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Embark on an interstellar adventure like no other in V. Castro's thrilling official novelization of Part Two of Zack Snyder's epic new universe.

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A groundbreaking Latinx Aliens novel by a rising star Latina author, featuring the fan-favorite character PFC Jenette Vasquez from the hit movie Aliens and the family she is forced to leave behind. "Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are." PFC Jenette Vasquez on LV-426 Even before the doomed mission to Hadley's Hope, Jenette Vasquez had to fight to survive. Born to an immigrant family with a long military tradition she looked up to the stars, but life pulled her back down to Earth-first into a street gang, then prison. The Colonial Marines proved to be Vasquez's way out-a way that forced her to give up her twin children. Raised by Jenette's sister Roseanna, those children-Leticia and Ramon-have been forced to discover their own ways to survive. Leticia by following her mother's path into the military, Ramon by embracing the corporate hierarchy of Weyland-Yutani. Their paths converge on an unnamed world, which some see as a potential utopia, while others would use it for highly secretive research. Regardless of what humans might have planned for it, however, Xenomorphs will turn the planet into a living hell. Sarcastic, sexy, and action-packed, Vasquez brings generational heritage into the Alien universe in an explosive way.

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NOMINATED FOR A BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL 2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically reborn by feeding on vengeance and worship. Belinda and the new owner of the farmhouse - Hector, find themselves immersed in the legend and realize it is part of their fate as well. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

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Create, edit, modify and convert multimedia files using FFmpeg, the most versatile open source audio and video processing tool available for Linux, Mac and Windows users. After reading this book, you will be able to work with video and audio files, images, text, animations, fonts, subtitles and metadata like a pro. It begins with a simple introduction to FFmpeg executables — ffmpeg, ffprobe and ffplay, and explains how you can use them to process multimedia containers, streams, audio channels, maps and metadata. It then describes how you can easily edit, enhance and convert audio, video, image and text files. There are dedicated chapters for filters, audio, subtitles and metadata, as well as FFmpeg tips and tricks. Sample lists of FFmpeg filters, encoders, decoders, formats and codecs are also available as appendices. Quick Start Guide to FFmpeg is for anyone who needs to edit or process multimedia files including studio professionals, broadcast personnel, content creators, podcasters, librarians, archivists and webmasters. It will be indispensable for those wanting to process a variety of multimedia files from the command line and inside shell scripts or custom-built software. You Will Learn To: Convert from one format to another e.g. video-to-video, video-to-audio, video-to-image, image-to-video, video-to-animation, animation-to-video, text-to-audio, text-to-video Edit video files by cutting them with and without re-encoding, appending, resizing, changing frame rate and aspect ratio, mixing in audio Use filters to rotate, flip, crop, overlay (side-by-side or inset), remove logos, blur, smooth and sharpen, apply transitions as well as speed up or down playback Edit audio files by changing, normalizing or compressing volume, mixing and splitting channels and detecting silence. Also, learn to generate waveforms as video or images Add subtitles, place them anywhere on the screen, use custom fonts and colors, and use different languages Learn how to import, export and remove metadata, add MP3 tags (including album art), set global and stream-specific metadata, export and remove metadata This Book For:Content creators and bloggers from professional studio employees to Youtubers and hobbyists who need to process their own multimedia content; multimedia archivists and librarians; regular Linux desktop users

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This book on obstetrics provides a fundamental knowledge on embryology, and foetal and placental physiology. It emphasizes the importance of antenatal supervision throughout pregnancy and discusses complications and high risk pregnancies. Further, it has sections on normal and abnormal labour and their management, and also on foetal growth and neonatal management. In the present era of 'safe motherhood' and childcare, this book aims to enable practitioners to maintain positive health of pregnant women, leading to the delivery of healthy children, and making the experience of pregnancy and childbirth joyful and gratifying. The procedures and precautions described in this book, if followed, should help in achieving reduced maternal and perinatal mortality.

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Pascal wakes up really, really, really hungry. There is nothing left to eat in his refrigerator and he can't figure out what he wants! Pascal visits his friends to find something yummy to put in his tummy. But, yuck! Cardigan, Fancy, Zelda and Ringo eat really strange stuff! Pascal is still very hungry and he still doesn't know what he wants! Finally, Pascal figures out what he's in the mood for. . . . What could it be? Join Pascal, Cardigan, Fancy, Zelda and Ringo in this first book in a series as they explore life's little mysteries—by means of opening the multiple flaps throughout—with imagination and humour.

