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Quiet Triumphs: Celebrities Share Survival Strategies for Getting Through the Hard Times
Published in Audio Cassette by HarperAudio (1999)
Authors: Mary Alice Williams, Paul Sorvino, Judy Collins, and Robert Klein
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Heart Warming & Eye Opening Storiest
I enjoyed this book as it reveals the stories behind the stars. It is suprisingly inspirational. This wonderful book prompted me to read Barbara Barrie's equally wonderful book, Second Act about her bout with colon cancer. Both Books givew great insight into life. Fame, beauty and Stardom matters not. One does not feel alone after reading these two wonderful books. One never knows what waits.


Statistical Methods for the Process Industries
Published in Paperback by Marcel Dekker (22 August, 1991)
Authors: William H. McNeese and Robert A. Klein
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Good SPC primer for shop personnel with math background
Practical SPC primer for manufacting personnel. Good source of quality procedures guideline. I am trying to get additional copies to use for inspection supervisor training in a shop trying to implement SPC.


Introduction To Biblical Interpretation
Published in Hardcover by Word Publishing (02 June, 1993)
Authors: William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg, and Robert L. Hubbard
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This book suffers from a lack of good philosophy
In a very general sense this is a good book. However, the authors suffer from a lack of good philosophy. Let me explain. I agree with the author's assertion that meaning is derived from the text and we should not try to figure out what the author intended when he wrote (this is next to impossible to do since all the authors of the Bible are dead). However, the authors of this book give lip service to that idea but seem to stray from it in their overall philosophy. This book also smacks of "postmodernism." For example, on page 116, the authors declare via D.S. Ferguson that "all knowledge is elusive, and to grasp it demands a great deal of effort on our part . . ." If all knowledge is elusive then what about the knowledge of the statement "all knowledge is elusive?" Is that elusive? And if so, then how do we know this for certain. There are dozen of statements throughout this text that are very similar to the one I mentioned. I was also confused as to whether these authors were in favor of the "sensus plenoir" or opposed to it. This was yet another downfall to the text. Moreover, the authors were sympathetic to the reader-approach method of interpretation (another sign of postmodernism - ala Derrida.) The reader does not "give" the text meaning and this definitely runs in diametric opposition to the author's assertion that meaning is found in the text (and not the reader). Therefore, this was an apparent inconsistency on the part of the authors. It seemed to me that the authors lacked a strong foundation in logic and metaphysics which hurt this otherwise good text. But I must confess, compared to some of the other Hermeneutics texts I have read, this one is in several ways fairly solid.

The best evangelical work on the subject that I have seen
All in all, very good. From a conservative perspective the authors discuss the major issues of biblical interpretation, including applying hisorical criticism and modern hermeneutical theories to the Scriptural text. Though conservative, it is not fundamentalistic. The authors provide a balanced treatment of most subjects and give good principles and examples of doing careful exegesis. This would be an excellent work to use in an intro. to biblical literature class. My one reservation is that not enough attention was given to Patristic and medieval exegesis and its modern day application to Scripture. Also, the Treatment of the Deutero-Canonical books and the question of the Canonicity of Scripture was superficial and inaccurate. Catholic and Orthodox readers should keep this in mind when reviewing this book. To conclude, though it has the deficiencies mentioned above and could not serve as a standard for Catholic and Orthodox exegesis, it is a refreshing work that shows that not all evangelical protestants are biblical obscurantists who are unable to engage in dialogue with modern biblical scholarship and present well-reasoned opinions.

The Best Introductory Hermeneutics Book I Have Read
Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard, Jr., have created an extremely well-informed, easily understood volume on the hairy topic of Biblical Hermeneutics. I truly believe that every Biblical exegete should have this book in their library.


The Systematics and Evolution of the Oenothera Caespitosa Species Complex (Monographs in Systematic Botany, No 12)
Published in Paperback by Missouri Botanical Garden (1985)
Authors: Warren L. Wagner, Robert E. Stockhouse, and William M. Klein
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Viruses and Human Cancer: Proceedings of UCLA Symposium Held in Park City, Utah, February 2-9, 1986 (UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Published in Textbook Binding by Wiley-Liss (1987)
Authors: Robert C. Gallo, George Klein, Harald Zur Hausen, and William A. Haseltine
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