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Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern EraThe Ottoman-Jewish story has long been told as a romance between Jews and the empire. The prevailing view is that Ottoman Jews were protected and privileged by imperial policies and in return offered their unflagging devotion to the imperial government over many centuries. In this book, Julia...

Books 21-30&'You know how to win a battle, Hannibal; you do not know how to use the victory!&'Livy&'s great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal&'s invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. Livy describes the bloody siege of the Spanish...

Ancient and Modern Contests over the Image of the ApostleWho was Paul of Tarsus? Radical visionary of a new age? Gender-liberating progressive? Great defender of orthodoxy? In Remembering Paul, Benjamin L. White offers a critique of early Christian claims about the "e;real"e; Paul in the second century C.E.-a period in which apostolic...

How to Communicate ClearlyHow do you approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offer counter-claims? And how do you weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of your own argument before putting together a persuasive conclusion?This accessible book takes you step by step through the art of argument,...

The Story of a DialectAn engaging exploration of the history of Pittsburghese, one of the most recognizable urban "e;dialects"e; in the United States today....

Sexuality and Salvation in American EvangelicalismWhen it comes to evangelicals and sex, it seems, whatever the question, the answer is "e;no."e; In Saving Sex, Amy DeRogatis argues that this could not be further from the truth. Demolishing the myth of evangelicals as anti-sex, she shows that American evangelicals claim that fabulous...