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Thinking Biblically: Exegetical and Hermeneutical Studies
André LaCocqueCommenting on these texts, LaCocque and Ricoeur provide a wealth of new insights into the meaning of the different genres of the Old Testament as these made their way into and were transformed by the New Testament.
Ruth: A Continental Commentary
André LacocqueThis volume provides a readable introduction to the narrative book of Ruth appropriate for the student, pastor, and scholar. LaCocque combines historical, literary, feminist, and liberationist approaches in an engaging synthesis.
Jesus the Central Jew: His Times and His People
André LaCocqueNot a Jew marginally, but centrally In this book, LaCocque presents the case that Jesus was totally and unquestionably a Jew.
Esther Regina: A Bakhtinian Reading
André LacocqueIn Esther, the underlying conviction is that Jewish survival is providential—and that anti-Semitism is anti-God. This is, as LaCocque tells us with a nod to Aristotle, a worthy lesson disguised as a "low genre."
The Trial of Innocence: Adam, Eve, and the Yahwist
Andre LaCocqueIn this engaging study, a master of biblical interpretation provides a close reading of the Yahwist story.
The Captivity of Innocence: Babel and the Yahwist
Andre LaCocqueThe present analysis uses a variety of techniques to interpret the biblical text, including historical-critical, literary, sociopolitical, psychoanalytic, and deconstructive approaches.
The Book of Daniel
Andre LaCocqueThe Book of Daniel occupies a unique position in the scriptural canon because of its complex form and the symbolism of its subject matter.
Romance, She Wrote: A Hermeneutical Essay on Songs of Songs
Andre LaCocque19 Wilhelm Wittekindt, however, refers to Ishtar, the spouse and mother of Tammuz; she puts a crown on his head.20 The parallel is striking as it transports us once again to the region of the Akitu festival. The poet may have turned her glance ...
Autumn Leaves
André GideThis collection of reflective essays forms a “spiritual autobiography” of André Gide, a key figure of French letters André Gide, a literary and intellectual giant of twentieth-century France, mines his memories and personal ...
Essays on Approach and Method: Second Edition
André BéteilleII Surendra Munshi: In Conversation with Professor Andre Beteille* SM: Andre, may we begin with method? You have written much on the comparative method. How do you view it? AB: Well, I do advocate the comparative method, but this does ...
Oscar Wilde: Reminiscences
André GidePersonal recollections from André Gide on a man who profoundly influenced his work—Oscar Wilde André Gide, a towering figure in French letters, draws upon his friendship with Oscar Wilde to sketch a compelling portrait of the tragic, ...
The Hidden Keys
Andre AlexisIt's a grand thing, then, that this spry novel by Canadian Andre Alexis spends its 160 pages repeatedly defying expectations .
Open: An Autobiography
Andre AgassiHe is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court – but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game.
The Tragic Effect: The Oedipus Complex in Tragedy
André GreenIn this stimulating and wide-ranging 1979 study, André Green demonstrates the relevance of psychoanalysis to literary criticism.
Jewish/Christian/Queer: Crossroads and Identities
Preview10 Janet Grierson, who was a regular visitor to the Edinburgh salon as a young woman, recalls Andre's farewell parties for her when she would leave to spend summers in Vienna. “At the end of it Andre would say, with the slight foreign accent ...
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André AlexisA is a work of fiction in which André Alexis presents the compelling narrative of Alexander Baddeley, a Toronto book reviewer obsessed with the work of the elusive and mythical poet Avery Andrews.
Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada
Preview... Carleton U Friesen, Gerald, U Manitoba Furlani, Andre, Concordia U Gerson, Carole, Simon Fraser U Gervais, Andre, ... Shannon, Laurentian U Higgins, Iain, U Victoria Hinchcliffe, Peter, St Jerome's College, Waterloo Hodgson, Heather, ...
A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st ...
Bonnie EnglishAndré Courrèges Quant's competitor in Paris, André Courrèges, used similar geometric A-line shapes, but produced a more sophisticated, structured style. Having been apprenticed to the couturier Balenciaga, he became a master of cut and ...
An Art of Living
Andre MauroisA new translation by Sergio E. Serrano of this inspirational book containing sound advice on the art of living by the late historian, biographer, and philosopher, Andre Maurois.
Mediatization of Communication
PreviewEuropean Journal of Communication 17(4): 429–443. Jansson, André. 2006. Textural analysis: Materialising media space. In: Jesper Falkheimer and André Jansson (eds.), Geographies of Communication, 87–103. Gothenburg: Nordicom.
André Du Ryer and oriental studies in seventeenth-century France
Alastair HamiltonAndre Du Ryer was an important and influential seventeenth-century orientalist and diplomat.
Ideokinesis: A Creative Approach to Human Movement and Body ...
Andre BernardEpilogue André Bernard, 1924-2003, by Nancy Lyons When a true Master Teacher passes away, we grieve the loss of the person, the teacher, and the opportunity to study with him. And we question whether the depth of understanding he ...
De Bourguiba à Ben Ali: L'étonnant parcours économique de la ...
André WilmotsEssai André Wilmots. était la Méditerranée tandis que les phosphates concurrents s'exportaient sur le vaste monde par l'Atlantique, ce que le groupe français, propriétaire du gisement et de l'exploitation, ne manquait pas de faire remarquer ...
Droits d'enregistrement – Droits de succession: Tableaux ...
André CulotTableaux comparatifs et chronologiques des législations régionales André Culot. 89 6. INTEGRATION AND EFFICIENCY IN EU BANKING MARKETS Barbara Casu and Claudia Girardone ABSTRACT The creation of the single market for ...
The Cambridge Companion to Cricket
Preview16 Andre Odendaal Collection: photocopied quotation in 'Newlands, 1888–2010' file in author's possession. 17 Andre Odendaal, 'South Africa's Black Victorians: Sport and Society in South Africa in the Nineteenth Century' in J. A. Mangan (ed.) ...
Pastoral
André AlexisAndré Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. His debut novel, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
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