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Price: $24.00
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Sale: $15.34
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Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Leon R. Kass
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 2221106
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Publication Date: 2006-03-15
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Reading Level: 716
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Description: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also timeless.
Examining Genesis in a philosophical light, Kass presents it not as a story of what happened long ago, but as the enduring story of humanity itself. He asserts that the first half of Genesis contains insights about human nature that “rival anything produced by the great philosophers.” Kass here reads these first stories—from Adam and Eve to the tower of Babel—as a mirror for self-discovery that reveals truths about human reason, speech, freedom, sexual desire, pride, shame, anger, and death. Taking a step further in the second half of his book, Kass explores the struggles in Genesis to launch a new way of life that addresses mankind’s morally ambiguous nature by promoting righteousness and holiness.
Even readers who don’t agree with Kass’s interpretations will find The Beginning of Wisdom a compelling book—a masterful philosophical take on one of the world’s seminal religious texts.
“Extraordinary. . . . Its analyses and hypotheses will leave no reader’s understanding of Genesis unchanged.” —New York Times
“A learned and fluent, delightfully overstuffed stroll through the Gates of Eden. . . . Mix Harold Bloom with Stephen Jay Gould and you’ll get something like Kass. A wonderfully intelligent reading of Genesis.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Throughout his book, Kass uses fruitful, fascinating techniques for getting at the heart of Genesis. . . . Innumerable times [he] makes a reader sit back and rethink what has previously been tediously familiar or baffling.”—Washington Post
“It is important to state that this is a book not merely rich, but prodigiously rich with insight. Kass is a marvelous reader, sensitive and careful. His interpretations surprise again and again with their cogency and poignancy.”—Jerusalem Post
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Price: $39.95
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Sale: $31.95
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Manufacturer: InnerCircle Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Steven, L. Hairfield
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Publisher: InnerCircle Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 220
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Publication Date: 2006-08-31
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Reading Level: 808
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Description: What a wonderful adventure! Imagine you were born in a vast, dimly lit cave, where everything, including the people, appears to be a dull gray. All you can see are shadows and darkness. As you grow up, you find that your life is strongly regulated by the "Book of Rules", an ancient edict that controls even your most secret thoughts. You also learn that, somewhere in the cave, there is a crack in its walls that emanates a strange light. It is a forbidden place, guarded by ferocious animals, so that no one can truly inspect this anomaly. Later in life, your curiosity and your silent wish for a better environment finally throw you into action. Somehow, you manage to get past the vicious guards, and to avoid death, you dive headlong into the strange brightness. When your eyes finally adjust, you discover a new world, full of colors, sounds and fragrances, and you vow never to return to darkness. That, dear reader, is in essence what this book did for me. I will not offer disparaging words about the religion into which I was born and raised, but I will praise the effects of Eastern philosophy and the wisdom of metaphysics. As you will read for yourselves, these two belief systems have extracted the unmitigated divine Truth from the metaphors found in the greatest book ever published. Having lived most of my adult life in the shadows of conditioned dogmas, I found at last that doorway in the cave's wall. I discovered the beauty of God's nature and the passive gullibility of humankind. Last but not least, I received the long awaited explanation to the unanswered questions that troubled my formative years. Thus, it is in all sincerity that I highly recommend the reading of this remarkable book. Hopefully, it will reach your mind, your heart and your soul. My six years as editor for Dr. Hairfield's works have been filled with spiritual peace and enlightenment. May the contents of this book transport you to the same level. Read from the book at: www.innercirclepublishing.com
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $12.88
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Manufacturer: Paulist Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Louis M. Savary
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Publisher: Paulist Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 233
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Publication Date: 2007-09-14
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Reading Level: 266
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Price: $56.00
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Sale: $29.50
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Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Gordon Fee
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Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 227.2077
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Publication Date: 1987-07
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Reading Level: 904
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Description: Gordon Fee's work on I Corinthians is a contribution to The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Prepared by some of the world's leading scholars, the series provides an exposition of the New Testament books that is thorough and fully abreast of modern scholarship yet faithful to the Scriptures as the infallible Word of God.
