en-US Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:35:33 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 632868 397 Teresa de Ávila 0385011091 Diana 0 4.22 1565
author: Teresa de Ávila
name: Diana
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1565
rating: 0
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]]> 921874 352 Alfred Edersheim 1565631366 Diana 5 4.26 1874
author: Alfred Edersheim
name: Diana
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1874
rating: 5
read at: 2021/09/08
date added: 2025/01/03
shelves: wei-s-books, religious-no-category
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I felt like I was reading a National Geographic special about the Temple in ancient Jerusalem and in days of Jesus.
]]> 1753625 155 Bernard of Clairvaux Diana 4 4.34 1971
author: Bernard of Clairvaux
name: Diana
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1971
rating: 4
read at: 2021/01/11
date added: 2024/03/03
shelves: wei-s-books, catholic-scripture-and-commentary
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Some of his sermons were easier for me 'to digest' than others. After studying the Wisdom literature recently, the book was a little less daunting. Three volumes still await the rest of his sermons.
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The books of the Apocrypha are a witness to faith, specifically the faith of Jewish people living from 200 B.C.E. to 100 C.E. Contemporary Christian readers find these books to be surprisingly relevant. In addition, they provide essential historical background for understanding the Judaism of JesusÂč day and the Jewish matrix of early Christianity.

After explaining the value of studying the Apocrypha and surveying the historical context from which these writings emerged, deSilva proceeds through each book of the Apocrypha (as found in the NRSV). Using all the tools of a skilled interpreter, he provides the necessary background details (date, circumstances of writing, etc.) before surveying the content and message of each book. Along the way, readers are introduced to connections between the Apocrypha and the Old and New Testaments and are encouraged to embark upon their own exploration of these fascinating books.

Especially suitable for classroom settings, this substantive, up-to-date, and well-written volume is accessible to and will be enjoyed by clergy and laity as well.

Now in paperback.

"DeSilva does a fine job of placing the Apocrypha within the historical context of the Jewish world in which early Christianity was forged."-- Publishers Weekly]]> 432 David A. deSilva 0801031036 Diana 5 4.37
author: David A. deSilva
name: Diana
average rating: 4.37
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rating: 5
read at: 2020/03/08
date added: 2024/03/03
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]]> 1975633 128 Os Guinness 0801012600 Diana 4 4.04 2003
author: Os Guinness
name: Diana
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2020/02/06
date added: 2024/03/03
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The Language and Imagery of the Bibl e brings the discipline of literary studies to bear on Biblical studies, investigating the various ways in which language us used, demonstrating the non-literal character of much bible language, and arguing that biblical authors were aware of the symbolism and character of their language.]]> 280 George Bradford Caird 0715615793 Diana 5 4.00 1980
author: George Bradford Caird
name: Diana
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1980
rating: 5
read at: 2020/01/02
date added: 2024/03/03
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]]> 398085 Bible, and a fundamental return to its narrative prose, Robert Alter reads the Old Testament with new eyes—the eyes of a literary critic. Alter takes the old yet simple step of reading the Bible as a literary creation.]]> 207 Robert Alter 046500427X Diana 5 4.27 1981
author: Robert Alter
name: Diana
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1981
rating: 5
read at: 2020/01/17
date added: 2024/03/03
shelves: wei-s-books, religious-commentary
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]]> 282932 216 D.A. Carson 0830826203 Diana 0 3.69
author: D.A. Carson
name: Diana
average rating: 3.69
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2022/01/05
date added: 2024/03/03
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]]> 677430 96 Robert van de Weyer 0764800566 Diana 5 4.33 1997
author: Robert van de Weyer
name: Diana
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at: 2020/11/06
date added: 2024/03/03
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...it amazes me how authentic, contemporary and eloquent is the art of his preaching. There is not a note of affectation, not a millimeter of stretching the interpretation...but always, there is powerfully deep thought and deep feeling...

The first of these sermons, under the title The Celebration of Faith uses the themes of faith, revelation, and the Nicene Creed as the symbol of faith. Though generally directed towards those in the church, these talks are unique in that they speak also to the person not in the church, to the person who has had no experience whatsoever of things religious, or whose experience of religion has convinced him of it emptiness. There are no prerequisites for appreciating these talks, no special knowledge required of the vocabulary of the Orthodox Church. Fr Alexander s only assumption is that he is speaking to seekers, to those who have a spiritual thirst, a yearning for something indefinable that calls them out of themselves. And in speaking to the non-religious seeker, he reaches also the religious seeker as well, the one who is seeking to grow in his faith, life and understanding of God s revelation in Christ and the Church.]]> 124 Alexander Schmemann 0881411116 Diana 5 4.58 1991
author: Alexander Schmemann
name: Diana
average rating: 4.58
book published: 1991
rating: 5
read at: 2020/10/31
date added: 2024/03/03
shelves: wei-s-books, religious-commentary
review:
I'd like to find more volumes from this author!
]]> 402878 208 William C. Placher 0664255345 Diana 1 4.18 1994
author: William C. Placher
name: Diana
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1994
rating: 1
read at: 2021/08/29
date added: 2024/03/03
shelves: wei-s-books, religious-commentary
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The Presbyterian author seemed to think he was aware of the beliefs and practices of every church in the 46K denominations in the US.
]]> 5829216 260 Joel Marcus 0664221696 Diana 5 3.80 1992
author: Joel Marcus
name: Diana
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1992
rating: 5
read at: 2021/08/23
date added: 2024/03/03
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]]> 122014 162 Richard H. Lowery 0827238266 Diana 5 3.73 2000
author: Richard H. Lowery
name: Diana
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 2020/11/03
date added: 2024/03/03
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]]> 1251136 240 Robert Alter 0465092551 Diana 5 4.09 1978
author: Robert Alter
name: Diana
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1978
rating: 5
read at: 2020/05/05
date added: 2024/03/03
shelves: wei-s-books, religious-commentary
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I find this author and his subject matter very interesting. I'm looking forward to completing his HEBREW BIBLE three- volume set.
]]> 4036127 129 Mark A. Throntveit 0804231117 Diana 5 3.62 1992
author: Mark A. Throntveit
name: Diana
average rating: 3.62
book published: 1992
rating: 5
read at: 2020/04/27
date added: 2024/03/03
shelves: wei-s-books, religious-commentary
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]]> 303683 1067 Joseph H. Hertz 0900689218 Diana 5 wei-s-books, jewish-hebrew 4.44 1937
author: Joseph H. Hertz
name: Diana
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1937
rating: 5
read at: 2021/11/22
date added: 2022/03/07
shelves: wei-s-books, jewish-hebrew
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This volume was published in 1937 so the comparison of Jewish laws in the Torah to 'current' activities had interesting descriptions in the footnotes
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The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, delightful humor, and keen understanding of the human mind to challenge our notions about how to best teach our children--and ourselves--not merely reading and writing, but also a sense of morality.]]> 113 C.S. Lewis Diana 0 wei-s-books 4.16 1943
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Diana
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1943
rating: 0
read at: 2020/11/10
date added: 2020/11/10
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