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1) The Prophets
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Prophets provides a unique opportunity for readers of the Old Testament, both Christian and Jewish, to gain fresh and deep knowledge of Israel's prophetic movement. The author's profound understanding of the prophets also opens the door to new insight into the philosophy of religion.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
If the Bible isn't a science book or an instruction manual, then what is it? What do people mean when they say the Bible is inspired? When Rachel Held Evans found herself asking these questions, she began a quest to better understand what the Bible is and how it is meant to be read. What she discovered changed her--and it will change you too. Drawing on the best in recent scholarship and using her well-honed literary expertise, Evans examines some...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
Description
"A book that begins before Adam and ends after us. In this magisterial work, figures of the Bible and its whole outline emerge in a new light: one that is often astonishing and disquieting, as indeed is the book from which they originate. Roberto Calasso's The Book of All Books is a narration that moves through the Bible as if through a forest, where every branch--every verse--may offer some revelation. Where a man named Saul becomes the first king...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cox explores three different lenses commonly used to bring the Bible into focus: literary--as narrative stories of family conflict, stirring heroism, and moral dilemmas; history--as classic texts with academic and theological applications; activism--as a source of dialogue and engagement to be shared and applied to our lives. By bringing these together, Cox shows the Bible in all its rich diversity and meaning and offers us a contemporary activist...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
154 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Are the four canonical Gospels actual historical accounts or are they imaginative literature produced by influential literary artists to serve a theological vision? In this study of the Gospels based upon a demonstrable literary theory, Randel Helms presents the work of the four evangelists as the supreme fictions of our culture, self-conscious works of art deliberately composed as the culmination of a long literary and oral tradition.
Helms analyzes...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, is universally regarded as one of the world's spiritual and literary masterpieces. Richard Davis tells the story of this venerable and enduring book, from its origins in ancient India to its reception today as a spiritual classic that has been translated into more than seventy-five languages. The Gita opens on the eve of a mighty battle, when the warrior Arjuna is overwhelmed by...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 288 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Across the Western world, the Ten Commandments have become a source of inspiration and controversy, whether in court rulings, in film and literature, or as a religious icon gracing houses of worship of every denomination. But what do they really mean? According to polls, less than half of all Americans can even name more than four of them. For most of us, agnostics and faithful alike, they have been relegated to the level of a symbol, their teachings...
18) Ardor
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
420 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A meditation on the ancient wisdom of the Vedas, in which Calasso brings ritual and sacrifice to bear on the modern world"--
Author
Publisher
Amana Publications
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
New ed. with Qurả̄nic text (Arabic), rev. translation, commentary, and newly compiled comprehensive index.
Physical Desc
lxii, 1759 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Latest editions are published with a newly compiled comprehensive index, revised extensive commentary and Arabic Madinah script facing English translation. The best in translation, print and binding now available in three editions with Arabic text.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
ix, 244 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
An acclaimed author takes readers back to early Christianity to ask how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and forward to see how the multibillion-dollar business that has created Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Bible's sacred capital.
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