John A Miles
Biographic Data
| ID | 3958578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John A Miles |
| GIVEN NAMES | John A |
| FAMILY NAME | Miles |
| SIGNATURE | MILES J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Joseph Johnson Letterbook
Understanding Albright: A Revolutionary Etude
“It is impossible for men to judge the inner motives of any superior acquaintance.” William Foxwell Albright In a still valid survey of one hundred years of biblical research, Herbert F. Hahn offers the following status quaestionis: Interpretation of the Bible in the present day has reached a point of crisis. A seeming return to the age-old emphasis on the doctrinal content of Scripture and its essential unity throughout the sacred books—a return…
Contemporary Christian Thought
Journal Article CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT Get access Catholicism Confronts Modernity A Protestant View. By LANGDON GILKEYNew York. Seabury Press, 1975 vii+211 pages, notes $8.95 L.C. No. 74-19167. JOHN A. MILES, JR JOHN A. MILES, JR University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, March 1976, Pages 181-a–181, https://doi.org/10.10…
Religions of Western Antiquity
RELIGIONS OF WESTERN ANTIQUITY Get access The English Bible, 1534–1859 By PETER LEVIGrand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974 222 pages $6.95. L C No. 73-23038 JOHN A. MILES, JR. JOHN A. MILES, JR. Doubledar and Co. Inc Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 3, September 1976, Pages 566-b–566, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLIV.3.566-b Published: 01 September 19…
Comparative History of Religion
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES Get access Oxford Bible Atlas, Second Edition Edited by HERBERT G MAY. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974 144 pages, maps, illustrations, gazeteer. $9.95. L.C. No. 72-76564. JOHN A. MILES, JR JOHN A. MILES, JR University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, March 1976, Pages 167-b–168, https://doi.org…
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Journal Article ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES Get access Textual Criticism of the Old Testament The Septuagint after Qumran (Guides to Biblical Scholarship, Old Testament Series) By RALPH W KLEIN Philadelphia Fortress Press, 1974 xii+84 pages, glossary, notes, bibliography $2 75 L C. No 74-80420 JOHN A MILES, JR JOHN A MILES, JR University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American A…
Catholicism as a Protestantism
“Among the ways in which the American Catholic church has protestantized itself in recent years, the most important has been its transformation into an intentional community. For Catholics now, as earlier for Protestants, religion is a matter of opinion, not of birth; and one may change religion as easily and frequently as one changes one's mind. However—and this is the key point—intentional, Protestant religious communities have long had ways of…
Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY Beyond Chance and Necessity: A Critical Inquiry into Professor Jacques Monod's Chance and Necessity Edited by JOHN LEWISAtlantic Highlands, N.J. Humanities Press, 1974. xi+141 pages $9.00. ISBN 0-391-00352-6. JOHN A MILES, JR. JOHN A MILES, JR. University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, March 1976, Pages 187-b–187, htt…
Jain and Judaeo-Christian Respect for Life
A comparison of Jain with biblical ethics suggests that the latter subordinates the sanctity of life to the sovereignty of God. But if God may ethically destroy innocent human life, the ethical question in the Judaeo-Christian tradition can only be, Who speaks for God? American democracy's latter-day, secular version of that question is answered: the majority. But now, in the abortion controversy, a large minority rejects a significant majority d…
Biogenetic Structuralism
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Journal Article ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES Get access Essays in Biblical Culture and Bible Translation By. HARRY M ORLINSKY. New York KTAV Publ House, 1974. xv+462 pages, notes, general index, index of biblical and other citations. $15.00. L.C. No. 72–14069. JOHN A. MILES, JR. JOHN A. MILES, JR. University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLII…
Laughing at the Bible: Jonah as Parody
Catholicism as a Protestantism
“Among the ways in which the American Catholic church has protestantized itself in recent years, the most important has been its transformation into an intentional community. For Catholics now, as earlier for Protestants, religion is a matter of opinion, not of birth; and one may change religion as easily and frequently as one changes one's mind. However—and this is the key point—intentional, Protestant religious communities have long had ways of…
Biogenetic Structuralism
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Journal Article ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES Get access Essays in Biblical Culture and Bible Translation By. HARRY M ORLINSKY. New York KTAV Publ House, 1974. xv+462 pages, notes, general index, index of biblical and other citations. $15.00. L.C. No. 72–14069. JOHN A. MILES, JR. JOHN A. MILES, JR. University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLII…
Laughing at the Bible: Jonah as Parody
Understanding Albright: A Revolutionary Etude
“It is impossible for men to judge the inner motives of any superior acquaintance.” William Foxwell Albright In a still valid survey of one hundred years of biblical research, Herbert F. Hahn offers the following status quaestionis: Interpretation of the Bible in the present day has reached a point of crisis. A seeming return to the age-old emphasis on the doctrinal content of Scripture and its essential unity throughout the sacred books—a return…
Contemporary Christian Thought
Journal Article CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT Get access Catholicism Confronts Modernity A Protestant View. By LANGDON GILKEYNew York. Seabury Press, 1975 vii+211 pages, notes $8.95 L.C. No. 74-19167. JOHN A. MILES, JR JOHN A. MILES, JR University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, March 1976, Pages 181-a–181, https://doi.org/10.10…
Religions of Western Antiquity
RELIGIONS OF WESTERN ANTIQUITY Get access The English Bible, 1534–1859 By PETER LEVIGrand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974 222 pages $6.95. L C No. 73-23038 JOHN A. MILES, JR. JOHN A. MILES, JR. Doubledar and Co. Inc Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 3, September 1976, Pages 566-b–566, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLIV.3.566-b Published: 01 September 19…
Comparative History of Religion
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES Get access Oxford Bible Atlas, Second Edition Edited by HERBERT G MAY. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974 144 pages, maps, illustrations, gazeteer. $9.95. L.C. No. 72-76564. JOHN A. MILES, JR JOHN A. MILES, JR University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, March 1976, Pages 167-b–168, https://doi.org…
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Journal Article ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES Get access Textual Criticism of the Old Testament The Septuagint after Qumran (Guides to Biblical Scholarship, Old Testament Series) By RALPH W KLEIN Philadelphia Fortress Press, 1974 xii+84 pages, glossary, notes, bibliography $2 75 L C. No 74-80420 JOHN A MILES, JR JOHN A MILES, JR University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American A…
Catholicism as a Protestantism
“Among the ways in which the American Catholic church has protestantized itself in recent years, the most important has been its transformation into an intentional community. For Catholics now, as earlier for Protestants, religion is a matter of opinion, not of birth; and one may change religion as easily and frequently as one changes one's mind. However—and this is the key point—intentional, Protestant religious communities have long had ways of…
Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY Beyond Chance and Necessity: A Critical Inquiry into Professor Jacques Monod's Chance and Necessity Edited by JOHN LEWISAtlantic Highlands, N.J. Humanities Press, 1974. xi+141 pages $9.00. ISBN 0-391-00352-6. JOHN A MILES, JR. JOHN A MILES, JR. University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, March 1976, Pages 187-b–187, htt…
Jain and Judaeo-Christian Respect for Life
A comparison of Jain with biblical ethics suggests that the latter subordinates the sanctity of life to the sovereignty of God. But if God may ethically destroy innocent human life, the ethical question in the Judaeo-Christian tradition can only be, Who speaks for God? American democracy's latter-day, secular version of that question is answered: the majority. But now, in the abortion controversy, a large minority rejects a significant majority d…
Biogenetic Structuralism
The Joseph Johnson Letterbook
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