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The New Testament is crossed by an incredible narrative tension. The poetic language allows this tension to be highlighted: it paints the features of an epic of salvation through plays of images, symbols, and emotions, and gives the texts a new intensity. While this collection does not require any preliminary biblical knowledge, the latter will help to grasp its full meaning. The reader can choose a systematic reading from the beginning or go directly to the heart of the collection by reading the poems concerning the passion and resurrection, starting from "Gethsemane." They will then understand what reading the book can bring them. As with the collection Beginnings, which precedes it, the poems are given in the original language they were first written (French) and in their translation into English. The people who can read French will be able to appreciate the musicality inherent in their composition. The English reader will be able to appreciate the general aesthetics of the images and the description of the emotions faithfully rendered by the translation.

The language of emotions and symbols is, par excellence, that of poetry. Yet the Bible uses a language of symbols from nature or the history of Israel that call and respond in echo throughout its various books including those of the New Covenant. Beginnings uses poetry to bring out the interplay of symbols or the deeply human aspect of emotions present in texts of the First Testament; it explores also different human experiences. Therefore, it does not in itself require any particular knowledge of the Scriptures to be appreciated. However, as this knowledge can help with grasping the poems in all their dimensions, some notes may support the reader to do so. The texts were first written in French, and it seemed useful to put the original text in front of the translation, as the play of rhythms and sonorities often could not be rendered in the latter. However, the entanglement of symbolic games and the deep description of emotions that poetic language allows is fully kept in the English text, and thus all readers can appreciate the poems, letting the words penetrate them by the magic of poetry.

The language of emotions and symbols is, par excellence, that of poetry. Yet the Bible uses a language of symbols from nature or the history of Israel that call and respond in echo throughout its various books including those of the New Covenant. Beginnings uses poetry to bring out the interplay of symbols or the deeply human aspect of emotions present in texts of the First Testament; it explores also different human experiences. Therefore, it does not in itself require any particular knowledge of the Scriptures to be appreciated. However, as this knowledge can help with grasping the poems in all their dimensions, some notes may support the reader to do so. The texts were first written in French, and it seemed useful to put the original text in front of the translation, as the play of rhythms and sonorities often could not be rendered in the latter. However, the entanglement of symbolic games and the deep description of emotions that poetic language allows is fully kept in the English text, and thus all readers can appreciate the poems, letting the words penetrate them by the magic of poetry.

The New Testament is crossed by an incredible narrative tension. The poetic language allows this tension to be highlighted: it paints the features of an epic of salvation through plays of images, symbols, and emotions, and gives the texts a new intensity. While this collection does not require any preliminary biblical knowledge, the latter will help to grasp its full meaning. The reader can choose a systematic reading from the beginning or go directly to the heart of the collection by reading the poems concerning the passion and resurrection, starting from "Gethsemane." They will then understand what reading the book can bring them. As with the collection Beginnings, which precedes it, the poems are given in the original language they were first written (French) and in their translation into English. The people who can read French will be able to appreciate the musicality inherent in their composition. The English reader will be able to appreciate the general aesthetics of the images and the description of the emotions faithfully rendered by the translation.

This volume contains papers based on some of the talks given at the NSF-CBMS conference on ``The Geometrical Study of Differential Equations'' held at Howard University (Washington, DC). The collected papers present important recent developments in this area, including the treatment of nontransversal group actions in the theory of group invariant solutions of PDEs, a method for obtaining discrete symmetries of differential equations, the establishment of a group-invariant version of the variational complex based on a general moving frame construction, the introduction of a new variational complex for the calculus of difference equations and an original structural investigation of Lie-Backlund transformations. The book opens with a modern and illuminating overview of Lie's line-sphere correspondence and concludes with several interesting open problems arising from symmetry analysis of PDEs. It offers a rich source of inspiration for new or established researchers in the field. This book can serve nicely as a companion volume to a forthcoming book written by the principle speaker at the conference, Professor Niky Kamran, to be published in the AMS series, CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics.

This volume describes the world of Parisian students as exemplified by the Collège de Dormans-Beauvais between 1370 and 1458. The prosopography of this institution is based on an examination of hitherto unused archives: the account books of the college. The first chapter describes how this medieval foundation was transformed by the middle of the 15th century into a teaching institution which foreshadowed the modern college structure. The three following chapters present a sociological analysis of this community, concentrating on the background, training and careers of the fellows. The volume also contains a first critical edition of the statutes of the foundation, and biographies of the 357 fellows and 6 patrons of the college during this period.

Jeunesse de l'Église " ? Maurice Montuclard ? Ce titre et ce patronyme, âprement discutés en leur temps, s'enfoncent dans le passé d'un catholicisme français ne brillant guère par sa mémoire. Qui a encore quelque idée, dans ses nouvelles générations dégarnies, de l'enjeu des débats passionnés dont ils ont été le centre, voici tout juste un demi-siècle ? Débats trop souvent réduits il est vrai à leurs conclusions : les sanctions de l'épiscopat, la mise à l'index des Événements et la foi, la réduction à l'état laïc de Montuclard, suivie de la dissolution progressive de son mouvement (1952-1955). Et pourtant, comment écrire l'histoire religieuse de la France au XXe siècle sans y remettre " Jeunesse de l'Eglise " à sa juste place par une reconstitution minutieuse de son histoire-bataille et de son parcours intellectuel, certes moins exaltante que la légende, noire plus souvent que dorée, dont Montuclard et les siens ont été victimes. Telle est la tâche à laquelle s'est attelé Thierry Keck. Il en est issu une thèse de doctorat remarquable dont ce livre reprend la substance. Cette tâche n'était pas facile pour deux raisons majeures : l'absence présumée de sources autres que les publications ardues de " Jeunesse de l'Eglise " ; et plus encore les méandres d'un itinéraire peu commode à décrypter. En fait, les sources existaient. Maurice Montuclard était trop historien pour bazarder les traces des deux décennies les plus marquantes de son existence : les archives du mouvement, complétées par beaucoup d'autres et par des témoignages, ont fourni à Thierry Keck la matière de son étude. Son intelligence des situations, des hommes et de leurs idées a fait le reste. Il fournit ainsi, avec le juste mélange d'empathie et de distance, une restitution convaincante de ce maillon manquant du progressisme chrétien que les meilleurs spécialistes, à commencer par Yvon Tranvouez, appelaient depuis longtemps de leurs vœux. Ce livre n'est donc pas un livre d'histoire religieuse parmi d'autres : il est la première histoire plausible d'un mouvement sur lequel se sont peu à peu entassés les lieux communs et les à-peu-près, quand ce ne sont pas les contrevérités (sabordage de l'Action catholique ; corruption des prêtres-ouvriers ; agence d'infiltration du communisme au sein de l'Eglise)