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  • Ezra & the Law in History and Tradition

    by Lisbeth S. Fried ...
    Series series Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament
    Discover the real Ezra in this in-depth study of the Biblical figure that separates historical facts from cultural legends.The historical Ezra was sent to Jerusalem as an emissary of the Persian monarch. What was his task? According to the Bible, the Persian king sent Ezra to bring the Torah, the five books of the Laws of Moses, to the Jews. Modern scholars have claimed not only that Ezra brought ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Holman QuickSource Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls

    by Craig A. Evans ...
    Series series Holman QuickSource
    Book seven in a greatly successful, visually-driven yet content-rich reference series, the Holman QuickSource™ Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls gives the reader a strong overview and understanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their importance for Christianity as outlined by esteemed professor and author Craig A. Evans.Topics covered will include the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, notes on the Dead ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Don't Know Much About the Bible

    Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned

    by Kenneth C. Davis ...
    Series Book 11 - Don't Know Much About Series
    “Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!” —People magazineA completely revised and updated version of the classic book Don’t Know Much About® The BibleNine out of ten Americans own a Bible, but how much do they know about the one book that has influenced human history more than any other? Don't Know Much About the Bible by New York Times bestselling ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • David and Solomon

    In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition

    by Israel Finkelstein, Neil Asher Silberman ...
    The exciting field of biblical archaeology has revolutionized our understanding of the Bible -- and no one has done more to popularise this vast store of knowledge than Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman, who revealed what we now know about when and why the Bible was first written in The Bible Unearthed. Now, with David and Solomon, they do nothing less than help us to understand the sacred ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • How to Read the Bible

    A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now

    by James L. Kugel ...
    James Kugel’s essential introduction and companion to the Bible combines modern scholarship with the wisdom of ancient interpreters for the entire Hebrew Bible.As soon as it appeared, How to Read the Bible was recognized as a masterwork, “awesome, thrilling” (The New York Times), “wonderfully interesting, extremely well presented” (The Washington Post), and “a tour de force...a stunning narrative” ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Cities That Built the Bible

    by Robert R. Cargill ...
    "An expert guide and teacher . . . delves into difficult topics with humor and ease. . . . Well worth reading." — Biblical ArcheologyFor many, the names Bethlehem, Babylon, and Jerusalem are known as the setting for epic stories from the Bible. What often gets missed is that these cities are far more than just the setting for the Bible and its characters—they were instrumental to the creation of ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Oxford Companion To The Bible

    by Bruce M. Metzger;Michael David Coogan ...
    The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists, from classic works such as Michaelangelo's Last Judgment, Handel's Messiah, or Milton's Paradise Lost, to modern works such as Thomas ... Read more

    $123.69 CAD

  • The Invention of God

    by Thomas Römer ...
    Translated by Raymond Geuss ...
    Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Römer seeks to answer these questions about the deity of the great monotheisms—Yhwh, God, or Allah—by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE.That we can address such enigmatic questions at all may come as a surprise. But as Römer makes clear, a wealth of evidence ... Read more

    $46.19 CAD

  • Jesus in the Talmud

    by Peter Schäfer ...
    Scattered throughout the Talmud, the founding document of rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, can be found quite a few references to Jesus--and they're not flattering. In this lucid, richly detailed, and accessible book, Peter Schäfer examines how the rabbis of the Talmud read, understood, and used the New Testament Jesus narrative to assert, ultimately, Judaism's superiority over Christianity.The ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • The Exodus

    How it Happened and Why It Matters

    by Richard Elliott Friedman ...
    "In fluent prose . . . makes a gripping and persuasive case that it was the Levites who escaped Egypt and carried the story of the Exodus into Canaan." — The New York Times Book ReviewThe Exodus has become a core tradition of Western civilization. Millions read it, retell it, and celebrate it. But did it happen? Unable to find physical evidence until now, many archaeologists and scholars claim ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction; Second Edition

    by Lawrence Boadt; Revised and Updated by Richard Clifford and Daniel Harrington ...
    Reading the Old Testament was recognized as a classic almost from its date of publication in 1984. Without in any way diminishing its famed clarity, judiciousness, and theological depth, two prominent scholars, Richard Clifford and Daniel Harrington, have brought the book into the twenty-first century. ... Read more

    $27.43 CAD

  • Revelation

    by Craig S. Keener ...
    Series series The NIV Application Commentary
    The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.What can we know about the book of Revelation? What should we make of its visions of apocalyptic horsemen, horns with faces, flying angels, and fantastic beasts? Most important, what meaning does it hold for us here and now, and how can we apply it to our lives? Craig S. Keener shares ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD