http://www.freebookspot.es Latest books added today en-us http://www.freebookspot.es/logorss.jpg http://www.freebookspot.es 160 43 http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390903 Using the Book of Revelation as an end time road map, Dr. Fruchtenbaum weaves the prophetic writings of the Hebrew Scriptures and Messiah s teachings to reveal God s plan for the future of Israel and the world. Dr. Fruchtenbaum gathers the many pieces of the prophetic puzzle and places them in sequential order with the result summed up by Dr. Charles Ryrie in his foreword: Those who read this book cannot help but be instructed and stimulated by his work. Footsteps is detailed, thorough and scholarly, yet written in a style that the average reader can easily understand. With a wealth of wisdom drawn from his Jewish background and extensive research, the author even tackles the problem passages to provide a comprehensive overview of the entire range of prophetic truth. Read more...
]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:14:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390901 In this small but mighty book, the author comes to grips with basic issues such as: why Jesus died, and why Jewish people object to Him. Passage after biblical passage, with rabbinic interpretation, relate the Old Covenant's fulfillment in the Messiah. For two decades, Jesus Was a Jew has proven itself an incredibly powerful witnessing tool to Jewish people, and it is ideal for Jewish friends who are skeptical of your faith, but willing to read. Read more...
]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:10:41 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390551 Includes original pagings. Reprints of articles, originally published between 1942 and 1975. Read more...
]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:28:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390421 The Feres Mura, Ethiopian Jews whose families converted to Christianity during the nineteenth century and then reasserted their Jewish identity in the late twentieth century, still await acceptance by Israel. Since the 1980s, they have sought homecoming through the state's right of return law. Instead of a welcoming embrace, Israel's government and society regard them with reticence and suspicion. Using more over ten years of ethnographical research, One People, One Blood expertly documents this tenuous relationship and the challenges facing the Feres Mura. Read more...
]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:57:36 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390416 Methods for Exodus is a textbook on biblical methodology. The book introduces readers to six distinct methodologies that aid in the interpretation of the book of Exodus: literary and rhetorical, genre, source and redaction, liberation, feminist, and postcolonial criticisms. Describing each methodology, the volume also explores how the different methods relate to and complement one another. Read more...
]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:45:27 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=389987 A discussion of various contemporary evangelical views of genocide in the Old Testament. Christians are often shocked to read that Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, commanded the total destruction -all men, women, and children -of the ethnic group know as the Canaanites. This seems to contradict Jesus' command in the New Testament to love your enemies and do good to all people. How can Yahweh be the same God as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ? What does genocide in the Bible have to do with the politics of the 21st century? This book explores, in typical Counterpoints format, the Old Testament command of God to exterminate the Canaanite population and what that implies about continuity between the Old and New Testaments. The four points of view presented on the continuity of the Testaments are: * Strong Discontinuity - C . S. Cowles * Moderate Discontinuity - Eugene H. Merrill * piritual Continuity - Tremper Longman III * Eschatological Continuity - Daniel L. Gard The Counterpoints series provides a forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues important to Christians. Counterpoints books address two categories: Church Life and Bible and Theology. Complete your library with other books in the Counterpoints series. Read more...
]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:45:28 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388403 Part adventure story, part cultural history the author of Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light explores the phenomenon of pilgrimage along the age-old Way of Saint James in France Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises David Downie and his wife set out from Paris to walk across France to the Pyrenees. Starting on the Rue Saint-Jacques then trekking 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain, their eccentric route takes 72 days on Roman roads and pilgrimage paths—a 1,100-year-old network of trails leading to the sanctuary of Saint James the Greater. It is best known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela—“The Way” for short. The object of any pilgrimage is an inward journey manifested in a long, reflective walk. For Downie, the inward journey met the outer one: a combination of self-discovery and physical regeneration. More than 200,000 pilgrims take the highly commercialized Spanish route annually, but few cross France. Downie had a goal: to go from Paris to the Pyrenees on age-old trails, making the pilgrimage in his own maverick way. 32 pages of color photographs by Alison Harris. 32 pages of color photographs Read more...
