Pelikan takes the reader through the good book's evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern existence in various iterations, translations, and languages. From the earliest Hebrew texts and the Bible's appearance...
Bible
- Author:Pelikan, JaroslavSummary:
- Author:Mears, Henrietta C.Summary:
This is a must-have for pastors, teachers and all individuals who want to understand God's great plan of the ages revealed from Genesis to Revelation. Readers will find essential facts and historical background, but more importantly see...
- Author:Rivers, FrancineSummary:
In this second book of the Lineage of Grace series, Francine Rivers retells the tragic yet tender story of Rahab--another woman in the lineage of Jesus. While remaining true to the facts of Scripture, Rivers explores the faith of this...
- Author:Washburn, DelSummary:
Asserts that a mathematical design within the Bible, in the original Hebrew and Greek, provides proof that God did in fact write every word of the Old and New Testaments.
- Author:Schmid, KonradSummary:
The Bible as we know it today is best understood as a process, one that begins in the tenth century BCE. In this revelatory account, a world-renowned scholar of Hebrew scripture joins a foremost authority on the New Testament to write a...
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The findings of historians and archaeologists open a thrilling world of discovery as they bring their methods and insights to the iconic stories of the Bible. These 24 content-rich lessons take you on a multidimensional journey through...
- Author:Schiffman, Lawrence H.Summary:
The Hebrew Bible, known to Jews as the Tanakh and to Christians as the Old Testament, is the basis of our tradition of monotheism as well as the main avenue by which the ethics and teachings of the Hebrew spirit entered Western...
- Author:Goheen, Michael W., Bartholomew, Craig G.Summary:
This bestselling textbook surveys the grand narrative of the Bible, demonstrating how the biblical story forms the foundation of a Christian worldview. The second edition has been thoroughly revised. Additional material is available...
- Author:Cahn, JonathanSummary:
Imagine if you discovered a treasure chest in which were hidden ancient mysteries, revelations from heaven, secrets of the ages, the answers to man's most enduring, age-old questions, and the hidden keys that can transform your life to...
- Author:Geoghegan, Jeffrey, Homan, MichaelSummary:
90% of Americans own a copy of the Bible, and while it’s the most widely read book, it’s also the least understood. Regardless of your religion, understanding the Bible brings much of Western art, literature and public discourse into...
- Author:De Coste, TwyllaSummary:
That the Lord May Whistle is a storybook framed in Bible verse that describes the importance of Shabbat/Sabbath, or the day of rest in the Lord. This unique explanation of the power of respect ultimately offers a resolution that is both...
- Author:Piper, JohnSummary:
The Bible reveals glorious things. And yet we often miss its power because we read it the same way we read any other book. In Reading the Bible Supernaturally, best-selling author John Piper teaches us how to read the Bible in light of...
- Author:Boice, James MontgomerySummary:
This commentary combines careful scholarship and clear communication in a verse-by-verse reading of Psalms 1-41. Boice relates the text's concerns to Christianity and the world in which we live.
- Author:Boice, James MontgomerySummary:
No book in the Bible is so filled with joy as Philippians. It also contains a wealth of great themes. This commentary covers most of the major doctrines of the Christian faith and is at the same time extremely practical.
- Author:Milton, JohnSummary:
Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Homer, Virgil, and Dante, and sought to create a work of art which fully represented the most...
- Author:TyndaleSummary:
Trusted & Treasured by Millions of Readers over 30 Years, the Life Application Study Bible Is Today’s #1–Selling Study Bible. Now it has been thoroughly updated and expanded, offering even more relevant insights for understanding...
- Author:O'Brien, Brandon J., Richards, E. RandolphSummary:
What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultural distance between the biblical world and our contemporary setting, we often bring modern Western biases to the text. Biblical scholars...
- Author:Allender, Dan B.Summary:
Reveals the weaknesses of today's new breed of leader, as well as the Bible's most famous ones. It supplies practical direction to anyone who aspires to be a more effective leader, showing that a limping leader is the person...
- Author:THIERING, B. ESummary:
This controversial book presents the author's landmark research into the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament. She proposes a radically different history of the life of Christ which sweeps away the miraculous elements associated...