Philip Wood - Böcker

Drawing on little-used sources in Syriac, once the lingua franca of the Middle East, Philip Wood examines how, at the close of the Roman Empire, Christianity carried with it new foundation myths for the peoples of the Near East that transformed their self-identity and their relationships with their rulers. This cultural independence was followed by a more radical political philosophy that dared to criticize the emperor and laid the seeds for the blending of religious and ethnic identity that we see in the Middle East today.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This monograph uses a medieval Arabic chronicle, the Chronicle of Seert, as a window into the Christian history of Iraq. The Chronicle describes events that are unknown from other sources, but it is most useful for what it tells us about the changing agendas of those who wrote history and their audiences in the period c.400-800.By splitting the Chronicle into its constituent layers, Philip Wood presents a rich cultural history of Iraq. He examines the Christians' self-presentation as a church of the martyrs and the uncomfortable reality of close engagement with the Sasanian state. The history of the past was used as a source of solidarity in the present, to draw together disparate Christian communities. But it also represented a means of criticising figures in the present, whether these be secular rulers or over-mighty bishops and abbots.The Chronicle gives us an insight into the development of an international awareness within the church in Iraq. Christians increasingly raised their horizons to the Roman Empire in the West, which offered a model of Christian statehood, while also being the source of resented theological innovation or heresy. It also shows us the competing strands of patronage within the church: between laymen and clergy; church and state; centre and periphery. Building on earlier scholarship rooted in the contemporary Syriac sources, Wood complements that picture with the testimony of this later witness.

History and Identity in the Late Antique Near East gathers together the work of distinguished historians and early career scholars with a broad range of expertise to investigate the significance of newly emerged, or recently resurrected, ethnic identities on the borders of the eastern Mediterranean world. It focuses on the "long late antiquity" from the eve of the Arab conquest of the Roman East to the formation of the Abbasid caliphate. The first half of the book offers papers on the Christian Orient on the cusp of the Islamic invasions. These papers discuss how Christians negotiated the end of Roman power, whether in the selective use of the patristic past to create confessional divisions or the emphasis of the shared philosophical legacy of the Greco-Roman world. The second half of the book considers Muslim attempts to negotiate the pasts of the conquered lands of the Near East, where the Christian histories of Hira or Egypt were used to create distinctive regional identities for Arab settlers. Like the first half, this section investigates the redeployment of a shared history, this time the historical imagination of the Qu'ran and the era of the first caliphs. All the papers in the volume bring together studies of the invention of the past across traditional divides between disciplines, placing the re-assessment of the past as a central feature of the long late antiquity. As a whole, History and Identity in the Late Antique Near East represents a distinctive contribution to recent writing on late antiquity, due to its cultural breadth, its interdisciplinary focus, and its novel definition of late antiquity itself.

How Christian leaders adapted the governmental practices and political thought of their Muslim rulers in the Abbasid caliphateThe Imam of the Christians examines how Christian leaders adopted and adapted the political practices and ideas of their Muslim rulers between 750 and 850 in the Abbasid caliphate in the Jazira (modern eastern Turkey and northern Syria). Focusing on the writings of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, the patriarch of the Jacobite church, Philip Wood describes how this encounter produced an Islamicate Christianity that differed from the Christianities of Byzantium and western Europe in far more than just theology. In doing so, Wood opens a new window on the world of early Islam and Muslims’ interactions with other religious communities.Wood shows how Dionysius and other Christian clerics, by forging close ties with Muslim elites, were able to command greater power over their coreligionists, such as the right to issue canons regulating the lives of lay people, gather tithes, and use state troops to arrest opponents. In his writings, Dionysius advertises his ease in the courts of ʿAbd Allah ibn Tahir in Raqqa and the caliph al-Ma’mun in Baghdad, presenting himself as an effective advocate for the interests of his fellow Christians because of his knowledge of Arabic and his ability to redeploy Islamic ideas to his own advantage. Strikingly, Dionysius even claims that, like al-Ma’mun, he is an imam since he leads his people in prayer and rules them by popular consent.A wide-ranging examination of Middle Eastern Christian life during a critical period in the development of Islam, The Imam of the Christians is also a case study of the surprising workings of cultural and religious adaptation.

