On Islam / by Kuyper, Abraham, 1837-1920

Table of Contents: “…An Ambiguous RelationshipThe Geopolitics of Islam; Our Opposition to Islam; Appreciating Islam and Asia; Islam and the Liberation of Asia; Conclusion: The Risk We Run; Chapter 2: Constantinople; The Beguiling Hinge of the World; Turkish Ethnicity, Muslim Religion; Empire and Mosque; Hagia Sophia; Mausoleums and Dervishes; Women in Islam; The Curse of Polygamy; Chapter 3: Asia Minor; Turks and Greeks; Konya; The History of the Dervishes; The Sufi Spirit; Smyrna and Ephesus; Chapter 4: Syria; Beirut; Syria and Its Religions; Lebanon; Baalbek; Damascus: Heritage; Damascus: Life Today; Hauran.…”
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Riches, poverty, and the faithful : perspectives on wealth in the Second Temple period and the Apocalypse of John / by Mathews, Mark D., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…5.1 Wisdom of SolomonThe book of eschatology; The book of wisdom; 5.2 The Similitudes (1 Enoch 37-71); 5.3 Eschatological Admonition (1 Enoch 108); 5.4 Sibylline Oracles; Book 3; Oracles against Rome and the nations; Praise of the Jews; Future reversal; 5.5 Preliminary conclusions; PART III Wealth, poverty, and the faithful community in the Apocalypse of John; Introduction; 6 The language of wealth and poverty in the Seven Messages: Rev 2-3; 6.1 The Seven Messages; Sitz im leben: an ecclesial situation; The message to Smyrna; The message to Laodicea; 7 The present eschatological age: Rev 4-6.…”
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Homer, Troy and the Turks : Heritage and Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire, 1870-1915. by Uslu, Günay

Table of Contents: “…Admiration for the 'Lord of Poets' -- 6. Izmir (Smyrna): Homer's Hometown -- V. Homer and Troy during the Final Years of the Empire -- 1. …”
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Portraits of hope : Armenians in the contemporary world /

Table of Contents: “…Arlen, Writer and Media Critic (New York City); Huberta von Voss Chapter 10. The Ashes of Smyrna: Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, Writer (New York City); Huberta von Voss Chapter 11. …”
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