This Companion offers a concise and engaging introduction to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Providing an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, it includes essays, specially commissioned for this volume, by twenty-three leading scholars. The volume examines a range of topics,…
A practical guide to presentation skills based on four decades of experience of public speaking around the world and of training and coaching people. It deals with all aspects of public speaking, but with a particular emphasis on the skills people need to be successful in their …
"Many philosophy majors are shocked by the gap between the relative ease of lower-level philosophy courses and the difficulty of upper-division courses. This book serves as a necessary bridge to upper-level study in philosophy by offering rigorous but concise and accessible acco…
This book aims to answer the question posed in its title, whether the questioner intends to dismiss philosophy or seeks a positive answer. The first three chapters explore the grounds for dismissal. Chapter 1 expresses skepticism about the value of much professional Anglophone p…
There were three main purposes of this study. First, the study was to find whether writers with diverse educational backgrounds would perform the same written task differently. Second, it was designed to identify the macrostructure/rhetorical organization of research article (RA…
The Nature and origin of the New Testament -- How to read the New Testament -- The Text of the New Testament -- The political and social world of New Testament times -- The religious and philosophical world of New Testament times -- Gospel in general; Synoptic Gospels in particu…
