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Tag Archives: Bible
March 2022 in review
March started strong and abruptly crashed, as I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump the last week — dragging through two e-books, making steady progress on Cancer Ward, and distracting myself by working in the garden or enjoying … Continue reading
Rebekah
Rebekah© 2001 Orson Scott Card416 pages When I stumbled upon Orson Scott Card’s ‘women of the bible’ series, I knew I had to try it just out of curiosity. The idea of a science fiction writer turning his hand to … Continue reading
East of Eden
East of Eden© 1952 John Steinbeck580 pages Why did Cain kill Abel? East of Eden explores that question via a family saga, one that stretches across North America, spanning the continent as well as the generations; a story that begins at … Continue reading
The Way
The Way: What Every Protestant Needs to Know About Orthodoxy© 2007 Clark Carlton222 pages If Protestantism is a willful child of the Catholic church, what is it to the Orthodox? What is the Orthodox faith for that matter, Catholicism … Continue reading
The Rapture Exposed
The Rapture Exposed: the Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation© 2004 Barbara R. Rossing224 pages “When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men … Continue reading
Ecclesiasticus
Ecclesiasticus or The Wisdom of Jesus, Son of SirachFrom The New English Bible, pp. 158 -251© Oxford and Cambridge Universities 1970 Last week I read the Book of Wisdom, a title within the original Jewish and Christian bibles, but one discarded by Protestants. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, BnB 2011 Nonfiction Reading Challenge, Books of the Septuagint, religion, wisdom literature
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The Book of Wisdom
The Book of Wisdom, or The Wisdom of Solomonfrom the New English Bible, © 1970 Cambridge and Oxford University Press Christian personification of Wisdom My favorite book in the Judeo-Christian bible is that of Ecclesiastes, in which a man known as ‘the preacher’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, BnB 2011 Nonfiction Reading Challenge, Books of the Septuagint, Judaism, wisdom literature
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The Rise and Fall of the Bible
The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book© 2011 Timothy Beal225 pages, not including index. Disclaimer: I read from an advanced review copy of the book, available through NetGalleys. No compensation for a review, … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced review, Bible, BnB 2011 Nonfiction Reading Challenge, history
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Reading Judas
Reading Judas: the Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity© 2007 Elaine Pagels and Karen King198 pages, including the author’s own work, the text itself, and commentary on the translation. Jesus Christ was a man who traveled through the land … Continue reading