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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, all six volumes, with active table of contents, improved 2/1/2011
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the Davidic covenant, which has two parts: David’s dynasty and Solomon’s Temple.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
A certain ‘pathos’ does emerge from these stories, which suggests something amiss in parish life. The problem can be traced back to the decline of the role of the landed elite, which began as early as the 1500s. In The Agrarian Problem in the 16th Century (1912), R.H. Tawney argued that Tudor landowners changed the terms of paternalistic governance... See more
The primary function of Chronicles is to show the trajectory of the covenant fulfillment,
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
The close identification between the authority of Church and State – the most striking peculiarity of medieval Europe – gave its ruling elites a depth of social control unmatched in other parts of Eurasia.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Are we to believe that God intentionally contrived a scheme of such torment in order to provoke our compassion and ability to endure? The Bible comes close to saying that, but never quite gets there.