]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:57:59 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388334 Product Description: The Lost Books of the Bible: The Great Rejected Texts - Eighteen of the most sought after books available, which shed light on the evolution of our faith, our theology, and our church. Translations and commentary by the author of the best selling book, "The Lost Book of Enoch," Joseph B. Lumpkin. - Section One: Lost Scriptures of the Old Testament- First Book of Adam and Eve, Second Book of Adam and Eve, First Book of Enoch, Second Book of Enoch (Secrets of Enoch), Jubilees, Jasher, The Story of Ahikar - Section Two: Apocalyptic Writings and the End of Days- Apocalypse of Abraham, Apocalypse of Thomas 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, War Scroll (Sons of Dark vs. Sons of Light) - Section Three: Lost Scriptures of the New Testament- Gospel of Philip, Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Apocryphon of John, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Judas, Acts Chapter 29 Read more...
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:04:18 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388168 Was bedeutet wahrer Luxus? Der Erfolgsautor und Theologe Werner Tiki Kustenmacher zeigt, dass man auf der Suche nach einem erfullten Leben mit Jesus den wahren Luxus des Zeithabens, der unbeschwerten Freiheit und des inneren Reichtums neu entdecken kann. Mitrei?end interpretiert Kustenmacher die Bibel aus einem neuen Blickwinkel und gibt dabei zahlreiche Tipps, wie JesusLuxus sich in jedem Lebensentwurf konkret verwirklichen lasst. Read more...
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:44:25 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=386786 The late-medieval movement into vernacular theology, as it has come to be called, inspired many forms of literary expression in all the languages of Europe. Juxtaposing a rich variety of texts, the contributors to this volume consider hagiography, translations of and commentaries on scripture, accounts of visionary experiences, and devotional literature. Their essays illuminate encounters with the divine mediated through language, bringing into play a diversity of national cultures and disciplinary points of view. They also engage vital social and political issues connected with religious experience, including challenges to authority, reinterpretations of texts, and renegotiations of gender roles. Read more...
]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:37:01 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=385041 A follow up to the profound message of Crazy Love, Pastor Francis Chan offers a compelling invitation to understand, embrace, and follow the Holy Spirit’s direction in our lives. In the name of the Father, the Son, and … the Holy Spirit. We pray in the name of all three, but how often do we live with an awareness of only the first two? As Jesus ascended into heaven, He promised to send the Holy Spirit—the Helper—so that we could be true and living witnesses for Christ. Unfortunately, today’s church has admired the gift but neglected to open it. Breakthrough author Francis Chan rips away paper and bows to get at the true source of the church’s power—the Holy Spirit. Chan contends that we’ve ignored the Spirit for far too long, and we are reaping the disastrous results. Thorough scriptural support and compelling narrative form Chan’s invitation to stop and remember the One we’ve forgotten, the Spirit of the living God. Read more...
]]> Wed, 29 May 2013 00:36:01 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=383061 At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern Hempisphere but declining in much of the West, Linda Woodhead offers a bold new overview of the world's largest religion, exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity over two millennia. Christianity addresses topics that other books neglect, for example the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' uses of power, and their struggles with modernity. Woodhead also considers the recent charismatic explosion of Christianity in Latin America, Africa, and the Far East. She concludes by showing the ways in which those who previously had the least power in Christianity women and non-Europeans have become increaslingly central to its unfolding story. Up-to-date, authoritative, and filled with fresh insights, Christianity: A Very Short Introduction brings a vast and varied subject into sharp focus. Read more...
]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 22:41:07 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=381775 This volume discusses problems related to the vocabulary of the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. The background of the words in Greek literature, their use in the translation, and their later reception in Jewish and Christian writings, including the New Testament, are studied on the basis of concrete examples. The discussion shows how religion and theology can affect the meaning and usage of words and how, conversely, the use of specific words can have an impact on the understanding and interpretation of Scripture. Read more...
]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:17 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=381713 These essays in constructive Christian dogmatics treat a cluster of the mes: the nature of Holy Scripture and its interprtetation the place of Jesus in modern intellectual culture, and in theological depiction of the nature of the church and the insepara. Read more...
