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Although the theme of bloodied nuptial sheets seems pervasive in western culture, its association with female virginity is uniquely tied to a brief passage in the book of Deuteronomy detailing the procedure for verifying a young woman's purity and seldom, if ever, appears outside of non-Abrahamic traditions. In Signs of Virginity, Michael Rosenberg examines the history of virginity testing in Judaism and early Christianity, and the relationship of these tests to a culture that encourages male sexual violence. Deuteronomy's violent vision of virginity has held sway in Jewish and Christian circles more or less ever since, but Rosenberg points to two authors--the rabbinic collective that produced the Babylonian Talmud and Augustine of Hippo--who, even as they perpetuate patriarchal assumptions about female virginity, nonetheless attempt to subvert the emphasis on sexual dominance bequeathed to them by Deuteronomy. Unlike the authors of earlier Rabbinic and Christian texts, who modified but fundamentally maintained and even extended the Deuteronomic ideal, the Babylonian Talmud and Augustine both construct alternative models of female virginity that, if taken seriously, would utterly reverse cultural ideals of masculinity. Indeed this vision of masculinity as fundamentally gentle, rather than characterized by brutal and violent sexual behavior, fits into a broader idealization of masculinity propagated by both authors, who reject what Augustine called a "lust for dominance" as a masculine ideal.

This book of poems reflects the poet's spiritual exploration and physical transformation after a cancer diagnosis. The poems, cathartic and healing in their creation, integrate the poet's life experiences with his personal belief in natural theology.

Hearing the sound of music, twins Sandi and Handi see two musical notes floating through the air! The notes have become separated from their friends because the elves didn't use enough glue to keep the notes stuck to the paper. Sandi and Handi set off on a journey to reunite the musical notes, which are called crotchets, with their friends the minims and quavers so that the conductor can finish the rehearsal and prepare for the concert. Along the way, they run into some of their friends who help them locate the other notes that escaped. Will Sandi and Handi be able to find all the musical notes for the conductor? Or will the concert have to be cancelled? Michael Rosenberg resides in Brookmans Park, Herts in the UK where he serves as chairman of three companies and is non-executive director of three other companies. He was awarded the O.B.E. in the UK by the Queen in 1996 for services to exports. Rosenberg has traveled the world and experienced many adventures along the way. His inspiration is his grandchildren. Rosenberg's previous two books are The Story of Bendalot parts one and two. Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheLittleLostTune.html

This third book of the Fabulous Fanshaws series takes place in the exclusive Clapham section of London.The Fanshaw family is headed by Walter Fanshaw, who can trace his ancestry back over many centuries. Once he even discovered that his family was descended from a long line of knights. However, their fortunes disappeared over time, and they now find themselves living in a small house in London, where Walter is a garage attendant.One day Walter is surprised by the visit of a creature from an alien civilization, who enables him to enter a parallel universe. There he embarks on adventures in the new world, where has been gifted with heightened abilities and is regarded as a knight in shining armour.Walter and his family encounter other new worlds and new technologies in the parallel universe. The Fanshaws once again become successful by employing new ideas and political ambitions. The trouble begins when the Fanshaws meet up with enemies from back home.About The Author: Michael Rosenberg was born in London just before World War II, and lived under war conditions for his first five years. "I joined a merchant bank at the age of 17, and at 29 became a director of the bank." He later spent his career in media and healthcare projects. The author travelled the world on business and acquired many stories along the way. He was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth in 1994 for services in helping to develop UK exports and served as an advisor on several listed companies.

This book explores the nature of cultural and culturally structured social and behavioral entities, their evolutionary interactions, and the central role purposive behaviors play in those interactions. It, first, makes the case for cultural and cultural structured systems being considered as true entities bounded in time and space, and not ephemera in a constant state of becoming another system. Second, it examines how these entities interact to produce evolutionary culture change. It then argues that the intent of purposive behaviors is reliably knowable in the aggregate, at least when dealing with expressions of behavioral tendencies in the animal kingdom, humans included. Finally, the book references well documented behavioral tendencies for examples of proximate causation in the evolution of settled village societies and, following that, socially complex societies. Through these efforts, the book synthesizes the various approaches to the evolution of culture and provides a completeand comprehensive picture of the process. It provides a corrective to the tendency to view cultural systems as entirely open ended and as capable of changing in any direction; and also to treating cultural evolution as solely a result of selective forces, that is, in terms of only ultimate causation. This book provides an engaging and critical counterview to established theories of cultural evolution and is of interest to scholars and students of different disciplines, from anthropology and archeology, to evolutionary biology and epigenetics.

This book explores the nature of cultural and culturally structured social and behavioral entities, their evolutionary interactions, and the central role purposive behaviors play in those interactions. It, first, makes the case for cultural and cultural structured systems being considered as true entities bounded in time and space, and not ephemera in a constant state of becoming another system. Second, it examines how these entities interact to produce evolutionary culture change. It then argues that the intent of purposive behaviors is reliably knowable in the aggregate, at least when dealing with expressions of behavioral tendencies in the animal kingdom, humans included. Finally, the book references well documented behavioral tendencies for examples of proximate causation in the evolution of settled village societies and, following that, socially complex societies. Through these efforts, the book synthesizes the various approaches to the evolution of culture and provides a completeand comprehensive picture of the process. It provides a corrective to the tendency to view cultural systems as entirely open ended and as capable of changing in any direction; and also to treating cultural evolution as solely a result of selective forces, that is, in terms of only ultimate causation. This book provides an engaging and critical counterview to established theories of cultural evolution and is of interest to scholars and students of different disciplines, from anthropology and archeology, to evolutionary biology and epigenetics.