Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
The Harlot by the Side of the Road
Forbidden Tales of the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
Sex. Violence. Scandal. These are words we rarely associate with the sacred text of the Bible. Yet in this brilliant new book, Jonathan Kirsch shows that the Old Testament is filled with some of the most startling and explicit stories in all of Western literature. These tales of seduction and rape,...
by Garry Wills
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
**“Garry Wills brings his signature brand of erudite, unorthodox thinking to his latest book of revelations. . . . A tour de force and a profound show of faith.” (**O, the Oprah Magazine)
Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What The Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.
In what are...
Beginnings
Reflections on the Bible's Intriguing Firsts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
The bestselling and prize-winning Israeli author Meir Shalev describes the many "firsts" of the Bible – the first love and the first death, to the first laugh and the first dream – providing a fresh, secular and surprising look at the stories we think we know.
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The first kiss in...
Understanding The Bible
An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
A thoughtful, warm, and witty introduction Understanding the Bibleis designed to help empower skeptics, seekers, nonbelievers, and those of a liberal and progressive outlook to reclaim the Bible from literalists. In making accessible some of the best contemporary historical, literary, political,...
And God Said
How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
For centuries, translations of the Bible have obscured our understanding and appreciation of the original text. Now And God Said provides readers with an authoritative account of significant mistranslations and shows how new translation methods can give readers their first glimpse into what the Bible...
Jeremiah
The Fate of a Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
In Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet, Rabbi Dr. Binyamin Lau breaks down the Book of Jeremiah, rearranging its chapters according to historical events and the chronology of the prophet’s life. This groundbreaking reconstruction turns the biblical narrative from a collection of disjointed prophecies...
by James Oscar Boyd, John Gresham Machen
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
A Brief Bible History : A Survey of the Old and New Testaments
That drama was a tragedy. It became a tragedy because of man's sin. The wonderful poem of creation in Gen., ch. 1, has for the refrain of its six stanzas, "God saw that it was good." Best of all was man, the last...
The Birth of Satan
Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Of all the demons, monsters, fiends, and ogres to preoccupy the western imagination in literature, art, and film, no figure has been more feared—or misunderstood--than Satan. But how accurate are the popular images of Satan? How--and why--did this rather minor biblical character morph into the very...
by Craig E. Morrison OCarm
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
King David ranks among the most intriguing persons in the Hebrew Bible. The Second Book of Samuel tells the story of David's kingship-his public successes and his private foibles. The narrator's rehearsal of this story, as questioning as it is vivid, glimpses the secrets of David's heart. In this...
by God, Moses
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
"In the beginning…" The Pentateuch (called The Torah in Judaism) is the first five books of the Old Testament, traditionally ascribed to Moses, and often called the Law of Moses. Consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, the form is that of a narrative, from the beginning...
Judas Iscariot: Damned or Redeemed
A Critical Examination of the Portrayal of Judas in Jesus Films (1902-2014)
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
At the beginning of the 20th century, Judas was characterised in film as the epitome of evil: the villainous Jew. Film-makers cast Judas in this way because this was the Judas that audiences had come to recognize and even expect. But in the following three decades, film-makers - as a result of critical...
by RS Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
This dissertation examines the tension between witness to a gospel of peace and conflict arising as a direct result of that witness, and unpacks the thinking behind the peaceable witness of an individual and a community. It provides an overview of theological thought, engages with the contemporary...
by Arthur W. Pink
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
The foundation of our knowledge of God rests upon knowing what he is like. Without understanding God's attributes, we have a skewed perception of him--often one cast in our own image. We need more than just a theoretical knowledge of God in order to worship him as he desires. This classic work of...
by Witness Lee
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1990
These lessons are meant to provide only a very simple and brief overview of 1) the Bible, 2) its completion, 3) its subject, central thought, and sections, and 4) the principles for interpreting the Bible.