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  • The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha

    New Revised Standard Version

    For over 50 years students, professors, clergy, and general readers have relied on The New Oxford Annotated Bible as an unparalleled authority in Study Bibles. This fifth edition of the Annotated, thumb-indexed and in a protective two-piece box, remains the best way to study and understand the Bible at home or in the classroom. This thoroughly revised and substantially updated edition contains the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Secret History of the Gnostics

    Their Scriptures, Beliefs and Traditions

    Learn more about the myths, practices, history, and recent resurgence of Gnosticism as a Gnostic scholar seeks to answer why this Christian mystical movement has inspired the likes of Dan Brown and Philip PullmanThe Secret History of the Gnostics offers long-awaited illumination on the mystical movement that teaches ‘gnosis’—knowledge of God as opposed to unquestioning faith. Acclaimed author ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Visual Word

    Illustrated Outlines of The New Testament Books

    The New Testament shouldn’t be complicated. So why are we often confused?Every Christian wants to love the Bible. But let’s face it: we sometimes get lost in all the names, places, and doctrines that we find in its pages. Who wrote this epistle? Which book is about justification? Joy? Jesus? Aren’t they all about him? The New Testament contains complex ideas and multiple genres. Keeping it ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Reading Genesis

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of our greatest novelists and thinkers presents a radiant, thrilling interpretation of the book of Genesis.For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various hands, expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Prostitutes, Virgins and Mothers

    Questioning Teachings About Biblical Women

    An appreciation for the voices of biblical women that contrast long-held beliefs about their role and value, this book provides a framework for women to use their life experiences, intellect, and faith to question and interpret biblical texts. The book challenges traditional interpretations of the stories of selected biblical women by asking difficult questions, such as Where are the stories of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Christobiography

    Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels

    Are the canonical Gospels historically reliable?The four canonical Gospels are ancient biographies, narratives of Jesus’s life. The authors of these Gospels were intentional in how they handled historical information and sources.Building on recent work in the study of ancient biographies, Craig Keener argues that the writers of the canonical Gospels followed the literary practices of other ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Making of Jewish Universalism

    From Exile to Alexandria

    This book explores two kinds of universalist thought that circulated among Jews in the Greco-Roman world. The first, which is founded on the idea that all people may worship the One True God in an engaged and sustained manner, originates in biblical prophetic literature. The second, which underscores a common ethic that all people share, arose in the second century bce. This study offers one ... Read more

    $83.99 USD

  • Adam, Eve, and the Serpent

    Sex and Politics in Early Christianity

    by Elaine Pagels ...
    A National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us."Confirms her reputation as both a scholar and a popular interpreter.... Continuously rewarding and illuminating." —The New York TimesHow did the early Christians come to believe that sex was ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture:The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament

    The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament

    Victors not only write history: they also reproduce the texts. Bart Ehrman explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, examining how early struggles between Christian "heresy" and "orthodoxy" affected the transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Early Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings

    The Schocken Bible, Volume II

    Series series The Schocken Bible
    The story of ancient Israel, from the arrival in Canaan to the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah and the Babylonian exile some six centuries later, here is the highly anticipated second volumein Everett Fox’s landmark translation of the Hebrew Bible.The personalities who appear in the pages of The Early Prophets, and the political and moral dilemmas their stories illuminate, are part of the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • The Basics of Christian Belief

    Bible, Theology, and Life's Big Questions

    This reader-friendly yet robust introduction to the Christian faith explores the essentials of Christianity and the impact they have on life, worldview, and witness. Written in an accessible and engaging voice for college-age readers, the book connects the biblical plotline, the Apostles' Creed, the comparative distinctiveness of Christianity, and life's big questions. The author shows how the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Luke

    Series series Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary
    Brimming with lavish, full-color photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of the New Testament. It’s like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Encountering John (Encountering Biblical Studies)