]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 18:02:44 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=381071 Product Description: The Encyclopedia of Lost and Rejected Scriptures: The Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha - Section One - Lost Scriptures of the Old Testament - First Book of Adam and Eve, Second Book of Adam and Eve, First Book of Enoch, Second Book of Enoch (Secrets of Enoch), Third Book of Enoch (Hebrew Enoch), Jubilees, Jasher - Section Two - Apocalyptic Writings and the End of Days - Apocalypse of Abraham, Apocalypse of Thomas, 2 Baruch, War Scroll (Sons of Dark vs. Sons of Light) - Section Three - Lost Scriptures of the New Testament - Gospel of Philip,Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Apocryphon of John, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Judas, Acts Chapter 29 - - Section Four - The Life and Times of Jesus - Infancy Gospel of James, Infancy Gospel of Thomas, Life of Joseph The Carpenter, Letters of Pilate,Life of Saint Issaa - Section Five - The Apocrypha - 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras,1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, Letter (Epistle) of Jeremiah, The Prayer of Azariah, 1 Baruch, Prayer of Manasseh (Manassas), Bel and the Dragon, Wisdom of Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, Additions to Esther, Tobit, Judith, Susanna, Psalm 151,1 Clements, Shepherd of Hermas, The Didache Read more...
]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:07 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380962 Hand aufs Herz: Wer hat schon die Bibel gelesen? Dabei lohnt es sich, die grandioseste Geschichtensammlung der Weltliteratur kennenzulernen. Mitrei?end und pointiert erzahlt Michael Kohlmeier Tragisches, Spannendes und Beruhrendes aus den ersten Tagen der Welt: Am Anfang steht die Schopfung. Und am sechsten Tag bringt Gott die Menschen in die Welt, die sich schon bald in Mord und Totschlag uben, wenn Kain seinen Bruder Abel erschlagt. Mit der Sintflut setzt Gott ein grausames Zeichen, bis mit dem Turmbau zu Babel die biblische Urgeschichte endet und die Menschen in alle Winde zerstreut. Am Ende steht das Leben Moses', der in einem Korbchen auf dem Nil ausgesetzt wird und ausgerechnet in die Obhut des Mannes gerat, der das Volk Israel ha?t und in die Knechtschaft getrieben hat. – Michael Kohlmeier, der die Geschichten aus dem Alten Testament im Rundfunk frei nacherzahlt hat, la?t in diesem Band die biblischen Gestalten fur uns wieder aufleben. Read more...
]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 12:46:04 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380884 After a structural analysis of each stanza the author analyzes all structural units beginning with the first stanza (including the sequence of stanzas I through XII) and afterwards in reverse order the study of all units leading towards stanza XXII (including the sequence of stanzas XII through XXII). Read more...
]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 08:55:13 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380883 Das Buch widmet sich den literarischen Problemen von II Sam 9 I Reg 1f. Am Anfang stehen zeitgenossische prodynastische Quellentexte, die noch unter Salomos Herrschaft zu einem Grundungsdokument der beginnenden Dynastie redigiert wurden.Mehrere umfassende Nachbearbeitungen bis ins 3. Jh. v. Chr. reflektieren intensive theologische Debatten. Dabei verleiht eine Redaktion im Zeichen des Tat-Ergehen-Zusammenhanges dem Text sein theologisches Profil. Dadurch ergeben sich wesentlich neue Erkenntnisse uber Israels fruhe Konigszeit. Read more...
]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 08:48:21 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380882 Diese synchrone Untersuchung des langsten Erzahlabschnitts des Jeremiabuchs mit einer spezifisch narratologischen Methode versucht, einige Ratsel des Texts zu losen, z.B. die seltsame Montage von Kap. 32, die "chaotische" Chronologie und die Intention des Berichts. Im Zentrum stehen die Personen und ihre Beziehungen, besonders Jeremia als Mittler des Gottesworts, aber auch andere Akteure - wie in den zwei Episoden Jer 36 und 40,7-41,18. So erweisen sich schlie?lich die Kapitel 32-45 als ursprungliche Erzahleinheit. Read more...
]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 08:37:13 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380881 Eine Studie zur Entstehung des exilischen Vierprophetenbuches (Hos Am Mi Zef), des Haggai-Sacharja-Korpus und der Einarbeitung des Joelbuches in das exilische Vierprophetenbuch. Read more...
