This is an account of how moral concepts such as forgiveness praise guilt and punishment apply to human interaction and behaviour. The author attempts to reach conclusions about which versions of traditional Christian doctrines utilizing such notions are morally accep... Lees meer.

A study tracing the emergence of the Zionist movement through which the Jews were reformed as a political people. It concentrates on 1897 when Herzl launched the Zionist movement and the following decade which saw the establishment of the movement s main ideas and ce... Lees meer.

Apart from individual rights claims have long been made for collective minority rights. Now a third generation of rights is appearing the rights of peoples exemplified by the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights of 1981. This volume discusses the new gener... Lees meer.

A scholarly edition of a work by Cicero. The edition presents an authoritative text together with an introduction commentary notes and scholarly apparatus. Will long remain not only the standard commentary on this work but an indespensable aid to every student o... Lees meer.

This is a study of the effects of cross-cultural contact and confrontation on frontier societies particularly those between England and Scotland Wales and Ireland Castille and Granada and on the Elbe. to copywriter. Always list contributors This first study of t... Lees meer.

This book deals with God s covenant with Israel which the author believes is a theme central to the understanding of the Old Testament. He argues that the debate during the last century has revealed how crucial the covenant idea was in the development of what is distinc... Lees meer.

Surveys the history of a great Mediterranean federation whose homelands were Catalonia and Aragon. It incorporates the results of recent research into the archives of Catalonia Aragon Valencia Majorca and other Mediterranean lands. This book is the first in Engli... Lees meer.

This is the first general account of Dutch hegemony in trade shipping and finance between 1585 and 1740. Professor Israel the leading historian in this field uses a wide range of sources to explain why despite its small size and population the Dutch Republic funct... Lees meer.

The liberal theologian Ernst Troeltsch argued that the traditional belief in Jesus as the incarnation of God could no longer be held in the modern world. This study provides a close analysis of his argument. Can Christians continue to worship Jesus Christ as the full... Lees meer.

An account of the musician Peter Warlock Philip Heseltine . Barry Smith uses often controversial material in telling Warlock s story from his dangerous involvement in the occult to his long-lasting loves and hates. Peter Warlock Philip Heseltine is one of the most... Lees meer.

A critical study of Chopin s music which provides a detailed analysis of its style and structure in the light of Chopin scholarship and recent analytical methods. It also explores the creative process itself which is central to the lives of all composers. The lasti... Lees meer.

Since the 18th century Western scholars and musicians have been fascinated by the music of India. Whether in the realms of musicological enquiry or as an exotic flavour on the stage or in popular songs Indian music has been part of the West s consciousness for over... Lees meer.

Do people know about God just by being human beings or do they need special divine assistance through the Bible and the church before they can know anything about God. This book examines what the Bible itself says on the question and considers its impact on our rel... Lees meer.

This work by two economists who were involved as experts in the reform of the Polish economy in the 1950s and 1960s present the results of their efforts to develop in theory an economic system which could avoid the worst excesses of both capitalism and central planning.... Lees meer.

This paperback edition of the Medea contains introduction text and apparatus criticus. It aims to elucidate the play and to make it easily accessible to students of English and French literature. This paperback edition of the Medea is the first full-scale edition... Lees meer.