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Bibliography: Hisban Interactive Archive Project, Terry Dwain Robertson, Patricio Ordoñez Apr 2024

Bibliography: Hisban Interactive Archive Project, Terry Dwain Robertson, Patricio Ordoñez

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The comprehensive bibliography represents published books, articles and reports dealing with the original Heshbon Expedition (1968-1976) through the subsequent Hisban Cultural Heritage Project (1996-2022). In addition, the bibliography also includesl publications dealing with other Madaba Plains Projects (1990-present). Support publications that reference this region, both historically and currently are also included. The current version includes over a 1100 entries.


The Fayoum, The Seila Pyramid, Fag El-Gamous And Its Nearby Cities: A Background, Kerry Muhlestein, Cannon Fairbairn, Ronald Harris Jan 2019

The Fayoum, The Seila Pyramid, Fag El-Gamous And Its Nearby Cities: A Background, Kerry Muhlestein, Cannon Fairbairn, Ronald Harris

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Because the excavations discussed in this volume take place in the Fayoum, and cover a time period that spans from the Old Kingdom through the Byzantine era, many readers will find it helpful to understand the history, geography, and geology of the Fayoum. Here we provide a brief outline of those subjects. This is not intended to present new information or be a definitive discussion. Rather, it is aimed at contextualizing the rest of the material presented in this volume, and thus making all of its information more accessible. The Fag el-Gamous cemetery and the Seila Pyramid are located on …


A Review Of "The Reformation Of The Landscape: Religion, Identity, & Memory In Early Modern Britain And Ireland" By Alexandra Walsham, Nicolle M. Jordan Jan 2012

A Review Of "The Reformation Of The Landscape: Religion, Identity, & Memory In Early Modern Britain And Ireland" By Alexandra Walsham, Nicolle M. Jordan

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How To Read Like A Fool: Riddle Contests And The Banquet Of Conscience In Piers Plowman, Curtis Gruenler Jul 2010

How To Read Like A Fool: Riddle Contests And The Banquet Of Conscience In Piers Plowman, Curtis Gruenler

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Who Is Speaking? Who Is Addressed? A Critical Study Into The Conditions Of Exegetical Method And Its Consequences For The Interpretation Of Participant Reference-Shifts In The Book Of Jeremiah, Oliver Glanz Jan 2010

Who Is Speaking? Who Is Addressed? A Critical Study Into The Conditions Of Exegetical Method And Its Consequences For The Interpretation Of Participant Reference-Shifts In The Book Of Jeremiah, Oliver Glanz

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From Pulp Hero To Superhero: Culture, Race, And Identity In American Popular Culture, 1900-1940, Julian C. Chambliss, William L. Svitavsky Oct 2008

From Pulp Hero To Superhero: Culture, Race, And Identity In American Popular Culture, 1900-1940, Julian C. Chambliss, William L. Svitavsky

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Adventure characters in the pulp magazines and comic books of the early twentieth century reflected development in the ongoing American fascination with heroic figures. As established figures such as the cowboy became disconnected from everyday experiences of Americans, new popular fantasies emerged, providing readers with essentialist action heroes whose adventures stylized the struggle of the American everyman with a modern, industrialized, heterogeneous world. Popular characters such as Tarzan, Conan, the Shadow, and Doc Savage perpetuated the individualistic archetype Americans associated with the frontier cowboy and the struggles of manifest destiny while offering the fantastic adventure, exoticism, and escapism that modernity …


The Kinderhook Plates, The Tucson Artifacts, And Mormon Archeological Zeal, J. Michael Hunter Jan 2005

The Kinderhook Plates, The Tucson Artifacts, And Mormon Archeological Zeal, J. Michael Hunter

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“The Kinderhook Plates, the Tucson Artifacts, and Mormon Archeological Zeal” discusses Mormon archeological zeal, or the short-sighted enthusiasm shown by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) regarding relics or artifacts that might "prove" the veracity of the Book of Mormon or even of the LDS Church. This article summarizes the history of both the Kinderhook Plates and the Tucson Artifacts within this context, stating that the Kinderhook Plates have been proven fraudulent but that the Tucson Artifacts still provide mystery to researchers. The Kinderhook Plates were created by three conspirators who lived in Kinderhook, …


Modern Feminism, Religious Pluralism, And Scripture, Jo Ann Davidson Apr 1999

Modern Feminism, Religious Pluralism, And Scripture, Jo Ann Davidson

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