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God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question -- Why We Suffer
by Bart D. Ehrman  Publisher Comments In times of questioning and despair, people often quote the Bible to provide answers. Surprisingly, though, the Bible does not have one answer but many "answers" that often contradict one another. Consider these competing explanations for suffering put...
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The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
by Karen Armstrong 
Powells.com Staff Pick Part of the Books that Changed the World series, this is a great overview of the history, writing, and translations of the Bible. Armstrong never fails to entertain and impress. Recommended by Robin, Powells.com...
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Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
by Bart D Ehrman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-287) and index....
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Misquoting Jesus (05 Edition)
by Bart D. Ehrman Publisher Comments When world-class biblical scholar Bart Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. In...
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Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
by Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher Comments The author of Lost Christianities reveals how ancient scribes erroneously or deliberately changed New Testament stories in the face of period cultural, theological, and political disputes, explaining how numerous Christian beliefs are based on altered...
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Reading the Bible Again for First Time : Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally (01 Edition)
by Marcus J. Borg Publisher Comments One of the vital challenges facing thoughtful people today is how to read the Bible faithfully without abandoning our sense of truth and history. Reading the Bible Again for the First Time provides a much-needed solution to the problem of how to have a...
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Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend
by Bart D. Ehrman Publisher Comments Bart Ehrman, author of the highly popular books Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code, Lost Christianities, and the New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus, here takes readers on another engaging tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the...
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On the Reliability of the Old Testament
by K A Kitchen Synopsis For more than two hundred years controversy has raged over the reliability of the Old Testament. Questions about the factuality of its colorful stories of heroes, villains, and kings, for example, have led many critics to see the entire Hebrew Bible as...
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Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend
by Bart D. Ehrman Publisher Comments Bart Ehrman, author of the highly popular Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code and Lost Christianities, here takes readers on another engaging tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers...
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From Jesus to Christianity: How Four Generations of Visionaries & Storytellers Created the New Testament and Christian Faith
by L Michael White Publisher Comments The Story of the New Testament and Christian...
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The Last Word: Scripture and the Authority of God--Getting Beyond the Bible Wars
by N T Wright Publisher Comments < p> Can We Still Trust the Bible to Lead the Church? < /p>...
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Dancing Girls, "Loose" Ladies, and Women of "The Cloth": The Women in Jesus' Life
by F Scott Spencer Synopsis In seven scintillating studies, Spencer explores among others the genealogy of Matthew’ s Gospel to discover the riotous yet righteous nature of Jesus’ foremothers, slave girls and prophetic daughters in Luke-Acts, and women leading men in...
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The Jesus Sayings: The Quest for His Authentic Message
by Rex Weyler Publisher Comments Not all of the words attributed to Jesus were actually spoken by him, nor did he teach all of the doctrines taught as part of the Christian tradition. The canonical gospels mix fact and fiction, and many of Jesus' sayings were lost for 2,000 years. So...
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Abraham: The First Historical Biography
by David Rosenberg Publisher Comments The world's major religions-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-find a common root in one man: Abraham. Yet Abraham looms so large in the realm of world religions that he has remained a ward of the Divine rather than a flesh-and-blood citizen of Humanity...
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Bad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn from Them
by Liz Curtis Higgs Synopsis Women everywhere marvel at those good girls in Scripture-Sarah, Mary, Esther-but on most days, that's not who they see when they look in the mirror. Most women (if they're honest) see the selfishness of Sapphira or the deception of Delilah. They catch of...
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Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
by Harold Bloom Publisher Comments In this inspiring book, Harold Bloom, our preeminent literary critic, takes us from the Bible to twentieth-century writing, searching for the ways in which literature can inform our lives. Through comparisons of the Book of Job and Ecclesiastes; Plato...
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The Tabernacle, Priesthood, and the Offerings
by Henry W Soltau Synopsis This exhaustive, richly suggestive treatment is a classic in its field, offering twenty-one illustrations based on descriptions in the Old Testament and archaeological discoveries....
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Translating Truth: The Case for Essentially Literal Bible Translation
by Wayne Grudem Publisher Comments Which translation do I choose? In an age when there is a wide choice of English Bible translations, the issues involved in Bible translating are steadily gaining interest. Consumers often wonder what separates one Bible version from another. The...
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The Triumph of Eve & Other Subversive Bible Tales
by Matt Biers Ariel Synopsis For over 2,000 years the Bible has been and continues to be the world's most popular and influential book. Yet, biblical stories and their meanings are often ambiguous, allowing for multiple interpretations. Unfortunately, many people were taught and...
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Bad Girls of the Bible: Exploring Women of Questionable Virtue
by Barbara J Essex Synopsis This study explores the traditionally misunderstood or despised women of the Bible and reveals what their stories have to tell us today. Included are questions for reflection and discussion....
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