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From the crisis of the Babylonian exile to the rise of rabbinic Judaism--a span of over six hundred years--the Jewish people produced a wealth of literature that lies outside the Hebrew Bible. Today it goes under names such as apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Josephus and Philo, apocalyptic literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Mishnah and targums. But line by line, scroll by scroll, it represents the history and theology, the hopes and prayers of a living and diverse Judaism. It is an engrossing subject in and of itself, but for students of the New Testament it offers an invaluable context for understanding the words and actions of Jesus as well as the conversion and thinking of Paul. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period is an introduction to this literature and places it within its historical context. Riding the explosive growth of knowledge of this period, Larry R. Helyer guides students to the heart of the matter. What were the pressures and realities, the questions and dreams that nurtured and provoked these written expressions? And how does this literature throw light on the text of the New Testament and origins of Christianity?
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An excellent place to start.......2003-04-15
Larry Helyer does an excellent job of introducing most of the relevent literature of the Second Temple period and its general influence on the writers of the New Testament and the Early Church. Excellent review or introduction depending on your background. I think this should be mandatory reading for every pastor and bible student. Well written with many chapter breaks to keep the organization of this large volume. This is the context of the New Testament that most Christians are not even aware exists. I have already recommended this texts to many people.
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Connecting the Dates: Exploring the Meaning of Jewish Time
Steven Ettinger
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A much-needed addition to the emerging literature on the formative power of religious practices, Educating People of Faith creates a vivid portrait of the lived practices that shaped the faith of Jews and Christians in synagogues and churches from antiquity up to the seventeenth century. This significant book is the work of Jewish, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant scholars who wished to discover and describe how Jews and Christians through history have been formed in religious ways of thinking and acting. Rather than focusing solely on either intellectual or social life, the authors all use the concept of "practices" as they attend to the embodied, contextual character of religious formation. Their studies of religious figures, community life, and traditional practices such as preaching, sacraments, and catechesis are colorful, detailed, and revealing. The authors are also careful to cover the nature of religious education across all social levels, from the textual formation of highly literate rabbis and monks engaged in Scripture study to the local formation of illiterate medieval Christians for whom the veneration of saints' shrines, street performances of religious dramas, and public preaching by wandering preachers were profoundly formative. Educating People of Faith will benefit scholars and teachers desiring a fuller perspective on how lived practices have historically formed people in religious faith. It will also be useful to practical theologians and pastors who wish to make the resources of the past available to practitioners in the present. Contributors: John C. Cavadini Anne L. Clark Lawrence S. Cunningham Joseph Goering Robert Goldenberg Stanley Samuel Harakas Robert M. Kingdon Blake Leyerle Michael A. Signer Philip M. Soergel David C. Steinmetz John Van Engen Lee Palmer Wandel Robert Louis Wilken Elliot R. Wolfson
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Take a Captain Cook at this history of Christians educating.......2007-04-03
have a 20-year old copy of "A Faithful Church: Issues in the history of catechesis", edited by religious educator John H. Westerhoff III and New Testament scholar O.C. Edwards Jr. It is falling apart. Its pages are covered with my notes and highlighting. It is, as far as I can ascertain, the only copy in Perth; and as far as my external students can discover, the only copy in Australia.
My copy is used to make the licensed photocopies for students at Murdoch University. It has so many marginalia that I sometimes think I should copyright my notes and receive payments under the Copyright Educational copying scheme!
Westerhoff and Edwards commissioned chapters from a range of scholars to illustrate the history of how Christians have tried to pass on the Christian way of life to new members and new generations. Histories of religious education are rare. There are histories of evangelism, but religious education is different. Lawrence C. Cunningham defines it well: "Christian education is ... an education of both heart and mind, aiming to convert a person to a deeper existential grasp of faith." (van Ingen, 2004, 330).
So this new book, "Educating People of Faith: Exploring the history of Jewish and Christian communities", is the book I have been looking for these past twenty years. The new book does not replace the old book. They are different in origin and different in intent. I suspect however that I will keep these two books side by side, the two together making my Bible on Christian education history.
