What would you do if you were pressured to support a rebellion that you believed was misguided and doomed to failure? What if the safety of your family and business depended on your answer?Marcus and Miriam, recently freed slaves from Asia Minor, arrive in Israel buoyed by hopes of finding Marcus's long-lost mother and starting a new life together. They discover that the land is seething with social and political unrest, with anti-Roman parties in the ascendancy.Marcus, who...

A slave without a past. A master without a future. A journey that will forever change both men. The ancient world comes alive in this vivid and engaging trilogy by an expert on Roman social and religious history.What if you discovered that you were not who you thought you were—that your true family history had been hidden from you since birth? What if the true story of your origins would make others despise you? What if the man who arranged the deception was seriously ill ...

What would you give up for love? Your beliefs? Your friends and family? Your future? Your soul?Lucius Coelius Felix, a once-proud Roman nobleman, has lost his will to live. Angered by the failure of his quest for healing, he travels to the sacred springs of Hierapolis in central Asia Minor to die.But fate has other plans. When his faithful servant Marcus rescues a young Jewish slave named Miriam, their encounter sets in motion a chain of events that will reshape th...

A team of leading experts offers a major reference work on Biblical Greek language and linguistics, treating a wide variety of pertinent topics in a single volume.Written by an international group of contributors, this comprehensive work covers Biblical Greek and its usage especially in the New Testament and the Septuagint. The book includes nearly three hundred articles on topics chosen on the basis of their prominence in Greek grammar and linguistics research over the past centur...

The first edition of Corruption and Political Affliction in Nigeria addresses emerging issues and encourages readers to rethink old questions in light of new data. The book analyzes the research explosion that accompanied the downfall of Nigeria as a giant in Africa.Corruption is not a new challenge in Nigeria. It’s a problem that has become a virus that has penetrated the fabric of Nigerian society.Corruption decreases the amount of money that can be used to reduce poverty...

Price controls across many sectors are currently being hotly debated. New controls in the housing market, more onerous minimum wages, minimum prices for alcohol, and freezes on energy prices are very high up the agenda of most politicians at the moment. Even without any further controls, wages, university fees, railway fares and many financial products already have their prices at least partly determined by politicians rather than by supply and demand in the market. Indeed, barely a sector...

In a world of shadows, joyful colours are an act of heroism.Modern tales are filled with clowns who invoke fear not laughter: painted grins covering fanged maws; baggy costumes concealing unspeakable horrors; malevolent parodies of nature.But the tools of a clown work for good as well as ill: only a trickster could tweak a monster’s nose; make-up is war paint for the modern age; the devil cannot tempt a happy soul.What if, instead of being the demon...

"The Stephen King companion to end all Stephen King companions . . . An indispensable insider's guide" to his influences, stories, adaptations, and more ( Publishers Weekly).The Stephen King Universe is a vast expanse of grotesque horror, dark magic, and fearsome wonder. Conjured from on man's imagination, it is an ever-expanding kingdom of twisting, dark pathways—a place where one might easily get lost without guidance.The Complete Stephen King ...

This "handsome volume" offers a "lavishly illustrated" journey back to the golden age of steam travel through first-hand accounts and images of the passengers (Bruce Peter, author of Ship Style).A Century of Sea Travel is an eye-opening voyage through the golden years of the passenger steamship, a voyage described by the very travelers who sailed on these magnificent engineering marvels. In memoirs and letters home, diaries and t...

What role did offers of physical healing (or the hope of receiving it) play in the missionary program of the apostle Paul? What did he do to treat the many illnesses and injuries that he endured while pursuing his mission? What did he advise his followers to do regarding their health problems? Such questions have been broadly neglected in studies of Paul and his churches, but Christopher D. Stanley shows how vital they truly become once we recognize how thoroughly “pagan” religion was impl...

This volume is composed of chapters that review important fundamental aspects of HCV biology and disease pathogenesis including, for example, the discovery and identification of the HCV genome, early virus-cell interactions including identification of various cellular receptors, HCV gene expression studied using the HCV replicon system, identification and characterization of HCV structural- and non-structural HCV proteins, HCV replication in cultured cells, and host factors involved in vir...

This book helps scientists, clinicians and other interested individuals understand recent clinical advances and challenges for the future. It covers many basic aspects of the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C, HCV infections in particular populations, approaches to therapy, and prevention and control of HCV Infection. The book provides a succinct review of the large amount of data generated by multiple groups over the past two decades that has revealed the natural history of HCV infectio...