Written with the student and interested public in mind, Truth in Translation aims to explain what is involved and what is at stake in Bible translation. It begins with brief treatments of the background to the Bible and its translation, the various approaches to translation, and the specific origins of nine translation versions in wide use in the English-speaking world today. It then proceeds to compare those versions on nine points of translation, ranging from individual terms, to difficult passages, to whole categories of grammar. The book serves to inform readers of the forces at work shaping the meaning of the Bible, to help in their selection of Bible translations, and to act as a critical catalyst for the improvement of Bible translations through more careful attention to the risk of bias in the translation process.
Written with the student and interested public in mind, Truth in Translation aims to explain what is involved and what is at stake in Bible translation. It begins with brief treatments of the background to the Bible and its translation, the various approaches to translation, and the specific origins of nine translation versions in wide use in the English-speaking world today. It then proceeds to compare those versions on nine points of translation, ranging from individual terms, to difficult passages, to whole categories of grammar. The book serves to inform readers of the forces at work shaping the meaning of the Bible, to help in their selection of Bible translations, and to act as a critical catalyst for the improvement of Bible translations through more careful attention to the risk of bias in the translation process.
Augustine of Hippo is history's best-known Christian convert. The very concept of conversio owes its dissemination to Augustine's Confessions, and yet, as Jason BeDuhn notes, conversion in Augustine is not the sudden, dramatic, and complete transformation of self we likely remember it to be. Rather, in the Confessions Augustine depicts conversion as a lifelong process, a series of self-discoveries and self-departures. The tale of Augustine is one of conversion, apostasy, and conversion again. In this first volume of Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, BeDuhn reconstructs Augustine's decade-long adherence to Manichaeism, apostasy from it, and subsequent conversion to Nicene Christianity. Based on his own testimony and contemporaneous sources from and about Manichaeism, the book situates many features of Augustine's young adulthood within his commitment to the sect, while pointing out ways he failed to understand or put into practice key parts of the Manichaean system. It explores Augustine's dissatisfaction with the practice-oriented faith promoted by the Manichaean leader Faustus and the circumstances of heightened intolerance, anti-Manichaean legislation, and pressures for social conformity surrounding his apostasy. Seeking a historically circumscribed account of Augustine's subsequent conversion to Nicene Christianity, BeDuhn challenges entrenched conceptions of conversion derived in part from Augustine's later idealized account of his own spiritual development. He closely examines Augustine's evolving self-presentation in the year before and following his baptism and argues that the new identity to which he committed himself bore few of the hallmarks of the orthodoxy with which he is historically identified. Both a historical study of the specific case of Augustine and a theoretical reconsideration of the conditions under which conversion occurs, this book explores the role religion has in providing the materials and tools through which self-formation and reformation occurs.
By 388 C.E., Augustine had broken with the Manichaeism of his early adulthood and wholeheartedly embraced Nicene Christianity as the tradition with which he would identify and within which he would find meaning. Yet conversion rarely, if ever, represents a clean and total break from the past. As Augustine defined and became a "Catholic" self, he also intently engaged with Manichaeism as a rival religious system. This second volume of Jason David BeDuhn's detailed reconsideration of Augustine's life and letters explores the significance of the fact that these two processes unfolded together. BeDuhn identifies the Manichaean subtext to be found in nearly every work written by Augustine between 388 and 401 and demonstrates Augustine's concern with refuting his former beliefs without alienating the Manichaeans he wished to win over. To achieve these ends, Augustine modified and developed his received Nicene Christian faith, strengthening it where it was vulnerable to Manichaean critique and taking it in new directions where he found room within an orthodox frame of reference to accommodate Manichaean perspectives and concerns. Against this background, BeDuhn is able to shed new light on the complex circumstances and purposes of Augustine's most famous work, The Confessions, as well as his distinctive reading of Paul and his revolutionary concept of grace. Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 2 demonstrates the close interplay between Augustine's efforts to work out his own "Catholic" persona and the theological positions associated with his name, between the sometimes dramatic twists and turns of his own personal life and his theoretical thinking.
