Tag: Origins

Free Download Margaret Froelich, Thomas E. Phillips, "Christian Origins and the New Testament in the Greco-Roman Context: Essays in Honor of Dennis R. MacDonald"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1946230006 | EPUB | pages: 248 | 0.3 mb
This volume, the inaugural volume in Claremont’s series on the New Testament and Christian Origins, celebrates the distinguished career of Dr. Dennis R. MacDonald. As students and scholars of the NewTestament will know, MacDonald almost single-handedly established the discipline of Mimesis Criticism. However, MacDonald’s scholarly achievements far exceed his role in establishing that emerging discipline within New Testament studies. MacDonald’s scholarship and interests range widely over the entire discipline of Christian origins. His work has striven above all to situate the New Testament within the historical, social and literary contexts of the Greco-Roman world.The scholars -both junior and senior-in this volume participate in MacDonald’s quest to locate the New Testament texts within their proper historical framework. The essays in this volume range from the Hebrew origins of the New Testament to Platonic influence on the New Testament, from Homeric imitation to the semantic domain of James, and from fresh readings of Mark to revisionist histories of Paul. There is something here for everyone. The essays are original, the arguments fresh and the language crisp. Every student of the New Testament will want to spend time with this wide-ranging celebration of MacDonald’s intellectual prowess and academic career.

Free Download The Ontology of the Analytic Tradition and Its Origins ; Realism and Identity in Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, and Quine By jan Dejnozka
1996 | 368 Pages | ISBN: 0822630532 | PDF | 20 MB
The analytic movement advertised its ‘linguistic turn’ as a radical break from the two-thousand-year-old substance tradition. But this is an illusion. On the fundamental level of ontology, there is enough reformulation and presupposition of traditional ‘no entity without identity’ themes to analogize Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, and Quine to Aristotle as paradigmatic of modified realism. Thus the pace of ontology is glacial. Frege and Russell, not Wittgenstein and Quine, emerge as the true analytic progenitors of ‘no entity without identity,’ offering between them at least twenty-nine private language arguments and sixty-four ‘no entity without identity’ theories.

Free Download Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution-Revisited By Christopher Hill
1997 | 440 Pages | ISBN: 0198206682 | PDF | 17 MB
This is a revised edition of Christopher Hill’s classic and groundbreaking examination of the motivations behind the English Revolution, first published in 1965. In addition to the text of the original, Dr Hill provides thirteen new chapters which take account of other publications since the first edition, bringing his work up-to-date in a stimulating and enjoyable way.

Free Download Dark Carnivals: Modern Horror and the Origins of American Empire by W. Scott Poole
English | October 4, 2022 | ISBN: 1640094369 | 384 pages | PDF | 3.39 Mb
The panoramic story of how the horror genre transformed into one of the most incisive critiques of unchecked American imperial power

Free Download Dark Carnivals: Modern Horror and the Origins of American Empire by W. Scott Poole
English | October 4, 2022 | ISBN: 1640094369 | 384 pages | PDF | 3.39 Mb
The panoramic story of how the horror genre transformed into one of the most incisive critiques of unchecked American imperial power

Free Download George G. M. James, Karen Chilton (narrator), "Stolen Legacy: The Egyptian Origins of Western Philosophy"
English | ISBN: 9798868646034 | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~05:50:00 | 169 MB
In this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the "Greek philosophy" in which nearly all of Western culture has its roots actually originated in ancient Egypt.
Drawing on careful historical research and a radical rethinking of the conventional narrative of Greek history, James asserts that our celebration of the ancient Greeks as the creators of Western civilization and philosophy is misattributed. In fact, he argues, our praise rightfully belongs to the people of Africa. Furthermore, this massive intellectual and cultural theft has helped lend credence to the damaging notion that the entire continent of Africa has contributed nothing to world civilization.
James explorers documented connections between celebrated Greek philosophers and the influence of Egyptian thought, proposing other possible links between northern Africa and Greece as well. An important book for understanding the history of philosophy, culture, and race in the modern world, Stolen Legacy is not to be missed. This definitive audio edition of Stolen Legacy is skillfully read by Karen Chilton, award-winning narrator of The New Jim Crow.

Free Download Origins of Nationality in South Asia: Patriotism and Ethical Government in the Making of Modern India By Christopher Alan Bayly; C. A. Bayly
1998 | 338 Pages | ISBN: 0195644573 | PDF | 70 MB
This book considers the ideological and institutional antecedents of mature Indian nationalism. It argues that patriotism is a useful concept with which to understand India in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It includes essays on swadeshi, Indian resistance, and "communalism."

Free Download Bradley A. Thayer, "Darwin and International Relations: On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict"
English | ISBN: 0813192528 | 2009 | 444 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Pathbreaking and controversial, Darwin and International Relations offers the first comprehensive analysis of international affairs of state through the lens of evolutionary theory. Bradley A. Thayer provides a new method for investigating and explaining human and state behavior while generating insights into the origins of human and animal warfare, ethnic conflict, and the influence of disease on international relations.

Free Download Gradient Expectations: Structure, Origins, and Synthesis of Predictive Neural Networks by Keith L. Downing
English | July 18, 2023 | ISBN: 0262545616 | 224 pages | MOBI | 13 Mb
An insightful investigation into the mechanisms underlying the predictive functions of neural networks-and their ability to chart a new path for AI.

Free Download Michael C. Corballis, "From Hand to Mouth: The Origins of Language"
English | ISBN: 0691116733 | 2003 | 272 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
A groundbreaking theory of how language arose from primate gestures