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Septuaginta

la biblia griega de Judíos y Cristianos

La Septuaginta (LXX) es la primera traducción de la Biblia. Su nombre designa propiamente la traducción de la Torá hebrea al griego, llevada a cabo en Alejandría durante el reinado de Ptolomeo II Filadelfo (285-246 a.C.). Por primera vez la sabiduría de Israel, condensada ...

Nombres propios

(Agnon, Buber, Celan, Delhomme, Derrida, Jabés, Kierkegaard, Lacroix, Laporte, Picard, Proust, Van Breda, Wahl)

Trad., Carlos Díaz Nombres propios es una forma de decir trece nombres/rostros ajenos desde el propio nombre/rostro de Levinas. Dicho de otro modo, Levinas desvela el nombre de su propio nombre en diálogo con los nombres de otros rostros. Como no podía ser ...

El Meam loez de Cantar de los cantares

(Sir hasirim) de Hayim Y. Saki: (Constantinopla, 1899)

El Meam loez de Cantar de los Cantares es el último libro perteneciente a la serie del Meam loez. Esta serie comenzó a publicarse en tierras otomanas en la primera mitad del siglo XVIII con el objetivo de explicar el sentido de los distintos libros ...

Su silencio es nuestra voz

de la esperanza republicana a la sublevación militar y la represión en Espera, el pueblo de la reforma agraria

Contiene fotografías Índice: Prólogo, por Pedro Romero Valverde Presentación, por José María Sánchez Berlanga Introducción El Frente Popular Sublevación militar contra la República en Espera Los dueños de la nueva situación La reforma agraria tras el golpe de Estado La represión. Los fusilamientos Las víctimas ...

Historia

del origen de la civilización a nuestros días: la guía visual definitiva

Asesor editorial, Adam Hart-Davis. Gran formato con ilustraciones. Historia cambiará su visión del pasado. Contiene una exposición del desarrollo y el progreso desde todos los ángulos, los acontecimientos clave, las ideas cruciales, las fuerzas políticas, los individuos trascendentales y los avances tecnológicos que han forjado ...

Cuba

religion, social capital, and development

When Cuba#s centralized system for providing basic social services began to erode in the early 1990s, Christian and Afro-Cuban religious groups took on new social and political responsibilities. They began to work openly with state institutions on projects such as the promotion of Afro-Cuban ...

Regulation and entry into telecommunicattions markets

This book analyses telecommunications markets from early to mature competition, filling the gap between the existing economic literature on competition and the real-life application of theory to policy. Paul De Bijl and Martin Peitz focus on both the transitory and the persistent asymmetries between telephone ...

The art of the public grovel

sexual sin & public confession in America

Whether you are a politician caught carrying on with an intern or a minister photographed with a prostitute, discovery does not necessarily spell the end of your public career. Admit your sins carefully, using the essential elements of an evangelical confession identified by Susan Wise ...

Under crescent and cross

the jews in the Middle Ages

With a new introduction and afterword by the author Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful "interfaith utopia"? Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in Christian lands? Rejecting both polemically charged ideas as myths, Mark ...

Journeys to the other shore

muslim and western travelers in search of knowledge

The contemporary world is increasingly defined by dizzying flows of people and ideas. But while Western travel is associated with a pioneering spirit of discovery, the dominant image of Muslim mobility is the jihadi who travels not to learn but to destroy. Journeys to the ...

The faith of scientists

in their own words

The Faith of Scientists is an anthology of writings by twenty-one legendary scientists, from the dawn of the Scientific Revolution to the frontiers of science today, about their faith, their views about God, and the place religion holds--or doesn't--in their lives in light of ...

The medieval prison

a social history

The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. The Medieval Prison challenges this view by tracing the institution's emergence to a much earlier period beginning in the late thirteenth ...

The elements of library research

what every student needs know

To do solid academic research, college students need to look beyond the computer search engine. This short, practical book introduces students to the important components of the information-seeking process. The Elements of Library Research provides a foundation for success in any research assignment, from a ...

Jewish questions

responsa on Sephardic Life in the Early Modern Period

In Jewish Questions, Matt Goldish introduces English readers to the history and culture of the Sephardic dispersion through an exploration of forty-three responsa--questions about Jewish law that Jews asked leading rabbis, and the rabbis' responses. The questions along with their rabbinical decisions examine all aspects ...

God and race in american politics

a short history

Religion has been a powerful political force throughout American history. When race enters the mix the results have been some of our greatest triumphs as a nation--and some of our most shameful failures. In this important book, Mark Noll, one of the most influential historians ...

On the side of the angels

an appreciation of parties and partisanship

Political parties are the defining institutions of representative democracy and the darlings of political science. Their governing and electoral functions are among the chief concerns of the field. Yet most political theorists--including democratic theorists--ignore or disparage parties as grubby arenas of ambition, obstacles to meaningful ...

City and school in late antique Athens and Alexandria

This lively and wide-ranging study of the men and ideas of late antique education explores the intellectual and doctrinal milieux in the two great cities of Athens and Alexandria from the second to the sixth centuries to shed new light on the interaction between the ...

¿Por qué Europa?

fundamentos medievales de un camino singular

Trad., Elisa Renau La ampliación de la Unión Europea plantea de nuevo la cuestión de la génesis de Europa como espacio cultural con rasgos comunes derivados de su historia. El problema del "camino singular de Europa" y de los factores que lo han condicionado ocupa ...

Comunicación y desarrollo

en busca de la coherencia

Eds. Raquel Martínez, Mario Lubetkin. En el sistema de cooperación internacional para el desarrollo es importante contar con una opinión pública informada y dispuesta a apoyar actuaciones en su ámbito y a demandar eficacia en los logros. Inmerso en este debate, que deriva de compromisos ...

(In)Seguridad y violencia en América Latina: un reto para la democracia

(Revista de Pensamiento Iberoamericano, Nº2,2ª época, año 2008). Dirs., Rosa Conde, Juan Pablo de Laiglesia. Índice: Presentación Primera parte: Caracterización de la violencia Segunda parte: Respuestas múltiples a la violencia Tercera parte: Experiencias y casos de estudios Cuarta parte: Reseñas