Milton, John

Summary: "This Norton Critical Edition is designed to make Paradise Lost accessible for student readers, providing invaluable contextual and biographical information and the tools students need to think critically about this landmark epic. Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020

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Phillips, Graham.

Contents: Imprisoned for eternity -- Prelude to heresy -- City of the sun -- The Amarna queens -- Secrets of the three tombs -- The mystery of Tutankhamun -- The one God -- The children of Israel -- Cataclysm -- Exodus -- Strangers in a strange land -- The angel of death.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bear & Co. 2003

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Cline, Eric H.

Contents: Introduction -- The Garden of Eden -- Noah's ark -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- Moses and the Exodus -- Joshua and the Battle of Jericho -- The ark of the covenant -- The ten lost tribes of Israel -- Epilogue.

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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007

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Asimov, Isaac

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avenel Books Distributed by Crown Publishers 1981

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Anderson, Bernhard W.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1986

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Aslan, Reza.

Summary: Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013

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Feiler, Bruce S.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2005

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Feiler, Bruce S.

Summary: "At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Feiler travels ten thousand miles through the heart of the Middle East and examines the question: Is religion tearing us apart, or can it bring us together? Taking readers to sites not seen by Westerners for decades, Feiler's journey uncovers little-known details about the common roots of Judaism, Christianity,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005

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Nellist, Glenys

Summary: "In the beloved rhythms and rhyme of the classic poem " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas," 'Twas the Morning of Easter tells the story of the resurrection of Jesus in a fresh, inspiring way and features joyful illustrations that bring the story to life for children"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2021

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Johnson, Luke Timothy.

Summary: Looks at Jesus through the many portraits the Gospels provide. The course examines not only the familiar canonical Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John from the New Testament, but also many other apocryphal narratives and literary works that have also contributed to our perceptions of Jesus, Mary, and Christianity. All of these works are encompassed by the word "Gospel."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004

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Waterhouse, Steven.

Summary: Jesus and History examines the historical background of the four Gospels. Can we identify their authors and dates, or were they later forgeries? Are the people and places in the Gospels historical or mythological? -- Did Jesus do the miracles and make the claims attributed to him, or did early Christians exaggerate his life? Who is he? Also, included in the appendix is rare historical research...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Westcliff Press 2009

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Franklin, Ruth.

Summary: What is the difference between writing a novel about the Holocaust and fabricating a memoir? Are Holocaust writings, by their very nature, exempt from criticism and interpretation? Do narratives about the Holocaust have a special obligation to be truthful--that is, faithful to the facts of history? Is a fictional account of the Holocaust, in the words of Elie Wiesel, "an insult to the dead"? In...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011

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Negenman, Jan H.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1969

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Linzey, Andrew.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Westminster John Knox Press 2000

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McLaughlin, Rebecca

Summary: "This book is intended as a highly accessible introduction to the biggest biblical truths about Jesus. Each chapter is based on a particular aspect of Jesus's identity and ministry. Chapters will draw key passages from multiple gospels to help readers see who Jesus is and how he speaks into our lives today, but the book will also give readers a sense of each Gospel's particular flavor"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossway 2022

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Keller, Werner

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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1981

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Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: "A New York Times bestselling Biblical scholar reveals why our popular understanding of the Apocalypse is all wrong-and why that matters. You'll find nearly everything the Bible has to say about the end in the Book of Revelation: a mystifying prophecy filled with bizarre symbolism, violent imagery, mangled syntax, confounding contradictions, and very firm ideas about the horrors that await us...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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Parkin, Simon

Summary: "Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo's midnight roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England via the Kindertransport train. But he could not escape the British police, who came for him in the early hours and shipped him off to Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man, under suspicion of being a spy for the very regime he had fled. Peter's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022

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Pagels, Elaine H.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1988

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