Professor Levinson – Goodman Lecture

“The Uncensored Voice: Suffering, Protest, and Lament in the Hebrew Bible”
CNES Professor Hanne Loeland Levinson to deliver Goodman Lecture at St. Kate’s
Thursday, May 12

Flyer: Goodman Lecture_2016

The featured speaker at the 2016 Goodman Lecture will be Dr. Hanne Loeland Levinson. Dr. Levinson is an assistant professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota. A member of the Center of Jewish Studies at the U of M, Dr. Levinson’s research centers on the academic study of the Hebrew Bible with a focus on gender studies, prophetic literature, and narratives around death and death wishes.

Her first book, Silent or Salient Gender? The Interpretation of Gendered God-Language in the Hebrew Bible, Exemplified in Isaiah 42, 46 and 49 (Mohr Siebeck, 2008), received the  John Templeton Award for Theological Promise in 2008. Currently, she is working on a book with the working title: Wishing for Death or Fighting for Life: Death Wishes in the Hebrew Bible. She has also taught at the MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo, Norway, and has been a visiting scholar at institutions in Israel, South Africa and the U.S.

She fell in love with the literature and ideas of the Hebrew Bible as an undergraduate and continues to be fascinated by these texts in her work as a teacher and scholar of the Hebrew Bible. She is concerned about reading the texts in light of their literary and historical context, but is also interested in the dialogue between contemporary questions and the biblical texts.

More information at https://www.stkate.edu/alumnae/lifelong-learning

This event is free, but tickets are required to ensure seating. Tickets will be available online at oshag.stkate.edu or by phone at 651-690-6700 closer to the date of the lecture.

 

Dead Sea Scrolls title

Announcement from Brill Publications:

Winner of the 2015 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award
Winner of the Frank Moore Cross Award for Best Book in Biblical Studies from ASOR

We are proud to announce that Brill publications have made Choice magazine’s 2015 list of Outstanding Academic Titles. Selected by Choice review editors, the awarded titles are representative of Brill’s rich publishing program. Out of over 7,000 reviews in Choice during the previous calendar year, only 10% are selected as “Outstanding Academic Titles” and published in the Choice January issue each year.

The University of Minnesota Libraries owns a print copy and provides online access to this book.

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the developmental composition of the Bible
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 169.
Eugene Ulrich 1938-
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum
Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2015
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Recent Oxford Handbooks in religion

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American Qur’an

American Qur’an
Iftikhar Dadi (Essay Author), Zareena Grewal (Essay Author), Sandow Birk (Artist)
With a Preface by Reza Aslan
First edition. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2016
check Libraries catalog for availability http://www.lib.umn.edu
Wilson Library General Collection (folio BP109 .B57 2016 )

Publisher website: books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?id=4294988426

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Above: copy on display at American Library Association conference exhibits, January 2016

Read a review in The Atlantic

Student Success & Library Use

Research at the U of MN linking student success to library use is in the spotlight again, this time on Boopsie for this good news report from the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Digital resources are great, of course, and we have subject specific pages too – but don’t dismiss a visit to your library. There are great print resources in each one, and friendly helpful staff – and you can find a coffee shop in Walter and Wilson too.

Excerpt from the entry in Boopsie:
“As college libraries foster accessibility and student engagement, they contribute to the success of their students through increased graduation rates, increased retention rates, and higher GPAs. When college libraries contribute to student success, they increase institutional prestige while preparing future leaders to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s world.”

