Armchair Books - Edinburgh - Arthur's Visuals
Armchair Books is an antiquarian bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh that offers an amazing selection of old books.
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Lecture - Larry Hurtado - Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World
Lecture by Larry Hurtado “A New and Mischievous Superstition: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World” given September 10, 2016 at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, TX.
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Lecture by Larry Hurtado – September 10, 2016
“A New and Mischievous Superstition: Early Christianity in the Roman World”
In the Roman world in which Christianity first emerged it was viewed as different and dangerous. And Christianity was distinctive. Christian's were called atheists and regarded as impious, because they refused to worship the traditional gods. Unlike other religious groups of the day, they had no shrines, altars, images or priests. Reading and disseminating texts were central activities. Early Christianity comprised a new kind of religious identity that wasn’t tied to ethnicity. Unlike traditional Roman-era religion, Christianity also made ethics central. But, ironically, all these things that made early Christianity distinctive, even odd, in the ancient Roman world, have become commonplace assumptions about “religion” for us. This lecture addresses our cultural amnesia, showing how early Christianity helped to challenge the ancient world and helped to shape our world.
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Larry W. Hurtado is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language,Literature & Theology at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of 11 books and over 100 articles in journals, multi-author and reference works. His research has ranged broadly on issues in New Testament textual criticism, physical/visual features of early Christian manuscripts, the Gospel of Mark, early Christian worship, and the origins and early development of devotion to Jesus.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Larry Hurtado moved to Canada shortly after finishing his PhD, initially teaching in Regent College (Vancouver), and then in the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg). During his time there, he founded the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities. In 1996 he accepted the professorial chair in New Testament in the University of Edinburgh, where he founded the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins. Since his retirement in 2011, he remains active in research and publications dealing with various questions concerning the origins of Christianity.
His first book, Text-Critical Methodology and the Pre-Caesarean Text (Eerdmans, 1981) redrew the history of the textual transmission of the Gospel of Mark, and he continues to make contributions to New Testament textual criticism. More recently, he has led in the study of the physical and visual features of earliest Christian manuscripts, as in his book, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins (Eerdmans, 2005). He is perhaps best known for his numerous publications on the origins of devotion to Jesus, beginning with his 1988 book, One God, One Lord: Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism (3rd ed., Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015), and culminating in his programmatic study, Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity (Eerdmans, 2003). He is widely credited with helping to establish what is now referred to as the emerging consensus view that devotion to Jesus as sharing in divine status erupted early, quickly, and initially in circles of Jewish believers.
More recently, in his 2016 Marquette Lecture, Why on Earth did Anyone Become a Christian in the First Three Centuries? (Marquette University Press, 2016), and in his forthcoming book, Destroyer of the Gods: Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World (Baylor University Press, 2016), he focuses on the distinctive nature of early Christianity in the ancient Roman setting. He is an elected member of the Society for New Testament Studies.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2008, and was President of the British New Testament Society, 2009-2012. He has given invited lectures in a number of colleges, universities, and symposia all over the world. He and his wife, Shannon (an art historian), live in Edinburgh.
Books purchased on the UK vacation - May 2016
MacBird, ART IN THE BLOOD
DeMuriel, FEVER OF THE BLOOD
Fry, EDINBURGH - A HISTORY OF THE CITY
Doggett, THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - DAVID BOWIE AND THE 1970s
Sisman, JOHN LeCARRE - THE BIOGRAPHY
Harris, DICTATOR
Opening A Queer Bookshop In Scotland
Fi and Charlotte Duffy-Scott have opened an LGBTQIA+ bookshop in Glasgow to offer a safe space to the Scottish queer community to learn about queer history, get involved in activities like writing and poetry workshops and to make friends. 'Category Is Books' is the only queer bookshop in Scotland and only one of two in the UK.
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Bookstores (called bookshops in the United Kingdom, Australia and most of the Commonwealth apart from Canada) may be either part of a chain, or local independent bookstores.
Bookstores can range in size offering from several hundred to several hundred thousands of titles. They may be brick-and-mortar stores or internet only stores or a combination of both. Sizes for the larger bookstores exceed half a million titles. Bookstores often sell other printed matter besides books, such as newspapers, magazines and maps; additional product lines may vary enormously, particularly among independent bookstores. Colleges and universities often have their own student bookstore on campus that focuses on providing course textbooks and scholarly books, although some on-campus bookstores are owned by large chains such as WHSmith or Waterstone's in the United Kingdom, or Barnes & Noble College Booksellers in the United States, which is a private firm controlled by the chair of Barnes & Noble.