]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 08:30:26 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380425 Ever since the gospels were written there have been questions about the momentous events that occurred during the final days of Jesus. Renowned archaeologist Shimon Gibson breaks new ground examining the critical last days of the life of Jesus using his extraordinary access to firsthand archaeological findings as principal evidence. Gibson explains: “The purpose of this book is to unravel once and for all the mystery surrounding the final days of Jesus in Jerusalem: why he went there how he came to be arrested, tried, and crucified and where his place of burial was located. There is no doubt that some of my conclusions regarding Jesus and Jerusalem may be controversial.” Describing the events of the final days of Jesus chronologically, beginning with his entrance into Jerusalem on a donkey and ending with his burial in a tomb after having been crucified, Gibson unveils a vivid picture of first-century Jerusalem its monuments, streets, and houses and, of course, the Jewish Temple that was the jewel in the crown of the city. The Jesus that emerges in these pages is a teacher and healer who captures the fascination of the crowds. As a man from an accomplished and well-off rural background, trained in matters of ritual purification by John the Baptist, and as a believer in alternative healing methods, Jesus's speeches and teachings—made in the tinder-box atmosphere of Passover festivities in Jerusalem—scared the Jewish and Roman authorities to such a degree that they dec Read more...
]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 09:27:22 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380412 VORWORT Der hier vorliegende Sammelband will einen Einblick in die Bandbreite der wissenschaftlichen Bemuhungen des Lehrers und Forschers Hans- Martin Schenke vermitteln. Er ist gedacht, Interessierten den Zugang zu seinen zahlreichen, teils an entlegenen Orten veroffentlichten Publikationen zu erleichtern. Auf Grund seines vielfaltigen und weit reichenden Schaffens als Neutestamentler, Koptologe und Gnosisspezialist konnte allerdings nur ein Teil seiner Arbeiten ausgewahlt werden. So wurde auf Beitrage fur Handworterbucher und Lexika verzichtet und auch Texteditionen und Ubersetzungen blieben weitgehend unberucksichtigt. von seinen zahlreichen Rezensionen wird ebenfalls nur eine Auswahl geboten. Dabei wurden vor allem Arbeiten einbezogen, die einen eigenstandigen Beitrag zur Forschungsdiskussion leisten. Dass Hans-Martin Schenke besonders gern und haufig Rezensionen schrieb, lag zunachst darin begrundet, dass er, in der DDR lebend, die meisten Bucher, die er zur Arbeit brauchte, auf andere Weise nicht hatte bekommen konnen. Diese Gewohnheit behielt er spater bei, denn er hatte – um es mit seinen Worten zu sagen – die Rezension unterdessen zu einer eigenen Literaturform erhoben. Die Darbietung der ausgewahlten Essays und Rezensionen erfolgt jeweils in chronologischer Reihenfolge. um eine allgemeine Orientierung und das gezielte Auffinden bestimmter Essays zu erleichtern, werden diese anschlie?end noch einmal nach Hans-Martin Schenkes Hauptforschungsgebieten geo Read more...
]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 08:08:27 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380229 Unknown to most outside observers, from the earliest days of embryonic stem cell research through today's latest developments, Christian theologians have been actively involved with leading laboratory research scientists to determine the ethical implications of stem cell research. And contrary to popular expectation, these Christians have been courageously advocating in favor of research. Three of these dynamic theologians tell their story in Sacred Cells? Why Christians Should Support Stem Cell Research. Sacred Cells? takes readers through the twists and turns of stem cell development, providing a brief history of the science and an overview of the competing ethical frameworks people use in approaching the heated debate. Each new scientific advance, from the cloning of Dolly the sheep to the use of engineered cells in humans, had to be carefully considered before proceeding. Rejecting the widely held belief that the ethics of stem cell research turn on the moral status of the embryo, the authors carefully weigh a diversity of ethical problems. Ultimately, they embrace stem cell research and the prospect of increased health and well being it offers. Read more...
]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 15:37:38 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379565 In 'Babel's Tower Translated,' Phillip Sherman explores the narrative of Genesis 11 and its reception and interpretation in several Second Temple and Early Rabbinic texts (e.g., Jubilees, Philo, Genesis Rabbah). The account of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) is famously ambiguous. The meaning of the narrative and the actions of both the human characters and the Israelite deity defy any easy explanation. This work explores how changing historical and hermeneutical realities altered and shifted the meaning of the text in Jewish antiquity. Read more...
