Book Archive

By P. R. Ackroyd, C. F. Evans

Quantity 1 of The Cambridge historical past of the Bible matters the earliest interval right down to Jerome and takes as its critical subject the method wherein the books of either Testaments got here into being and emerged as a canon of scripture, and using canonical writings within the early church.

By Joseph Lewis

Contents: Abram and Sarai; Isaac and Rebekah; Incest, or Lot and His Daughters; Jacob, Leah and Rachel; Rape of Dinah; Joseph and Potiphar's spouse; Judah and Tamar; nineteenth bankruptcy of Judges; King David and His other halves; Rape of Tamar; tale of Ruth; King Solomon and His Songs; e-book of Esther, New testomony; Virgin beginning; Elizabeth, Mary and the Angel Gabriel; Jesus and the Sinner, Creed of technological know-how.

By Isaac Asimov

In Asimov's advisor to the Bible, Isaac Asimov explores the historic, geographical, and biographical facets of the occasions defined within the previous and New Testaments. Asimov's makes an attempt to light up the Bible's many imprecise, mysterious passages turn out soaking up analyzing for a person drawn to faith and heritage.

By et al Francisco Milton Mendes Neto (Editor)

The web and development of desktop networks have eradicated geographic obstacles, growing an atmosphere the place schooling should be dropped at a scholar irrespective of the place that pupil might be. The luck of distance studying courses and the supply of many Web-supported functions and multimedia assets have elevated the effectiveness of computer-supported studying. notwithstanding, expertise keeps to develop and maintaining with the most recent tendencies could be tricky. Advances in Computer-Supported studying clarifies the hot applied sciences, purposes, and study in computer-supported studying. It is helping scholars, lecturers, and researchers achieve a bigger figuring out of this box and the developments which are using computer-supported studying ahead. It stocks the information of foreign researchers in computer-supported studying, providing the practices and demanding situations confronted via designers. Readers of this booklet will achieve an figuring out of the present country of computer-supported studying and the place will probably be sooner or later.

By David W. Kling

Not anyone can doubt that the Bible has exerted an immense effect on Western civilization because the sunrise of Christianity. yet few people have thought of the perfect nature of that effect specifically historic contexts. during this e-book, David Kling strains the interesting tale of ways particular biblical texts have at diversified instances emerged to be the muse of hobbies that experience replaced the process heritage. through studying 8 such pivotal texts, Kling elucidates the ways that sacred texts proceed to form our lives in addition to our historical past. one of the passages he discusses are: * "Upon this rock i'm going to construct my church" (Matthew 16:18), which galvanized the formation of the papacy and has served as its origin for hundreds of years * "The righteous will stay through religion" (Romans 1:17), which stuck the mind's eye of Martin Luther and sparked the Protestant Reformation * "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord: permit my humans pass, so they may possibly worship me'" (Exodus 8:1), which has performed an incredible and numerous function in African American historical past from early slave spirituals throughout the smooth civil rights stream and past * "There isn't any longer Jew or Greek, there's no longer slave or unfastened, there's no longer female and male; for all of you're one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28), which has been followed through feminists as a rallying cry within the conflict for women's ordination all the ancient episodes he explores--from the start of Christian monasticism to the emergence of Pentecostalism--is proof of the dynamic interaction among Scripture and the social and cultural context during which it truly is interpreted. Kling's cutting edge research of this strategy exhibits how sacred texts may give existence to social events, and the way strong social forces may give new aspiring to Scripture.

By Walter Houston

The excellence among fresh and unclean animals, most likely originating in tensions among shepherds and farmers, is within the biblical legislation of Leviticus eleven and Deuteronomy 14 remodeled into a huge theological precept. during this wide-ranging and assuredly written examine, Houston argues that the avoidance of 'unclean' meals is a mark of the particular devotion of Israel to 1 god. In a concluding bankruptcy, it is strongly recommended that the abolition of the excellence in early Christianity corresponds to the common horizon of the hot religion.

By D. A. Carson

Precious insights into key disputed themes from a veritable who is who of evangelical scholars

In this quantity thirty-seven excellent evangelical students current a radical examine of biblical authority and an entire variety of concerns hooked up to it.

Recognizing that Scripture and its authority at the moment are being either challenged and defended with renewed power, editor D. A. Carson assigned the themes that those decide upon students deal with within the e-book. After an creation via Carson to the various aspects of the present dialogue, the participants current powerful essays on appropriate historic, biblical, theological, philosophical, epistemological, and comparative-religions themes. To finish, Carson solutions a few commonly asked questions about the character of Scripture, cross-referencing those FAQs to the previous chapters.

This finished quantity through a group of well-known specialists may be the go-to reference at the nature and authority of the Bible for future years.

By AGES Digital Library

By Kenneth Copeland

Righteousness is a strength now engaged on behalf of the believer-a loose present supplied through Jesus at Calvary. it's the very nature of God now residing in you to alter you. The strength of righteousness is God's robust provision to make salvation significant within the actual problems with day-by-day dwelling the following in the world. In Kenneth Copeland's The strength of Righteousness you will discover the way to: settle for the reward of righteousness-rather than attempting to earn it become independent from from a sin-conscious lifestyles Stand in God's presence with no feel of guilt or condemnation overcome each trick devil throws at you-and extra! do not allow whatever carry you again from accepting all God has for you. become aware of your covenant rights and make allowance The strength of Righteousness to alter your lifestyles. you will by no means be an identical back!

By Paul Kent

Be aware of Your Bible is a concise, easy-to-understand advisor to God's Word-giving you a valuable and remarkable evaluation of all sixty six books. for every recognize Your Bible offers information at the writer and timeframe, a ten-word synopsis, an extended (50-100 be aware) precis, techniques on what makes the e-book special or strange, an inventory of key verses, and a "So, What?" component of functional software. it is a amazing source for people and ministries!