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English
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This work presents a meticulously researched biography of Jesus that draws on biblical and historical sources to place his achievements and influence against the turbulent backdrop of his time. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, the author sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus Christ through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic...
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Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
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Seven-year-old Miriam places her baby brother's basket in the Nile River, watches the Pharaoh's daughter draw him out and name him Moses, and ponders a vision of other water parting. Includes note on the biblical story on which this is based.
3) I, Saul
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Language
English
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When a young seminary professor is drawn into a deadly race to save priceless parchments from antiquities thieves, he discovers a two-thousand-year-old connection with another who faced death for the sake of truth.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xii, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Many of our religious beliefs are based on faith alone, but archaeology gives the opportunity to find evidence about what really happened in the distant past-evidence that can have a dramatic impact on what and how we believe. Join celebrated archaeologist and rabbi Richard Fruend as he takes readers through digs he has led in the Holy Land, searching for evidence about key biblical characters and events. Digging Through the Bible presents overviews...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xxxi, 544 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Peterson guides us through the ancient, foundational stories of the Western world. In riveting detail, he analyzes the Biblical accounts of rebellion, sacrifice, suffering, and triumph that stabilize, inspire, and unite us culturally and psychologically. Adam and Eve and the eternal fall of mankind; the resentful and ultimately murderous war of Cain and Abel; the cataclysmic flood of Noah; the spectacular collapse of the Tower of Babel; Abraham's...
Author
Pub. Date
1981
Edition
Avenel 1981 ed.
Physical Desc
1295 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"...attempts to illuminate events of the Old and New Testaments by letting us in on the actual historical, geographical, and biographical aspects of those first four thousand years of human civilization."--dust cover.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
x, 724 pages 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides information about the changing historical, social, and cultural contexts in which the Biblical writers and their original readers thought and lived, including writers of Jewish and Christian apocryphal works.
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Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
349 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm + 1 CD-ROM, 1 poster (56 x 42 cm)
Language
English
Description
A remarkably beautiful and rich resource for historical, geographical and archaeological background material that will deepen our understanding of each section of the Bible and increase our appreciation of the Bible's amazing historical accuracy.
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Series
Chronicles of Peniel volume 1
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explore the rich and fascinating background of the Old and New Testaments. "You are there" as Jonathan Frakes reveals the lives of the "mad" King Herod and the courageous John the Baptist. He shows how the glorious ministry of Jesus Christ is related to the amazing 1947 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
304 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The New Moody Atlas of Bible Lands integrates the geography of Bible lands with the teachings of the Bible. Its one hundred thousand words provide commentary for more than ninety detailed maps of Palestine, the Mediterranean, the Near East, the Sinai, and Turkey. --from publisher description