I am not sure which is Old and which is New Testament. However, the most notable differences can be explained by noting that Westerhoff is a religious educator, and van Engen, the editor of the new collection, is an historian. Each editor has mainly gathered authors from their respective disciplines. "A Faithful Church", the 1981 book, is written by mostly religious educators. Van Engen, a history professor at the University of Notre Dame, has gathered mainly historians, some specialising in church history, others specialists in eras dominated by the church.
This makes "Educating People of Faith" marginally less accessible to religious educators than the earlier book. By the same token, the newer book has more academic rigour, so the facts are patent of wider reliable interpretation. For example, chapters in "A Faithful Church" written by religious educators impose an education framework on their material: Ambrose of Milan is described firstly as instructor for the catechumenal process (A Faithful Church, 72-74), rather than as the bishop choreographing the whole church as it supports the baptismal rite.
In his introductory essay, John van Engen speculates on the lack of history about Christian formation. Two main reasons are adduced: firstly, formation in the faith does not stand out as a distinct theme in Christian history. It is called by different names at different times, and it takes on very different forms in different times.
In the Counter-Reformation, for example, processions for Corpus Christi were revived in Catholic Bavaria, not only to teach about the centrality of the Eucharist in Catholic theology, but also as a counter to the Reformation, whose teachers prohibited processions and downplayed the Mass in favour of the Word.
The second reason van Engen puts forward is that many of those engaged in historical writing in the Catholic church are religious brothers or sisters, and the concept of formation is too close for them to see. Products of their own formation as religious, they take for granted the processes that made them what they are now.
The newer book concludes with a chapter set to challenge many religious educators. "Spiritual Direction as Christian Pedagogy" claims to be simply tracing the trajectory of Christian mentoring from the Egyptian anchorites to the early modern period. In fact, Lawrence Cunningham does much more than tell a simple story. Using the historical data, he clarifies the definition of Spiritual Direction and discerns several types of one-to-one relationships which have claimed to be spiritual direction. He touches on Celtic spiritual friendships, the great medieval and Catholic Reformation directors, and how the Reformers took up the same practice under different names, some deliberately like Calvin and some through felt need.
He reminded me of the emphasis placed on being a mentor and having a mentor in the new evangelical mega-churches. This, is it not, is spiritual direction. But it can also be a profound education in the faith. In fact through all the examples from Antony of Egypt to Philip of Burswood, Western Australia, is not spiritual direction the most influential means by which mature Christians have taught the faith to younger Christians?
If you've read this far, you probably have no question about the value of studying RE history. The dearth of rigorous books in our field can make us feel downhearted. Who else cares?. I have a passion to see people formed in their faith so the world may be a more humane place to the glory of God. Books on the history of Christian formation and education are like the story of Captain Cook to Australians. We need to know our history to have some perspective on our efforts in the 21st Century.
What a gift the historians have made to our profession.
To carry the Captain Cook analogy further, the older book "A Faithful Church" is a little like a Grade 7 Social Studies text book version of the discovery of Australia, majoring on James Cook with large pictures of sailing boats. The newer book is more like a secondary text showing the patterns of exploration from the Malays in the 15th Century, to the French and the Dutch, leading up to English settlement in 1788.
The first book provides a useful outline and points out the very basic essentials. The second is more sophisticated, with more detail and nuance. Each has its own value.
"A Faithful Church", sadly, is long out of print. "Educating People of Faith" deserves a better fate. I can recommend it confidently to you, as a religious education practitioner, to be added to your collection of vital books
History of church and education.......2005-10-18
John Van Engen's book Educating People of Faith is a very insightful book. I was amazed at the amount of information that this one book contained. Yet, it was a very easy read. This was a well-written book. I was not easily distracted when reading it, and I did not feel as though it were dragging on and on. The author did a nice job of explaining and describing his ideas very well. I really enjoy church history, so this would be a great book for those who share the same interest or for those who wish to learn more about the history of education. Reading about the history of education in this book was fascinating because I had not thought about the concept of tracing the history of the church along with education before. Overall, a great book!
