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This study focuses on a reading of Proverbs 1-9 as satire via semiotics, which empowers a heightened, poetic sensitivity to multivalent textual signs. These include allusion to two points of critique against Solomon: (1) his political policy of socio-economic injustice and (2) his numerous sexual (in)discretions.

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Strong women who prevail and triumph using their intelligence, courage, or resourcefulness are celebrated in this gathering of stories for all ages.

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An analysis of the relationship of the Strange Woman and Woman Wisdom, separate but inseparable in Proverbs 1-9.

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This book addresses a highly complex and elusive matter: why the Christian Church was able to contribute so generously to music from its earliest days through the 18th century and why it has suffered since that time from a creeping artistic paralysis.

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Investigates desire, mortality, shame and redemption in a peculiarly English setting - a small town in Derbyshire - a provincial world that is vanishing before the eyes of its inhabitants.

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In Witch Hunt in Galatia, Jeremy Wade Barrier reconstructs Galatians as part of Pauls effort to convince the Jews in Galatia to choose baptism through the "breath" (i.e. Spirit) of God over circumcision as a way to bring divine healing to their community.

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The southwest Virginia murder trials of a young schoolteacher named Edith Maxwell made her a cause celebre of the 1930s. Feminist organizations like the National Women's Party and other women's business and professional organizations rallied to Edith's defense because women were not allowed on criminal juries in Virginia in the 1930s.

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This reference volume contains alphabetically arranged entries on witch hunting in Europe, from Portugal to Russia, as well as those colonies in the Americas where Europeans exercised political domination. It covers a time span beginning with fourteenth-century sorcery trials associated with the Fre

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Explores the evolution of western attitudes towards religion, politics, and the supernatural, which manifested in the witch hunts in Europe and the New World. This book traces the evolution of western attitudes towards magic, demons, and religious nonconformity from the Roman Empire through the Age of Enlightenment.

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This anthropological study of the expulsion of the foreign women from the post-exilic community argues that it was the result of a witch-hunt. Its comparative approach notes that the community responded to its weak social boundaries in the same fashion as societies with similar social weaknesses.

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A collection of materials, including works of literature as well as historical documents, this work provides a broad view of how witches and magicians were represented in print and manuscript. It presents the voices of "witches," accusers, ministers, physicians, poets, dramatists, magistrates, and witchfinders from both sides of the Atlantic.

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This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and contemporary medical science. It analyzes questions of stigmatization to explore how disease, injury, and illness relate to social condition and the dialogue surrounding witchcraft.

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This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and contemporary medical science. It analyzes questions of stigmatization to explore how disease, injury, and illness relate to social condition and the dialogue surrounding witchcraft.

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A clear, concise overview of the origins and history of the Wiccan and Neopagan movements, with A-Z coverage of concepts, rituals, practices, and practitioners.

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In "Stations of the Sun" and "The Triumph of the Moon", Ronald Hutton established himself as a leading authority on the historian of Paganism. His wealth of unusual knowledge, complemented by a deep understanding of past and present beliefs gives his work a unique flavour. This collection of essays cover a range of beliefs, myths and practices.

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Witches, Tea Plantations, and Lives of Migrant Laborers in India, the only academic work on witchcraft accusations in India, uses sociological theory and primary data to study contemporary witchcraft accusations. Located in the tea plantation region in Jalpaiguri, India, the b...

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The first performance of with a Little Bit of Luck took place on 16 July 2015 in the Theatre at Latitude Festival.

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In With All the Fullness of God, scholars from diverse Christian expressions show how deification is an integral part of their traditions. Overall, the book demonstrates that the sometimes-controversial doctrine of deification is both traditionally Christian and a common heritage for Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants.

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Describes the strategies, battlefield tactics, great commanders, and technology that made success possible in ancient warfare in Greece, Rome, Parthia, India, and China.

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This is a revised translation and edition of Conrad de Meester's presentation of the life, thought and spirituality of St Therese of Lisieux. He asks why this young girl is invoked by millions of people and has become a profound influence on theology, spirituality and the missionary apostolate.

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Presents a comparative analysis of the influence and effects of the Holy Land idea in various Western societies. In addition to looking at what the Holy Land has meant as a religious symbol to various groups, the book also examines issues of diplomatic policy towards the Holy Land.