11 Best history books like The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently by Amy-Jill Levine

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The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently

By: Amy-Jill Levine

4.08

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The editors of The Jewish Annotated New Testament explore how Jews and Christians can learn from an…

If you liked the history plot in The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently by Amy-Jill Levine , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible

By: Aviya Kushner

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Aviya Kushner grew up in a Hebrew-speaking family, reading the Bible in the original Hebrew and deb… read more

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  • judaism
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"Translation means that a translator has picked one word above all the others: one winner, with all the finalists gone from the page forever. Translation always calls upon the translator to make a jud…"

-Aviya Kushner, The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible

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2. Who Wrote the Bible?

By: Richard Elliott Friedman

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The contemporary classic The New York Times Book Review called "a thought-provoking [and] perceptiv… read more

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"Every biblical story reflects something that mattered to its author. Whenever we figure out what it was and why it mattered, we move a step closer to knowing who wrote a part of the Bible."

-Richard Elliott Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible?

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3. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more

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  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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4. Hunting Shadows (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #16)

By: Charles Todd

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A dangerous case with ties leading back to the battlefields of World War I dredges up dark memories… read more

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5. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

By: Israel Finkelstein , Neil Asher Silberman

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this groundbreaking work that sets apart fact and legend, authors Finkelstein and Silberman use … read more

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  • nonfiction

6. The Prophetic Imagination

By: Walter Brueggemann

3.88

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

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7. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

By: Richard Rohr

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more

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"The ego hates losing – even to God."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

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8. The Cross and the Lynching Tree

By: James H. Cone

4.51

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more

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"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

9. How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.87

Format: None pages,

New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus's divinity became … read more

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10. An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

By: Barbara Brown Taylor

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church("a beautiful, absorbing memoir."--Dallas Morning News), … read more

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11. The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe

By: Richard Rohr

4.45

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With a new afterword - From one of the world's most influential spiritu… read more

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12. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more

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13. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

By: Bart D. Ehrman

4.06

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping ques… read more

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"It is impossible to overrate the importance of Homer on the culture and religion of ancient Greece. It is not that the Iliad and the Odyssey were “the Bible"

-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

"The problem with material remains is that they are silent: they don't provide their own interpretations. And that means various interpretations are possible."

-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

"The Old Testament says no word about either eternal bliss for the righteous dead or everlasting punishment for the wicked. The poets praise God, instead, for allowing them to stay alive for a while l…"

-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

"The fear of death in antiquity differed from the terrors of torment or horrors of actual nonexistence experienced by so many in the West today. It was instead the dread of losing out on everything a …"

-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

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14. Molly

By: Blake Butler

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A gripping, unforgettable memoir from one of the best, most original writers of the 21st century. … read more

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15. Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End

By: Bart D. Ehrman

4.25

Format: 8 pages, Audiobook

A “humane, thoughtful, and intelligent” (The New York Times Book Review) bestselling Biblical schol… read more

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16. Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States

By: Andrew L. Whitehead

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Why do so many conservative Christians continue to support Donald Trump despite his many overt mora… read more

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17. My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church

By: Amy Kenny

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection,… read more

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18. The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

By: Kaitlyn Schiess

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more

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"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

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19. The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently

By: Amy-Jill Levine

4.08

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The editors of The Jewish Annotated New Testament explore how Jews and Christians can learn from an… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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20. God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible

By: Candida Moss

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning biblical scholar, the untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meani… read more

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Cover of How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture by Dan Kimball

21. How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture

By: Dan Kimball

4.20

Format: None pages, Audio CD

When Dan Kimball first sat down to meet with a student who was disillusioned by Christianity, he wa… read more

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17 best-selling religion books like The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently by Amy-Jill Levine

Transform Your Habits

The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible

Aviya Kushner

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Who Wrote the Bible?

Richard Elliott Friedman

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

Israel Finkelstein , Neil Asher Silberman

3.91

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New Seeds of Contemplation

Thomas Merton

4.26

Transform Your Habits

What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything

Rob Bell

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind

Cynthia Bourgeault

4.12

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Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

Richard Rohr

4.23

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