A rags to riches to adversity, to BECOMING story. Flashing back in time the span of 37 years, a man, Jason Lipp, often known to many as TANK LIPP, chronicles his life in rewind, for the hypothesis that in such review of his life he may come to terms with it in order to move forward again. The Search For Light In These Tears, tells a story of a resilient man who is both stuck, but also trying to persevere. A story of a man afflicted with Mental Illness who is also equally as strong to flip the script on his Mental Illness and go to school to attain a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling despite the contraindicated and conflicting ethics behind such attempts, being that it is far from the norm for a man with such illness to be the same one treating others afflicted with the same illness. But this sort of uncanny determination to always flip the odds, is why this is the same man that despite society's judgment of him, and then alienation and abondement to him, is the same man constantly trying to find a way to rise above his circumstances and not become them, but rather become himself as a sum of those experiences, not necessarily defined by those experiences. This is a story of a man impoverished financially as a youth, whose family came into fortune, only to monetarily lose it again, yet in a search to find himself again 37 years later in the midst of dark depression and despair, finds his greatest wealth when tapping into his gifts that are unique to him. Trying on and wearing many hats, Jason Lipp searches to find himself on many different avenues of life; often feeling failed and hopeless despite the immense efforts, but never gives up. This is an autobiography written by the same man telling of his conflicts, where it will show it is his own insights and depths, amongst the depths of despair he's drowned, that will ultimately save his life. And with the world having walked away from him, turned away, arguably left to feel worthless and to what is the point to move forward anymore, utilizes his innate LOVE, and HEART, his strongest gifts, to find the LIGHT he needs to escape from such a dark place.
False Weight is a poetic spot check on the measure of significance-what we affect in the giving of it, how we react when it's forced upon us, and the way we often exaggerate or diminish it for the sake of narrative.
Elliott is an experiment in biographical verse. It does not lead you through the tunnel of the character's experience with a bright light and comforting narrative, but asks you to follow by the feel of walls in the dark and the recognition of something familiar just a few steps ahead. What could be called an essay on male identity in the modern age is communicated here with the same tension that underlies its thesis.
While contemporary culture often views obedience negatively, Christians are called to embrace it. They are encouraged to find joy in obeying the God they love. But what is godly obedience? How does it manifest in our every day? Is it a necessary part of a spiritually healthy life? In his effort to answer these questions, Dr. Eubanks carefully examines God's scriptural passion for obedience. He describes the biblical reasons to obey the Lord. And in this exploration, he helps us create a vision for godly obedience as he frames it in a story of love. As a result, we see how obedience best demonstrates our love for God, brings us to His joy, and empowers us to live the spiritually vital and fulfilling lives God intends for us.
In this novel of letters for today's spiritual pilgrim, the lives of the heroes of faith described in Hebrews chapter 11 come to life through the lens of an angelic conversation. As an archangel corresponds with a guardian angel, Cloud of Witnesses explores biblical examples of faith in an effort to inform and inspire the Christian's spiritual journey. For the life of faith is a homeward pilgrimage. And on this journey, whether we like it or even recognize it, the cloud of witnesses and their exemplary lives of faith surround us. What do their lives of faith have to teach us? How can we be encouraged by their failures and motivated by their victories? Through a careful study of the faith these saints have demonstrated, Cloud of Witnesses aims to answer these questions, even as it attempts to foster and support a ripening "harvest of righteousness" in the heart of the faithful pilgrim. .
