14 best-selling religion books like Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism by Joshua A. Berman

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Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism

By: Joshua A. Berman

4.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Inconsistency in the Torah

If you liked the religion plot in Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism by Joshua A. Berman , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Ballad of the White Horse

By: G.K. Chesterton

4.26

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ballad of the White Horse is one of the last great epic poems in the English language. On the o… read more

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"Man is a free knight that might betray his Lord."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse

"The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse

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2. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

By: Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller

4.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Renowned pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of The Songs of Jesus, Timoth… read more

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"Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

"Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

"A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

"Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

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3. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

By: Richard Bauckham

4.35

Format: 552 pages, Hardcover

This fresh book argues that the four Gospels are closely based on eyewitness testimony of those who… read more

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"Young scholars, learning their historical method from Gospel scholars, often treat it as self-evident that the more skeptical they are toward their sources, the more rigorous will be their historical…"

-Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

"However it—or the kind of extreme individualistic epistemology it embraces—can lead historians to an overly skeptical approach particularly to those sources that were intended to recount and inform e…"

-Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

"However it—or the kind of extreme individualistic epistemology it embraces—can lead historians to an overly skeptical approach particularly to those sources that were intended to recount and inform e…"

-Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

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4. Fear and Trembling

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more

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  • religion
  • theology
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5. Revelations of Divine Love

By: Julian of Norwich , A.C. Spearing , Elizabeth Spearing

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Lovea remarkabl… read more

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6. Till We Have Faces

By: C.S. Lewis

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more

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7. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made … read more

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8. The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible

By: Scot McKnight

4.82

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

"Why Can't I Just Be a Christian?" Parakeets make delightful pets. We cage them or clip their wings… read more

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9. The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1

By: J. Richard Middleton

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

For two thousand years, Christians have been intrigued by the somewhat enigmatic Imago Deireference… read more

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10. The Fire Next Time

By: James Baldwin

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more

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11. The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

By: David Bentley Hart

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion… read more

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12. Paul and the Gift

By: John M.G. Barclay

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

A fresh scholarly reading of grace in Paul's theology In this book esteemed Pauline scholar John Ba… read more

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13. On the Incarnation

By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more

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14. Shades of Sheol: Death and Afterlife in the Old Testament

By: Philip S. Johnston

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

"For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who can give you praise?" (Psalm 6:5) Death … read more

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15. On First Principles

By: Origen , Henri de Lubac , None , None , None , None

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

s/t: Being Koetschau's Text of the De Principiis Translated into English Together with an Introduct… read more

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16. Rediscovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context

By: Carol L. Meyers

4.50

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

This groundbreaking study looks beyond biblical texts, which have had a powerful influence over our… read more

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17. 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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  • theology
"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

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. Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)

By: Kristin Cashore

4.23

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight - she's a Graceling, one … read more

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20. Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations

By: bell hooks

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can… read more

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21. The Art of Biblical Narrative

By: Robert Alter

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

In what is both a radical approach to the Bible, and a fundamental return to its narrative prose, R… read more

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22. Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love

By: Elizabeth A. Johnson

3.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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23. On the Soul and the Resurrection

By: Gregory of Nyssa

3.67

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

What happens to us after death? How do we reconcile our religious beliefs and our scientific world … read more

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24. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

By: Beth Allison Barr

4.40

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more

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"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

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25. Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

By: Christopher Watkin

4.55

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a wa… read more

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26. Sanctifying Interpretation: Vocation, Holiness, and Scripture

By: Chris E. Green

4.67

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

In this constructive monograph, Pentecostal theologian Chris Green offers an alternative to the sta… read more

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27. Violence of the Biblical God: Canonical Narrative and Christian Faith

By: L. Daniel Hawk

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

How can we make sense of violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the people of Israel to wipe out ev… read more

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28. The Liturgy of Creation: Understanding Calendars in Old Testament Context

By: Michael Lefebvre

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In this book, Michael LeFebvre considers the calendars of the Pentateuch with their basis in the he… read more

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29. Disembodied Souls: The Nefesh in Israel and Kindred Spirits in the Ancient Near East, with an Appendix on the Katumuwa Inscription (Ancient Near East Monographs)

By: Richard C. Steiner

4.00

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

A reevaluation of the concept of the soul based on the latest evidence Biblical scholars have long … read more

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  • judaism
  • religion
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30. Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism

By: Joshua A. Berman

4.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

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31. Scripture's Knowing: A Companion to Biblical Epistemology

By: Dru Johnson

4.19

Format: None pages, None

Scripture's Knowing is a guide to the emerging field of philosophical study of Scripture, specifica… read more

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4.35

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4.75

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