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381) Revelation
Author
Series
Matthew Shardlake novels volume 4
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Defending a young religious zealot who is being held in the Bedlam hospital for the insane, Matthew Shardlake investigates a series of murders with ties to Lady Catherine Parr, a reform sympathizer and future wife of Henry VIII.
Author
Publisher
IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders. But there is ample evidence in the New Testament that women were respected leaders at the frontier of the gospel ministry. Nijay Gupta shines light on the inspiring contributions of women like Phoebe, Prisca, Junia, Nympha, and more"--
"Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in the church. But there is ample evidence...
385) Jewel of the Nile
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Whispered secrets about her parents' past take on new urgency for Chariline as she pays one last visit to the land of her forefathers, the ancient kingdom of Cush. Raised as an orphan by her aunt, Chariline has only been told a few pieces of her parents' tragic love story. Her beautiful dark skin is proof that her father was Cushite, but she knows nothing else. While visiting her grandfather before his retirement as the Roman official in the queen's...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The Jewish Study Bible combines the entire Hebrew Bible--in the celebrated Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation--with explanatory notes, introductory materials, and essays by leading biblical scholars on virtually every aspect of the text, the world in which it was written, its interpretation, and its role in Jewish life. The quality of scholarship, easy-to-navigate format, and vibrant supplementary features bring the ancient text to life"--...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning translation brings new immediacy to these beloved books of the Bible. Read them for the first time, again. These five late biblical books offer readers a range of pleasures not usually associated with the Bible. They are artful, entertaining literary works-innovative, even startling. Women often stand center stage. Song of Songs is a celebration of young love, frankly sensuous, with no reference to God or covenant. It offers some...
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A masterly analysis of the Book of Leviticus, the newest volume in the award-winning series of commentaries on the Hebrew Bible by "a celebrated biblical scholar, keen on weaving together traditional Jewish exegesis, psychoanalysis, and postmodern criticism" (The New York Times Book Review). The image of the Golden Calf haunts the commentaries that thread through Leviticus. This catastrophic episode, in which the Israelites (freed from Egyptian slavery...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Holiness of Doubt is a timely and essential contribution to the study of sacred Jewish texts. Divided according to the weekly Torah portions as traditionally studied in the Jewish community, this book explores the purpose of the 275 questions in the texts and serves as a unique interpretation of the Torah on its own"--
394) NLT study Bible
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Clarity was the primary goal of the NLT translators, not only to facilitate private reading and understanding but also to ensure that it would be excellent for public reading and make an immediate impact leading the reader and all hearers, to the knowledge of the need for all mankind to be saved by the forgiveness of their sins, which can only be obtained through the sacrificial life and atoning death of Jesus the Christ (Book of Acts 4:12) .
396) Who wrote the Bible?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years, the prophet Moses was regarded as the sole author of the first five books of the Bible, known as the Pentateuch. According to tradition, Moses was divinely directed to write down foundational events in the history of the world: the creation of humans, the worldwide flood, the laws as they were handed down at Mt. Sinai, and the cycle of Israel's enslavement and liberation from Egypt. However, these stories-and their frequent...
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum, a Tyndale nonfiction imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the fascinating story of how we got the world's greatest book-the Bible. It is a captivating story that includes a little bit of everything: adventure and violence, mystery and bravery, history and romance, and dumb luck or divine intervention-depending on your point of view. How in the world did we get this book that some people swear by-and other people swear at? You don't have to be a skeptic to have a grocery list of questions about...
398) Miriam's song
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Miriam and her people have prayed for deliverance from the cruel tyranny of Egypt for generations. She believes her brother is the long-awaited answer to their pleas. But how can the exiled prince-turned-shepherd Moses stand against the most powerful man in the world?"--
Miriam has always lived in her younger brother's shadow, thrust into the role of protector before Moses was even born. In her mind she knows she is serving both her God and her...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In The First Christmas, Stephen Mitchell brings the Nativity story to vivid life as never before. A narrative that is only sketched out in two Gospels becomes fully realized here with nuanced characters and a setting that reflects the culture of the time. Mitchell has suffused the birth of Jesus with a sense of beauty that will delight and astonish readers. In this version, we see the world through the eyes of a Whitmanesque ox and a visionary donkey,...
400) Images of God
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Explores some of the images which biblical writers use to teach about God; images include light, rock, and wind as well as a gardener, father, and architect.
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