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  • Social Science Commentary on the Deutero-Pauline Letters

    by Bruce J. Malina, Bruce J. Malina, John J. Pilch ...
    The Social-Science Commentary series pioneers an alternative commentary genre, providing in this volume the text of the deutero-Pauline letters and cultural notes on them. The Social-Science Commentary on the Deutero-Pauline Letters provides essential reading scenarios on specific cultural phenomena in these letters, including forgery, normative conflict, paideia (training), and Household Codes. ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Biblical Social Values, Third Edition

    Edited by John J. Pilch, Bruce Malina ...
    Series Book 10 - Matrix: The Bible in Mediterranean Context
    Values are culturally specific. This handbook explains select biblical social values in their Mediterranean cultural contexts. Some examples of values are altruism, freedom, family-centeredness, obedience, parenting, and power. Though the English words for the values described here would be familiar to readers (e.g., altruism) the meanings of such words differ between cultures. In the ... Read more

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  • The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels

    by Bruce J. Malina ...
    In order to interpret historical writings, the reader must not employ their modern understanding of the world, but must strive to grasp the mindset of the original audience. To assist the twentieth-century New Testament reader in understanding the literal meaning of the New Testament is the goal of this collection of essays. The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels provides the reader with a set ... Read more

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  • Gallery of Bible Illustrations

    by Gustave Dore ...
    100 black and white illustrations (engravings) wth brief explanatory text. According to Wikipedia: ""Paul" Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving… At the age of fifteen Doré began his career working as a caricaturist for the French paper Le Journal pour rire, and subsequently went on to ... Read more

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  • The 100 Word Bible: The world's best-selling book - in 100 pages fo 100 words

    by Jonny Griffiths ...
    In this unique presentation of the bestselling book of all time, Jonny Griffiths has paraphrased every book of the Bible and its related themes in exactly one hundred words.Jonny’s enthralling personal journey reveals just what has made the Bible loved and respected by millions of people over hundreds of years: the beauty of its words, the drama of its stories and the depth of its insight into ... Read more

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  • The Bible in Arabic

    The Scriptures of the "People of the Book" in the Language of Islam

    by Sidney H. Griffith ...
    Series series Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World
    From the first centuries of Islam to well into the Middle Ages, Jews and Christians produced hundreds of manuscripts containing portions of the Bible in Arabic. Until recently, however, these translations remained largely neglected by Biblical scholars and historians. In telling the story of the Bible in Arabic, this book casts light on a crucial transition in the cultural and religious life of ... Read more

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  • The Skeptics Bible

    by Vincent Diaz ...
    This is a bible designed for all and especially for athiests adapted from its original non-religious version to this version that is non-religious until the end matter discussing penance. The bible stresses that you question it and tries to present its content in a manner that stands up to scrutiny. ... Read more

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  • The Blessed Sacrament

    The Works and Ways of God

    by Frederick Faber ...
    Fr. Faber inspires here a reverential awe and love for God's greatest work, the compendium of all miracles, and Queen of the Sacraments. Affirms that the Blessed Sacrament is the picture of God, the Magnet of souls and the very life of the Church. Includes great insights into the Theology of Transubstantiation (a doctrine often denied today), and describes Our Lord's Five Eucharistic Sufferings ... Read more

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  • Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham

    by Andrei A. Orlov ...
    The Apocalypse of Abraham is a vital source for understanding both Jewish apocalypticism and mysticism. Written anonymously soon after the destruction of the Second Jerusalem Temple, the text envisions heaven as the true place of worship and depicts Abraham as an initiate of celestial priesthood. Andrei A. Orlov focuses on the central rite of the Abraham story – the scapegoat ritual that receives ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

  • Writing on the Tablet of the Heart

    Origins of Scripture and Literature

    by David M. Carr ...
    This book explores a new model for the production, revision, and reception of Biblical texts as Scripture. Building on recent studies of the oral/written interface in medieval, Greco-Roman and ancinet Near Eastern contexts, David Carr argues that in ancient Israel Biblical texts and other texts emerged as a support for an educational process in which written and oral dimensions were integrally ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic

    by Federico Santangelo ...
    This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the intersection between Roman politics, culture and divination in the late Republic. It discusses how the practice of divination changed at a time of great political and social change and explores the evidence for a critical reflection and debate on the limits of divination and prediction in the second and first centuries BC. Divination was a central ... Read more

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  • Waterfall—Devotional and Study: Love, Hope, and Encouragement for Those Who Follow Christ

    by Vincent Gimmelli ...
    In reading and studying, we find the words written in the pages of our Bible inspire, encourage, and strengthen our faith, thankfully so!Pastor Vince invites you to sit under the waterfall of this devotional and studyexamining the life of Jesus and the early church. You will be refreshed and readyto live the life God desires you to live (and follow) in order to wonderfully reach,touch, and change ... Read more

    $9.99 USD