The author's graceful mastery of both prose and history combine to express both the voice and content of Irish culture. Cahill traces Ireland's pivotal role in the preservation and transmission of the intellectual legacy of the West, from the fall of Rome under the barbarian invasions that brought the Dark Ages to the rise of Medieval Europe which ...
A narrative history of the Jewish people, written by the best-selling author of "How the Irish Saved Civilization". Cahill understands the real significance of the Jews in world history to be not merely as the originators of monotheism, but as the first people to understand the notion of history itself--the first to view time as a linear narrative ...
In this accessible and often entertaining survey, historian Thomas Cahill reviews the achievements of Classical Greece and its huge influence on Western civilization. Beginning with an overview of Greek history--partly as Homer presented it in the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY--he goes on to focus on the other early figures who have most influenced Greek ...
The author's graceful mastery of both prose and history combine to express both the voice and content of Irish culture. Cahill traces Ireland's pivotal role in the preservation and transmission of the intellectual legacy of the West, from the fall of Rome under the barbarian invasions that brought the Dark Ages to the rise of Medieval Europe which ...
This text introduces the reader to Jesus of Nazareth. It describes the political climate of the time, the people Jesus knew and the cultural influences, and places them in a social and religious context in order to understand more about Jesus the person.
The inimitable author Cahill turns his eye on the dawn of the modern Western world in this intelligent, beautifully written exploration of medieval Europe, the fifth book in his acclaimed 'Hinges of History' series.
On October 26, 2004, Dominique Green, thirty, was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas. Arrested at the age of eighteen in the fatal shooting of a man during a robbery outside a Houston convenience store, Green may have taken part in the robbery but always insisted that he did not pull the trigger. The jury, which had no African ...
After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. By placing the image of the Virgin Mary at the center of their churches and their lives, ...
This inviting treasury presents the 242 sayings of Jesus in contemporary language and in a format appealing to the strictest churchgoer as well as to curious non-believers. Cahill provides engaging commentary throughout, placing the thematically organized sayings in their historical context.
The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of ...
A photographic tour of the Holy Land takes a close-up look at the sites sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, tracing the history of the three faiths from their origins to the present day and profiling the key historical figures of each religion. 35,000 first printing.
Written by an internationally recognized expert on ship casualties, the book has attracted wide interest in the shipping industry, but it is also written for a general audience. It is an account of 22 different ship casualties with an examination of their causes & consequences. The former managing director of British Petroleum Shipping Company, G ...
A collection of Jesus' sayings from the Gospels, organized thematically. They reveal a man unlike any other man, whose life contains a message for all.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cahill & Co
Date Published: 1984
Description: Good. 1984 Vol. III, No. 2 Cahill pub. Staple bound Softcover. Mild wear. Old pencil price inside. No prior owner marks. Ship same or next day. More Christian books in our store. read more
Description: Fine. Tight book, nice text, some wear to cover, large book books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
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