Margaret Williams – författare

This is a comprehensive introduction to social work with children that integrates theoretical debates with a full and sensitive exploration of practice concerns. It systematically examines all the common and pressing issues in child welfare and considers the implications of recent research, legislation and policy shifts for current and future practice. Balanced, wide-ranging and highly readable, with plenty of case study examples and other practice elements to foster reflection and understanding, it provides a sound knowledge base in the child welfare field and lays an excellent foundation for further skill development.

As one of the few groups in the Greco-Roman world to resist cultural assimilation, the Jews remained an object of fascination throughout antiquity. Greek and Roman writers devoted much space to them, but few bothered to learn the facts about Jews, preferring to report stereotypes and rumor. Evidence does exist, however, to show what real Jews were like in antiquity and how they interacted with the Greeks and Romans, both pagan and Christian. In The Jews among the Greeks and Romans, Margaret Williams assembles, assesses, and contextualizes literary and archaeological evidence relating to Jewish communities outside the land of Israel. The sourcebook covers the period beginning with the Diaspora that resulted from the chaos of Alexander the Great's death in 323 BCE and concluding with the demise of the Jewish Patriarchate around 420 CE. This was a time which saw, first, the rapid opening up of opportunities for Jews and then, in the century after Constantine, the gradual but inexorable raising of barriers against them.Newly translated from the Greek and Latin, the documents cover a broad array of topics, including religion, customs, festivals, repression, citizenship, military service, economics, intermarriage, and conversion from Jew to Gentile and Gentile to Jew. While previous collections have concentrated on literary texts, the present volume gives prominence to papyrological and epigraphic source material. Composed in accordance with Greco-Roman epigraphic conventions but written by Jews, these texts-some only recently discovered-constitute an extraordinarily rich source of information about the values and practices of Jews in antiquity.

Literacy Skills for the Mass Media provides students with tools and information to better understand words, grammar, spelling, and communication. The text helps students connect the dots between strategies and concepts that foster effective communication practices in both writing and speaking.The text is divided into three sections. Section I introduces students to the basics of grammar, including types of words and their proper usage, the parts of a sentence and effective sentence structure, and how to effectively use punctuation. Section II focuses on sentence construction, providing readers with rules, tips, and strategies for creating dynamic sentences. The final section examines words, speaking to why word choice matters, how to use plurals, possessives, and contractions, common mistakes and issues, the importance of correct spelling, and more.An easy-to-use guide to good grammar and successful communication, Literacy Skills for the Mass Media is an ideal textbook for foundational courses in writing, composition, mass media, and journalism. It is also a useful tool for remedial learning and for reference purposes. The book is an excellent resource for college orientation and student success programs as well.

Det var en gång två män som skulle bygga varsitt hus. Den ena hittade en trevlig, sandig strand intill en porlande bäck.”Toppen!” tänkte han. ”Jag kan knappt bärga mig tills jag får sitta i solen utanför huset.” Han började bygga sitt hus i sanden och snart satt han i solen utanför sitt hus. Men hans kompis hade knappt kommit igång. Kompisen hade noga letat upp den bästa platsen att bygga på. Till slut hittade han en hård klippa och var redo att börja bygga. Murarna växte sig högre och högre. Men nästan på en gång började mörka moln torna upp sig. Regnet föll och vinden blåste. Och den lilla bäcken blev en stor flod. Båda männen skyndade sig in. De tittade förskräckta ut genom fönstren. Floden störtade förbi, ännu bredare och våldsammare. Då hördes ett stort brak! Jesu liknelse om att höra hans ord och handla därefter, återberättas i denna bilderbok för barn mellan 2-5 år. Svensk text och bearbetning av Åsa Hofverberg. Boken ingår i serien Goda ord från Jesus tillsammans med Herden som letade, Den vänliga främlingen och Pappan som väntade.