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2) Daniel
Publisher
Legend Films
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
After his parents work with the Communist Party and execution for selling secrets to the Soviets, a young man involves himself in the protests of the 60's, and lives with his belief that his parents were wrongly murdered.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"With his partner Nick Boyd (Cary Grant), 19th century Wall Street buccaneer Jim Fisk (Edward Arnold) employs high finance and low cunning to create an empire built on railroads, shipping lines, gold and flimflam. Boyd and Fisk are as thick as the thieves they are until they both fall for the same alluring, ambitious woman"--Container.
Author
Series
Great Courses volume 22
Language
English
Description
Chart a pivotal end-times crusade in America led by William Miller, who drew on the Apocalypse and book of Daniel to predict that 1844 would see Christ's Second Coming. The heirs to this movement include the Seventh-Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses.
Author
Series
Great Courses volume 10
Language
English
Description
From 1 and 2 Maccabees to the Books of Daniel and Enoch, get a close reading of apocalyptic literary works composed in the aftermath of the Maccabean Revolt. Afterwards, Professor Magness probes possible meanings of the term "son of man" in both the Hebrew Bible and the Gospels.
Author
Series
Great Courses volume 2
Language
English
Description
Investigate the world of the Hebrew prophets, whose writings deeply influenced the author of the Apocalypse. First, focus on the themes of evil and hope in such works as Ezekiel and Isaiah. Then, see how these themes are taken up in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the apocalyptic book of Daniel.
Author
Series
Great Courses volume 9
Language
English
Description
Follow the turbulent story of the Maccabean Revolt after the outlawing of Judaism under Antiochus IV. Then, examine how the Book of Daniel (written around the time of the revolt) dealt with the concept of "desolating sacrilege," and how this is repeated in Jesus's own prophesies about the destruction of the Temple.
Author
Series
Understanding the Old Testament volume 18
Language
English
Description
In approaching the prophetic oracles and stories of the book of Daniel, delve into the genre of Apocalyptic literature: revelation which discloses a transcendent reality. Note the appearance in Daniel of the figure of "the Son of Man," a divine, human-like being enthroned by God. Study the story of Daniel's exile to Babylon and take account of its message for diaspora Jews.
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Samson (2018, 110 min.) : Samson, empowered by God with supernatural strength, endangers his destiny with impulsive deisions that lead to betrayal by a wicke prince and a beautiful temptress. When Samson calls on his God once more, he turns imprisonment and blindness into final victory.
The Book of Daniel (2013, 88 min.) : Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel (Robert Miano) is forced to serve the most powerful king...
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
"Difficulties of understanding aside, Fr. Bill explains that the message of the book of Revelation, while confusing to us, was clear to early Christians: Rome is evil, Christians should withdraw from Roman society, and they should do so knowing that it will cost them dearly. Christian non-involvement and passive resistance will ultimately result in victory, but such a victory, like Christ's, may include suffering persecution and death."--back of container....
12) Steve Jobs
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of Steve Jobs, a successful entrepreneur and innovator, the founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
14) Defiance
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the rescue efforts of Jewish partisans led by the Bielski Brothers, who fought against the Nazis in the on the Polish-Russian border.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in this taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the climate crisis. Inspired by ideas put forth in the Andreas Malm's nonfiction book by the same name, published by Verso Books.
17) The lost city
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.
Author
Series
Raggs volume 9
Language
English
Description
The dogs help Razzles find her lost book by cleaning up the clubhouse and Pido creates his own bedtime story using all of the dogs' favorite characters.
19) Life of crime
Publisher
Roadside Attractions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The wife of a corrupt real estate developer is kidnapped by two common criminals, who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decides he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and twists.
20) The glass castle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the adventures of an eccentric, resilient and tight-knit family and a young woman who, influenced by the joyfully wild nature of her deeply dysfunctional father, found the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.