How Christian leaders adapted the governmental practices and political thought of their Muslim rulers in the Abbasid caliphateThe Imam of the Christians examines how Christian leaders adopted and adapted the political practices and ideas of their Muslim rulers between 750 and 850 in the Abbasid caliphate in the Jazira (modern eastern Turkey and northern Syria). Focusing on the writings of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, the patriarch of the Jacobite church, Philip Wood describes how this encounter produced an Islamicate Christianity that differed from the Christianities of Byzantium and western Europe in far more than just theology. In doing so, Wood opens a new window on the world of early Islam and Muslims’ interactions with other religious communities.Wood shows how Dionysius and other Christian clerics, by forging close ties with Muslim elites, were able to command greater power over their coreligionists, such as the right to issue canons regulating the lives of lay people, gather tithes, and use state troops to arrest opponents. In his writings, Dionysius advertises his ease in the courts of ʿAbd Allah ibn Tahir in Raqqa and the caliph al-Ma’mun in Baghdad, presenting himself as an effective advocate for the interests of his fellow Christians because of his knowledge of Arabic and his ability to redeploy Islamic ideas to his own advantage. Strikingly, Dionysius even claims that, like al-Ma’mun, he is an imam since he leads his people in prayer and rules them by popular consent.A wide-ranging examination of Middle Eastern Christian life during a critical period in the development of Islam, The Imam of the Christians is also a case study of the surprising workings of cultural and religious adaptation.

We live in a rapidly changing world. With Own It!, teens develop the confidence and competencies they need to forge their own path in this ever-evolving global landscape. From developing critical and creative thinking skills and social/emotional aptitudes to working effectively in a group, Own it! helps create confident, future-ready learners who are able to meet the challenges ahead. The Student's Book includes full access to all digital tools for students, including mobile-friendly Practice Extra and the digital collaboration space.

In our ever-changing world, teens require competence and confidence to navigate their path to success. Own it! Second Edition builds on the strong foundations of the original series with a focus on critical and creative thinking, collaboration and learner autonomy. With new video-based projects and a seamless learning and assessment approach, Own it! Second Edition helps create confident, independent students who are ready to embrace all of life's opportunities.

Own It! is a four-level lower Secondary course which helps students gain confidence and become future ready through global topics and collaborative projects. We live in a rapidly changing world. With Own It!, teens develop the confidence and competencies they need to forge their own path in this ever-evolving global landscape. From developing critical and creative thinking skills and social/emotional aptitudes to working effectively in a group, Own it! helps create confident, future-ready learners who are able to meet the challenges ahead. This split combo edition includes units Starter to 4 of the Students' Book and Workbook combined in a single volume, with access to Practice Extra and Collaboration Plus.

Own It! is a four-level lower Secondary course which helps students gain confidence and become future ready through global topics and collaborative projects. We live in a rapidly changing world. With Own It!, teens develop the confidence and competencies they need to forge their own path in this ever-evolving global landscape. From developing critical and creative thinking skills and social/emotional aptitudes to working effectively in a group, Own it! helps create confident, future-ready learners who are able to meet the challenges ahead. This split combo edition includes units 5 to 9 of the Students' Book and Workbook combined in a single volume, with access to Practice Extra and Collaboration Plus.

With Shape It!, teens develop the confidence and competencies they need to pave their own path in an ever-evolving global landscape. With Shape It!, teens develop the confidence and competencies to pave their own path in this ever-evolving global landscape. From developing critical and creative thinking skills and social/emotional aptitudes to working effectively in a group, Shape It! helps create confident, future-ready learners who are able to meet the challenges ahead. The Workbook offers extra practice of the language covered in the Student's Book units and is perfect for the home or classroom. It includes vocabulary and grammar practice, as well as reading, writing, listening and speaking, plus a special section with generic exam material to prepare students for international exams.

The study of Islam and Muslims in Europe and North America has expanded greatly in recent decades, becoming a passionately debated and divided field. This collection critically assesses the development of the field of Islamic Studies and its place in society. Featuring contributions from anthropologists, historians and scholars of religion, each chapter contains new empirical material and discusses approaches to the study of Islam, past and present. The book situates Islamic Studies within broader discussions of the construction of identity and its political implications in Europe and North America. Authors also address tensions between normative and non-normative approaches to the study of Islam and Muslims and consider how these might be reconciled.

Explores the vibrant, divided and evolving field of Islamic studies in Europe and North AmericaCovers topics ranging from gender and secularism to pop music and modern scienceDiscusses contemporary and historical approaches in Islamic Studies Features contributions from leading scholars studying Islam and Muslims, including Shahzad Bashir, Hadi Enayat, Juliane Hammer, Aaron Hughes, Carool Kersten, Susanne Olsson and Jonas OtterbeckAddresses the role of both Muslims and non-Muslims in the ongoing construction of IslamThe study of Islam and Muslims in Europe and North America has expanded greatly in recent decades, becoming a passionately debated and divided field. This collection critically assesses the development of the field of Islamic Studies and its place in society. Featuring contributions from anthropologists, historians and scholars of religion, each chapter contains new empirical material and discusses approaches to the study of Islam, past and present.The book situates Islamic Studies within broader discussions of the construction of identity and its political implications in Europe and North America. Authors also address tensions between normative and non-normative approaches to the study of Islam and Muslims and consider how these might be reconciled.

