The New Testament
By: David Bentley Hart
4.56
Format: 616 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most celebrated writers on religion comes this fresh, bold, and unsettling new tran…
Want to Read $ 10.99"This is all evidence, however, of a deeper truth about these texts: They are not beguiling exercises in suasive rhetoric or feats of literary virtuosity; rather, they are chiefly the devout and urgent attempts of often rather ordinary persons to communicate something "seen" and "heard" that transcends any language, but that nevertheless demands to be spoken, now, here, in whatever words one can marshal. (From Hart's Introduction)"-David Bentley Hart, The New Testament
"This is all evidence, however, of a deeper truth about these texts: They are not beguiling exercises in suasive rhetoric or feats of literary virtuosity; rather, they are chiefly the devout and urgent attempts of often rather ordinary persons to communicate something "seen" and "heard" that transcends any language, but that nevertheless demands to be spoken, now, here, in whatever words one can marshal. (From Hart's Introduction)"-David Bentley Hart, The New Testament
"Before embarking on this project, I doubt I ever truly properly appreciated precisely how urgent the various voices of the New Testament authors are, or how profound the provocations of what they were saying were for their own age, and probably remain for every age. Those voices blend, or at least interweave, in a kind of wildly indiscriminate polyphony, as if an early Baroque vocal trio, an Appalachian band, a couple of Viennese tenors piping twelve-tone Lieder , and a jazz crooner or two were all singing out together; but what all have in common, and what somehow forges a genuine harmony out of all that ecstatic clamor, is the vibrant certainty that history has been invaded by God in Christ in such a way that nothing can stay is it was, and that all terms of human community and conduct have been altered at the deepest of levels."-David Bentley Hart, The New Testament
"Before embarking on this project, I doubt I ever truly properly appreciated precisely how urgent the various voices of the New Testament authors are, or how profound the provocations of what they were saying were for their own age, and probably remain for every age. Those voices blend, or at least interweave, in a kind of wildly indiscriminate polyphony, as if an early Baroque vocal trio, an Appalachian band, a couple of Viennese tenors piping twelve-tone Lieder , and a jazz crooner or two were all singing out together; but what all have in common, and what somehow forges a genuine harmony out of all that ecstatic clamor, is the vibrant certainty that history has been invaded by God in Christ in such a way that nothing can stay is it was, and that all terms of human community and conduct have been altered at the deepest of levels."-David Bentley Hart, The New Testament
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1. Descent into Hell
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". Nature's so terribly good. Don't you think so, Mr. Stanhope?" Stanhope was standing by, silent, while Mrs. Parry communed with her soul and with one or two of her neighbours on the possibilities of…"-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell
2. Becoming Human: Meditations on Christian Anthropology in Word and Image
By: John Behr
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4. The Hero With a Thousand Faces
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5. The Prose Edda
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'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?' The Prose Eddais the most… read more
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6. The Orthodox Way
By: Kallistos Ware
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7. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
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9. A Mathematician's Apology
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10. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith
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14. The Kingdom New Testament: A Contemporary Translation
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15. Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News
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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
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19. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
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24. The New Testament
By: David Bentley Hart
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"This is all evidence, however, of a deeper truth about these texts: They are not beguiling exercises in suasive rhetoric or feats of literary virtuosity; rather, they are chiefly the devout and urgen…"-David Bentley Hart, The New Testament
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25. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
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29. A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post-Truth World
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30. Destined for Joy: The Gospel of Universal Salvation
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31. The Rule of Laws: A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World
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