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    Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls

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    2025 Foreword **INDIES Book of the Year Award (GOLD Winner for Religion)Unearthing the unfamiliar world behind the Bible**· Reencounter the Bible and its ancient and unfamiliar world· Discern fact from fable about the Dead Sea Scrolls· Discover how the Scrolls continue to mystify and revolutionize· Learn how the Scrolls changed the ways we translate and read the BibleThe Dead Sea Scrolls are a ... Read more

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    Series series Travel Guide
    Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's New Zealand's Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features 25 amazing drives, from 3-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Cruise Bay of Islands, meander to vineyard restaurants on Waiheke Island, and spot whales off Kaikoura Coast. Get to New Zealand, rent a car, and hit the road!Inside Lonely Planet's New Zealand's Best Road Trips ... Read more

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    The Government Declassification Process Explained

    Discover the intricate world of government declassification in this comprehensive guide that balances national security with the public's right to know. "Secrets Unveiled" delves into the historical context, legal frameworks, and key agencies involved in the declassification process. Through detailed case studies and milestones, this book reveals how declassification has shaped public knowledge ... Read more

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  • Think in Public

    A Public Books Reader

    Series series Public Books Series
    Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions dismantled. Here, young scholars present fresh thinking to audiences outside the academy, accomplished ... Read more

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  • Citizen Speak

    The Democratic Imagination in American Life

    Series series Morality and Society Series
    When we think about what constitutes being a good citizen, routine activities like voting, letter writing, and paying attention to the news spring to mind. But in Citizen Speak, Andrew J. Perrin argues that these activities are only a small part of democratic citizenship—a standard of citizenship that requires creative thinking, talking, and acting.For Citizen Speak, Perrin met with labor, church, ... Read more

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  • Horizons of Ancestral Inheritance

    Commentary on the Levi, Qahat, and Amram Qumran Aramaic Traditions

    Series series The Library of Second Temple Studies
    In this study of the Aramaic materials at Qumran, Andrew B. Perrin examines the Aramaic Levi Document, Words of Qahat, and Visions of Amram, showing how they exhibit a concentration of priestly concerns/knowledge and exploring new models for evaluating their potential textual or traditional connections. The Aramaic texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most understudied items in the ... Read more

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  • American Democracy

    From Tocqueville to Town Halls to Twitter

    Series series Political Sociology
    In this groundbreaking book, sociologist Andrew Perrin shows that rules and institutions, while important, are not the core of democracy. Instead, as Alexis de Tocqueville showed in the early years of the American republic, democracy is first and foremost a matter of culture: the shared ideas, practices, and technologies that help individuals combine into publics and achieve representation. ... Read more

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  • Caring Democracy

    Markets, Equality, and Justice

    A rethinking of American democracy that puts caring responsibilities at the centerAmericans now face a caring deficit: there are simply too many demands on people’s time for us to care adequately for our children, elderly people, and ourselves.At the same time, political involvement in the United States is at an all-time low, and although political life should help us to care better, people see ... Read more

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  • The Fall of the Faculty:The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters

    Until very recently, American universities were led mainly by their faculties, which viewed intellectual production and pedagogy as the core missions of higher education. Today, as Benjamin Ginsberg warns in this eye-opening, controversial book, "deanlets"--administrators and staffers often without serious academic backgrounds or experience--are setting the educational agenda. The Fall of the ... Read more

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