How has the story of Noah and his three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, which contains no explicit reference to black people, become linked to the institution of slavery?
The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth
David Bentley Hart is a convert to Eastern Orthodoxy with a recent Ph.D. in theology from the University of Virginia. This volume, his first book, is a much-revised form of his dissertation.
How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel
It is easy for us to underestimate the aura that surrounded a written text in the ancient world. As you read this review, you are performing something that once seemed like magic: converting signs on a printed page into human speech.
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Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War
Douglas Brinkley
A Call to Service: My Vision of a Better America
John Kerry
John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography by the Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best
Michael Kranish, Brian C. Mooney and Nina J. Easton
