Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy

Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2013-04-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821397311

This volume provides a comprehensive review of the statistical theory and methods underlying the estimation of purchasing power parities (PPPs) and real expenditures, the choices made for the 2005 International Comparison Program (ICP) round, and the lessons learned that led to improvements in the 2011 ICP.

Cutting Jesus Down to Size

Cutting Jesus Down to Size
Author: George Albert Wells
Publisher: Open Court
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0812698673

In this provocative book, noted scholar G. A. Wells tells the story of Higher Criticism: the close study of the scriptures that reveals difficulties and discrepancies. Wells traces the discipline’s German beginnings, exploring the problems in the New Testament that prompted scholars to revise traditional theories of the scriptures’ origins. Wells then traces the development and reception of these views from the 18th century to today. Drawing on current biblical scholarship, Wells explains how the Jesus of Paul’s epistles differs radically from later versions and addresses conservative Christians’ attempts to reconcile them. He carefully analyzes what the New Testament says about miracles, the Virgin Birth, the Nativity, Jesus’ conflicting genealogies, the Resurrection, the post-Resurrection appearances, and the failed prophecies of imminent apocalypse. Wells persuasively profiles the New Testament as a fascinating but flawed collection of incompatible viewpoints, revealing Jesus as a shifting, ambiguous, legendary figure who reflected the evolving teachings of a fragmented, emotion-based cultic movement.

Indexes in Australian Libraries

Indexes in Australian Libraries
Author: Margaret Henty
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1995
Genre: Australia
ISBN: 9780642106575

Newspaper and journal indexes and general materials indexes ordered by library according to type of library; subject index includes Aboriginal materials.