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Price: $34.99
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Sale: $21.35
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Manufacturer: Baker Academic
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Eugene H., Merrill
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Publisher: Baker Academic
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 933
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Publication Date: 2008-03-01
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Reading Level: 560
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Description: From the origins and exodus to the restoration and new hope, Kingdom of Priests offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of Old Testament Israel. Merrill explores the history of ancient Israel not only from Old Testament texts but also from the literary and archeological sources of the ancient Near East. After selling more than 30,000 copies, the book has now been updated and revised. The second edition addresses and interacts with current debates in the history of ancient Israel, offering an up-to-date articulation of a conservative evangelical position on historical matters. The text is accented with nearly twenty maps and charts.
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Price: $29.99
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Sale: $18.80
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Manufacturer: Jewish Lights Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Michael J., Ph.D. Cook
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Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 225.6024296
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Publication Date: 2008-05
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Reading Level: 374
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Price: $22.00
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Sale: $13.79
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Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: William G. Dever
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Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 200
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Publication Date: 2002-06
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Description: For centuries the Bible has been the fountain-head of our Judeo-Christian tradition. Yet the Hebrew scriptures and their historical background remain a mystery to most people. This fascinating book by William Dever looks behind the Bible, showing how modern archaeology brilliantly illuminates both life in ancient Palestine and the sacred scriptures we have them today. Written for general readers but dealing with very real problems in biblical studies, this book brings together a wealth of archaeological evidence to give the clearest picture yet of the "real Israel" that existed during the Iron Age of ancient Palestine (1200-600 B.C.). Dever's superb reconstruction of this key period recovers a reliable core history of ancient Israel that provides the best defense yet of the essential values of the biblical history and tradition under attack today.
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Price: $32.98
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Sale: $20.68
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Manufacturer: Prometheus Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Hector Avalos
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Publisher: Prometheus Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 220.07
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Publication Date: 2007-07-12
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: In this radical critique of his own academic speciality, biblical scholar Hector Avalos calls for an end to biblical studies as we know them. He outlines two main arguments for this surprising conclusion. First, academic biblical scholarship has clearly succeeded in showing that the ancient civilisation that produced the Bible held beliefs about the origin, nature, and purpose of the world and humanity that are fundamentally opposed to the views of modern society. The Bible is thus largely irrelevant to the needs and concerns of contemporary human beings. Second, Avalos criticises his colleagues for applying a variety of flawed and specious techniques aimed at maintaining the illusion that the Bible is still relevant in today's world.In effect, he accuses his profession of being more concerned about its self-preservation than about giving an honest account of its own findings to the general public and faith communities. Dividing his study into two parts, Avalos first examines the principal sub-disciplines of biblical studies (textual criticism, archaeology, historical criticism, literary criticism, biblical theology, and translations) in order to show how these fields are still influenced by religiously motivated agendas despite claims to independence from religious premises. In the second part, he focuses on the infrastructure that supports academic biblical studies to maintain the value of the profession and the Bible.This infrastructure includes academia (public and private universities and colleges), churches, the media-publishing complex, and professional organisations such as the Society of Biblical Literature. In a controversial conclusion, Avalos argues that our world is best served by leaving the Bible as a relic of an ancient civilisation instead of the 'living' document most religionist scholars believe it should be. He urges his colleagues to concentrate on educating the broader society to recognise the irrelevance and even violent effects of the Bible in modern life.
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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $9.88
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Manufacturer: HarperOne
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Burton L. Mack
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Publisher: HarperOne
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Dewey Decimal Number: 225.6
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Publication Date: 1996-09-06
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: The Making of the Christian Myth Commencing in mid February 2004, SBS TV (Australia) will run a two–part documentary based on this title. In this groundbreaking and controversial book, Burton Mack brilliantly exposes how the Gospels are fictional mythologies created by different communities for various purposes and are only distantly related to the actual historical Jesus. Mack's innovative scholarship which boldly challenges traditional Christian understanding' will change the way you approach the New Testament and think about how Christianity arose. The clarity of Mack's prose and the intelligent pursuit of his subject make compelling reading. Mack's investigation of the various groups and strands of the early Christian community out of which were generated the texts of Christianity's first anthology of religious literature and makes sense of a topic that has been confusing.
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Price: $29.99
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Sale: $17.79
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Manufacturer: B&H Publishing Group
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Stephen R. Miller
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Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
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Dewey Decimal Number: 224.5077
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Publication Date: 1994-08
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Reading Level: 348
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