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 …
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1. 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?
2. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
By: Richard Dawkins , Well-illustrated
4.16
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Charles Darwin, whose 1859 masterpiece "On the Origin of Species" shook society to its core, would … read more
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"The best scientists can do is fail to disprove things while pointing to how hard they tried"-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Of course they don't function as gills, but five-week human embryos can be regarded as little pink fishes, with gills."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Incidentally, I'm puzzled why, with so much oxygen about, thing didn't burst into flames all the time. Perhaps they did."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"It is interesting to wonder whether taxonomists of the future may regret the way our generation messed around with genomes."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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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- religion
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4. The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction
By: Amanda H. Podany
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
This book explores the lands of the ancient Near East from around 3200 BCE to 539 BCE. The earth-sh… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- archaeology
5. From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ
By: Paula Fredriksen
4.88
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by ex… read more
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6. 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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- history
- christianity
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- religion
- nonfiction
- archaeology
- science
7. Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity
By: James D. Tabor
4.48
Format: 356 pages, ebook
This fascinating examination of the earliest years of Christianity reveals sharply competing ideas … read more
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8. The Gnostic Gospels
By: Elaine Pagels
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminou… read more
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9. The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom
By: Candida R. Moss
3.69
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
In The Myth of Persecution, Candida Moss, a leading expert on early Christianity, reveals how the e… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- history
10. Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History
By: Joseph Telushkin
4.33
Format: 48 pages,
What does it mean to be a Jew? How does one begin to answer so extensive a question? In this insigh… read more
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12. Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.95
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's New York Timesbestseller Misquoting Jesusleft off, Jesu… read more
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13. Forged: Writing in the Name of God
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.50
Format: None pages,
s/t: Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are Bart D. Ehrman, the New York Timesbestse… read more
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14. Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed tha… read more
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15. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This new edition of Bart Ehrman's highly successful introduction approaches the New Testament from … read more
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16. Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeologic… read more
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17. A History of Ancient Israel: From the Patriarchs Through the Romans
By: Eric H. Cline
3.18
Format: 159 pages, Audiobook
Israel conjures up myriad associations for peoples of all cultures and religious backgrounds. Inext… read more
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18. A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
By: Diarmaid MacCulloch
3.89
Format: None pages,
The author of The Reformationreturns with the definitive history of Christianity for our time. Once… read more
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19. Sailing from Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World
By: Colin Wells
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping intellectual adventure story, Sailing from Byzantium sweeps you from the deserts of Arab… read more
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20. 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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21. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
By: Reza Aslan
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of No god but Godcomes a fascinating, provocative, and … read more
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22. The Invention of the Jewish People
By: Yael Lotan , Shlomo Sand
4.10
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Isr… read more
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23. God: An Anatomy
By: Francesca Stavrakopoulou
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancie… read more
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"How could I not be distracted? Here was a deity just like those I’d visited in museums as a child—a god of ancient myths, fantastic stories and long-lost rituals; a god from the distant past, from a …"-Francesca Stavrakopoulou, God: An Anatomy
24. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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- history
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25. The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.94
Format: None pages, Audio CD
The “marvelous” (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of Zealot), New York Times bestselling story of how… read more
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- christianity
- nonfiction
- religion
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"Today we are familiar with the funereal abbreviation “RIP"-Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
"Because of the open nature of polytheism, there was virtually no such thing as “conversion."-Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
"atheism was an exceedingly rare phenomenon in antiquity: very few people believed there were literally no gods. The word “atheism"-Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
"Ancient people, whether pagans, Jews, or Christians, did not neatly differentiate between the religious and the political. They would have had a hard time understanding the difference."-Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
26. 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
27. 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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28. Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
By: Melanie Mitchell
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping examination of the current state of artificial intelligence and how it is remaking our w… read more
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- science
"Hofstadter... fears that AI might show us that the human qualities we most value are disappointingly simple to mechanize."-Melanie Mitchell, Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
29. Philosophy of Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Tim Bayne
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
What is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the… read more
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30. 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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