Seals and Society


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considers seals from medieval Wales and neighbouring England (the Borders) the market goes beyond Wales ground-breaking treatment of seals as historical documents Has a multidisciplinary scope, covering Art history, Cultural history, Celtic Studies and medieval history uses sigillographic evidence to provide important new insights into the history of medieval Wales and the English border counties




True Devotion


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Kelly Jacobs has already paid the ultimate price of loving a warrior; she has the folded flag and the grateful thanks of a nation to prove it. Navy SEAL Joe “Bear” Baker can't ask her to accept that risk again—even though he loves her. But the man responsible for her husband's death is back; closer than either of them realize. Kelly is in danger, and Joe may not get there in time. Uncommon Heroes: Welcome to a world where friendships go deep, loyalties stand strong, and uncommon heroes perform the toughest jobs in the world. Dee Henderson's military romance series provides a detailed passage into the world of the military and homeland heroes, and those they love.




The Duck Commander Devotional for Couples


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Offers a devotional for couples intended to bring them closer together while bringing them closer to God.




You Are Supernatural


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You Are Supernatural. This book touches every aspect of human relationships, especially the one you have with yourself. It reveals how loving relationships are developed in seven stages or seals. Hidden in plain sight, the Lord's Prayer contains the seven seals to spiritual enlightenment. Hope, love, trust, forgiveness, faith, devotion, and praise are the hallmarks to divine assurance, confidence, and peace. This book is a breakthrough in awareness and a guide to learning about the seven seals. Within these pages, you will find that mastering each seal inspires a path to spiritual enlightenment and a better understanding of the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. Mastering each seal brings about positive changes in our mind, body, and soul. Enlightenment results from your gaining wisdom that is rooted in the sequential pattern of love that leads to the kingdom of God. This book reveals the seven seals as a supernatural rhythm that will open your soul to God. In return, you will be filled with the Holy Spirit in deeper and more meaningful ways. In You Are Supernatural, you will discover: The First Seal""Discover One Hope in the Word of God, The Second Seal""Discover God's Power of Love, The Third Seal""Trusting in God's Leadership, The Fourth Seal""Offering and Obtaining Everlasting Forgiveness, The Fifth Seal""Complete Faith in God, The Sixth Seal""Devoting Your Life in the Seals, The Seventh Seal""Praise in Your Life, You will discover ways to make positive changes in your lifestyle and believe for a higher calling. This book helps you make your mess your message. By following the principles of meditating on the seven seals, you can lead a happier and more fulfilled life. In these chapters, we will also explore how we relate to God and the Holy Spirit more profoundly. We explore our egoisms of self-deception and how to rid yourself of these natural tendencies.




Selves Engraved on Stone: Seals and Identity in the Ancient Near East, ca. 1415–1050 BCE


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Selves Engraved on Stone explores the ways in which multiple aspects of identity were constructed through the material, visual, and textual characteristics of personal seals from ancient Mesopotamia and Syria in the latter half of the 2nd millennium BCE.







Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages


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Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages offers an extensive overview of approaches to and the potential of sigillography, as well as introducing a wider readership to the range, interest and artistry of medieval seals. Seals were used throughout medieval society in a wide range of contexts: royal, governmental, ecclesiastical, legal, in trade and commerce and on an individual and personal level. The fourteen papers presented here, which originate from a conference held in Aberystwyth in April 2012, focus primarily on British material but there is also useful reference to continental Europe. The volume is divided into three sections looking at the history and use of seals as symbols and representations of power and prestige in a variety of institutional, dynastic and individual contexts, their role in law and legal practice, and aspects of their manufacture, sources and artistic attributes. Importantly and distinctively, the volume moves beyond the study of high status seals to consider such themes as the social and economic status of seal-makers, the nature and meaning – including reflections of deliberate wit and boastfulness – of specific motifs employed at various levels of society, and the distribution of seals in relation to the location of, for instance, religious institutions and along major routeways. In so doing, it sets out ways in which sigillography can open new pathways into the study of non-elites and their cultures in medieval society.




NIV, Voices of Faith Devotional Bible


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The NIV Voices of Faith Devotional Bible combines Scriptural insights from both the past and present to reveal God’s truth for your life today. Writers such as C.S. Lewis and Eugene Peterson, Oswald Chambers and Joni Eareckson Tada, St. Augustine and Brennan Manning, Thomas à Kempis and Dallas Willard—voices from yesterday and voices from today—join together to address a topic for a timeless and relevant devotional experience every day.







King Hammurabi of Babylon


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This is the first biography in English of King Hammurabi, who ruled Babylon from 1792 to 1750 BC and presents a rounded view of his accomplishments. Describes how Hammurabi dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom. Draws on the King’s own writings and on diplomatic correspondence that has only recently become available. Explores the administration of the kingdom and the legacies of his rule, especially his legal code. Demonstrates how Hammurabi’s conquests irrevocably changed the political organization of the Near East, so that he was long remembered as one of the great kings of the past. Written to be accessible to a general audience.