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This course is designed to explain why it has proved so difficult to know about the man behind the myth and to see what kids of conclusions modern scholars have drawn about him. The course will be taught from a strictly historical perspective ; no particular theological beliefs …

Robert E. Lee and his high command

by Teaching Company, Gallagher, Gary W., Burgstaller, Andreas

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A look at Lee and many of the top generals during the years of the Confederacy. Professor Gallagher analyses the generalship of Lee and 13 other generals. The lectures also focus on some younger officers who rose through the ranks as well as Jackson, Longstreet and Early.

Herodotus, the father of history

by Teaching Company, Vandiver, Elizabeth

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An introduction to the work of Herodotus, the first Greek historian. Considers Herodotus' work in its cultural context, both as history and as literature.

Jewish intellectual history: 16th to 20th century

by Teaching Company, Ruderman, David B.

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God, Torah, and Israel. These three concepts (i.e., personal belief, the meaning of Jewish ritual acts, and the purpose of continued Jewish existence) have been the focus of Jewish thought throughout history. But the last four centuries presented Jewish thinkers with difficult c…

Liszt, his life & music

by Teaching Company, Greenberg, Robert

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Examines the life and works of Franz Liszt.

Great ancient civilizations of Asia Minor

by Harl, Kenneth W., Teaching Company

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The peninsula of Asian Turkey, historically known as either Anatolia or Asia Minor, has played a pivotal role in history. Most Westerners today consider Turkey and exotic and mysterious Middle Eastern land, as painted by travelers' reports in the nineteenth century. Others, bett…