Nahum M. Sarna
Sarna examines the distinctiveness of the Exodus narrative in light of ancient Near Eastern history and contemporaneous cultures--Egyptian, Assyrian, Canaanite, and Babylonian. In a new Foreword to the 1996 edition, Sarna takes up the debate over ... [... more]
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Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies
 An accessible yet academic look at the Korean crisis: Professors Cha and Kang come at the current and historic crisis in North Korea from different angles: Cha from a more "realist" view of international relations, Kang from a more " [... more]
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Pete Larkin
Scientists have argued for years over the answer to this question. And central to their debate has been Pluto, the tiny orb circling the Sun at the outermost reaches of our solar system. Then on August 24, 2006, a group of astronomers ... [... more]
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The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate: Science, Ethics, ...
Must read on timely issue: Stem cells- the leading newspaper topic before the September 11 horrors and a topic to which we are of necessity returning. This book is an amazingly readable compilation of information on the science, the positions. the impact [... more]
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Many Sides: Debate Across the Curriculum
Brilliant debate book for foreign students: I am a high school debate coach in Japan. This book is by far the most helpful and useful text to help explain the importance of debate and how to help my students use debate skills in all facets of their [... more]
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The Right Questions: Truth, Meaning & Public Debate
Valid Questions: With plenty of quotes from leading scientists, Johnson exposes the prevalent materialist philosophy espoused by many contemporary scientists and how that mindset colors their findings. Among other things, he argues that the materialist [... more]
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The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate ...
From Amazon.com: Of course we can never really answer the question of whether God exists. And of course it would have been highly unlikely for Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis to discuss this question in person, considering that they were born in different [... more]
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The Unaborted Socrates: A Dramatic Debate On The Issues ...
A Hard Read: This is one of those books that will surprise you in many ways. It was not what I was expecting - of course I did not have the subtitle, only the main title at that time. I was expecting a book on philosophy from Peter Kreeft, a professor of [... more]
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From Brouwer To Hilbert: The Debate on the Foundations ...
A useful reading with additional commentary: This is a reading that contains 25 articles of major European mathematicians of the first half of the twentieth century. With two exceptions, all the papers are translated into English for the first time, most [... more]
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The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750-1900
MAN'S HIGHEST HOPE AND FEAR AND LESSON: Michael J. Crowe's "The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750-1900" is one of the most intellectually magnificent and philosophically enthralling books I have ever read, a supreme work of scholarship. It [... more]
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Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: A Debate
An informative debate: This volume treats the "species problem" with a clear view of some of its competing hypothesis. Probably its greatest merit is due to the possibility of a written debate which guides the reader through the doubts of the [... more]
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Jesus' Resurrection: Fact Or Figment?: A Debate Between ...
A Great Debate: Comparing "Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment" with the similar book "Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up", I found that the former was a much better read. Both debaters in "Jesus' Resurrection" give a [... more]
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