    The Gospel in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective

    Series series Encountering Biblical Studies
    In this updated edition of his successful textbook, leading evangelical New Testament scholar Andreas Köstenberger offers a survey of John's gospel that is informed by current scholarship but written at an accessible level. The book has been revised throughout and features a new interior design. Photos, sidebars, and other pedagogical aids are included. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • What Jesus Meant

    by Garry Wills ...
    **“Garry Wills brings his signature brand of erudite, unorthodox thinking to his latest book of revelations. . . . A tour de force and a profound show of faith.” (**O, the Oprah Magazine)Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What The Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.In what are billed “culture wars,” people on the political right and the political left cite Jesus as endorsing their views. But in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • God Believes in Love

    Straight Talk About Gay Marriage

    by Gene Robinson ...
    From the Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church, the first openly gay person elected (in 2003) to the historic episcopate and the world's leading religious spokesperson for gay rights and gay marriage—a groundbreaking book that lovingly and persuasively makes the case for same-sex marriage using a commonsense, reasoned, religious argument, made by someone who holds the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Salvation by Allegiance Alone

    Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King

    We are saved by faith when we trust that Jesus died for our sins. This is the gospel, or so we are taught. But what is faith? And does this accurately summarize the gospel? Because faith is frequently misunderstood and the climax of the gospel misidentified, the gospel's full power remains untapped. While offering a fresh proposal for what faith means within a biblical theology of salvation, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Holy Blood, Holy Grail

    The Secret History of Christ. The Shocking Legacy of the Grail

    Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete?• Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?• Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists?• Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom?• Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Popular Survey of the New Testament

    Understanding the New Testament is a daunting but exciting task. Our world is so different from that of the first century. Yet it is important to understand the context and content of the New Testament if we are to be faithful followers. Now in paper, this survey addresses the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions that readers of the Bible may have, such as: How can we tell if what is ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Hidden Book in the Bible

    Renowned biblical sleuth and scholar Richard Elliot Friedman reveals the first work of prose literature in the world-a 3000-year-old epic hidden within the books of the Hebrew Bible. Written by a single, masterful author but obscured by ancient editors and lost for millennia, this brilliant epic of love, deception, war, and redemption is a compelling account of humankind's complex relationship ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Thru the Bible Vol. 44: The Epistles (1 Corinthians)

    Series Book 44 - Thru the Bible
    Radio messages from J. Vernon McGee delighted and enthralled listeners for years with simple, straightforward language and clear understanding of the Scripture. Now enjoy his personable, yet scholarly, style in a 60-volume set of commentaries that takes you from Genesis to Revelation with new understanding and insight. Each volume includes introductory sections, detailed outlines and a thorough, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Walking the Bible

    A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

    by Bruce Feiler ...
    “An instant classic. . . . A pure joy to read.” —Washington Post Book WorldBoth a heart-racing adventure and an uplifting quest, Walking the Bible presents one man’s epic journey- by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel- through the greatest stories ever told. From crossing the Red Sea to climbing Mount Sinai to touching the burning bush, Bruce Feiler’s inspiring odyssey will forever change your view of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Ezekiel (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)

    Series series Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible
    Pastors and leaders of the classical church--such as Augustine, Calvin, Luther, and Wesley--interpreted the Bible theologically, believing Scripture as a whole witnessed to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Modern interpreters of the Bible questioned this premise. But in recent decades, a critical mass of theologians and biblical scholars has begun to reassert the priority of a theological reading of ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Texts of Terror

    Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives

    In this seminal work of biblical studies, renowned scholar Phyllis Trible focuses on four variations on the theme of terror in the Bible. By combining the discipline of literary criticism with the hermeneutics of feminism, she reinterprets the tragic stories of four women in ancient Israel: Hagar, Tamar, an unnamed concubine, and the daughter of Jephthah. In highlighting the silence, absence, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Creation, Sin, Covenant, and Salvation

    A Primer for Biblical Theology

    Creation, Covenant, Sin, and Salvation is a primer for biblical theology that is accessible to lay readers of all ages. This is the ideal book for those seeking a short, accessible synopsis of the Christian worldview. Sprinkled with anecdotes and illustrations, the book eases readers into a succinct yet comprehensive discussion of biblical thought. The final chapter explains the authority, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus