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Before the Arabo-Muslim conquest of 698, the Jews lived peacefully in North Africa with the other inhabitants of the region, except for a few brief periods of Roman and Byzantine rules. Under Islam, life was at times so good that some of the most important religious works since Babylon were written...

Organized by subject, this is a collection of teachings and quotations from the Talmud, the Bible, rabbinical commentaries, and ancient and modern religious and secular writings. Writers include Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Hebrew poet Hayim Bialik, Cynthia Ozick, Emile Zola, Albert Einstein,...

Este ebook presenta "Santa Biblia - Reina-Valera (Con Índice Activo)", con un indice dinámico y detallado. Esta conocida versión de la Biblia, que alcanzó muy amplia difusión durante la Reforma Protestante del siglo XVI, es una de las más aceptadas por las iglesias cristianas protestantes (incluyendo...

The Apostle Paul, even though religious, was a man transformed from one of the most violent, hateful men, into one of the godliest, loving and most powerful men that ever lived. That transformation began with an experience one day when God blinded him, and knocked him to the ground in humiliation...

A Tale of Three Coats Joseph is one of the few Bible characters to which God seemingly found no fault, but because of a tiny fault he did have, he ended up as a slave. Then, because of an extraordinarily good trait, he ended up in prison. Read this thrilling story of Joseph’s life...

Power is the point of envy of those who are weak, and the pride of those who are not. Although power can hold command over the lives of others, it can very much lead to the destruction of the one controlling it. Author Stephen R. Williams discusses the pitfalls of abused power without repentance and...

BELIEVE – Traitor, adulteress, widow and martyr: a contemporary re-imagining of the stories of four female characters from the Old Testament. Re-cast in a psychologically truthful light, their tales are shocking even by today’s sensationalist standards. From seduction, torture and decapitation...

"Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and...

L'autrice è Anna Katharina Emmerick (Coesfeld, 8 settembre 1774 – Dülmen, 9 febbraio 1824 )Nata in una famiglia di contadini, quinta di nove figli, divenne domestica e poi sarta prima di entrare nel 1802 nel monastero di Agnetenberg presso Dülmen, insieme alla sua amica Klara Söntgen....

La Passione di Gesù è un resoconto di Anna Caterina Emmerick, in cui l'autrice descrive alcune visioni che ha avuto e riguardanti la passione di Gesù, descritta sottolineandone gli aspetti più cruenti. Per quanto la tendenza ad esaltare i particolari più scabrosi...

Changed From Scoundrel to Servant is the story of a young boys journey to manhood. Traveling the country, his experiences include gripping stories of adventure, mischief, pain and amazing grace. Life Is a Story! We are told that who we become is controlled by where we are born, parenting, genetics,...

The escape from Egypt is the pivotal event in the Old Testament. Through it God gave his people their freedom. For forty tumultuous years God and Moses and a chronically rebellious people suffered and fought and established the foundations of a legal system and a system of ethics that changed the...

Are you stuck in your Spiritual Growth? Have you become complacent in your relationship with God? Maturing in ChristA Lifetime Journey is a hands on book to get you unstuck. Often we stop growing in our relationship with God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. And unfortunately, we stop growing in...

Life hurts when it is experienced through the flames of tragedy, but there is hope. There are answers. There is a purpose for it all. Todd had the perfect life: a thriving ministry, a happy and healthy family, and a bright future. All of it was interrupted when his...