15 must-read history books like The Apocryphal Jesus by David Brakke

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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 …

If you liked the history plot in The Apocryphal Jesus by David Brakke , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Luther: Gospel, Law, and Reformation by Phillip Cary

1. Luther: Gospel, Law, and Reformation

By: Phillip Cary

4.12

Format: 258 pages, Audio Cassette

He was only one man—a humble monk and Bible professor—yet he sparked a religious rebellion that cha… read more

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  • history
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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2. 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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  • christianity
  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
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3. 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

Similar categories in David Brakke's The Apocryphal Jesus book and David Brakke's The Apocryphal Jesus

  • history
  • christianity
  • gnosticism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
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4. Akata Warrior (Akata Witch, #2)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A year ago, Sunny Nwazue, an American-born girl Nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret Leopard… read more

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5. American Religious History

By: Patrick N. Allitt

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Audio CD

Join historian Patrick N. Allitt in exploring the story of religious life in America from the first… read more

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6. Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene & Constantine

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.60

Format: 208 pages,

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7. The Way of Zen

By: Alan W. Watts

4.17

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up t… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
"I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware."

-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

"For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere."

-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

"[T]he joy of travel is not nearly so much in getting where one wants to go as in the unsought surprises which occur on the journey."

-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

"A te elibera de convenție nu înseamnă a o refuza cu dispreț, ci a nu fi amăgit de ea. Înseamnă a fi capabil să o folosești ca pe un instrument, nu a fi folosit de ea."

-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

8. How to Listen to and Understand Opera (Great Courses, #740)

By: Robert Greenberg

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

For more than 400 years, opera has been one of the most popular performing arts. Geniuses--Montever… read more

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9. 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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10. Maxims

By: François de la Rochefoucauld , Leonard Tancock

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire an… read more

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11. England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest

By: Jennifer Paxton

4.28

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Great Courses Plus Dr. Jennifer Paxton is Assistant Director of the University Honors Program and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.08

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

2 hours and 43 minutes The world has been fundamentally changed by the shock and devastation of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization

By: Amanda H. Podany

4.19

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

When we imagine what life might have been like thousands of years in the past, the images we often … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • mythology
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14. Understanding the Old Testament

By: Robert D. Miller

4.11

Format: 285 pages, Unbound

The Old Testament is one of the foundational texts of Western civilization, and is among the most i… read more

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  • history
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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15. 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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  • christianity
  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
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16. Introduction to the Qur’an

By: Martyn Oliver

3.96

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length 5 hours and 48 minutes Publisher's Summary For people of the Muslim faith - n… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
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17. Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires

By: Tim Mackintosh-Smith

4.19

Format: 630 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
"Perfume the literature you write with only the finest inks, for literature works are luscious girls, and ink their precious perfume. —Arabic saying ~800 AD"

-Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires

"In Arabic ‘the written symbol is considered to be identical with the sound indicated by it’. Letters are not just phonetic; they are phonic, acoustic,’… script that fills the ears of him that sees it…"

-Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires

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18. Charlemagne Father of Europe

By: Philip Daileader

3.76

Format: None pages, Audiobook

In Charlemagne: Father of Europe, you will look back on Charlemagne’s rule and the way his dynasty … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. Norse Mythology

By: Jackson Crawford

3.89

Format: 342 pages, Audible Audio

Thor, Odin, Loki, Freyja, the Valkyries, Valhalla, Ragnarok — many of the places we encounter these… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • mythology
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20. Archaeology: An Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites

By: Eric H. Cline

4.18

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 12 hours and 41 minutes The work of archaeologists has commanded worldwide att… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

By: David Christian

4.09

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

** A 2018 GoodReads Choice Award Nominee in the History & Biography category** A captivating his… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Деякі види настільки зневажають мозок, що ставляться до нього, як до одноразової розкоші. В одного виду морських слимаків замолоду є якийсь невеликий мозок. Вони користуються ним, поки плавають по мо…"

-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

"In the past two hundred years, human numbers grew to over seven billion, and our species began to transform the oceans, the land, and the air. Human-built roads, canals, and railways snaked across th…"

-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

5 must-read philosophy books like The Apocryphal Jesus by David Brakke

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Luther: Gospel, Law, and Reformation

Phillip Cary

4.12

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The Apocryphal Jesus

David Brakke

4.18

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The Way of Zen

Alan W. Watts

4.17

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Understanding the Old Testament

Robert D. Miller

4.11

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The Vikings

Kenneth W. Harl

4.09

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Machiavelli in Context (The Great Courses #4311)

William R. Cook

3.87

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Francis of Assisi (Great Courses, #615)

William R. Cook , Ronald B. Herzman

3.50

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After The Plague

Simon Doubleday

3.46

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