Jonathan Kirsch
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English
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"A learned, lively, … literary tour of the life and the improbable afterlife of the greatest apocalypse of them all." - Jack Miles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God
"[A]n important book that is essential reading in our torn, conflicted world: it is articulate, learned and balanced." - Karen Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral Staircase
"This book...
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English
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"The inquisitorial apparatus that was first invented in the Middle Ages remained in operation for the next six hundred years, and it has never been wholly dismantled. As we shall see, an unbroken thread links the friar-inquisitors who set up the rack and the pyre in southern France in the early thirteenth century to the torturers and executioners of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia in the mid-twentieth century. Nor does the thread stop at Auschwitz...
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Viking Compass
Pub. Date
2004
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English
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In this ... book, [the author] explores the final struggle between monotheism and polytheism in the ancient world, a war that was fought by a series of charismatic, visionary but also violent monarchs in the name of the One True God - an Egyptian pharaoh, a Jewish king, and two Roman emperors. Contrary to the conventional wisdom of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the world of classical paganism was not steeped in sin. In fact, [according to the...
7) The short, strange life of Herschel Grynszpan: a boy avenger, a Nazi diplomat, and a murder in Paris
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Liveright Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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Bible Secrets Revealed volume 6
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English
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Millions of people around the world look to the Bible for moral guidance about marriage, faith and family. But could the Bible contain contradictions, or hidden meanings, that challenge our beliefs about what is right--and what is wrong.
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Bible Secrets Revealed volume 4
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English
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For billions of people around the world he is known as "The Son of God" -- the Messiah -- whose teachings have inspired one of the most powerful and influential religions in the world. Nearly everything we know about the life of Jesus.
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Bible Secrets Revealed volume 5
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English
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Biblical prophecies are said to be messages and warnings sent from God, but what do they really foretell? Can they be decoded and used to predict mankind's future?
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Bible Secrets Revealed volume 2
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English
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It is considered the most sacred place on Earth. But it has also been carved up, sub-divided and fought over for thousands of years. Was the area known as "The Promised Land" really given by God to a "chosen people?"
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Bible Secrets Revealed volume 1
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English
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The Bible is one of the most influential and important books ever written and is considered by millions around the world to be the actual word of God.
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Bible Secrets Revealed volume 3
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English
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The books, gospels and epistles found in the Holy Bible are writings considered to be divinely inspired. But are there chapters of the Bible that are missing? Have stories been censored and characters deleted? And if so, just who decides what is included.