Another common type of bookstore is the used bookstore or second-hand bookshop which buys and sells used and out-of-print books in a variety of conditions.[1][2] A range of titles are available in used bookstores, including in print and out of print books. Book collectors tend to frequent used book stores. Large online bookstores offer used books for sale, too. Individuals wishing to sell their used books using online bookstores agree to terms outlined by the bookstore(s): for example, paying the online bookstore(s) a predetermined commission once the books have sold. In Paris, the Bouquinistes are antiquarian and used booksellers who have had outdoor stalls and boxes along both sides of the Seine for hundreds of years, regulated by law since the 1850s and contributing to the scenic ambience of the city.
Arthur's Seat & Holyrood Park
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Britain and the World Conference: round table discussion on Scottish independence
The Britain and the World Conference attracted historians from across the globe to debate Britain's role in world development since the seventeenth century.
This major international conference, which attracted nearly 200 delegates and speakers from over 40 countries, was held for the first time outside the USA between 21 to 23 June 2012 at the University of Edinburgh. It was jointly hosted by the British Scholar Society and the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies.
The round table on Scottish independence discussed the question The end of more than three centuries of the Anglo-Scottish union in 2014?
Chair: Alan Taylor, Editor of the Scottish Review of Books.
Panellists: John Curtice, Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde; Owen Dudley Edwards, Honorary Fellow of History at the University of Edinburgh; Catriona MacDonald, Reader in History at the University of Glasgow; Joyce McMillan, Columnist for The Scotsman.
Recorded on Thursday 21 June 2012 at David Hume Tower Lecture Theatre, the University of Edinburgh.
Iain Murray and John MacArthur Discuss Reading in the Ministry
At the 2017 Shepherd's Conference, Iain Murray and John MacArthur discuss their reading habits and helps, why reading is important, and some of their favorite books to read.
- 2:57 – What’s the importance of reading for ministers.
- 7:34 – Spurgeon’s Commenting on Commentaries.
- 8:59 – Why is it important to read things that are historical or biographical?
- 10:36 – David Randall’s The Sad Departure
- 13:27 – What are the main lessons of the Reformation?
- 16:15 – John Owen’s Apostasy from the Gospel
- 18:53 – Jonathan Edwards
- 22:29 - How do you find the time to read?
- 26:39 – Recalling what you’ve read.
- 33:37 - Advice for wandering minds
- 36:41 - How do you encourage your congregations to be readers?
- 41:40 – Q&A with students
David Crystal's talk at IELTS Conference 'The Future of English', Prague 2014 (British Council)
David Crystal is a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. He published the first of his 100 or so books in 1964, and became known chiefly for his research work in English language studies, in such fields as intonation and stylistics, and in the application of linguistics to religious, educational and clinical contexts, notably in the development of a range of linguistic profiling techniques for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. He held a chair at the University of Reading for 10 years, and is now Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor.
David Crystal’s authored works are mainly in the field of language, including several Penguin books, but he is perhaps best known for his two encyclopedias for Cambridge University Press, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language and The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Recent books include The Story of English in 100 Words (2011) and Spell it out: the singular story of English spelling (2012). Co-authored books include Words on Words (2000, a dictionary of language quotations compiled with his wife and business-partner, Hilary – Wheatley Medal, 2001) and Shakespeare’s Words (2002) and The Shakespeare Miscellany (2005), the last two in collaboration with his actor son, Ben. A new book with Hilary Crystal, Wordsmiths and Warriors: the English-language Tourist’s guide to Britain, was published in September 2013. Other Shakespeare work includes a regular article for the magazine of Shakespeare’s Globe, Around the Globe. Think On My Words, an introduction to Shakespeare’s language, appeared in 2008. All Shakespeare books can be viewed at The Shakespeare Portal. A new version of the glossary went live in 2008: see Shakespeare’s Words.
THE ARMCHAIR BROTHERS ON CHILDREN IN NEED
The Armchair Brothers make their final TV appearance on the Beeb Scotland Children In Need Appeal. October 1992. Armchair Man (centre) split from the Brothers when the groups manager Steve Dutch Boom had to leave him behind in his old flat in order to get his deposit back.
