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Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity - yet, if you look in the Bible, you'll find only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer that question, Cynthia Bourgeault examines the Bible, church tradition, art, legend, and newly discovered texts to see what's there.

The Incarnate Christ and His Critics engages objections to the divine identity of Jesus from Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, progressive Christians, Muslims, Unitarians, and others. Bowman and Komoszewski show how biblical scholarship cannot reasonably ignore the enduring, wide-ranging, and positive case for the deity of Christ.

In the 2014 New York Times best seller Jesus on Trial, David Limbaugh made a case for the Gospels as hard evidence of the existence of God, drawing on his own spiritual journey from skeptic to believer. Now Limbaugh looks deeper into the scriptures and discovers that Jesus Christ's very being reveals itself in a close reading of the sacred texts.

Beginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads you on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus throughout the four Gospels. Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women, and especially Jesus' parables. Through it all, Bailey employs his trademark expertise as a master of Middle Eastern culture to lead you into a deeper understanding of the person and significance of Jesus within his own cultural context.

February 1, 2003. A light flashed over a Texas sky and twisted metal rained across the countryside. As images of the wreckage from the Space Shuttle Columbia streamed across the nation's television screens, they became forever burned into our memories. But behind those images were stories that remained untold...until now.

Enoch, discendente di Adamo, narra il suo viaggio attraverso i sette cieli, ricevendo rivelazioni sulla creazione, il futuro e segreti divini. I Libri di Enoch, considerati apocrifi, svelano conoscenze esoteriche e insegnamenti eretici. Frammenti trovati tra i Rotoli del Mar Morto suggeriscono l'influenza su pensieri del Nuovo Testamento. Il volume offre una prospettiva affascinante sulle prime credenze cristiane, approfondendo temi come Genesi, Noè, angeli caduti, demoni e la fine dei tempi.

Il nome del libro, con la ripetizione della parola "cantico", secondo il modo di costruire le frasi degli antichi ebrei, è da considerarsi come un superlativo e andrebbe reso come "il più sublime tra i cantici". "Il Cantico dei cantici" è un testo laico derivato e copiato da alcuni poemi della Mesopotamia. È un canto nuziale entrato nel canone biblico "a furor di popolo". La parola "Dio" non è mai menzionata. Viene conosciuto anche come Cantico di Salomone, poiché se ne attribuisce la paternità all'antico re di Israele del X secolo a.C., Salomone.

Abraham is unquestionably one of the most outstanding and influential figures in world history. He had no political or military achievements, and he left no literary remains, yet today billions of people claim him as their spiritual father. Throughout the Bible, Abraham is seen as a pivotal figure in God's plan of salvation. In this richly detailed account of his life and times, John Lennox helps us to see through mists of the past to the real flesh-and-blood man, with all his strengths and weaknesses, to better appreciate all that Abraham stands for as a model of faith today.

Who was Priscilla? Readers of the Bible may know her as the wife of Aquila, Paul's coworker, or someone who explained baptism to Apollos. Biblical references to Priscilla spark questions: Why is she mentioned before her husband? Does the mention of her instruction of Apollos mean that women taught in the church? What is her story?

The life of Joseph detailed in the book of Genesis is a story of love, hate, slavery, power, and forgiveness. Although written thousands of years ago, it has a timeless quality that still probes the depths of the human experience. In this thoughtful and devotional book, scholar John Lennox emphasizes the major themes present in Joseph’s story—such as suffering, temptation, forgiveness, faith, and God’s sovereignty—and applies them to listeners at a personal level.

In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his teachings. Ehrman shows us what historians have long known about the Gospels and the man who stands behind them. Through a careful evaluation of the New Testament (and other surviving sources, including the more recently discovered Gospels of Thomas and Peter), Ehrman proposes that Jesus can be best understood as an apocalyptic prophet.

In The Bible Is a Catholic Book, Jimmy Akin shows how the Bible cannot exist apart from the church. In its origins and its formulation, in the truths it contains, in its careful preservation over the centuries, and in the prayerful study and elucidation of its mysteries, Scripture is inseparable from Catholicism. This is fitting, since both come from God for our salvation. If you're a Catholic who sometimes gets intimidated by the Bible, The Bible Is a Catholic Book will help you better understand and take pride in this gift that God gave the world through the church.

The centuries after the Protestant Reformation brought about a radical reinterpretation of the epistles of St. Paul, disconnected from any historical reality. But Paul operated, during his entire life, as a faithful Pharisee within the Roman Jewish world. In Saint Paul the Pharisee: Jewish Apostle to All Nations, Fr. Stephen De Young surveys Paul’s life and writings, interpreting them within the Holy Tradition of the Orthodox Church.

Intended as a succinct introduction to Jesus’s life, words, and enduring significance, Who Is Jesus? offers non-Christians and new Christians alike a compelling portrait of Jesus Christ. Ultimately, this book encourages listeners to carefully consider the history-shaping life and extraordinary teachings of the greatest man who ever lived.

David Limbaugh, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus on Trial and The Emmaus Code, now approaches the question of Jesus Christ's divinity - In what sense was Jesus God? How do we know? - with the same precise, methodical form of enquiry he has employed in his career as lawyer and law professor.

In this book, you will learn how to confront your deepest questions about God's silence, suffering, and sovereignty with truth, honesty, and renewed faith. In Holy Ghosted, Autumn Miles explores these honest, heart-wrenching cries through the lens of Job's story. Even though Job was the most righteous man on earth, he faced profound suffering and asked God the same questions you may be asking now. How Job's story gives permission to question without shame. What God's silence means―and doesn't mean―in seasons of suffering.

A central figure in Christian tradition, Mary of Nazareth is both pivotal in theologies of the incarnation and a source of theological controversy. In this volume, bible scholar and priest Christopher Bryan examines the role of Mary in the theology of the first generations of Christians. Considering every reference to Mary in the New Testament in the order that the biblical texts were written, Mary of Nazareth situates biblical texts' treatment of Mary within first-century culture and examines changing theologies of Mary and the incarnation among the earliest generations of Christians

Inteligência humilhada é fruto de uma cuidadosa reflexão sobre como se relacionam o conhecimento de Deus e os limites da razão humana. Além disso, é o resgate de uma tradição do pensamento cristão que sempre se recusou a reduzir o debate entre fé e razão nos termos do racionalismo ou do fideísmo. A finalidade do conceito de “inteligência humilhada” é despertar o interesse por uma razão que ora e uma fé que pensa.

James was a vegetarian, wore only linen clothing, bathed daily at dawn in cold water, and was a life-long Nazirite. In this profound and provocative work of scholarly detection, eminent biblical scholar Robert Eisenman introduces a startling theory about the identity of James - the brother of Jesus - who was almost entirely marginalized in the New Testament.

Tim Keller nimmt uns in diesem Hörbuch mit auf eine Entdeckungsreise zu den Ursprüngen des Weihnachtsfestes. Verständlich erklärt er, warum die Geschichte von der Geburt Jesu nichts von ihrer Kraft verloren hat – auch für Menschen, die kaum noch wissen, wer das "traute heilige Paar" und der "holde Knabe im lockigen Haar" sind. Keller geht zurück zu den biblischen Weihnachtsberichten und zeigt, welche Hoffnung, Verheißung und revolutionäre Botschaft in der Krippe von Bethlehem verborgen liegen.