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  • Why the Bible Began

    An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins

    by Jacob L. Wright ...
    Why did no other ancient society produce something like the Bible? That a tiny, out of the way community could have created a literary corpus so determinative for peoples across the globe seems improbable. For Jacob Wright, the Bible is not only a testimony of survival, but also an unparalleled achievement in human history. Forged after Babylon's devastation of Jerusalem, it makes not victory but ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible

    by Jacob L. Wright ...
    The Hebrew Bible is permeated with depictions of military conflicts that have profoundly shaped the way many think about war. Why does war occupy so much space in the Bible? In this book, Jacob Wright offers a fresh and fascinating response to this question: War pervades the Bible not because ancient Israel was governed by religious factors (such as 'holy war') or because this people, along with ... Read more

    $93.49 USD

  • David, King of Israel, and Caleb in Biblical Memory

    by Jacob L. Wright ...
    Of all the Bible's personalities, David is the most profoundly human. Courageous, cunning, and complex, he lives life to the hilt. Whatever he does, he does with all his might, exuding both vitality and vulnerability. No wonder it has been said that Israel revered Moses yet loved David. But what do we now know about the historical David? Why does his story stand at the center of the Bible? Why ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

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    Why the Bible Began

    An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins

    by Jacob L. Wright ...
    Narrated by Jim Denison ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 37 min

    Why did no other ancient society produce something like the Bible? That a tiny, out of the way community could have created a literary corpus so determinative for peoples across the globe seems improbable.For Jacob Wright, the Bible is not only a testimony of survival, but also an unparalleled achievement in human history. Forged after Babylon's devastation of Jerusalem, it makes not victory but ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Dawn of Everything

    A New History of Humanity

    by David Graeber, David Wengrow ...
    Narrated by Mark Williams ...

    Unabridged

    24 hours 19 min

    "An all-encompassing treatise on modern civilization, offering bold revisions to canonical understandings in sociology, anthropology, archaeology and political philosophy that led to where we are today." - The New York TimesA dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The First Paul

    Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon

    by Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan ...
    “Borg and Crossan reveal a figure who, besides being neither anti-Semitic, anti-sex, nor misogynist, stresses social and political equality among Christians and between them and others. A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization.” — Booklist (starred review)John Dominic Crossan and Marcus J. Borg—two of the world ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • David and Solomon

    In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition

    by Israel Finkelstein, Neil Asher Silberman ...
    The exciting field of biblical archaeology has revolutionized our understanding of the Bible -- and no one has done more to popularise this vast store of knowledge than Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman, who revealed what we now know about when and why the Bible was first written in The Bible Unearthed. Now, with David and Solomon, they do nothing less than help us to understand the sacred ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Historical David

    The Real Life of an Invented Hero

    by Joel Baden ...
    An Old Testament scholar offers a controversial look at the history of King David, the founder of the nation of Israel whose bloodline leads to Jesus.Challenging prevailing popular beliefs about the king's legend in The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero, Joel Baden makes clear that the biblical account of David is an attempt to shape the events of his life politically and ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Meaning of the Bible

    What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us

    by Douglas A. Knight, Amy-Jill Levine ...
    "Both enlightening and inspiring . . . a helpful resource for both Jews and Christians, conservatives and liberals, religious leaders and social reformers." —Peter J. Paris, the Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor of Christian Social Ethics, emeritus, Princeton Theological SeminaryIn The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us, preeminent biblical ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Coogan ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Eminent biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan offers here a wide-ranging and stimulating exploration of the Old Testament, illuminating its importance as history, literature, and sacred text. Coogan explains the differences between the Bible of Jewish tradition (the "Hebrew Bible") and the Old Testament of Christianity, and also examines the different contents of the Bibles used by Roman Catholics, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • How to Read the Bible

    A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now

    by James L. Kugel ...
    James Kugel’s essential introduction and companion to the Bible combines modern scholarship with the wisdom of ancient interpreters for the entire Hebrew Bible.As soon as it appeared, How to Read the Bible was recognized as a masterwork, “awesome, thrilling” (The New York Times), “wonderfully interesting, extremely well presented” (The Washington Post), and “a tour de force...a stunning narrative” ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Oxford Companion To The Bible

    by Bruce M. Metzger;Michael David Coogan ...
    The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists, from classic works such as Michaelangelo's Last Judgment, Handel's Messiah, or Milton's Paradise Lost, to modern works such as Thomas ... Read more

    $101.99 USD