Esther and the Politics of Negotiation
6,905円 Was Esther uniquean anomaly in patriarchal society? Conventionally, scholars see ancient Israelite and Jewish women as excluded from the public world, their power concentrated instead in the domestic realm and exercised through familial structures. Rebecca S. Hancock demonstrates, in contrast, th...
The Bodies of God and the World of Ancien...
9,021円 Sommer utilizes a lost ancient Near Eastern perception of divinity according to which a god has more than one body and fluid, unbounded selves. Though the dominant strains of biblical religion rejected it, a monotheistic version of this theological intuition is found in some biblical texts. Later...
The Bible's Foundation
2,519円 The first five books of the Hebrew Bible spark discussions that last for centuries. From the creation stories in Genesis through the delineation of the law in Deuteronomy, these five books - the Pentateuch - contain deep troves of historical and spiritual treasures. In The Bible's Foundation: An ...
Shepherd's Notes: Galatians
927円 You grew up using the well known black and yellow striped Cliff's Notes to help you grasp everything from great literary works to algebra. Unfortunately, what "Cliff" forgot was the greatest literary work in history: the complete Holy Bible. Enjoy the ease of understanding the Bible like never be...
Revelation: The Glorified Christ
794円 People fall into two different groups when it comes to the Bookof Revelation. The first group loves it. They study the propheciesand scan current events looking for signs of the end. The secondwill have nothing to do with it. Whichever group you're in, you'llgain fresh insights and new understand...
Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful
5,970円 In the book of Revelation, John appeals to the faithful to avoid the temptations of wealth, which he connects with evil and disobedience within secular society. New Testament scholars have traditionally viewed his somewhat radical stance as a reaction to the social injustices and idolatry of the ...
Abraham Our Father
6,905円 Father Abraham had many sons . . . So goes the chorus that the Shona people learned from European missionaries as part of the broader experience of colonization that they share with other African peoples. Urged to abandon their ancestors and embrace Christianity, the Shona instead engaged in a co...
James: Living Your Faith
794円 You can talk it, but will you walk it?James's letter is a call to action. He challenges those whoclaim to have faith to demonstrate it in their lives. Our faith inJesus Christ is one that goes beyond feelings and emotions tolife-changing action.In these eleven lessons, you'll read through James's...
A Scientific Investigation of the Old Tes...
1,122円 It is the purpose of the present volume to show that intelligent Christians have a reasonable ground for concluding that the text of the Old Testament which we have is substantially correct, and that, in its true and obvious meaning, it has a right to be considered a part of the “infallible rule ...
One to Watch, One to Pray
1,723円 "A fine primer on the four gospels by a deacon and former professor of New Testament. Her spring-board is the prayer many of learned as children: 'Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John/Guard the bed I lie upon...' showing the evangelists as true guardian angels or messengers of good news." -- The Living ...
Real People, Real Problems
200円 Too often we think of people in the Bible as caricatures, as if they are fictional creations. But these were flesh and blood people, just like you and I. They ate, slept, got tired, experienced joy and sorrow – and had problems! Of all the millions of people who have lived on the earth, God chose...
Unitarian Christianity
496円 Unitarian Christianity By William Ellery Channing "Unitarianism is the belief in the single personality of God, in contrast to the doctrine of the Trinity (three persons in one God). It is the philosophy upon which the modern Unitarian movement was based, and, according to its proponents, is the ...
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