Need info on John Jacob Weiser
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It has a lot of information in this book.  The one person I was looking for info on, was the one person they had no info.  I was disappointed only because of that, however I corrected info that I had going back to Conrad Weiser.  I'm still looking for John Jacob Weiser in order to connect him to my father Paul H. Weiser born November 13, 1922 dies January 29, 2008.  This book has no further info on John Jacob.  I found the book very hard for me to follow and that is not the book.  I need to understand the code numbers.
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Martin Hegel is one of the most famous of biblical scholars, and the "Johannine Question" sums up his findings on the gospel of John.

Some of the more interesting points he makes: The title 'euangelion kata ioannen...was not given at a later date" (P 74) to the gospel.  On the contrary.  "Its early origin follows from a lack of any variant titles...these facts make a later transference very improbable...Not only the letter and the Apocalypse, but also the gospel, were connected with John of Ephesus from the beginning" (P 74).

He gives an explantion of how the gospel was spead, and, unlike many other scholars today, he argues for a "lively exchange between the leading communities...when the four earliest gospels were circulated" (P 75).

I was especially struck  by the numerous historical details Hengel found.  And by the fact that the gospel is written in a koine Greek with a marked semitic, even Hebraic flavor, a feature "which is also typical of the Apolcalypse" (P 110).  There are huge similarities between the Greek John uses and the Qumran documents, as well as the newly edited Samaritan sources like Memar Marqua.

A pity this isn't more widely available.
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This is a great book.  Full of lots of great facts and information.  Not just for the 'John."  I recommend this book greatly.
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This is a well-written and beautifully illustrated book about Kay Kyser. There are far too few sources of information about him and his band. The great value here is that the author interviewed may members of the band, making this book highly valuable.
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I believe this is an unpublished memoir.  It may appear in the Maryland Historical Society's web site or in their library in about two years.  It is still being indexed there.  The author, John Lansdale Jr., passed away on Aug 22, 2003.  Col Lansdale was the head of security for the Manhattan Project during WWII. John  Lansdale was a defender of Robert Oppenheimer during Oppenheimer's security struggles during the war and also after the war, when Oppenheimer was being attacked by Adm. Louis Strauss.  He also led a raid on Stassfort Germany where he and his team found 1100 tons of uranium ore.  After the war he returned to Ohio to practice law with the firm of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, where he worked before WWII and after he graduated from Virginia Military Institute (1933) and Harvard Law School (1936). He retired to "Essex Farm" in Maryland.  I have no knowledge of whether or not his family will publish his memoirs.

This memoir has been quoted in most recent books about the Manhattan Project and would make for interesting reading if ever available to the public.  I gave it 5 stars even though I have never read it because it has been a valued source of information for such noted authors as Richard Rhodes ("The Making of the Atomic Bomb") as well as many other authors.
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Charles River Editors have created a line of interesting historical books; this one is about John Wilkes Booth.  I knew JW Booth was from a line of actors but was unaware of incredible fame (and infamy) of his father.

I was surprised to read that John Wilkes was considered to be one of the most handsome men of America at the time.  Knowing Booth was an assassin, it is hard to view him in the light of his looks.