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From the lauded author of The Queen of the Cicadas (which picked up starred reviews from PW, Kirkus and Booklist who called her "a dynamic and innovative voice") comes a short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions focused on the Chicana experience. V.Castro weaves urban legend, folklore, life experience and heartache in this personal journey beginning in south Texas: a bar where a devil dances the night away; a street fight in a neighborhood that may not have been a fight after all; a vengeful chola at the beginning of the apocalypse; mind swapping in the not so far future; satan who falls and finds herself in a brothel in Amsterdam; the keys to Mictlan given to a woman after she dies during a pandemic. The collection finishes with two longer tales: The Final Porn Star is a twist on the final girl trope and slasher, with a creature from Mexican folklore; and Truck Stop is an erotic horror romance with two hearts: a video store and a truck stop. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

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This book is your complete introduction to the art of hand printing. You will be guided through a plethora of techniques that include relief-, screen- and mono- printing - all using tools and materials that are easy to source and use at home in your kitchen, bathroom or garden. A printing press is not required for any of the projects. Vanessa Mooncie's beautiful original designs will enable you to make your own printed greetings cards, crockery, cushions, silk scarves, jewellery, bag, even wallpaper, plus many more inspirational projects for fashion and home. With easy-to-use templates and beautiful step-by-step illustrations you can create that special, individual gift with handmade charm.

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This amazing collection of sea creatures to crochet will enchant children and adults alike. Inside this fun, colourful book there are 12 aquatic friends from all over the world to choose from, each with a very distinct personality. The projects vary in level of complexity and there is a comprehensive and straightforward techniques section to help learn the necessary skills. Each project includes beautifully drawn crochet charts and detailed instructions. Along the way the reader will also learn some interesting and sometimes surprising facts about these fascinating creatures. Projects include: turtle, whale, shark, starfish and sea horse

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Make your own fake animal head for an eco-friendly alternative to hunting! This amazing collection of trophy animal heads to crochet will be a stunning addition to any home. Inside this colourful book there are 10 fabulous trophy animals to choose from. Simply place above the fireplace for a great conversation piece or on a child's bedroom wall for a playful decoration. The projects vary in level of complexity and there is a comprehensive techniques section to help you learn all the necessary skills. Each project includes beautifully drawn crochet charts and detailed instructions. Projects include: hare, mouse, ram, bear, stag and zebra.

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After more than 30 years of research and teaching, artist Valerie Winslow has compiled her unique methods of drawing human anatomy into one groundbreaking volume: "Classic Human Anatomy". This long-awaited book provides simple, insightful approaches to the complex subject of human anatomy, using drawings, diagrams and reader-friendly text. Three major sections - the skeletal form, the muscular form and action of the muscles and movement - break the material down into easy-to-understand pieces. More than 800 distinctive illustrations detail the movement and actions of the bones and muscles and unique charts reveal the origins and insertions of the muscles. Packed with an extraordinary wealth of information, this is sure to become a new classic of art instruction.

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Written by a long-time expert on drawing and painting human anatomy, Classic Human Anatomy in Motion offers artists everything they need to realistically draw the human figure as it is affected by movement. Written in a friendly style, the book is illustrated with hundreds of life drawing studies (both quick poses and long studies), along with charts and diagrams showing the various anatomical and structural components. This comprehensive manual features five distinct sections, each focusing on a different aspect of the human figure: bones and joint movement, muscle groups, surface form and soft tissue characteristics, structure, and movement. Each chapter builds an artistic understanding of how motion transforms the human figure and can create a sense of expressive vibrancy in one's art.

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The two cemeteries of Amara West in Sudan, a town founded in around 1300 BC as a new centre for the colonial pharaonic administration of Kush (Upper Nubia), were excavated by the British Museum’s Amara West Research Project between 2009 and 2016. This book focused on the ceramic vessels placed in the burials, between c. 1300 BC and the 8th century BC. The comprehensive analyses of the pottery, accompanied by a full catalogue, provides insights into the role of ceramic vessels for funerary purposes, trade networks between Upper Nubia, Egypt and farther afield. The inclusion of Nubian hand-made vessels with some burials reflects aspects of cultural entanglement, and raises questions of identity and cultural affiliation, particularly in the transition between the period of pharaonic occupation and its aftermath. An introduction by Michaela Binder provides an orientation to the architecture and archaeology of the cemeteries.

