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Nag Hammadi Scriptures, The: The International Edition
| | <P><b> This is the most complete, uptodate, onevolume, Englishlanguage edition of the renowned library of fourthcentury Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and other Gnostic gospels and sacred texts. This volume also includes introductory essays, notes, tables, glossary, index, etc. to help the reader understand the context and contemporary significance of these texts which have shed new light on early Christianity and ancient thought.</P><P> This team of collaborators launched modern Gnostic studies and exposed a movement within Christianity whose teachings are in many ways as relevant today as they were centuries ago. The importance of their work has been underscored with the success of books by bestselling authors such as Elaine Pagels, Harold Bloom, and even Dan Brown.</P><P> Opening the secrets of a religion which the Gnostics themselves had hoped would be kept sealed until the Last Day, this edition takes into account recent developments including the significance of the Gospel of Thomas and other lost gospels as a source of the authentic sayings of Jesus. This fascinating collection will become a welcome addition to the understanding of the formative years of the early Christian Church.</P><P> </b></b><b></P> | |
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The HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised & Updated
| | <P>The landmark general reference Bible that offers the full text of the New Revised Standard Version, now completely revised and updated by leading biblical scholars, including, new introductions and notes, diagrams, charts and maps25% revised or new material. </P><P> After 10 years of new archeological discoveries and changes in biblical studies, it was time for an overhaul of this classic reference work.</P><P> With the guidance of the Society of Biblical Literature, an organization of the best biblical scholars world wide, we have selected Dean of Yale Divinity School, Harold Attridge, to oversee the Study Bible's updating and revision. </P><P> The fundamental strengths of the first HCSB remain . . .</P><P> uptodate introductions to the Biblical books, based on the latest critical scholarship, by leading experts in the field</P><P> concise notes, clearly explaining names, dates, places, obscure terms, and other difficulties in reading the Biblical text</P><P> careful analysis of the structure of Biblical books</P><P> abundant maps, tables, and charts to enable the reader to understand the context of the Bible, and to see the relationship among its parts.</P><P> But, in this new revised edition . . .</P><P> Every introduction, essay, map, illustration and explanatory note has been reviewed and updated, and new material added. For instance,</P><P> There are newly commissioned introductory essays on</P><P> the archaeology of ancient Israel and the New Testament world, </P><P> the religion of ancient Israel, </P><P> the social and historical context of each book of the Bible, and</P><P> on Biblical interpretation</P><P> There are completely new introductions and notes for many of the books in the Bible, plus a full revision and updating of all others. </P><P> Of special interest are:</P><P> The literary history of the Pentateuch (those books between the Old and New Testament that Catholics include in their Bible)</P><P> More references to ancient nonBiblical sources which seem to parallel books in the Bible like the Gnostic gospels uncovered in Egypt or the famous scrolls found near the Dead Sea in Israel. </P><P> And, more comprehensive attention to the interrelationship of Old and New Testaments</P> | |
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Life with God: Reading the Bible for Spiritual Transformation
| | <p> Too often, our study of the Bible focuses on searching for specific information or some formula that will solve our pressing needs of the moment. But what if we approached the Bible differently, and instead of transforming the text to meet our needs, allowed it to transform <i>us</i> </p> <p> That's exactly the idea behind <i>Life with God</i>, Richard J. Foster's much-anticipated book on the Bible. Foster, bestselling author of <i>Celebration of Discipline</i> and general editor of <i>The Renovar? Spiritual Formation Bible</i>, claims that God has superintended the writing of Scripture so that it serves as the most reliable guide for Christian spiritual formation. According to Foster, the Bible is all about human life "with God." As we read Scripture, we should consider how exactly God is <i>with us</i> in each story and allow ourselves to be spiritually transformed. By opening our whole selvesmind, body, spirit, thoughts, behavior, and willto the page before us, we begin to grasp all the Bible has to teach about prayer, obedience, compassion, virtue, and grace and apply it to our everyday lives to achieve a deeper relationship with God. </p> <p> With a wealth of examples and simple yet crucial insights, <i>Life with God</i> is an indispensable guide to approaching the Bible through the lens of Christian spiritual formation, revealing that reading the Bible for interior transformation is a far different endeavor than reading the Bible for historical knowledge, literary appreciation, or religious instruction. </p> | |
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Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them)
| | <p> Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Misquoting Jesus</i> left off, <i>Jesus, Interrupted</i> addresses the larger issue of what the New Testament actually teachesand it's not what most people think. Here Ehrman reveals what scholars have unearthed: </p> <ul> <p> <li>The authors of the New Testament have diverging views about who Jesus was and how salvation works</li> </p> <p> <li>The New Testament contains books that were forged in the names of the apostles by Christian writers who lived decades later</li> </p> <p> <li>Jesus, Paul, Matthew, and John all represented fundamentally different religions</li> </p> <p> <li>Established Christian doctrinessuch as the suffering messiah, the divinity of Jesus, and the trinitywere the inventions of still later theologians</li> </p> </ul> <p> These are not idiosyncratic perspectives of just one modern scholar. As Ehrman skillfully demonstrates, they have been the standard and widespread views of critical scholars across a full spectrum of denominations and traditions. Why is it most people have never heard such things This is the book that pastors, educators, and anyone interested in the Bible have been waiting fora clear and compelling account of the central challenges we face when attempting to reconstruct the life and message of Jesus. </p> | |
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Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament
| | While most people think that the twenty-seven books of the New Testament are the only sacred writings of the early Christians, this is not at all the case. A companion volume to Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities, this book offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the first centuries after Christ--texts that have been for the most part lost or neglected for almost two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip, James the brother of Jesus, Mary Magdalen, and others. There are Acts originally ascribed to John and to Thecla, Paul's female companion; there are Epistles allegedly written by Paul to the Roman philosopher Seneca. And there is an apocalypse by Simon Peter that offers a guided tour of the afterlife, both the glorious ecstasies of the saints and the horrendous torments of the damned, and an Epistle by Titus, a companion of Paul, which argues page after page against sexual love, even within marriage, on the grounds that physical intimacy leads to damnation. In all, the anthology includes fifteen Gospels, five non-canonical Acts of the Apostles, thirteen Epistles, a number of Apocalypes and Secret Books, and several Canon lists. Ehrman has included a general introduction, plus brief introductions to each piece. This important anthology gives readers a vivid picture of the range of beliefs that battled each other in the first centuries of the Christian era. | |
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: An Ecumenical Study Bible
| | The new Annotated is a complete revision of Oxford's classic study Bible, and the first such resource to incorporate the full text of the acclaimed New Revised Standard Version Bible. The features of this enhanced resource include: expanded notes and essays compiled by top scholars, including seven new essays on major subdivisions, a new introductory essay by Bruce Metzger on how to use the new Annotated in reading and study, and a better organized book design. Also included is a 36-page indexed map section featuring Oxford's world famous Bible maps. The new Annotated is sensitive to inclusive language. It is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, religious educators, and pastors for personal and group study. The new Annotated is available in editions with and without the Apocrypha, and in fine leather bindings. | |
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