There were a number of interesting facts in this book.  The only place I thought it dragged was during the time the government was looking for Booth and his co-conspirators.  The photos and the map showing the route Booth took as he tried to evade capture added much to the story.  This is a book well worth a reader's time.  4 stars
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I wish that this book is written by John Walker, then readers may be able to have a clearer picture for how and why he became a Taliban. The authors provide lots of information about John Walker's childhood and boyhood, but there are lots of "gray" areas, for instance there are 8 months nobody knows where John Walker was and what he was doing. The authors are able to raise a lot of questions but I don't think they have the answers. Same as most readers I disagree what John Walker did but I feel sorry for him and his parents. The only thing I "respect" him is that he left America for searching the life of purity because he was tired of American's materialism. Not too many young people realized that how materialism influences this country.
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A remarkable man. When I first went to Israel, I was impressed that each town/city visited had a Jabotinsky St. I didn't known who this person was. This nice bio. told me. These Jewish leader series are very well written. I started with Menachem Begin; I think my next bio. will be David Grien who changed his name and in whose home in Tel A'viv, my wife and I visited many years ago.
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The maker of the modern conservative movement.  This book is great for an introduction to a man who was the architect that catapulted Goldwater and Reagan into their ascendency.  Before that, Conservatism was a fringe element or the original "alt right", but today it is the mainstream.  Funny, how history tends to rhythm.  This is a very short book (1-2 read maximum), but it gives readers a glimpse of the man himself and what drove him to fight for a political movement (hint: primarily his relgioius faith and disgust of the liberal left embedded into the academic institutions).  This book will help the reader decide whether further books about WFB or written by is worth a read.
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Want to know what really happened to John Brown and his followers...read this account.  Short and to the point eye witness account.
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This book consists of William Whiston's English translation of Josephus' work and can be found on the web.  Josephus, an educated Jew who lived in Palestine during the first century A.D., wrote these wide ranging accounts in order to introduce the history of the Jewish people to Greeks and Romans.  Of particular interest to me are his accounts that relate to the founding of the Christian faith.  I was led to these accounts by Robert Eisenman's brilliant books&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/James-the-Brother-of-Jesus-The-Key-to-Unlocking-the-Secrets-of-Early-Christianity-and-the-Dead-Sea-Scrolls/dp/014025773X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-New-Testament-Code-The-Cup-of-the-Lord-the-Damascus-Covenant-and-the-Blood-of-Christ/dp/1842931865/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The New Testament Code:  The Cup of the Lord, the Damascus Covenant, and the Blood of Christ</a>

In Josephus' Antiquities, is the famously (or infamously) cryptic description of Jesus (18.3.3).  It is my understanding that most scholars consider this account to be largely a later interpolation--that is, a section added by Christian monks as they copied Josephus' works.  Indeed, this description of Jesus is absurdly brief--especially given the detailed nature of Josephus' other accounts.  Also of interest in Antiquities are the execution of John the Baptist (18.5.2) and James the brother of Jesus (again referred to as the Christ, 20.9.1).

In Josephus' Jewish Wars, the accounts of Jesus, son of Sapphias are interesting (2.20.4, 3.9.7, 3.9.8, 3.10.1, 3.10,5, 3.10.9).  This Jesus was the leader of fisherman and sailors against Roman authorities in Galilee--with at least one major engagement taking place at the edge of the Sea of Galilee where the fisherman could use their boats to their advantage.  It seems very likely that this Galilean conflict contributed to the legends that gave rise to the Jesus persona found in the New Testament.
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This is a wonderful book if you are interested in descendants of Ulrich Shirk (1751-1842).  Unfortunately my ancestor is Casper Shirk, Ulrich's brother.  Little is said about Casper and nothing of his descendants.  So other that gaining a feel for the Mennonite section of Lancaster Co., PA, the book is not of direct use to me.
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I studied William James as part of a survey of religion course I took in college; his work had a huge impact on my religious thought. He was a true American philosopher. Library of America craftsmanship is the best.
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There is great detail in the lives of the Essenes.  Some information has never been revealed about Jesus before.  Very controversial, but makes sense if you understand true spirituality.
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The man was clearly a Lutheran in name only., You will not find harmony between him and the confessions, Luther, Walther, Pieper or any other authoritative voice in the Lutheran church.  He's all about works righteousness.
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Wonderful book for Brown ancestors.  Very detailed family trees and a number of document copies. Wish there was more info on Abraham and Jacobs' siblings.
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While researching my husband's family history, I discovered that Charles Washington Guy, the brother of my husband's ancestor, died as a prisoner in Texas during the Civil War. The information in his parent's pension application was confused as to his final fate--whether he died in Camp Ford or Camp Groce. Since last year, I've anxiously searched to find out exactly what happened to Charles. The internet contained only the most general information on Camp Groce. I was very happy to FINALLY find a source to check--The Last Prison. Mr. Lisarelli has spent much time and effort to gather information that would have been almost impossible to find on my own with my limited resources. The photos are a little gray and fuzzy in tone (but that's better than no photos since they help to personalize the human tragedy of this subject). Thank you, Mr. Lisarelli for helping me to finally find Charles.