overlooked the historical context of the library in ways that reflected their own cultural and national ambitions. The Abbasid House of Wisdom is perfect for scholars, students, and the wider public interested in the scientific and cultural activities of the Islamic Golden Age.

This book is about wisdomhow wisdom brings out knowledge with understanding. You cannot have one without the other, or it brings an imbalance in your walk with the Lord (Proverbs 11:1). Without a true balance, it is an abomination. What does this mean? Think about a scale. You have the middle with a bowl on both the right and left sides. There must be an even weight to have balance. This book brings out a just weight on how to apply wisdom to your everyday walk with the Lord in all ways. Wisdom builds up, but we must have knowledge to know where to apply our wisdom and to have an understanding of where each block goes in building up our house in the Lord.

Proverbs offers incredible promises to those who seek God and live by Gods wisdom principles. This book can be used as a blueprint for building ones life after Gods wisdom principles, thereby bringing stability and success. (Christian)

Mark Twain once quipped: "We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it-and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again, and this is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore." Most would rather not find wisdom by the "hot stove lid" method. Indeed, wisdom is only found in two ways. One is more painful than the other, but we cannot avoid all of the painful lessons of the accompanying gaining of wisdom. God offers us a way of wisdom-if we embrace it ahead of time-that will diminish our hurtful "wisdom experiences." All through Scripture, God is sharing His wisdom with us, prepping us ahead of time to live life, as He planned it, fully. The book of Proverbs is jam-packed with such wisdom. Proverbs 9:1 states, "Wisdom has built her house; She has hewn (or cut) her seven pillars." Wisdom's house rests upon these seven supports. What are they? Is this just Biblical "figurative" language? John Wallace delves into seven aspects of Wisdom that he sees presented in Proverbs and the rest of the Bible. Not only are these aspects explained, but practical and liveable examples of each are reported to help us come under these pillars and enjoy the environment of Wisdom's House.

Includes the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Society.

In this devoutly Christian book, Bertha L. Hicks-Drake tells the story of a woman who has been overlooked in the Bible. Described in Revelation 12 as appearing in heaven with a male child, this woman is no longer the enigma that has endured for hundreds of years. The woman's identity and standing in the Bible completes the story of Jesus Christ. Through the woman's narrative, highlighted in Wisdom Hidden in a Mystery, we learn how and why Jesus was chosen as the one to be the Son of God. The book reveals Jesus' identity before He was given this assignment and describes the beginning of the relationship that Jesus had with God. Deeply spiritual and powerfully moving, Wisdom Hidden in a Mystery will inform and strengthen the reader's faith.