This book will increase your understanding of prayer, enrich your own prayers, and provide sound biblical knowledge of prayer. Relying on decades of research about prayer, Dr. McDowell has embarked on an ambitious, multi-volume project to study every prayer in the Bible. This volume contains readings for the 40+ prayers in Genesis through Joshua.The book begins with an extensive introduction about studying the Bible and an overview of every type of prayer: praise, thanksgiving, petition, intercession, vow, confession, repentance, lament, blessing, and curse.Each short chapter contains: A study and devotional on each of the 40+ prayers in Genesis through Joshua An examination of each prayer's historical context, meaning, and purpose A practical application and devotional suggestion using each prayer as a modelThe book is well-suited for either personal or group study and devotional.

Praying Through the Bible: Volume 1: Genesis-Joshua

Religion & Spirituality

McDowell, Markus

Christian Books & Bibles

Sulis

VisuaLaw Study Guide Vol 1: Introduction to Common Law is a three-;part study aid for UK law students to help prepare for exams. The book contains three sections: Outlines, Diagrams, and Exam Study Sheets. Outlines are detailed outlines of the course material, arranged by topic. Diagrams are perfect companions to the Outlines, containing flow charts, diagrams, and other visual aids for each topic. Exam Study Sheets are condensed outlines, perfect for getting the 'big picture,' for revising, and for testing yourself on the details. All three sections include statutes, cases, and key terms, arranged to maximize your studying, memorizing, and revising/reviewing.For more, visit www.legalyankee.com

Introduction to English Law: Outlines, Diagrams, and Exam Study Sheets

Patel, Jessica

Jurisprudence: Outlines, Diagrams, and Study Sheets is a collection of outlines and diagrams as an aid to the study of Jurisprudence and Legal Theory. Designed to help you get the big picture of the theories, jurists, and philosophical and historical background of the subject. Use the diagrams to see an overall picture of each subtopic before you begin reading your texts, to organize your notes, and to review and revise. Prepare for your exams by using them to test your knowledge on the details. This book covers the following topics: <ol>
<li>Introduction to Jurisprudence</li> <li>The Nature of Legal Theory</li> <li>Hobbes, Bentham, and Austin: Imperative Theory</li> <li>Natural Law Theory</li> <li>HLA Hart’s The Concept of Law</li> <li>The Rule of Recognition</li> <li>Hart’s Defenses Against Natural Law Theory and Fuller</li> <li>Raz's Theory of Law: Service Conception</li> <li>Practical Reason</li> <li>Kelsen’s Theory of Law: Norms and Delicts</li> <li>Dworkin's Theory of Law</li> <li>Marxism and Marxist Legal Theory</li> <li>Liberalism</li> <li>Feminist Legal Theory </li> </ol>
Part of the Legal Yankee VisuaLaw Series, this study aid joins the others in the series on Introduction to the Common Law, Criminal Law, Con and Admin Law, Contract Law, Law of Tort, Property Law, and Commercial Law: Diagrams for Law Students. Visit www.legalyankee.com for more information.

Jurisprudence & Legal Theory: Outlines, Diagrams, & Exam Study Sheets (VisuaLaw Study Guide) (Volume 10)

Legal Theory & Systems

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Based on a true story, Onesimus is the tale of a young, unhappy slave who lived during the first century Roman Empire. The world is a highly structured society of deities, slaves, masters, prostitutes, government corruption, soldiers—with little opportunity to move out of one’s role. But he has a plan to become free and make something of himself—until he is betrayed. His response leads him on a path of danger, deceit, and discovery until he comes into contact with a famous leader of a young new religion based on the Jewish faith. What he finds will test his will and his courage, and through it, Onesimus becomes part of one of the most charming stories in history. “…a fresh look at the Christian faith at its inception, through the eyes of a pagan slave… a fascinating story of love and betrayal, deception and revelation, and the search for integrity in a world of self-aggrandizement.” —John Sparks, Historical Fiction Review “McDowell’s depth of knowledge and research into the first-century Roman world and early Christianity made me feel like I’d gone back in time. The culture, the people, the food, and the beliefs were so engaging, I found myself arguing with the characters—many of whom are historical figures.” —Jane Elizabeth Thomas, author