First came the Book. Then came the Mark. Then the kids went missing.Thomas and Jillian can find anything. Possessed of a rare gift, the couple makes a living by uncovering relics of forgotten--even undiscovered--worlds.Some might call them archaeologists, others call them treasure hunters. But guided by cryptic phrases from a mystifying Book and blessed with abilities that neither can explain, they know differently.Someone, or something, has chosen them.As the search for lost and powerful artifacts deepens, a dark danger is uncovered. When their children disappear, the family is thrown into a deadly race against time.Is someone using them to unleash an age-old evil? Is the Caller rallying an army for warIt all begins with a stolen scroll and the appearance of a mysterious mark...Fans of the lands of Narnia, The Hobbit, or Indiana Jones will find this quest loaded with heart-hammering fantasy adventure. Prepare to embark on a journey of peril and rescue spanning multiple realms with unknown dangers--and curious allies
First came the Book. Then came the Mark. Then the kids went missing.Thomas and Jillian can find anything. Possessed of a rare gift, the couple makes a living by uncovering relics of forgotten--even undiscovered--worlds.Some might call them archaeologists, others call them treasure hunters. But guided by cryptic phrases from a mystifying Book and blessed with abilities that neither can explain, they know differently.Someone, or something, has chosen them.As the search for lost and powerful artifacts deepens, a dark danger is uncovered. When their children disappear, the family is thrown into a deadly race against time.Is someone using them to unleash an age-old evil? Is the Caller rallying an army for warIt all begins with a stolen scroll and the appearance of a mysterious mark...Fans of the lands of Narnia, The Hobbit, or Indiana Jones will find this quest loaded with heart-hammering fantasy adventure. Prepare to embark on a journey of peril and rescue spanning multiple realms with unknown dangers--and curious allies
This book repositions thinking about rhythm, meter and versification during the “Mechanical Age.” Cutting across disciplinary boundaries, the book examines the rhythmical workings of poems alongside not only Victorian theories of prosody and poetics but also contemporary thinking about labor practices, pedagogical procedures, scientific experiments, and technological innovations. By offering an exploded definition of meter—one that extends beyond conventional foot-based scansion—this book explicates the conceptual and, at times, material exchanges between poetic meter and machine culture. The machines of meter include mid-century theories of abstraction and technologies of smoothness and even spacing; a deeply influential, though rarely credited, system of metrical manufacture; verse produced by a Victorian automaton; the mechanics of the human body and mind and the meters that issued from them; and the promise of scientific machines to resolve metrical dilemmas once and forall.
This book repositions thinking about rhythm, meter and versification during the “Mechanical Age.” Cutting across disciplinary boundaries, the book examines the rhythmical workings of poems alongside not only Victorian theories of prosody and poetics but also contemporary thinking about labor practices, pedagogical procedures, scientific experiments, and technological innovations. By offering an exploded definition of meter—one that extends beyond conventional foot-based scansion—this book explicates the conceptual and, at times, material exchanges between poetic meter and machine culture. The machines of meter include mid-century theories of abstraction and technologies of smoothness and even spacing; a deeply influential, though rarely credited, system of metrical manufacture; verse produced by a Victorian automaton; the mechanics of the human body and mind and the meters that issued from them; and the promise of scientific machines to resolve metrical dilemmas once and forall.
Hurricane Katrina and the Redefinition of Landscape discusses the ways in which Hurricane Katrina and other such disasters that follow in the wake of large-scale natural phenomena have the ability to alter the physical and social landscapes of an area. Miller and Rivera emphasize the importance of the physical landscape and explore the ways in which any alteration to the landscape affects the economic, cultural, and political lives of the survivors. Through the example of Hurricane Katrina and the resulting devastation to New Orleans, Miller and Rivera suggest that economic and political policies should be more reflective of each unique physical location, thereby aiding in the development and sustainability of different cultures, economies, and political landscapes.
Hurricane Katrina and the Redefinition of Landscape discusses the ways in which Hurricane Katrina and other such disasters that follow in the wake of large-scale natural phenomena have the ability to alter the physical and social landscapes of an area. Miller and Rivera emphasize the importance of the physical landscape and explore the ways in which any alteration to the landscape affects the economic, cultural, and political lives of the survivors. Through the example of Hurricane Katrina and the resulting devastation to New Orleans, Miller and Rivera suggest that economic and political policies should be more reflective of each unique physical location, thereby aiding in the development and sustainability of different cultures, economies, and political landscapes.
Winner of the National Book Awards Autobiography of the YearThe long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain's best-loved actors*As seen in David and Jay’s Touring Toolshed on BBC Two*Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself working with the leading lights of British comedy in the 1960s and '70s: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Barker. Barker would become a mentor to David, leading to hugely successful stints in Porridge and Open All Hours.It wasn't until 1981, kitted out with a sheepskin jacket, a flat cap, and a clapped-out Reliant Regal, that David found the part that would capture the nation's hearts: the beloved Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. Never a one-trick pony, he had an award-winning spell as TV's favourite detective Jack Frost, took a country jaunt as Pop Larkin in the Darling Buds of May, and even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rodent in the much-loved children's show Danger Mouse.But life hasn't all been so easy: from missing out on a key role in Dad's Army to nearly drowning in a freak diving accident, David has had his fair share of ups and downs, and has lost some of his nearest and dearest along the way.David's is a touching, funny and warm-hearted story, which charts the course of his incredible five decades at the top of the entertainment business. He's been a shopkeeper and a detective inspector, a crime-fighter and a market trader, and he ain't finished yet. As Del Boy would say, it's all cushty.