Wonderful Resource.......2005-10-10
Educating People of Faith is a fantastic resource with a lot of information available within. The book sets out to describe faith formation and education throughout a large scope of history and unless you have a specific time period in mind, this book may not be the most joyous of reads.
If, however, you are researching a particular time and faith formation and education is pertinent to your study, this is a great tool to use. Not only does it do a great job of stating the different arenas of faith, but it also gives a great historical context to put everything in perspective.
Particularly, the piece on Premodern Judaism is wonderfully effective and allows the reader to be put in the context of these people.
Overall, the book is well layed out and fairly accessible, but not a fast read. This work does make a great addition to any course work you may be doing on spiritual education and faith formation and I recomend it even though it is very dense and includes some information that you really don't need. It is worth the time reading it though.
Great Historical Perspective.......2005-03-25
Educating People of Faith
This is a unique history book. It not only does an outstanding job on explaining the history of the Jewish and Christian communities from ancient times to more current times. It explains both the historical perspective, but also the perspective of life as it was happening at the time. It makes history come alive when you can understand not only the practices, but the thoughts and rationale behind them.
The book encompasses a great deal of time, and thus a great deal of information. It takes a great deal of time to read and understand the depth of knowledge in this book. The chapters themselves do not have to be read in order. As such, you may be best served by reading only the chapters that are pertinent to the era that you are researching, or that interest you. (One of my favorite chapters is the very last one in the book.)
If you have the time and the desire to learn this history, it is a well-written book. It is also a book that stands alone as a fairly good reference tool.
Good history if you have the time.......2005-03-21
Educating People of Faith is a fairly long and dry read about religious practices that spans from Ancient Judaism to the Christian reformation in the 16th-17th centuries. There is a vast amount of material here, which can be useful if you have ample time to wade through the chapters. The object of the essays is to provide a better historical understanding of religious practices, by trying to grasp the complex nature of religious life throughout the history of the church. Van Engen wants to seek a middle ground position by attempting to be true to both historic and personal experience. The best this book has to offer is insight and stories which help us enter into different timelines of history through more personal encounters with the formative communities. While there is certainly much else to be learned from these essays, I would recommend the book for academically oriented people only. However, one key insight that may make the book worth your time is Van Engen's assertion that those who attend to past beliefs and practices appear to flourish, while those who ignore the past often have more trouble in the present.
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Exploring the World of the Jew (Exploring)
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Exploring Jewish History
Shirley Stern
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"Klezmer" is a Yiddish word for professional folk instrumentalist-the flutist, fiddler, and bass player that made brides weep and guests dance at weddings throughout Jewish eastern Europe before the culture was destroyed in the Holocaust, silenced under Stalin, and lost out to assimilation in America. Klezmer music is now experiencing a tremendous new spurt of interest worldwide with both Jews and non-Jews recreating this restless volatile, and vibrant musical culture. Firmly centered in the United States, klezmer has paradoxically moved back across the Atlantic as a distinctly "American" music, played throughout central and eastern Europe, as well as in many other parts of the world. Fiddler on the Move places klezmer music squarely within American music studies, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology. Neither a chronology nor a comprehensive survey, the book describes a variety of approaches and perspectives for coming to terms with the highly diverse array of activities found under the klezmer umbrella. Bringing to his subject the insights of an accomplished ethnomusicologist, Slobin addresses such questions as: How does klezmer overlap with, and differ from, the many other contemporary "heritage" musics based on an assumed connection with a group identity and links to a tradition? How do economics, artistic expression, and the evocation of the past interact in motivating klezmer performers and audiences? In what kinds of environment does klezmer flourish? How do stylistic features such as genre, form, and ornamentation help to define the technique, affect, and aesthetic of klezmer? Featuring a music CD with many of the archival and contemporary recordings discussed in the text, this fascinating study will interest scholars, students, musicians, and music lovers
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Freedom and Responsibility: Exploring the Challenges of Jewish Continuity
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Jews of the Dutch Caribbean: Exploring Ethnic Identity on Curacao (Routledge Harwood Anthropology)
Alan F Benjamin
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Jews of the Dutch Caribbean addresses identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity - including, for example, ecology, history, kinship, commerce, and language use in everyday life and, crucially, rituals. Drawing on ethnographic research to analyze ethnic identity, Benjamin takes a broad and innovative perspective, presenting ethnic identity as local as well as a transnational phenomenon, shaped by history and re-shaped through contemporary, everyday interactions.
