Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. This volume investigates the effect of the differing circumstances in these various national societies on these religious societies, and the challenges they had to overcome.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. This volume investigates the effect of the differing circumstances in these various national societies on these religious societies, and the challenges they had to overcome.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. This volume investigates the effect of the differing circumstances in these various national societies on these religious societies, and the challenges they had to overcome.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
This history documents the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eastern Europe. It compares their survival under different political systems, from dictatorships to modern Russia, where a renewed ban has returned Soviet-era conditions of repression.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. This volume documents the history of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Romania, Scandinavia and Finland, countries in which this religious community has had some troubles in the past.
Jerusalem in Muhammad’s Strategy
This book is the first to study the political relationship between the Prophet Muhammad and Jerusalem. It reveals that Muhammad was the true planner of the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem, showing how he shaped the city’s image and built its status in the Muslim mind.
Is Classics still relevant to a Jesuit education? This series of essays proves that Classics and Jesuit education are indivisibly intertwined, and any Jesuit school embracing liberal arts must have Classics at the core of its curriculum.
This book explores Jesuit Father François Annat, Royal Confessor to Louis XIV. His career was defined by the Jansenist controversy, a fierce internal struggle within the French Church that pitted him against his celebrated foe: the writer Blaise Pascal.
Jesus and the Ioudaioi
John’s Gospel is a difficult text for Jewish-Christian relations. Both deeply embedded in the Judaism of its day and a source of separation, its verses have been used to justify anti-Semitism. How should Christians read John with the Ioudaioi in mind? This book offers strategies.
Jesus, Paul and Matthew, Volume One
This book argues that kingdom ethics is the core message of Jesus. While often contrasted, Jesus, Paul, and Matthew articulated a common transformative ethos—originating in Stoic philosophy—that crossed boundaries of patriarchy, class, and bigotry in the Graeco-Roman world.
Jesus, Paul and Matthew, Volume Two
This book argues against the scholarly trend that contrasts Jesus, Paul, and Matthew. It reveals their shared vision: Jesus replaced a ‘politics of holiness’ with a ‘politics of compassion,’ forming a fictive family of God’s children based on our potential to absorb the divine.
Jewish Humor
Explore the evolution of Jewish humor from the Bible to today. Tracing its development across Eastern Europe, the US, and Israel, this book reveals how historical experience, survival, and wisdom created a truly unusual sense of humor.
Serge Bokobza focuses on the distinguishing elements of Jewish characterisation in post-Shoah French films. Rejecting the practice of labelling a film “Jewish” due to the ethnicity of a director or writer, he explores the essential question of “Jewish identity” in French cinema.
Jewish Space in Central and Eastern Europe
This collection reveals the Jewish space as diverse forms of life in 19th and 20th century Eastern Europe. Scholars explore social life, leisure, and coexistence, showing how this world transformed while preserving its authenticity and individuality.
This collection explores the Gospel of John regarding Jews and the origins of Christian anti-Judaism. It examines how Johannine Christianity was tied to ancient Judaism while distancing itself from Jewish culture, providing vital context for modern Jewish-Christian dialogue.
Jews in an Illusion of Paradise
Simms looks into a small group of 19th and 20th century European Jewish intellectuals and artists in the light of their dreams, writings, and moments of crisis. His focus is on essential themes, images and generic patterns, beginning with a Talmudic legend about four scholars.
Jews in an Illusion of Paradise
Focusing on exemplary Jewish poets, artists, and critics once celebrated but now forgotten—not due to taste, but to social and political issues. This book examines their repressed anxieties and the clash with a culture that rejected their “otherness.”
Jews in Eastern Europe
This volume presents a detailed analysis of Jewish self-perceptions and attitudes towards other societies and communities living in the same lands, showing that the “methods of assimilation” of eastern European Jews were often rather complicated and multifaceted.
Jimmy Du’s Essential Chinese
Master Mandarin Chinese in the shortest time possible with this audio-companion book. You’ll “pick it up” naturally while relaxing, commuting, or travelling—no classrooms, grammar study, or written exercises. Simply listen, imitate, and put to use what you understand.
Jimmy Du’s Essential Chinese
Master Mandarin Chinese in the shortest time possible. With this audio course, you’ll pick it up naturally while relaxing or commuting. Forget classrooms, grammar, and exercises. Just listen, imitate, and put the language to use.
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