]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 23:13:26 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379257 Esta guia de estudio de las Escrituras ofrece comentarios, definiciones y actividades de aprendizaje para ayudar a los alumnos con su estudio personal en el hogar. Read more...
]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 02:42:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379136 »Die Kinderbibel – Das neue Testament« beinhaltet die wichtigsten Geschichten des Neuen Testaments. Von Annemarie Benedikt in einer zeitgema?en Sprache fur Kinder nacherzahlt, und liebevoll ausgestattet mit farbigen Illustrationen, ist diese Ausgabe sowohl fur die evangelische wie auch fur die katholische Konfession bestens geeignet. Dieses E-Book ist nicht nur eine unterhaltsame Lekture, sie eignet sich ganz wunderbar zum Vorlesen (fur daheim oder unterwegs) und gibt zudem wichtige Hinweise zum Verstandnis der Botschaften des »Neuen Testaments«. So gelingt es sehr einfuhlsam, Kinder mit den biblischen Themen vertraut zu machen. Eine ubersichtliche Faktensammlung gewahrt im Anhang des E-Books einen interessanten Einblick in das »Alltagsleben« der biblischen Zeit. Read more...
]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 21:39:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379132 ASIN: B0096QI5RO »Die Kinderbibel – Das Alte Testament« beinhaltet die wichtigsten Geschichten des Alten Testaments. Von Annemarie Benedikt in einer zeitgema?en Sprache fur Kinder nacherzahlt, und liebevoll ausgestattet mit 70 farbigen Illustrationen, ist diese Ausgabe sowohl fur die evangelische als auch fur die katholische Konfession bestens geeignet. Dieses E-Book ist nicht nur eine unterhaltsame Lekture, sie eignet sich ganz wunderbar zum Vorlesen (fur daheim oder unterwegs) und gibt zudem wichtige Hinweise zum Verstandnis der Botschaften des »Alten Testaments«. So gelingt es sehr einfuhlsam, Kinder mit den biblischen Themen vertraut zu machen. Eine ubersichtliche Zeittafel dient im Anhang des E-Books dazu, die Ereignisse der Heiligen Schrift in ein geschichtliches Umfeld zu stellen. Read more...
]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 21:34:22 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379120 Der katholische Theologe Marcheselli-Casale lehrt als Professor f?r Biblische Theologie in Neapel. Im vorliegenden Buch befa?t er sich mit dem Gedankengut des wohl popul„rsten und umstrittensten katholischen Theologen, Eugen Drewermann. Er bietet eine Einf?hrung in dessen Werk und ebnet damit den Weg zu einer neuen, ?ganz anderen? Theologie. Read more...
]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 20:52:55 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379017 Uber den Autor Otto Hermann Pesch, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., geb. 1931 in Koln, Studium der Philosophie und Katholischen Theologie in Walberberg und Munchen, 1965 Dr. theol., Mitglied u. a. des Okumenischen Arbeitskreises evangelischer und katholischer Theologen, 1975-1998 Professor fur Systematische Theologie an der Universitat Hamburg. Rezension Das Zweite Vatikanische ist in seiner Vorgeschichte und seinem Verlauf, besonders aber in seinen Nachwirkungen Faktum und Interpretation zugleich. Allzu leicht verselbstandigt sich der "Geist" des Konzils von seinen Buchstaben, allzu oft instrumentalisieren es die Kampfer der kirchenpolitischen Arena fur ihre Ziele. Auch Otto Hermann Pesch entgeht dieser Gefahr nicht ganz - aber er ist sich ihrer bewu?t und entgeht ihr weitgehend, indem er mit offenen Karten vor seinen Lesern spielt. Deshalb wird auch, wer ihm in seinen Bewertungen nicht zustimmt, doch eine gute, lebendig geschriebene und lesenswerte Gesamtdarstellung des Konzils finden. Die heftigen Debatten und Glanzstunden werden so wenig ausgespart wie die Analyse der Hauptdokumente. Bemerkenswert sind die Regeln zur Auslegung der Konzilstexte und die ausfuhrlichen Literaturempfehlungen zum Weiterlesen. Fur jeden, der sich fur die letzten 50 Jahre Kirchengeschichte interessiert, eine gelungene Einfuhrung. Read more...
]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 13:02:46 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=378913 John D. Zizioulas, "The Eucharistic Communion and the World" Read more...
