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Author
Publisher
David C. Cook
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Based on the bestselling "Picture Bible," the 215 stories in "The Action Bible" communicate clearly and forcefully to contemporary readers of all ages. The stories are in chronological order, making it easy to follow the Bible's historical flow. Full color.
3) The red tent
Author
Language
English
Description
The story of Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, is told from her point of view, beginning with the story of her mothers, Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah. These wives of Jacob give her the gifts that are to sustain her through a damaged youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Bible is full of stories that teach us to dream big, be curious, and be ourselves. And who better to learn these lessons from than Biblical characters themselves? Dream Big, Laugh Often contains portraits of 14 Biblical figures, including Abraham and Sarah, Moses and Miriam, David and Deborah, and more, brought to life with Hanoch Piven's joyful and clever art made from found ojbects."--
Author
Language
English
Description
The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years -- except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia Inquirer).Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous...
11) The year of living biblically: one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A. J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to play a ten-string harp; to stone...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Jane Yolen has teamed up with Barbara Diamond Goldin ... to retell Bible stories from the point of view of twelve women (in nine chapters, as some come in pairs). After each story, there is a reflection 'imagine' piece written from the voice of each woman (written by Barbara) and a poem about her (written by Jane). Intermixed with the main text are sidebars called 'midrash' in the singular or 'midrashim' in the plural. These pose questions about...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and it has preserved its distinctive identity despite the extraordinarily diverse forms and beliefs it has embodied over the course of more than three millennia ... In this ... book, Martin Goodman takes readers from Judaism's origins in the polytheistic world of the second and first millennia BCE to the temple cult at the time of Jesus. He tells the stories of the rabbis, mystics, and messiahs...
19) Bible lands
Author
Series
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text document life in Biblical times, surveying the clothing, food, and civilizations of a wide variety of cultures, including the Israelites, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans.
20) The blood Gospel
Author
Series
Order of the Sanguines volume 1
Language
English
Description
After a shocking discovery in Masada, Israel, Sergeant Jordan Stone, Father Rhun Korza and Dr. Erin Granger, racing against time to recover a book written by Christ's own hand, must contend with a force of ancient evil with impossible ambitions and a secret sect within the Vatican called the Sanguines.
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