Next Move Teacher’s Book contains unit objectives, cross references to other course components, full teacher’s notes, answer keys and extra activities interleaved with the pages of the Students’ Book itself for quick and easy reference. At the end of the Teacher’s Book are the audioscripts for the listening activities in the Students’ Book and a full answer key and audioscripts for the Workbook. In short, everything you need to prepare and teach your classes in one easy reference guide.   

 

The Teacher’s Resource Multi-ROM contains:

 

• Grammar and Vocabulary worksheets at two levels of difficulty;• Reading and Listening worksheets at two levels of difficulty;• Writing worksheets offering guided writing practice and model texts;• Speaking worksheets designed for use individually or in pairs.

 

The final section of the Teacher’s Resource material is a comprehensive collection of Tests which consists of:

 

• an initial Diagnostic Test to allow teachers to assess how familiar students are with the grammar and vocabulary presented in the Starter Unit;• nine Language Tests to check the grammar, vocabulary and speaking items within each of the nine core units;• three Skills Tests for use after each three units to test general progress, language proficiency and fluency;• an End Of Year Test for use at the end of the course covering items from the whole level;• a full answer key.

 

Apart from the diagnostic test all the tests are at two levels of difficulty so teachers can test more appropriately and offer the correct level of challenge. All the tests are provided in A and B versions which are different in content as well as in order of presentation.

  

The Teacher's Resource Multi-ROM also contains the Workbook audio.

Next Move Teacher’s Book contains unit objectives, cross references to other course components, full teacher’s notes, answer keys and extra activities interleaved with the pages of the Students’ Book itself for quick and easy reference. At the end of the Teacher’s Book are the audioscripts for the listening activities in the Students’ Book and a full answer key and audioscripts for the Workbook. In short, everything you need to prepare and teach your classes in one easy reference guide. The Teacher’s Resource Multi-ROM contains: • Grammar and Vocabulary worksheets at two levels of difficulty; • Reading and Listening worksheets at two levels of difficulty; • Writing worksheets offering guided writing practice and model texts; • Speaking worksheets designed for use individually or in pairs. The final section of the Teacher’s Resource material is a comprehensive collection of Tests which consist of: • an initial Diagnostic Test to allow teachers to assess how familiar students are with the grammar and vocabulary presented in the Starter Unit; • nine Language Tests to check the grammar, vocabulary and speaking items within each of the nine core units; • three Skills Tests for use after each three units to test general progress, language proficiency and fluency; • an End Of Year Test for use at the end of the course covering items from the whole level; • a full answer key. Apart from the diagnostic test all the tests are at two levels of difficulty so teachers can test more appropriately and offer the correct level of challenge. All the tests are provided in A and B versions which are different in content as well as in order of presentation. The Teacher's Resource Multi-ROM also contains the Workbook audio.

This fast-paced, inspiring and original work proposes that, if religions fade, then secular law provides a much more comprehensive moral regime to govern our lives. Backed by potent and haunting images, it argues that the rule of law is the one universal framework that everyone believes in and that the law is now the most important ideology we have for our survival.The author explores the decline of religions and the huge growth of law and makes predictions for the future of law and lawyers. The book maintains that even though societies may decide they can do without religions, they cannot do without law.The book helpfully summarises both the teachings of all the main religions and the central tenets of the law – governing everything from human relationships to money, banks and corporations. It shows that, without these legal constructs, some of them arcane, our societies would grind to a halt. These innovative summaries make complex ideas seem simple and provide the keys to understanding both the law and religion globally. The book will appeal to both lawyers and the general reader.The book concludes with the author’s personal code for a modern way of living to promote the survival of humankind into the future.Vividly written by one of the most important lawyers of our generation, this magisterial and exciting work offers a powerful vision of the role of law in centuries to come and its impact on how we stay alive.