Onesimus: A Novel of Christianity in the Roman Empire

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Riversong Books

Chaos rattles our arrogance, shakes loose the dust, breaks rigor mortis. In chaos, you find out who you are--what matters, what you fear, what you love...Here is a collection of nine short stories about chaos in multiple genres: historical, speculative, stream-of-consciousness, poetic, literary, and more. <ul> <li>Morty loves his job. Really loves it. Perhaps not so strange, except that he is an embalmer at a funeral home. What happens when someone loves their job so much they don't want to do anything else?</li> <li>Becky's husband is away on business, in the cold of a snowy winter, when her youngest of four girls develops diphtheria. In the late 1800s, what can a young mother do?</li> <li>What if everyone had a hat but you? And it really mattered?</li> <li>Poor Charlie. He really needs order in his life. He prides himself on schedule, structure, and sameness. So did his grandmother...and they found her dead in a house crawling with thousands of insects she had collected.</li> </ul> Included stories: "Three Days," "Turn and Face the Change," 'Three Hours and Thirteen Minutes," "Ringing," "Hats," "Preparation," "Ten More Days," "Behind the Bar," "What Does the River Say?"

The Sky Over Chaos: Short Stories by Markus McDowell

Contemporary

There are hundreds of passages about prayer in the Bible: teachings about prayer, mentions of prayer, and, of course, actual prayers. These are excellent resources for learning about the types of prayers, styles, content, when and where, and so much more. This series, Praying Through the Bible, examines each instance of a prayer passage, looking at the historical and cultural background and the context, the meaning of the prayer, and then offering a brief idea of how it might be used as a model.Each short study is also perfect for a brief analysis, a personal devotional study, or a group or class study.This volume contains the 25 prayers located in the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. There are also introductions and summaries of the prayers for each book, offering an overview and context to better understand the prayers within the story of the book. An appendix is included, listing all the prayers under each of nine categories: Praise, Thanksgiving, Petitions, Intercessions, Prayers of Confession and Repentance, Laments, Prayer-Vows, Blessings, and Curses.

Praying Through the Bible (Vol 4): Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther

Keledei Publications

McDowell's third novel is set in the near future when biotechnology is stretching the limits of ethics and legality. Three people: a man, a woman, and a young child, are caught up in a heavily-funded project based on the theories of the brilliant geneticist, Vladimir Androvich, which involve gene-editing, bio-engineering, and selective breeding. While the geneticist is only interested in the benefits to humanity, bio-research firms, Big Pharm, militaries organizations, governments, and black marketeers see the project as a way to become fabulously wealthy and powerful. The subjects become suspicious that they are not being told everything about the Project. When the results are successful, their lives are torn apart as the various groups vie for the technology and the child. In the midst of kidnappings, payoffs, political intrigue, underground mayhem, and murder, the test subjects and project staff must wrestle with the ethical and legal dilemmas they have unleashed upon the world, decide what to do with the data and the lives that have been destroyed--and find a way to save the child.

Mortals As They Walk

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

So Deep in Shadow: Short Stories

Literary

Markus McDowell examines how the literature of the Second Temple period portrays women at prayer through an examination of the literary context and character of those prayers. The goal of this work is a greater understanding of how women were portrayed in literary sources and an offering of some fresh insights for the study of women's religious and social roles in the ancient world. The texts are analyzed and categorized within five areas: social location, content, form, occasion, and gender perspective. The prayers are also compared and contrasted with men's prayers in the same sources. The analysis includes locating (as much as possible) the historical, literary, and cultic context of each document in which these prayers appear. By examining all prayers in these texts uttered by women (not just prayers of named or prominent women), and then comparing them with all the prayers of men in those same texts, certain patterns appear. This study adds to our knowledge of women and religion in Second Temple Judaism by primarily exploring patterns that appear among the prayers in the literature of the Second Temple period. While there are fewer prayers by women than men in this literature, the prayers of women are not portrayed as significantly different from those of men in terms of social location, content, form, or occasion. At the same time, the prayers of women exhibit other patterns of language - and in a minor way, form and occasion - that differ from the prayers of men.

Prayers of Jewish Women: Studies of Patterns of Prayer in the Second Temple Period (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament)

History

Ancient Civilizations

Mohr Siebeck

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