RELIGION FIRM ORDERS INVOICED SINCE JULY 1, 2015

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Avignon and its papacy, 1309-1417: popes, institutions, and society. Rollo-koster, joelle cloth 2015
Catholic invasion of china: remaking Chinese Christianity. Mungello, d.e. (david emil), 1943- cloth 2015
Christian oxyrhynchus: texts, documents, and sources cloth 2015
Christian women in the Greek papyri of Egypt to 400 ce. Mathieson, erica a paper 2014
Communicating anthroposophy: the course for speakers to promote the idea of threefolding.; trans. By by rory bradley. Steiner, rudolf, 1861-1925 paper 2015
Contemporary bioethics: Islamic perspective. Al-bar, mohammed ali cloth 2015
Corinthian democracy: democratic discourse in 1 corinthians. Miller, anna c paper 2015
Dead sea scrolls and the developmental composition of the bible. Ulrich, eugene charles, 1938- ebook 2015
Early Quakers and their theological thought: 1647-1723 cloth 2015
English bible, King James Version: the new testament and the apocrypha paper 2012
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Ethiopic text of the book of Ezekiel: a critical edition cloth 2015
Evangelicals around the world: a global handbook for the 21st century cloth 2015
Exodus in the Jewish experience: echoes and reverberations ebook 2015
Faithful narratives: historians, religion, and the challenge of objectivity ebook 2014
Free corrector: Colin Gunton and the legacy of Augustine. Mcnall, joshua paper 2015
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Catholic sexual theology and adolescent girls: embodied flourishing. Kieser, doris, 1964- paper 2015
Christian thought in America: a brief history. Schell, hannah paper 2015
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Confucius for Christians: what an ancient Chinese worldview can teach us about life in Christ. Ten Elshof, Gregg, 1970- paper 2015
Darwin in the twenty-first century: nature, humanity, and God paper 2015
Disciples’ prayer: the prayer jesus taught in its historical setting. Gibson, jeffrey b paper 2015
God and popular culture: a behind-the-scenes look at the entertainment industry’s most. Cloth 2015
God in the tumult of the global square: religion in global civil society. Juergensmeyer, mark paper 2015
Gray sabbath: Jesus people usa, evangelical left, and the evolution of christian rock. Young, shawn david paper 2015
Hincmar of Rheims: life and work cloth 2015
Holy nation: the transatlantic quaker ministry in an age of revolution. Crabtree, sarah (sarah lelia) cloth 2015
Imagining religious leadership in the middle ages: Richard of saint-vanne and the politics… Vanderputten, Steven cloth 2015
Insights while suffering: with a view to the cross and resurrection. Slatter, mark, 1962- cloth 2015
James and Paul: the politics of identity at the turn of the ages. Shillington, v. George paper 2015
Jewish voices in feminism: transnational perspectives; trans. By rugh Morris. Las, nelly cloth 2015
John henry newman, man of letters. Tillman, mary katherine paper 2015
Joshua 1-12: a new translation with introduction and commentary. Dozeman, thomas b cloth 2015
Language of images: visualization and meaning in tantras. Timalsina, sthaneshwar, 1965- cloth 2015
Material religion in modern Britain: the spirit of things cloth 2015
Meditation and culture: the interplay of practice and context cloth 2015
Meta-ecclesiology: chronicles on church awareness. Hovorun, cyril cloth 2015
Missionary families find a sense of place and identity: two generations on two continents. Benson, John S cloth 2015
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On freedom, love, and power Ellul, Jacques, 1912-1994 paper 2015
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Reading the bible in an age of crisis: political exegesis for a new day paper 2015
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Secular faith: how culture has trumped religion in american politics. Smith, mark a. (mark alan), 1970- cloth 2015
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Sensual God: how the senses make the almighty sensless. Kleinberg, aviad m cloth 2015
What’s divine about divine law?: early perspectives. Hayes, Christine elizabeth cloth 2015
Women’s bodies as battlefield: Christian theology and the global war on women. Thistlethwaite, Susan brooks, 1948- cloth 2015

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Aroma Of Righteousness: Scent And Seduction In Rabbinic Life And Literature. Green, Deborah A Paper 2014
Islam And Rationality: The Impact Of Al-Ghazali: Papers Collected On His 900th Anniversary.; V. 1 Ebook 2015
Ladder Of Jacob: Ancient Interpretations Of The Biblical Story Of Jacob And His Children. Kugel, James L Paper 2009
Letter That Has Not Been Read: Dreams In The Hebrew Bible; Trans. By Lenn J. Schramm. Bar, Shaul Ebook 2001
Many Faces Of Herod The Great. Marshak, Adam Kolman, 1979- Paper 2014
Patterns Of Rationality: Recurring Inferences In Science, Social Cognition And Religious Thinking. Bertolotti, Tommaso Cloth 2015
Text-Critical Use Of The Septuagint In Biblical Research. Tov, Emanuel Ebook 2015

World Religion Database

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World Religion Database
International religious demographic statistics and sources
Edited by Todd M. Johnson, Ph.D., and Brian J. Grim, Ph.D.

The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It provides source material, including censuses and surveys, as well as best estimates for every religion to offer a definitive picture of international religious demography. It offers best estimates at multiple dates for each of the world’s religions for the period 1900 to 2050.

The WRD will be constantly updated with new sources of data as they become available, such as estimates of religious affiliation at the province level within countries and religious freedom information for all countries. A feedback mechanism is available for users to leave comments on sources or methodology related to any figure reported in the WRD.

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