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HIGH-YIELD BONDS provides state-of-the-art research, strategies, and toolsÑalongside the expert analysis of respected authorities including Edward Altman of New York UniversityÕs Salomon Center, Lea Carty of MoodyÕs Investor Service, Sam DeRosa-Farag of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Martin Fridson of Merrill Lynch & Company, Stuart Gilson of Harvard University, Robert Kricheff of CS First Boston, and Frank Reilly of the University of Notre DameÑto help you truly understand todayÕs high-yield market. For added value and ease of reference, this high-level one-volume encyclopedia is divided into seven sections detailing virtually every aspect of high-yield bond investment. They include: Market structureÑThe role of investment banks in security innovation and market development, evolution of analytical methodologies, and recent leveraged loan market developments; Security risk analysisÑHistorical bond default rates, real interest rate and default rate relationships, and new simulation methodologies for modeling credit quality; Security valuationÑImpact of seniority and security on bond pricing and return, important trading factors, and a Monte Carlo simulation methodology for valuing bonds and options in the context of correlated interest rate and credit risk; Market valuation modelsÑEconometric studies which detail the importance of monetary influences, risk-free interest rates, default rates, mutual fund flows, and seasonal fluctuations; Portfolio managementÑHistorical perspective and comparison to alternative investments, analysis of indices available to investors, and specific portfolio selection and risk management strategies of professional fund managers; Distressed security investingÑHistorical risk and return information, plus an academic overview of the market and decision criteria for uncovering and investing in securities with higher-than-average risk-adjusted returns; Corporate finance considerationsÑEmerging firmsÕ strategic choice between external debt and equity financing, as well as the choice of issuing public versus private (Rule-144a) securities. HIGH-YIELD BONDS provides extensive coverage of bond valuation and the construction and management of high-yield portfolios. Advanced Monte Carlo simulation models for the valuation of bonds and options on bonds as well as risk assessments on portfolios of bonds under conditions of correlated interest rate and credit risk are demonstrated. In todayÕs explosive environment of multiple new issues and high risk versus return relationships, it is paramount that you get advice from analysts and experts who have been influential in shaping and defining the market. HIGH-YIELD BONDS will provide you with a valuable reference to this fascinating and constantly changing class of securities, helping you assemble a stable, diversified portfolio of fixed income investments that provides the greatest returns and the lowest risks.
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HIGH-YIELD BONDS delivers statistics, research findings, and facts to help you understand the risks - and maximize the returns - of high-yield investing.
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The best HY Omnibus book so far........2007-01-11
This is an excellent book that is now showing its age and needs an update. It also lacks a CDROM with data sets which would make more explicit many of the points authors make. In addition, Drexel Burnham Lambert, like Banquo's ghost, is alluded to on nearly every other page, yet the authors here are hesitant to differentiating between high yield bonds (non-investment grade debt) and junk (anything issued by Michael Milken).
This work also glaringly lacks some crucial work by Paul Asquith on seasoned high yield bond defaults. Don't stop here.
The best HY book........2000-02-08
I can't say enough about this book. The book is suprisingly easy to read, and uncovers insights from some of the most prominent names in HY research. A must for HY analysts, MBAs, and CFOs.
The Best Guide Book to High Yield Bonds Ever.......1999-01-07
I have had the privilege of reading the galley proofs of this book and find it to be THE definitive word on High Yield Investing. This book develops the blueprint for how to navigate, understand, and analyze High Yield Bonds. A must for MBA students, a requirement for anyone in the field already, and a vital tool for investors.
The book's three authors (The George Washington University Business School, Georgetown Business School, and 20+ years High Yield Experience) have used their knowledge and connections to get the best information available
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