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With this Festschrift colleagues and friends honor Terrence Merrigan on the occasion of his retirement from the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven. The thirty-two contributions in this volume all show the exceptional quality of his research in different domains of theological study. Since the theology of John Henry Newman has inspired Terrence Merrigan throughout his entire career, the volume opens with a number of outstanding studies on various aspects of Newman’s theology: his interaction with high church Anglicanism, his understanding of conscience, the theology of purgatory, but also the neglect of liturgical spirituality in Newman’s theology. The contributions in the second part are devoted to the fields of Christology and Trinity, which comprise Merrigan’s favorite theological disciplines. The contributions are situated on the intersection of contemporary Christology and its soteriological impact within a pluralistic and secularized context. The third part deals with the theology of interreligious dialogue, with special focus on the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, Jacques Dupuis’s theology of religions, comparative theology, Jewish and Christian approaches to interreligious dialogue, and the phenomenon of double religious belonging. The fourth part explores the challenging relationship between faith and culture in an attempt to bridge the Christian tradition with the contemporary world. The present volume makes a distinguished and original contribution to these four important fields of theological research.

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L’ouvrage Ougarit, un anniversaire, bilans et recherches en cours (Ras Shamra – Ougarit XXVIII), édité grâce au soutien du Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères, de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres et de la Fondation Hugot du Collège de France, rassemble vingt-cinq contributions. Deux-tiers des articles correspondent à des communications données lors du colloque international Ougarit, 90 ans après (Collège de France, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris, 13-16 novembre 2019). Trois volets structurent l’ouvrage. Le premier est consacré aux activités de la mission (missions, publications, actions de valorisation). Le second volet rassemble des synthèses consacrées à plusieurs champs disciplinaires, la publication d’inédits, les résultats d’études techniques et archéométriques, ainsi que des mises au point sur des recherches en cours. L’éventail des thématiques traitées est large. L’ouvrage n’illustre toutefois qu’une partie des travaux menés dans la cadre de la mission de Ras Shamra – Ougarit. La troisième partie du livre accueille des études consacrées à d’autres documentations, archéologiques ou épigraphiques, dont l’analyse apporte un éclairage sur Ougarit et sur le contexte dans lequel s’est développée la civilisation ougaritique. De Chypre au Kurdistan, le cadre chronologique est celui de l’âge du Bronze. Les trente-trois auteurs sont des membres et collaborateurs (post-doctorants, chercheurs, enseignants-chercheurs) de la mission ou des chercheurs extérieurs, spécialistes de la Méditerranée orientale et du Proche-Orient. Archéologues, historiens, épigraphistes, géographes... croisent leurs regards, confrontent leurs idées, pour faire revivre cette civilisation du Levant nord, tout en convoquant une réflexion historiographique et épistémologique.

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Le volume Ras Shamra – Ougarit XXVI est le second opus de l’opération Archéologie, patrimoine et archives, qui rassemblent des études portant plus spécifiquement sur l’exploitation scientifique des archives des fouilles anciennes de la Mission archéologique de Ras Shamra. L’ouvrage comporte quatorze articles auxquels ont contribué douze membres de la mission, rejoints par une collaboratrice extérieure. Ces recherches sont fondées sur l’édition d’une riche documentation pour une grande part inédite. Les fouilles conduites sous la direction de Claude Schaeffer sont de loin les mieux représentées et nombre de documents font partie du «Fonds C. Schaeffer» du Collège de France. D’autres fonds ont aussi été exploités parmi lesquels les sources documentaires gérées par la mission et les archives du Département des Antiquités orientales du musée du Louvre. Plusieurs études abordent l’histoire des recherches à Ras Shamra et à Minet el-Beida, avec des éclairages plus spécifiques sur le début des fouilles ou encore sur des pièces de la correspondance scientifique du fonds C. Schaeffer. D’autres articles analysent des témoins de la civilisation ougaritique, objets, inscriptions en louvite hiéroglyphique ou en hiéroglyphes égyptiens, productions locales ou importations datant en majorité de la période du Bronze récent. Ils livrent une documentation neuve sur des constructions, sur des objets inédits (poids, scarabée, bulle étiquette, harpè), apportent des données permettant une meilleure contextualisation de ces ÷uvres, ou sur d’autres déjà connues par les publications. Un troisième dossier, consacré aux études géographiques, livre la seconde contribution du programme en cours d’analyse diachronique des paysages (XVIIe–XXIe siècles), ainsi que trois nouvelles cartes numériques thématiques et une étude sur le climat de la région de Lattaquié.