]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 05:34:02 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=378749 Amid the veritable choirs of popular angel books, this is the only one that offers factual information on every facet of angel lore. Here at last is a detailed reference for anyone who wants to finally get the straight dope on all aspects of angel arcana. 40 photos. Read more...
]]> Sat, 11 May 2013 16:31:38 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=377701 If we look to the Bible for historical accounts of ancient life, we make a profound error. So contends Calum Carmichael in this original and incisive reading of some of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament’s most famous narratives. Sifting through the imaginative layers of these texts with an uncanny sensitivity and a panoptic critical eye, he unearths patterns connecting disparate passages, providing fascinating insights into how ideas were expressed, received, and transformed in the ancient Near East. Ranging from Jacob’s encounter with Leah to the marriage at Cana to Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well, these readings demonstrate the remarkable subtlety and sophistication of the biblical views on marriage, sexuality, fertility, impurity, creation, and love. Read more...
]]> Wed, 08 May 2013 18:48:07 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=377638 Contested Issues in Christian Origins and the New Testament: Collected Essays (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) Read more...
]]> Wed, 08 May 2013 15:44:04 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=376318 We are to pursue love as we seek spiritual gifts because love gives life to gifts and love outlives gifts. That's Paul's main idea in 1 Corinthians 13, and this study will help you not only to see that in the text but to seek it in your life. The thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians is about having a love strategy. Paul relativizes what we tend to value most (usually our personal distinctives and niches), places love in central view, and summons us to use every power and resource we have for the good of those whom God has placed in our lives. This is the excellent way of love, and it is worthy of our pursuit. Here's what others are saying about this work: If you’re like me, you have either heard or taught love from 1 Corinthians 13. You may even think that you have heard most, if not all of the insights of 1 Corinthians 13. I did. That is, until I read Evan May’s take on the text. Evan brings us into Paul's thoughts in a clear and engaging way, which is somewhat hard to do. Not only that, he brings clarity to the definition of love which has been hijacked and is now defined as “undogmatic” and “untheological.” However, love is very dogmatic and very theological. In a world where social media has made us, “fall for the delusion that what makes us significant is mainly what causes us to stand out from everyone else, rather than what helps us to serve everyone else,” what we all need now is a little bit of love, properly understood that is. Read this book! Curtis Al Read more...
]]> Sun, 05 May 2013 07:43:42 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=376266 Can Christianity and evolution coexist? Traditional Christian teaching presents Jesus as reversing the effects of the Fall of Adam. However, an evolutionary view of beginnings doesn't allow for a historical Adam, making evolution seemingly incompatible with what Genesis and the apostle Paul say about him. For Christians who accept evolution and want to take the Bible seriously, this presents a faith-shaking tension. Peter Enns, an expert in biblical interpretation, offers a way forward by explaining how this tension is caused not by the discoveries of science but by false expectations about the biblical texts. Focusing on key biblical passages in the discussion, Enns demonstrates that the author of Genesis and the apostle Paul wrote to ask and answer ancient questions for ancient people the fact that they both speak of Adam does not determine whether Christians can accept evolution. This thought-provoking book helps readers reconcile the teachings of the Bible with the widely held evolutionary view of beginnings and will appeal to anyone interested in the Christianity-evolution debate. Read more...
]]> Sat, 04 May 2013 22:49:33 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=376234 This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone needing just a few concise facts about all the popes, from St. Peter to Benedict XVI. Read more...
]]> Sat, 04 May 2013 22:12:15 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=375482 This monograph explores the history of the Coptic tradition of John's gospel, considering when these ancient Egyptian witnesses are profitable for determining the earliest readings of their Greek source text. The standard critical edition of the Greek New Testament cites the Coptic versions no fewer than 1,000 times in John's gospel. For these citations, that edition references six dialectally distinct Coptic translations: the Achmimic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan (Subachmimic), Middle Egyptian Fayumic, Proto-Bohairic, and Sahidic versions. In addition to examining these, this project considers newly published texts from the Fayumic and Middle Egyptian traditions. John's gospel is extant in more Coptic dialectal versions than any other biblical text. As a result, the gospel offers unique insight into the nature of the ancient Egyptian Christian communities. Read more...
