18 books like How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian
The Origins of Biblical Monotheism
One of the leading scholars of ancient West Semitic religion discusses polytheism vs. monotheism by covering the fluidity of those categories in the ancient Near East. He argues that Israel's social history is key to the development of monotheism.
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Bible
The purpose of The Original African Heritage Study Bible is to interpret the Bible as it relates specifically to persons of African descent and thereby to foster an appreciation of the multiculturalism inherent in the Bible. The Original African Heritage Study Bible offers a number of unique features which reveal the African/Edenic contribution to Judaism and Christianity, including: 1)…
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The Jefferson Bible
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, commonly referred to as the Jefferson Bible, is one of two religious works constructed by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson compiled the manuscripts but never published them. The first, The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth, was completed in 1804, but no copies exist today. The second, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, was completed in 1820 by cutting…
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Evolution of the Word
Analyzes the New Testament chronologically through each book of the Bible, detailing how the core values of Christianity took shape and developed over time.
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Reading the Bible Again For the First Time
PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: Extensive hyperlinking allows the reader to move easily from Professor Borg's text and footnotes to the full text of the actual Biblical passages he cites (including the entirety of the Book of Job); "Seriously but Not Literally," an interview in which Borg discusses his own journey as a scholar and a person of faith and his membership in the controversial…
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Answer to Job
Considered one of Jung's most controversial works, Answer to Job also stands as Jung's most extensive commentary on a biblical text. Here, he confronts the story of the man who challenged God, the man who experienced hell on earth and still did not reject his faith. Job's journey parallels Jung's own experience--as reported in The Red Book: Liber Novus--of descending into the depths of his own…
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Seytanla Dans
Lestat is searching for Dora, the beautiful and charismatic mortal daughter of a drug lord. Dora has moved Lestat like no other mortal ever has, and he cannot get her out of his visions. At the same time, he is increasingly aware that the Devil knows who he is and wants something from him. While torn betwen his vampire world and his passion for Dora, Lestat is sucked in by Memnoch, who claims to…
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Bible myths and their parallels in other religions
1910 Being a comparison of the Old & New Testament myths & miracles with those of heathen nations of antiquity. Considering also their origin & meaning with numerous illustrations. Some of the contents: the Creation & Fall of Man; the Deluge; Tower.
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Poems
Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings. A particular instance of poetry is a poem and is written by a poet. Poets use a variety of techniques called poetic devices, such as assonance, alliteration, consonance, euphony…
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The Sins of Scripture
In the history of the Western World, the Bible has been a perpetual source of inspiration and guidance for countless Christians. However, this Bible has also left a trail of pain. It is undeniable that the Bible is not always used for good. Sometimes the Bible can seem overtly evil. Sometimes its texts are terrible. Bishop John Shelby Spong boldly approaches those texts that have been used…
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Jesus, Interrupted
The problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller Misquoting Jesus—and on The Daily Show with John Stewart, NPR, and Dateline NBC, among others—are expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: Jesus, Interrupted. This New York Times bestseller reveals how books in the Bible were actually forged by later authors, and that the New Testament itself is…
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Reflections on the Psalms
"I write," the author says, "as one amateur to another, talking about the difficulties I have met, or lights I have gained, with the hope that this might at any rate interest, and sometimes even help, other inexpert readers." He relates the Psalms to their tripel background: to the ancient Judaic religion which produced them, to the age of Christ when they took on new meanings, and to our daily…
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The Book Of Enoch The Prophet
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's finesse to Oscar Wilde's wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The…
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Frygt og Bæven
Frygt og Bæven er et filosofisk værk af Søren Kierkegaard, udgivet 16. oktober 1843 under pseudonymet Johannes de Silentio. Værket er en udvidet meditation over Mosebog 22, også kendt som Isaks binding. Kierkegaard forsøger at forstå Abrahams indre psykologiske tilstand under hans tre og en halv dag lange rejse til Moriah. Teksten forsøger at vise, hvordan det ikke er let at forstå Abrahams…
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The life and epistles of St. Paul
Conybeare and Howson have written such a fascinating book about Paul's extensive travels that the reader is given the feeling of being a time-traveler. Their purpose in writing was "to give a living picture of St. Paul himself and of the circumstances by which he was surrounded." In this they have been most successful. They have also inserted their own translation of each of Paul's epistles, as…
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
" St. Thomas Aquinas is enriched by the author's unique ability to see the world through the saint's eyes, a fresh and animated view that shows us Aquinas as no other biography has. Acclaimed as the best book ever written on Aquinas by such outstanding Thomists as Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Anton Pegis, this brilliant biography will completely capture the reader and leave him desirous…
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The sacred mushroom and the cross
The book relates the development of language to the development of myths, religions, and cultic practices in world cultures. Allegro argues, through etymology, that the roots of Christianity, and many other religions, lay in fertility cults, and that cult practices, such as ingesting visionary plants to perceive the mind of God, persisted into the early Christian era, and to some unspecified…
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Guesses at truth
Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
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