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Das 5. Buch Esra gehört wohl zu den am wenigsten bearbeiteten 'jüdisch/christlichen' Apokryphen des (wahrscheinlich) 2. Jahrhunderts unserer Zeitrechnung. Dabei wird der Text gemeinsam mit 4 Esra im Anhang der Vulgata überliefert und zeigt vielfältige Beziehungen zu kanonisch gewordenen Texten auf. Auf eben solche Bezugnahmen blickt diese Arbeit und untersucht intertextuelle Bezüge zwischen 5 Esra und dem Buch Baruch, Jeremia 7, dem Matthäus-Evangelium, der Offenbarung des Johannes und 4 Esra. Dabei stehen größere und grundsätzliche Fragen im Hintergrund: Wie lässt sich die 'Kommunikation' verschiedener Texte miteinander erfassen? In welchem Verhältnis stehen 'prophetische' und 'apokalyptische' Texte zueinander? Wie ist das Verhältnis von 'Christentum' und 'Judentum' im zweiten Jahrhundert zu denken? Und wie spiegelt sich die Beziehung und vielleicht auch die Spannung zwischen Israel und der 'Kirche' in den Texten dieser Zeit wider? Spuren für mögliche Antworten sind in 5 Esra, dieser spannenden, kurzen und oft unterschätzten Schrift erkennbar.

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This book is one of the first modern collections of studies on important aspects of the Ezra figure that combines both Jewish and Christian traditions. The volume opens with a study of Ezra in rabbinic literature and continues with four chapters on 4 Ezra, discussing its dimensions of time, future agents and visionary practices as well as reminiscences of 4 Ezra in the Armenian Script of the Lord's Infancy. The following chapters study the relationship of 4, 5 and 6 Ezra, the nature of 5 Ezra and dissimulation strategies in 6 Ezra. The last chapters concentrate on the important discovery in 1984 of a longer version of the Vision of Ezra. Studies of its place, date, tour of hell as well as its scheme of atonements make a start with integrating this text in the study of early Christianity. Analyses of the Apocalypse of Sedrach and of anxieties of discontinuity in the Testament of Abraham and in Ezra traditions further contribute to a better understanding of this text. The final chapter offers the first German translation of this exciting discovery. As has become customary, the volume concludes with an extensive bibliography and detailed index.

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Le volume Ras Shamra - Ougarit XXIV est dédié à la mémoire de Pierre Bordreuil. Chercheur de renommée internationale, épigraphiste, professeur, Pierre Bordreuil avait rejoint, en 1971, l'équipe de la mission archéologique de Ras Shamra. L'ouvrage collectif, qui correspond aux Études ougaritiques IV, comprend seize articles auxquels ont contribué neuf membres de l'équipe de Ras Shamra et cinq chercheurs extérieurs à la mission. Plusieurs textes sont directement consacrés à la personnalité et à l'oeuvre de Pierre Bordreuil. La plupart des études, qu'elles abordent l'archéologie ou les textes, sont des contributions à la civilisation ougaritique et plusieurs livrent des données inédites issues soit de l'exploitation des archives de la mission concernant les fouilles anciennes, soit des recherches de terrain actuelles sur le site de Ras Shamra et sur celui de Tell Shamiyeh.

