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When Biblical scholar Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages, he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. For almost 1500 years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were influenced by the cultural, theological and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes and intentional changes abound in the surviving manuscripts,...
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"The author recalls how, after becoming very familiar with the Biblical Old Testament in its original Hebrew growing up, an encounter with an English language version led her on a ten-year project of examining various translations of the Old Testament andtheir histories,"--Novelist.
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History of Middle-earth volume 8
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English
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In The War of the Ring Christopher Tolkien takes up the story of the writing of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents. This is followed by an account of how Frodo, Sam and Gollum were finally brought to the Pass of Kirith Ungol, at which point J.R.R. Tolkien wrote at the time: 'I have got the hero into such a fix that not even an author will be able to extricate him without labour and difficulty'....
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History of Middle-earth volume 7
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2000.
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English
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The Treason of Isengard continues the account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings started in the earlier volume, The Return of the Shadow. It traces the great expansion of the tale into new lands and new peoples south and east of the Misty Mountains: the emergence of Lothlorien, of Ents, of the Riders of Rohan, and of Sauman the White in the fortress of Isengard. In brief outlines and pencilled drafts dashed down on scraps of paper are seen the...
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[2011]
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English
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"This course invites you ... to absorb some books that offer many of the same satisfactions as do the great books but without the pressure. The books of this course contain epic journeys and adventures in the great cities of the world ... All of this is managed by a dozen authors who can keep us engaged as we read by teasing us and making us laugh (and sometimes cry) while teaching us about the human condition, just as do the authors of the great...
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