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New Wine In Old Kings: British Wine Bottle Names And The Old Testament, Steven W. Holloway Jan 1997

New Wine In Old Kings: British Wine Bottle Names And The Old Testament, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

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'Judith' And The Rhetoric Of Heroism In Anglo‐Saxon England, Christopher R. Fee Jan 1997

'Judith' And The Rhetoric Of Heroism In Anglo‐Saxon England, Christopher R. Fee

English Faculty Publications

The Old English Judith differs from the Liber Judith of the Vulgate at several crucial points, and in one particularly important way. In the Vulgate version of the story, Judith is a heroine in every sense of the word: she is a tropological symbol of Chastity at battle with Licentiousness, an allegorical symbol of the Church in its constant and eventually triumphant battle with Satan, and an inspirational figure who infuses her warriors with much needed courage and confidence; but the Vulgate Judith is also, in a very real sense, the agent by which God's will is executed and the …


Overview Of Gulliver's Travels, Karen Gevirtz Dec 1996

Overview Of Gulliver's Travels, Karen Gevirtz

Karen Bloom Gevirtz

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"A Contagious Ecstasy”: May Sinclair’S War Journals, Suzanne Raitt Dec 1996

"A Contagious Ecstasy”: May Sinclair’S War Journals, Suzanne Raitt

Suzanne Raitt

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