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This volume continues the series of five previous Roman Family publications, and puts special focus on social history and living conditions in the familial contexts. It concentrates on three interlinked aspects of family life and interaction: liminal situations regarding demography and ecological factors that lay down the framework for family life, liminal conditions on the edges of familial life regarding child labour, child slaves and sexual attitudes towards children, and local traditions which confront us with people and cultures at the borders of the Roman Empire. By focusing on three recurring points of departure (Late Antiquity, children and childhood, and the encounter between various cultures), and by presenting a wide variety of methodological approaches (from rhetorical analysis of discourses to statistical analysis, and from experiential life stories to iconographic analysis), the present volume offers a view on the status quaestionis of Roman family studies, and widens the thematic points of departure for the study of the Roman family, thus hopefully pointing to fruitful directions for further studies.

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Dit boek is gebaseerd op de resultaten van langdurig en intensief antropologisch veldwerk onder de Garifuna van de Baai van Tela gelegen aan de Atlantische kust van de Centraal-Amerikaanse Republiek Honduras. Het is de eerste uitvoerige studie van het magisch-religieuze systeem van dat volk dat ontstond in de zeventiende eeuw op het eiland San Vicente uit de kruising van een Afrikaanse en een Amerindiaanse populatie.Een eerste deel behandelt de geschiedenis, het identiteitsbesef, de sociale structuur, het economisch leven en de fundamentele beginselen van het waardesysteem van de Garifuna. Speciale aandacht wordt besteed aan de manier waarop deze kustbewoners de ruimte omvormen tot woongebied en aan de symbolisering van dat proces. In een tweede deel worden de verschillende bewoners van het Garifuna pantheon voorgesteld: God, Christus en de katholieke heiligen huizen er zij aan zij met traditionele natuurgeesten, hulpgeesten en voorvaderen. Waar vroegere studies nauwelijks melding maakten van de duivel, stelt dit onderzoek ruim de specifieke bemiddelende functie in het licht die dat personage vervult in het dagelijkse leven van een bevolking ten prooi aan de gevolgen van diepgaande socio-culturele verandering. Deel drie handelt over het Garifuna sjamanisme, terwijl het laatste deel gewijd is aan de religieuze rituelen, in het bijzonder aan de bij de Garifuna zo belangrijke dodencultus met als hoogtepunt de "dugu". Het was bekend dat bij de Garifuna sjamanen bedrijvig zijn, maar in dit boek worden voor het eerst de roeping, de vorming, de activiteiten, de sociale positie en het sexueel statuut van deze religieuze experten, evenals hun verhouding tegenover het christendom, uitvoerig beschreven. Ook van het dagenlange complexe "dugu" ritueel vindt men hier de eerste uitgebreide beschrijving en dito interpretatie.De brede eruditie, de voortdurende aandacht voor de diachronische dimensie, de voorbeeldige gedetailleerde etnografie, de gedurfde maar evenwichtige interpretatie van de symbolische aspecten van de cultuur, de diepgang van de psychologische analyse en van de antropologische inzichten maken "Zwarte indianen en hun symbolen" tot een standaardwerk onder de Caribische studies en voor lange jaren de referentie voor alle verder onderzoek bij de Garifuna. Voor niet-specialisten vormt de lectuur van dit vlot geschreven boek bovendien een boeiende en verrassende ontdekkingstocht.

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Ces dernieres annees le christianisme a commence a gagner un nombre croissant d'adeptes parmi certaines sections des Maasai, societe guerriere de pasteurs semi-nomades occupant un territoire s'etendant au sud du Kenya et au nord de la Tanzanie. Cette expansion recente constitue un fait nouveau qui attend description et explication. Entretemps aucune science n'est encore parvenue a donner une reponse satisfaisante a une question beaucoup plus vieille: pourquoi, pendant plus d'un siecle, l'histoire religieuse de ce peuple, entoure d'ethnies qui ont toutes repondu positivement a l'action missionnaire, a-t-elle ete caracterisee par un refus categorique, oppose avec une constance remarquable, aux efforts des missionnaires occidentaux pour l'attirer vers la religion du Christ?Le livre presente une analyse critique des diverses solutions que sociologues, anthropologues, historiens et missiologues ont proposees pour resoudre une question qu'ils ont ete habitues a considerer comme une enigme et a ressentir comme une croix. La discussion des differentes hypotheses conduit l'auteur a relater divers aspects de l'ecologie, de l'histoire, de l'economie, de la structure sociale, du monde des valeurs, de l'univers symbolique et des methodes de socialisation d'une des societes les plus fascinantes d'Afrique Noire. Au bout du periple il propose sa propre lecture des origines de la resistance maasai, une interpretation dont l'originalite consiste tant dans le rejet de toute "monoculture theorique" que dans le refus des schemes de causalite deterministe. Dans la mesure ou la socialisation des membres d'une societe implique l'interiorisation de normes et de valeurs, il est clair que son impact ne peut etre analyse exclusivement en termes de causes au sens strict du mot, mais aussi en termes d'intentions, d'objectifs, de motifs et de raisons; en d'autres mots il est indiscernable de l'activite par laquelle le sujet octroie a son comportement sens et signification.Avant tout contribution originale a l'anthropologie est-africaine, cet essai interessera egalement les specialistes de l'univers culturel des pasteurs nomades et les etudiants du changement social. Il constitue aussi un echantillon de ce que pourrait etre une missiologie vraiment scientifique.

