In spite of the amount of literature on the relationship between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament, no consensus among the scholars has emerged as yet on how to explain both the similarities and the differences among the two corpora of religious writings. This volume contains a revised form of the contributions to an “experts meeting” held at the Catholic University of Leuven on December 2007 dedicated to explore the relationship among the two corpora and to understand both the commonalities and the differences between the two corpora from the perspective of the common ground from which both corpora have developed: the Hebrew Bible.

a href="http://www.oupcanada.com/ebrochure/portal/gannett.html"img src="/images/hed/closer_look_btn.gif"/aIdeal for introductory philosophy courses that take a topical, problem-oriented approach, this anthology offers an in-depth exploration of the five main branches of philosophy-metaphysics, epistemology, morality, politics, and aesthetics. Considerations of these branches are anchored by readingsfrom Plato and expanded through thoughtfully edited historical and contemporary pieces by a wide range of thinkers, inviting students to become active participants in the philosophical tradition.

Other People's Myths celebrates the universal art of storytelling, and the rich diversity of stories that people live by. Drawing on Biblical parables, Greek myths, Hindu epics, and the modern mythologies of Woody Allen and soap operas, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty encourages us to feel anew the force of myth and tradition in our lives, and in the lives of other cultures. She shows how the stories of mythology—whether of Greek gods, Chinese sages, or Polish rabbis—enable all cultures to define themselves. She raises critical questions about the way we interpret mythical stories, especially the way different cultures make use of central texts and traditions. And she offers a sophisticated way of looking at the roles myths play in all cultures.

Two children explore a cave and learn about echoes, sound waves, and properties of sound. Includes two hands-on experiments and further resources.

Jake and his younger brother Tommy are visiting family at a beach house on the coast. Having already lost a race to his cousin Lexie, Jake can't resist a second chance at victory when she challenges him again. Only this time it's a boat race-to the legendary Smuggler's Cave and back. The ocean is deep and choppy, and the boat is harder to control than Jake thought it would be. When he and Tommy reach Smuggler's Cave, the unthinkable happens. The boat capsizes, and they are swept into the cave. Lexie comes to their rescue, but the rising tide prevents them from escaping, and the three of them soon realize they are trapped.

The true story of one woman's escape from war torn Germany, and how she turned abandonment and struggle into a life that is the essence of the American dream.

In Echoes, John Sallis mobilizes the figure of echo, used by Heidegger to characterize originary thinking, as the motif around which to organize a radical reading of Heidegger's most important texts.

Madame H.P. Blavatsky was an occultist and the famous founder of the religion of Theosophy. As the author of such massive, magical tomes as The Secret Doctrine and Isis Unveiled, it would seem she had little time to delve into the world of fiction. However, she penned these Nightmare Tales as ghost and occult horror stories, and they are so gripping because they spring from the pen of one who truly believed in the dark, arcane forces she so cleverly and convincingly wrote about. A short but terrifying look into the powers of darkness and realms beyond; a gothic classic!

Echoes in a Cave By: Patricia Lugos A young woman moves to Montana to start a new life after the death of her mother. Shortly after arriving, she finds mysterious note inside a map, than an acquaintance is murdered. Her curiosity about the note leads her to follow the mystery to Texas. She gets more than she bargained for when she unwittingly becomes embroiled in a prison escape and the ensuing manhunt. Echoes in a Cave presents the thrilling story of a woman’s fight to survive and her friend who wouldn’t give up on her.

The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science contains 350 alphabetically arranged entries. The topics include cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management. The Encyclopedia is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and tables, and has thematic content lists and a comprehensive index to facilitate searching and browsing.