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Hamas
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Beverley Milton-Edwards |
Declared a terrorist menace yet elected to government in a free election, Hamas: the Islamic Resistance Movement now stands as the most important Sunni Islamist group in the Middle East.
How did H… |
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The Lost History of Christianity
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Philip Jenkins,John Philip Jenkins |
In this groundbreaking book, renowned religion scholar Philip Jenkins offers a lost history, revealing that, for centuries, Christianity's center was actually in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, wi… |
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Religions of the ancient near East
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Daniel C. Snell |
"This book is a history of religious life in the Ancient Near East from the beginnings of agriculture to Alexander the Great's invasion in the 300s BCE"--
"This book is a history of religious life i… |
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Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms
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Gerard Russell |
Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucife… |
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Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria, and Israel
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K. van der Toorn |
This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Ugaritic and early Israelite civilizations. On the basis of documents from both the private and the literary re… |
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The Religion of Ancient Israel (Library of Ancient Israel)
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Patrick D. Miller |
Patrich D. Miller investigates the role religion played in the family, village, tribe, and nation-state of ancient Israel. He situates Israel's religion in context where a variety of social forces af… |
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The Middle East
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Gary S. Gregg |
Foreword by David Matsumoto Introduction Part I. Cultural context of development1. Misunderstandings2. The social ecology of psychological development3. Honor and Islam: Shaping emotions, traits, and… |
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The Formation of Islam
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Jonathan P. Berkey |
Jonathan Berkey's book surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from roughly 600 to 1800 CE. The opening chapter examines the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, … |
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