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"Le livre de Tobie" est un livre deutérocanonique de l'Ancien Testament. Il raconte l'histoire d'un Israélite de la tribu de Nephthali nommé Tobie. Déporté à Ninive, il devient aveugle après avoir reçu de la fiente d'oiseau dans les yeux et envoie son fils Tobie recouvrer une dette en Médie auprès de leur parent Gabaël. L'ange Raphaël conduit Tobie à Ecbatane où il pêche un poisson dont il extrait le cœur, le foie et le fiel.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, often regarded as the greatest preacher of the 19th century, crafted The Treasury of David over the span of nearly half his ministry. Concise and provocative, Spurgeon's magnum opus on the Psalms has been prized by Christians ever since. Available for the first time in unabridged audio, this collection features Spurgeon's crucial commentary on Psalms 120-150.

Six verses are among the most comforting in all Scripture. Psalm 23 is the basis for this classic book from 1921. Filled with poems and stories, this should leave each listener with assurance and comfort. There's more to these six verses than you might have believed.

An old and mysterious legend was told thousands of years ago about Abraham of the Bible. It seems that his father was a seller of idols and statues. People bought those idols and statues as a way of warding off evil and pleasing the gods. But Abraham, even as a child, did not believe that those statues had any power at all. Then, one night, after his father asks Abraham to watch the storehouse of statues, something strange happens.

For more than four decades, biblical experts have tried to place the story of Exodus into historical context - without success. What could explain the Nile turning into blood, insects swarming the land, and the sky falling to darkness? Integrating biblical accounts with substantive archaeological evidence, The Parting of the Sea looks at how natural phenomena shaped the stories of Exodus, the Sojourn in the Wilderness and the Israelite conquest of Canaan.

A scientist and former evangelical argues that holding onto a belief in a literal, historical Adam has forced many Christians to reject science and become intellectually isolated from the modern world.

Men's conference speaker and best-selling author Steve Farrar takes listeners through the psalms to see how David endured crushing pressure and fiery trials and emerged a great man, shaped by the hand of God. Men facing difficult challenges in life will relate to chapters on depression, betrayal, when your family is falling apart, living with a bad decision, living with your critics, and when your career is interrupted.

The world's three largest faiths all find a common root in one man: Abraham. Breaking new ground, David Rosenberg portrays Abraham as a man whose whole life, and therefore his legacy, is informed by the Sumerian culture that produced him. Abraham is a brilliant literary excavation of the ancient cultures from which our modern world has grown.

Il Cantico dei Cantici è considerato uno dei testi più enigmatici e controversi della Bibbia: è un componimento poetico millenario, scritto probabilmente nel IV secolo a. C. E' stato fra gli ultimi libri ad essere incluso nella Bibbia ebraica, probabilmente perché non parla né di Dio né di Israele, né è il racconto di una visione profetica.

During its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to almost every important claim about reality, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it continues to play a central role in debates about science, politics, and human rights. With clarity and skill, acclaimed biblical scholar Ronald Hendel provides a panoramic history of this iconic book, exploring its impact on Western religion, philosophy, science, politics, literature, and more.

"Chi legge l'Antico Testamento con la mente disincantata e vi si avvicina con l'atteggiamento sereno che avrebbe verso qualsiasi libro scritto dall'umanità, non ha alcuna difficoltà a cogliere l'evidenza dei fatti."

Il secondo libro della Bibbia. Mosé conduce il suo popolo fuori dall'Egitto e riceve le tavole dei comandamenti.

Offering rare insights into this iconic and enduring book, Larrimore reveals how Job has come to be viewed as the Bible's answer to the problem of evil and the perennial question of why a God who supposedly loves justice permits bad things to happen to good people.

The Septuagint, the name given to the translation of the Hebrew scriptures between the third century BC and the second century AD, played a central role in the Bible's history. Many of the Hebrew scriptures were still evolving when they were translated into Greek, and these Greek translations, along with several new Greek writings, became Holy Scripture in the early Church. Yet gradually the Septuagint lost its place at the heart of Western Christianity.

Can the Bible be approached both as sacred scripture and as a historical and literary text? For many people, it must be one or the other. How can we read the Bible both ways? The Bible and the Believer brings together three distinguished biblical scholars--one Jewish, one Catholic, and one Protestant--to illustrate how to read the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament critically and religiously.

The Book of Daniel records events that took place during Israel's captivity. Daniel's visions always show God as triumphant. As you listen to this book narrated by Glenn Hascall, be encouraged that God still shows his faithfulness and his protection today as he keeps his promise never to desert you.

"I libri sapienziali" della Bibbia Cristiana sono libri didattici o di etica morale. Hanno lo scopo di insegnare la sapienza. Sono presentati in forma poetica, per cui vengono anche detti "libri poetici".

Ultimo dei libri del Pentateuco, vi vengono elencati i precetti della vita ordinaria. Mosé muore, come annunciato, senza poter attraversare il Giordano.

I libri storici della Bibbia seguono immediatamente il Pentateuco, e comprendono Giosuè, Giudici, Rut, primo e secondo libro di Samuele, primo e secondo libro dei Re, primo e secondo libro delle Cronache, Esdra, Neemia, Tobia, Giuditta, Ester, primo e secondo libro dei Maccabei.

Il Levitico è il terzo libro della Torah ebraica e della Bibbia cristiana. Contiene quasi esclusivamente leggi religiose e sociali ad uso dei sacerdoti, leggi date da Mosè agli Ebrei durante il loro soggiorno nel Sinai.