David Jones—Scotch Myths: The Furniture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh Re-appraised
David Jones will be giving a Brown Bag Lunch presentation on Thursday April 7, 2016, from 12 to 1:30pm, at Bard Graduate Center in New York City. His talk is entitled “Scotch Myths: The Furniture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh Re-appraised.
David Jones is an author, historian, and Lecturer in Furniture History at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He advises on several important collections of historic furniture in the United Kingdom, including Hopetoun House, Paxton House, and Dumfries House, where he is Honorary Keeper of Furniture. Dumfries House, now administered by a charitable trust, contains the largest group of documented furniture by Thomas Chippendale in existence. In 2000, Jones published The Edinburgh Cabinet and Chair Makers’ Books of Prices, 1805-1825 (Kirk Wynd Press), a fundamental source for the study of early nineteenth century furniture in Britain. David Jones is former editor of the journal Regional Furniture and he has published extensively on various aspects of vernacular and regional furniture, including “The Laburnum Tradition,” “Box Beds,” and furniture made from driftwood. He is a committee member of the Lorimer Society and a trustee of the recently-formed Willow Tea Rooms Trust in Glasgow, dedicated to the conservation of Mackintosh’s tea rooms.
In this talk, Jones will explore some of the myths and interrelationships that surround Scotland's two great early twentieth-century furniture designers, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) and Robert Stodart Lorimer (1864–1929). Often regarded as opposing figures in the history of late Victorian and Edwardian furniture design, Jones will present new ways of interpreting their designs in the context of the various revivals that characterized the period.
Marina Warner at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Marina Warner's defining, shapeshifting presence in British literature finds new form in a book of short stories, Fly Away Home. Currently Professor of English at Birkbeck College, Warner was also chair of the Man Booker International Prize jury in 2015. These elegant short stories tread a fine line between the natural and supernatural, conjuring up sensuality, sentimentality and sadism in an array of vibrant characters. In this event, filmed live at the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival, she discusses her work with Kirsty Logan.
???? Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery by John Escott | Rewrite Book in Simple for Learning English
Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery by John Escott | Audiobook | Rewrite Book in Simple for Learning English
The name of the detective queen is known to everyone. The fans of the genre read her novels and revise the screen versions, guessing who the real killer is. The main characters of the stories of Christie - Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot are worldwide famous. These characters are different, only united by their brilliant mind. We know them well enough. But what do we know about the writer? This book will tell you the story of Agatha Christie. The growing up of Agatha Miller passes and she starts travelling. You will visit the countries and the continents with the future writer. The world will surprisingly change during the narration. You will be able learn about the personal experiences of Agatha and her first steps in literal creativity. This magnificent woman lived an extraordinary life.
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RAINY DAY IN EDINBURGH | Study Abroad Series: Episode 32
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Episode # 32
Date filmed: May 8, 2019
Date published: May 29, 2019
*In this episode I finish my last exam, completing my semester at Stirling University. Since I had the afternoon free, I decided to take the train to Edinburgh for a nice evening of book shopping and cafe hopping. The Scottish weather was quite bold therefore making this video a perfect example of what to do on a typical rainy day in Scotland. In this video I went to Let Me Eat Too cafe, Armchair Books, and Lovecrumbs :)
// Hello! If you don't personally know me, my name is Olivia (Liv) Watts. I am from Alabama, but this semester I am going abroad to study in the U.K.! Scotland to be exact. I've created this Study Abroad Series so that you can follow me around on my travels and see what I'm up to. Hope you enjoy!
Inside The Freemasons' Oldest Grand Lodge
Freemasonry is a fraternal order that was born out of the medieval stonemasons' guilds. What's spoken about in its meetings is shrouded in mystery and only Freemasons can attend their ceremonies.
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Prof Dame Mary Beard - Classical Civilisation?
Professor Dame Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, delivers the Gifford Lecture Classical Civilisation?. It is the sixth lecture in the series The Ancient World and us: from fear and loathing to enlightenment and ethics.
This lecture concludes the series by facing head on the idea of classical civilisation. How far has it always been a weapon of elite exclusivity? Or how far has it simultaneously acted to challenge elite power? And what is its future?
This lecture series explores why the classical world still matters and what ethical dilemmas the study of classics raises (and has always raised). Taking six particular themes, it hopes to show how antiquity can continue to challenge the moral certainties of modernity.