This fast-paced, inspiring and original work proposes that the secular legal systems around the world provide an immeasurably bigger and more comprehensive moral regime to govern our lives than the religious codes. Backed by potent and haunting images the book states that the law, for all its faults, is the one universal ethical framework that everyone believes in and that the law is now by far the most important ideology we have for our survival.The reach of the law extends not just to crime and the family, but also to vast realms relating, for example, to money, banks, tax and corporations and even securitisations and derivatives. The immense influence that the law has raises fundamental moral challenges.The author explores the decline of religions and the huge growth of law and makes suggestions for the future of law and lawyers.The innovative summaries of both the main religions and the central tenets of law worldwide provide useful insights into both the law and religions. The book will appeal to lawyers, economists, philosophers, scientists and many other specialities and is written for the general reader.Written by one of the most important lawyers of our generation, this exciting and powerful new paperback is a major philosophical statement for our times as witnessed by its enthusiastic reception when first published in 2016.

This powerful, important and inspiring work, written for thegeneral reader, shows how our laws worldwide now are the largest and mostcomprehensive codes of conduct which we have and are our largest universalphilosophy, essential for the future of humanity.Without these codes, without any laws or courts, societieswould not survive and the survival of the human species itself would be putinto question. But the world is now in crisis.The book is written for non-lawyers in all disciplines, fromeconomists to corporate leaders, politicians to senior journalists andscientists, all over the world, as well as lawyers. It enables the reader forthe first time, in one swoop, to understand the fundamentals of all our lawsacross every country in the world, which fields are working and which are not,and whether our laws can ward off an apocalypse or a catastrophe of our ownmaking.Topics covered include the law relating to constitutions,democracies, rule of law, immigration, taxation, crime, regulation (includingdata protection, AI and banks), family, sex, inheritance, contracts (includingderivatives), torts, litigation, property, markets, money, crypto,corporations, hedge funds, and the bankruptcy of corporations and sovereignstates, as well as conflict of laws, public international law (including trade,the high seas, space and war), the history of law, and many other topics.

Turn on the power of we! The Workbook follows the same unit structure as the Student's Book to help with easy navigation. Practice of all the unit language and skills is provided with extra sections, including a Grammar reference and extra grammar practice; Vocabulary extra; Exam tips - reading, writing, listening and speaking skills; A2 and B1 exam practice (reading and writing skills). The Updated edition includes access to the Digital Pack for students on Cambridge One, through a code printed on the inside front cover. This unlocks Practice Extra, Collaboration Plus and other learner resources, including audio and video.

Make Your Point unlocks students' potential at upper-secondary level, ensuring exam success and beyond! It combines thought-provoking topics and crucial life skills with essential language and exam practice. The Student's Book includes a Starter unit to review key grammar and vocabulary and assess students' level; eight topic-based units with Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing; Culture lessons in odd-numbered units and Language Review in even-numbered ones. The back section offers Language Reference, extra practice, and useful lists. Each unit includes audio and videos to complement lessons. The Student's Book includes an access code for the fully interactive eBook, along with Culture Projects for easy access on Cambridge One.

Shape the Future is a forward-thinking Bachillerato course. Solid language practice is provided with particular attention to vocabulary acquisition, and exam success for the University Entrance Exam is guaranteed with comprehensive practice and exam strategies. Collaborative projects and life skills lessons focus on areas such as managing feelings, critical thinking and problem solving. The Workbook for Level 2 provides practice of all the unit language and skills, together with extra sections such as Exam practice (including listening and speaking); Vocabulary builder and phrasal verbs; 'Beyond the Classroom' guides for real-life work skills; and downloadable audio at www.cambridge.es/shapethefuture.

Shape the Future is a forward-thinking Bachillerato course. Solid language practice is provided with particular attention to vocabulary acquisition, and exam success for the University Entrance Exam is guaranteed with comprehensive practice and exam strategies. Collaborative projects and life skills lessons focus on areas such as managing feelings, critical thinking and problem solving, based on the Cambridge Framework for Life Competencies. The Level 2 Student's Book provides 6 units with ample reference sections: Language Reference; Grammar Maps; Vocabulary extra; Writing guide; Pairwork (speaking); Collaborative learning guidelines; Exam tips; and Exam practice: Reading and Listening.

Shape the Future is a forward-thinking Bachillerato course. Solid language practice is provided with particular attention to vocabulary acquisition, and exam success for the University Entrance Exam is guaranteed with comprehensive practice and exam strategies. Collaborative projects and life skills lessons focus on areas such as managing feelings, critical thinking and problem solving, based on the Cambridge Framework for Life Competencies. The Level 1 Student's Book provides 9 units with ample reference sections including Language Reference; Grammar Maps; Vocabulary extra; Writing guide; Pairwork (speaking); and Collaborative learning guidelines.