]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 15:06:59 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=375296 This book tells the story of Christian attempts to convert the Jews of the United States and Canada. It does not include within its scope an analysis of those conversions that have come about as a direct result of intermarriage or because of a desire to gain social or economic advantage. . It does not deal with those American Jews who have quietly passed into Christianity without outwardly displaying symptoms of a genuine change in their religious convictions. Nor does this study concern itself with Jews who, after being converted to Christianity in other parts of the world, came to the United States or Canada, lived normal Christian lives, and made no attempt to convert Jews to Christianity Read more...
]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 00:53:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=374266 What would you do if you lost it all? Your home, family and possessions, all gone! Would you still serve God? That's the problem David faced when he was on the run from King Saul. Having been chased out of his homeland by a jealous king he was forced to live among his enemies! To add insult to injury, his new home was attacked, burned to the ground and all that was dear to him and his men taken away! Things were so bad that even those who were faithful to the future king turned against him! What kind of God would allow such a thing to happen to one of His children? Yet, David remained true to God despite of his troubles! He knew the secret to getting it all back! "Faith That Recovers All" explores the formula for reaching new heights in faith that every believer can achieve. God has a plan for your life, but there is an enemy that wants to steal from you the promises of God. It's time to get it all back! It's time to possess an unshakable faith that will recover all! Read more...
]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:17:01 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=373507 Divine Rhetoric: The Sermon on the Mount As Message and As Model in Augustine, Chrysostom, and Luther Read more...
]]> Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:41:37 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=372380 Product Description: Book Description: "Easton's Bible Dictionary [...] published three years after Easton's death in 1897 by Thomas Nelson. Because of its age, it is now a public domain resource. Despite its name, many of the entries in Easton's are encyclopedic in nature, though there are short, dictionary-like entries. It contains nearly 4,000 entries. Easton's Bible Dictionary contains an extensive set of entries used in the Bible, from a 19th century Christian viewpoint." (Quote from wikipedia.org) Table of Contents: Publisher’s Preface A (alpha)..abdeel Abdi..abel-mizraim Abel-shittim..abiel Abiezer..abimael Abimelech..abitub Abjects..acacia Accad..achmetha Achor..adam, The City Of Adamah..adin Adina..adoni-zedec Adoption..adultery Adummim..agagite Agate..agur Ah!..ahihud Ahijah..ahishar Ahithophel..ai Aijeleth Shahar..alexander Alexander The Great..almodad Almon..amalek Amalekite..amber Ambush..amminadib Ammishaddai..amphipolis Amplias..anan Ananiah..anem Aner..ant Antichrist..apelles Apharsachites..apothecary Apparel..arabia Arad..archangel Arch..ardon Areopagite..aristobulus Ark..army Arnon..arvad Asa..asherah Ashes..asnapper Asp..atad Ataroth..aven Avenger Of Blood..azel Azmaveth..baal-berith Baale Of Judah..baal-meon Baal-peor..babe Babel, Tower Of..bahurim Bajith..balm Bamah..baptism, John's Baptism For The Dead..bariah Bar-jesus..bartholomew Bartimaeus..basket Bastard..battle-bow Battlement..bear Bea Read more...
]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:24:21 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=372160 A visit from a guardian angel changed my life and gave me the passion to help others by giving them faith and hope. This is a true story of my life centered on compassion and always seeking the way to heal the wounded world. The world has been wounded by our own words, deeds, and misunderstandings. I wrote down as many things I could to keep the mind healthy. It took my life’s research and faith to help the world and us, coincide with God. This book has a picture of the angel's face that visited me. It also, has diagrams explaining the trinity of God and how we are connected to the trinity. It will help you understand the Holy Spirit. I explain why there is evil in the world and some of the main confusions of the Bible. This book was written to preserve the living and to help with relationships. It is also, my view of a utopian society of what I learned from God through Jesus. The angel visitation was my sign to keep me going. I wanted to share my thoughts in order to keep from being too elated and let others find life so they too can share who they are as a Christian or anyone else who wants to learn how to treat others good and be treated good. Maturity Rating of Teen and Over. Nonfiction Read more...
