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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Book of Mormon's narrative privileges Isaiah over other sources, provocatively interpreting and at times inventively reworking the biblical text. Joseph M. Spencer sees within the Book of Mormon a programmatic investigation regarding the meaning and relevance of the Book of Isaiah in a world increasingly removed from the context of the times that produced it. Working from the crossroads of reception studies and Mormon studies, Spencer investigates...
Author
Publisher
IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The more we understand how Scripture came to be, the more we discover its power and truth. Unpacking how the history of the Bible bolsters our faith, historian Susan Lim explains how Christians came to accept certain documents as inspired and how the books we now call the Bible came to be assembled and canonized as authoritative.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Organized in 12 main sections, The Good Book opens with meditations on the origin and progress of the world and human life in it, then devotes attention to the question of how life should be lived, how we relate to one another, and how vicissitudes are to be faced and joys appreciated. Inspired by the work of Herodotus and Lucretius, Confucius and Mencius, Seneca and Cicero, Montaigne, Bacon, and so many others, The Good Book will fulfill its audacious...
Author
Publisher
B&H Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Este libro trata sobre un personaje que ha atraído muy poca atención de los historiadores: Simón, el hijo de Jonás. El pescador que dejó todo para seguir a Jesús hasta la orilla del Mar de Galilea tiene mucho que decir sobre él.
This book deals with a character that has attracted much less attention from historians: Simon the son of Jonas, the fisherman who left everything to follow Jesus to the shore of the Sea of Gali.
Publisher
WorthyKids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Perfect for curious little ones, this book tells the story of Christmas in bite-sized pieces. Short sentences and colorful illustrations guide children through that famous night--from Mary and Joseph's journey all the way to the eventual arrival of the wise men--while each page highlights a new word found in the biblical account--such as star, manger, and angel. Whether you use this book to encourage language development or to introduce the story...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family weaves classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith, and new pop songs in a retelling of the greatest story ever told, the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus.
9) Him
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the village of Nazareth, virgin Maryam, the wife of Yosef, gives birth to a miracle: a little girl. She is named Avigayil, after her grandmother. But as Avigayil grows, it's clear she believes that she is destined to be someone greater than just the daughter of Maryam. From leading a gang of village boys to challenging the priests in the temple, Avigayil is determined to find her way as Yeshu, a man. yeshu can work miracles. He can see futures....
Author
Publisher
Worthy Books, an imprint of Worthy Publishing Group, a division of Worthy Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
Explore the stories behind the story of the vision come-to-life with the historically significant Museum of the Bible. Drawing on detailed firsthand accounts, this book brings the museum's creation to life, retelling the full background of the museum, including the colorful stories of the museum's characters, concept, collection, and construction. This book has immediate appeal to museum donors and visitors, and also introduces new readers to the...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
By using principles from a variety of scientific disciplines, Yale Professor Samuel Wilkinson provides a framework for human evolution that reveals an overarching purpose to our existence. Generations have been taught that evolution implies there is no overarching purpose to our existence, that life has no fundamental meaning. We are merely the accumulation of tens of thousands of intricate molecular accidents. Some scientists take this logic one...
13) Loving our own bones: disability wisdom and the spiritual subversiveness of knowing ourselves whole
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Attitudes about disability have such deep cultural roots we almost forget their sources... but open the Bible and disability is everywhere. Moses stutters; Isaac is blind; Jesus heals the sick, the paralyzed, and the possessed. Yet religious leaders and cultural commentators treat disability as a metaphor for spiritual incapacity, or a challenge to be overcome. Belser-- herself a queer disabled Jewish feminist-- uses fresh readings of familiar biblical...
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