16 must-read history books like The Hebrew Bible by Lawrence H. Schiffman

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The Hebrew Bible

By: Lawrence H. Schiffman

3.72

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The Hebrew Bible, known to Jews as the Tanakh and to Christians as the Old Testament, is the basis …

If you liked the history plot in The Hebrew Bible by Lawrence H. Schiffman , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Robinson Crusoe

By: Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three dec… read more

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"For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. "

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"On a horse? I was married on a horse? Gillian looked like she could kill the groom"

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"for me to think of such a voyage was the most preposterous thing that ever man in such circumstances could be guilty of."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

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2. Language A to Z

By: None , John McWhorter

4.28

Format: 7 pages, Audio CD

With more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world, it’s no wonder that linguistics, the study … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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3. The History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon

By: Bart D. Ehrman

4.10

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

What different kinds of books are in the New Testament? When, how, and why were they written? And w… read more

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  • history
  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The New Testament

By: Bart D. Ehrman

4.30

Format: 36 pages, Audio CD

audio course taught by Professor Bart D. Ehrman, U. North Carolina Whether taken as a book of fa… read more

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  • history
  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. "God Wills It!": Understanding the Crusades

By: Thomas F. Madden

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Audiobook

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  • history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations by Kenneth W. Harl

6. Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations

By: Kenneth W. Harl

4.02

Format: 424 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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7. The Apocryphal Jesus

By: David Brakke

4.18

Format: 407 pages, Audible Audio

he New Testament gives us 27 canonical texts-gospels, letters, and more-but these works are only a … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
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8. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more

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  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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9. The Abolition of Man & The Great Divorce

By: C.S. Lewis , Robert Whitfield

4.82

Format: 174 pages, Audio CD

Here are two classics of moral philosophy from one of the most revered Christian voices of our time… read more

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  • religion
  • theology
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10. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

By: Marc Morris

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. The Weight of Glory

By: C.S. Lewis

4.38

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The classic Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis, the most important Christian writer of the 20th century,… read more

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  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only."

-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

"Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future."

-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

"Have courage, dear heart, for there is nothing to be afraid of and never has been."

-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

"Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses."

-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

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12. High Five (Stephanie Plum, #5)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

What's Stephanie up to now? Her Uncle Fred has disappeared. A body turns up in a garbage bag. She's… read more

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13. Francis of Assisi (Great Courses, #615)

By: William R. Cook , Ronald B. Herzman

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Audio CD

High quality university teaching! Course Lecture Titles 1. Why Francis of Assisi Is Alive Today 2. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

By: Rick Warren

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This book will help you understand why you are alive and God's amazing plan for you - both the here… read more

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  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"You must begin with God."

-Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

"Familiarity breeds complacency."

-Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

"God never does anything accidentally..."

-Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

"Knowing your purpose focuses your life."

-Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

15. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)

By: Bob Brier

0.00

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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16. The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

By: None

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known … read more

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17. From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity (Great Courses #6577)

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.86

Format: 368 pages,

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18. Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer

By: C.S. Lewis

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

"We want to know not how we should pray if we were perfect but how we should pray being as we now a… read more

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19. Bard of the Middle Ages: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

By: M.D.C. Drout

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Audiobook

About the Course: Had Geoffrey Chaucer not written, or not written so well, the last 600 years of E… read more

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20. Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible schola… read more

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21. What Christians Believe

By: C.S. Lewis

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The Essentials Explained Master storyteller and essayist C. S. Lewis here tackles the central quest… read more

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22. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman

By: Margot Mifflin

2.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon fa… read more

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23. Rings, Swords, and Monsters: Exploring Fantasy Literature

By: M.D.C. Drout

4.17

Format: 267 pages, eAudiobook

Great college course on the history of fantasy literature from Beowolf to Harry Potter with lots of… read more

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24. Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.50

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

From Philosophy to Technology, Tracing the Origin of Identity Politics How did the world arrive … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • theology
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25. Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet

By: John McWhorter

3.99

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The ubiquity of the written word in our everyday lives can make it easy to forget how recent the de… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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26. The Greatest Controversies of Early Christian History

By: Bart D. Ehrman

4.14

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Without the presence of Christianity, our world would be considerably different. Whether we view it… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • audiobook
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27. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

By: Dan Jones

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Cr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • audiobook
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28. How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great News

By: Peter Enns

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger and podcast host of The Bible for Normal P… read more

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  • history
  • theology
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. Jesus and His Jewish Influences

By: Jodi Magness

4.01

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From Audible description: Jesus - a Jewish man from first-century Judea - was perhaps the most inf… read more

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  • history
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. The Hebrew Bible

By: Lawrence H. Schiffman

3.72

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The Hebrew Bible, known to Jews as the Tanakh and to Christians as the Old Testament, is the basis … read more

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  • history
  • theology
  • faith
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. From Troy to Constantinople: cities and societies of ancient Turkey

By: Jennifer Tobin

3.65

Format: 80 pages, Audiobook

Descript 7 sound discs (ca. 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (80 p. : ill., maps ; 22 … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

13 Best audiobook books like The Hebrew Bible by Lawrence H. Schiffman

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Language A to Z

None , John McWhorter

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon

Bart D. Ehrman

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The New Testament

Bart D. Ehrman

4.30

Transform Your Habits

"God Wills It!": Understanding the Crusades

Thomas F. Madden

3.60

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25 Top audiobook books like Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet by John McWhorter

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Herodotus: The Father of History

Elizabeth Vandiver

4.25

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Great Mythologies of the World

Kathryn McClymond , Grant L. Voth , Julius H. Bailey , None

3.90

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The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found

Mary Beard

3.63

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England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest

Jennifer Paxton

4.28

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