]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:11:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=371639 This pioneering study examines the use of blood to purge the effects of sin and impurity in Hittite and biblical ritual. The idea that blood atones for sins holds a prominent place in both Jewish and Christian traditions. The author traces this notion back to its earliest documentation in the fourteenth- and thirteenth-century B.C.E. texts from Hittite Anatolia, in which the smearing of blood is used as a means of expiation, purification, and consecration. This rite parallels, in both its procedure and goals, the biblical sin offering. The author argues that this practice stems from a common tradition manifested in both cultures. In addition, this book aims to decipher and elucidate the symbolism of the practice of blood smearing by seeking to identify the sociocultural context in which the expiatory significance of blood originated. Thus, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the meaning and efficacy of ritual, the origins of Jewish and Christian notions of sin and atonement, and the origin of the biblical blood rite. Read more...
]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:30:23 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=371601 In this updated edition of the popular textbook, Walter Brueggemann and Tod Linafelt introduce the reader to the broad theological scope of the Old Testament, treating some of the most important issues and methods in contemporary biblical interpretation. This clearly written textbook focuses on the literature of the Old Testament as it grew out of religious, political, and ideological contexts over many centuries in Israel's history. Covering every book in the Old Testament (arranged in canonical order), the authors demonstrate the development of theological concepts in biblical writings from the Torah through post-exilic Judaism. This introduction invites readers to engage in the construction of meaning as they venture into these timeless texts. Read more...
]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:32:47 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=371580 Adam, Satan, and the King of Tyre: The Interpretation of Ezekiel 28:11-19 in Late Antiquity Read more...
]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:14:06 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=371549 Abraham in the Book of Jubilees Read more...
]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:51:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=371201 A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, the now-classic study of al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attack. Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former Scientologists—both famous and less well known—and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative ability to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology. At the book’s center, two men whom Wright brings vividly to life, showing how they have made Scientology what it is today: The darkly brilliant science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, whose restless, expansive mind invented a new religion. And his successor, David Miscavige—tough and driven, with the unenviable task of preserving the church after the death of Hubbard. We learn about Scientology’s complicated cosmology and special language. We see the ways in which the church pursues celebrities, such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, and how such stars are used to advance the church’s goals. And we meet the young idealists who have joined the Sea Org, the church’s clergy, signing up with a billion-year contract. In Going Clear, Wright examines what fundamentally makes a religion a religion, and whether Scientology is, in fact, deserving of this constitutional protection. Employing all his exceptional journalistic skills of observation, understanding, and shaping a story into a compelling narrative, Lawrence Read more...
]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:23:21 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=368419 Origins to Constantine provides a comprehensive overview of the essential events, persons, places and issues involved in the emergence of the Christian religion in the first three centuries. It analyses the diverse forms of Christian community, identity and practice that arose in the early decades of Christianity. Over thirty essays by leading scholars communicate the results of the most recent research in an accessible manner that allows readers to trace this dynamic history from its beginnings through to the rise of Imperial Christianity in the fourth century. Read more...
]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:42:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=368416 This volume in the Cambridge History of Christianity presents the 'Golden Age' of patristic Christianity. After episodes of persecution by the Roman government, Christianity emerged as a licit religion enjoying imperial patronage and eventually became the favoured religion of the empire. The articles in this volume discuss the rapid transformation of Christianity during late antiquity, giving specific consideration to artistic, social, literary, philosophical, political, inter-religious and cultural aspects. The volume moves away from simple dichotomies and reductive schematizations (e.g., 'heresy v. orthodoxy') toward an inclusive description of the diverse practices and theories that made up Christianity at this time. Whilst proportional attention is given to the emergence of the Great Church within the Roman Empire, other topics are treated as well - such as the development of Christian communities outside the empire. Read more...
]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:39:32 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=368415 During the early middle ages, Europe developed complex and varied Christian cultures, and from about 1100 secular rulers, competing factions and inspired individuals continued to engender a diverse and ever-changing mix within Christian society. This volume explores the wide range of institutions, practices and experiences associated with the life of European Christians in the later middle ages. The clergy of this period initiated new approaches to the role of priests, bishops and popes, and developed an ambitious project to instruct the laity. For lay people, the practices of parish religion were central, but many sought additional ways to enrich their lives as Christians. Impulses towards reform and renewal periodically swept across Europe, led by charismatic preachers and supported by secular rulers. This book provides accessible accounts of these complex historical processes and entices the reader towards further enquiry. Read more...
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