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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (Hinges of History)

Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (Hinges of History)

by Thomas Cahill

From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews , his most compelling historical narrative yet. How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization? Did his influence in fact change the world? These are the questions Thomas Cahill addresses in his subtle and engaging investigation into the life and times... (more)

The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

by Neil Asher Silberman, Israel Finkelstein

In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible -- the wanderings of the... (more)

Pilate's Wife: A Novel of the Roman Empire

Pilate's Wife: A Novel of the Roman Empire

by Antoinette May

A daughter of privilege in the most powerful empire the world has ever known, Claudia has a unique and disturbing "gift": her dreams have an uncanny way of coming true. As a rebellious child seated beside the tyrannical Roman Emperor Tiberius, she first spies the powerful gladiator who will ultimately be her one true passion. Yet it is the ambitious magistrate Pontius Pilate who intrigues the impressionable young... (more)

The Bible As It Was (Belknap)

by James L. Kugel

This is a guide to the Hebrew Bible unlike any other. Leading us chapter by chapter through its most important stories-from the Creation and the Tree of Knowledge through the Exodus from Egypt and the journey to the Promised Land-James Kugel shows how a group of anonymous ancient interpreters radically transformed the Bible and made it into the book that has come down to us today.

Israel, My Beloved

by Kay Arthur

When Israel, My Beloved first released, it immediately captured the #1 spot on the CBA hardcover fiction bestseller list—and stayed on the list for months. Kay Arthur’s dramatic, epic–style novel is now available in softcover with a beautiful new cover and a historical timeline that corresponds with the fascinating retelling of Israel’s story. History comes alive as Kay begins with the tragic mistakes that... (more)

The Samson Effect

by Tony Eldridge

Since discovering an ancient scroll in a cave in Hebron, Israel, American biblical archeologist Thomas Hamilton and his trusted friend and colleague, Israeli biblical linguist Michael Sieff, have been consumed with the notion of the Samson Effect—the idea that a long-lost elixir can allow an ordinary person to perform superhuman feats. When they happen upon a worn Hebrew parchment that not only confirms the... (more)

Who Wrote the Bible?

by Richard Elliott Friedman

"It is a strange fact that we have never known with certainty who produced the book that has played such a central role in our civilization," writes Friedman, a foremost Bible scholar. From this point he begins an investigation and analysis that reads as compellingly as a good detective story. Focusing on the central books of the Old Testament--Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy--he draws upon... (more)

The Jester

by James Patterson

Arriving home disillusioned from the Crusades, Hugh discovers that his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted by knights in search of a relic worth more than any throne in Europe. Only by taking on the role of a jester is he able to infiltrate his enemy's castle, where he thinks his wife is captive.With the unstoppable pace and plot of a page-turning Alex Cross novel, THE JESTER is a breathtakingly... (more)

The Mystical Life of Jesus: An Uncommon Perspective on the Life of Christ (Unabridged)

The Mystical Life of Jesus: An Uncommon Perspective on the Life of Christ (Unabridged)

by Sylvia Browne

Responding to the extraordinary number of questions raised by recent cultural phenomena such as The Gospel of Judas and The Da Vinci Code , New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Browne brings readers the full story of the life of Jesus New discoveries in archaeology and recent bestsellers and movies such as The Da Vinci Code and The Passion of the Christ have sparked a renaissance of the... (more)

Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand: A Novel of Adam and Eve

Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand: A Novel of Adam and Eve

by Gioconda Belli

The internationally bestselling author and poet offers a wholly creative reimagining of the biblical story of Adam and Eve. Prepare to enter a fascinating, primitive universe that goes back to the very beginning, to the story upon which Western civilization is based. Poetry and mystery go hand in hand in this transcendent novel about mankind, as never before imagined. Join Adam and Eve as they discover the... (more)

The American Patriot's Bible: The Word of God and the Shaping of America

The American Patriot's Bible: The Word of God and the Shaping of America

by Richard G. Lee

THE ONE BIBLE THAT SHOWS HOW 'A LIGHT FROM ABOVE' SHAPED OUR NATION. Never has a version of the Bible targeted the spiritual needs of those who love our country more than The American Patriot's Bible. This extremely unique Bible shows how the history of the United States connects the people and events of the Bible to our lives in a modern world. The story of the United States is wonderfully woven into the... (more)

Great Lion of GodCaldwell Taylor

Great Lion of God

by Caldwell Taylor

A DOCTOR AT CALVARYPierre Barbet

A DOCTOR AT CALVARY

by Pierre Barbet

The Gnostic Bible

by Marvin Meyer

This expanded edition of The Gnostic Bible includes the Gospel of Judas—the recently discovered and translated gnostic text that was an instant best seller on its original appearance in 2006—in its most accessible translation yet. Also included are such important and topical texts as the Gospel of Mary Magdalene and the Gospel of Thomas. Religious thinkers engaged in the quest for wisdom and knowledge, the... (more)

The Dead Sea scrolls / by Millar Burrows ; with translations by the authorMillar Burrows

The Dead Sea scrolls / by Millar Burrows ; with translations by the author

by Millar Burrows

The Shroud Of Turin: An Adventure Of Discovery

The Shroud Of Turin: An Adventure Of Discovery

by Mary Whanger

The story of the Whangers’ nearly twenty years of painstaking research on the Shroud of Turin, perhaps the most intensely studied single object in history, is a compelling adventure of unimagined discoveries. They present remarkable findings in a conversational style with sixty-five illustrations.

Life of JesusFrancÌ§ois Mauriac

Life of Jesus

by FrancÌ§ois Mauriac

The Gifts of the Jews

How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels

by Thomas Cahill

The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today. The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible. Within the matrix... (more)

Zondervan NIV Study Bible

by Kenneth Barker, Donald W. Burdick

#1 Best-selling study Bible in the best-selling NIV translation Study features fully revised and updated. Over 20,000 in-text study notes. Library of study resources at your fingertips.

Galileo's Daughter

A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

by Dava Sobel

Galileo Galilei's telescopes allowed him to discover a new reality in the heavens. But for publicly declaring his astounding argument--that the earth revolves around the sun--he was accused of heresy and put under house arrest by the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Living a far different life, Galileo's daughter Virginia, a cloistered nun, proved to be her father's greatest source of strength through the difficult... (more)

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Tags: biblical history

by Thomas Cahill

by Neil Asher Silberman, Israel Finkelstein

by Antoinette May

by James L. Kugel

by Kay Arthur

by Tony Eldridge

by Richard Elliott Friedman

by James Patterson

by Sylvia Browne

by Gioconda Belli

by Richard G. Lee

by Caldwell Taylor

by Pierre Barbet

by Marvin Meyer

by Millar Burrows

by Mary Whanger

by FrancÌ§ois Mauriac

How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels

by Thomas Cahill

by Kenneth Barker, Donald W. Burdick

A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

by Dava Sobel