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Employing the traditional tools of historical-critical methodology as well as a selected mix of techniques from newer literary criticism, this book provides a close analysis of the syntactic and semantic content of Phil 3:7-11 in its immediate and broader context, concluding that this passage represents a very high christological statement on the part of Paul, and discusses some of the implications of these findings in regard to the interpretation of Phil 2:5-11, the wisdom ambience of the letters of Paul, and relevance for modern christologies. In Philippians 3:7-11, Paul makes a very strong statement about how much Christ Jesus means to him. This study seeks to demonstrate how the passage within its context gives expression to a high christological statement which is frequently disregarded in treatments of Pauline christology. Chapter One presents a concise summary of the history of exegesis of Phil 3:7-11 and identifies the elements present within that history which indicated the desirability of a more in-depth treatment. Chapter Two focuses on the entire letter to the Philippians as the context of interpretation of Phil 3:7-11, beginning with a discussion of the methodology employed in the remainder of the work. Chapter Three focuses on Phil 3:7-11, first considering the textual variants within these verses, then describing in detail the relation of the complex sentence consisting of vv. 8-11. Chapters Four and Five deal with those issues of semantics in vv. 8-11 which require more extensive treatment. Chapter Six returns to a consideration of the meaning of knowledge of Christ, concluding with a consideration of the results of this study for current discussions of New Testament Christology.

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A web of criss-crossing influences covers our planet, producing hybrids like Tandoori pizzas and ninja ballets, Silicon valleys in Bangalore and Zen monasteries in California. This mixing of cultures is also fraught with tension and conflict. Far from blending and mingling together, new barriers are emerging between peoples. And at the heart of this conflict is religious belief. In this fascinating and ground-breaking study, Vinoth Ramachandra examines the complex interaction of four major world faiths. He looks at the distinctiveness of the Christian message in a world of many faiths, and asks if a truly tolerant and pluralistic society can ever emerge from a rejection of universal truth claims.

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Acts of sexual violence are often committed with impunity—perpetrators do not consider their actions consequential. Yet throughout history, impunity for sexual violence has been challenged by fearless, just, and compassionate speech—both in courts of justice and outside of them. Those who speak out not only advance a politics of accountability, but also an ethics of recognition, suffering, and hurt.Undoing Impunity explores the contours of the politics and ethics pertaining to sexual violence in contemporary South Asian communities. Using a historical lens, V. Geetha closely examines explicitly feminist responses from the region and, drawing from them, suggests that sexual violence and the impunity it claims for itself are best understood in relation to cultural attitudes towards sexuality. In all, Undoing Impunity is an important and timely look at the social, psychological, and legal conditions that allow perpetrators to act without fear of responsibility or guilt. The book forms part of the Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia series, supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada.

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This title presents 15 easy-to-follow knitting patterns with an illustrated techniques section and clear step-by step instructions. All hats have a soft, fleecy lining for added coziness and children's and adult sizes included in patterns. These projects, from a UK author, are suitable for knitters of all abilities. Express your inner animal instincts with these fun and fabulous hats. Adults and children alike will love this collection of absolutely adorable hats, including a cheeky monkey, a roaring lion and an energetic frog. Know-how for knitters is at the back of the book with the basic techniques clearly explained, including how to add a fleecy lining for extra coziness. Sizes are included for children and adults so all the family can have their own hat.

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