Books by John Thompson

This long-standing series provides the guild of religion scholars a venue for publishing aimed primarily at colleagues. It includes scholarly monographs, revised dissertations, Festschriften, conference papers, and translations of ancient and medieval documents. Works cover the sub-disciplines of biblical studies, history of Christianity, history of religion, theology, and ethics. Festschriften for Karl Barth, Donald W. Dayton, James Luther Mays, Margaret R. Miles, and Walter Wink are among the seventy-five volumes that have been published. Contributors include: C. K. Barrett, Francois Bovon, Paul S. Chung, Marie-Helene Davies, Frederick Herzog, Ben F. Meyer, Pamela Ann Moeller, Rudolf Pesch, D. Z. Phillips, Rudolf Schnackenburgm Eduard Schweizer, John Vissers

This long-standing series provides the guild of religion scholars a venue for publishing aimed primarily at colleagues. It includes scholarly monographs, revised dissertations, Festschriften, conference papers, and translations of ancient and medieval documents. Works cover the sub-disciplines of biblical studies, history of Christianity, history of religion, theology, and ethics. Festschriften for Karl Barth, Donald W. Dayton, James Luther Mays, Margaret R. Miles, and Walter Wink are among the seventy-five volumes that have been published. Contributors include: C. K. Barrett, Francois Bovon, Paul S. Chung, Marie-Helene Davies, Frederick Herzog, Ben F. Meyer, Pamela Ann Moeller, Rudolf Pesch, D. Z. Phillips, Rudolf Schnackenburgm Eduard Schweizer, John Vissers

At the age of 43, during my divorce and a child custody battle, I foundout I had been adopted. Shock and disbelief changed to a gradual urgeto seek out my natural parents. Years later, I eventually found my mother"hidden in a fairy-tale castle in the forest". That's what it seemed at thetime. This then led to a sister, three brothers, a father, and an evenlarger family of cousins and their offspring. The next thirty years werea mixture of joy, relief, happiness, and fun whilst forging a new lifefor myself. Later, I experienced sadness, despair, and tragedy whilsthelping to alleviate my birth mother's mental illness and caring forand losing four parents. I uncovered a dramatic 1930's love affair and700 years of family genealogy with high-ranking seventeenth-centuryoffi cials from the Church of England. I also discovered more about mybirth father, a World War II RAF fighter pilot who nearly ended upbeing shot, escaping from Stalag Luft III, who owned a leading sockmanufacturing company in the United Kingdom, run by the familysince 1882. On the family tree, I found Victor Borge, the famousconcert pianist and stand-up comedian. Finding my new family hasbeen a very happy, rewarding, and interesting part of my life.

My story is sad and inspirational as I was homeless in 2012. The aspect of Good and Evil was something I sensed as I felt close to the end sleeping behind a bush. This novel is based on the authors experiences of homelessness in 2012.

John Thompson (c.1866-1936) was headmaster at The High School, Dublin (1908-27), a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, and President of the Classical Association. This work, published in 1902, concentrates on Attic Greek, with an appendix on Homeric accidence. It remains a useful resource for the modern beginner student.