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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Toba Spitzer's God Is Here is a transformative exploration of the idea of God, offering new paths to experiencing the realm of the sacred. Most of us are hungry for a system of meaning to make sense of our lives, yet traditional religion too often leaves those seeking spiritual sustenance unsatisfied. Rabbi Toba Spitzer understands this problem firsthand, and knows that too often it is traditional ideas of the deity-he's too big, too impersonal,...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What does the Old Testament-especially the law-have to do with your Christian life? In this warm, accessible volume, Carmen Joy Imes takes readers back to Sinai, arguing that we've misunderstood the command about "taking the Lord's name in vain." Instead, Imes says that this command is really about "bearing God's name," a theme that continues throughout the rest of Scripture"--
Pub. Date
[2013], c1996
Language
English
Description
This program looks at the very first story in the Book of Genesis, God's creation of the Earth and humankind. "There has to be a woman. There has to be a man. And there has to be a divine spark," observes Rabbi Burton Visotzky in this program which examines such issues as creativity, the image of God, and the roles of male and female. The program features Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann; ecumenical Christian teacher Roberta Hestenes; Old...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
“Hilarious. . . . It’s Cliff Notes for Scripture—screenplay by Plotz, story by God. . . . In the end, though, the book is made by the spirit of the writer.” — The New York Times Book ReviewHow Soccer Explains the World A whip-smart, laugh-out-loud tour through the most important book in the world, a book most people have never read: the Bible.
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The book of Exodus records the pivotal events in the formation of biblical Israel—the deliverance from slavery, the leadership of Moses, the wilderness wanderings, and the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. Bible scholar Nahum Sarna, whose widely praised Understanding Genesis has become a standard text, examines and illuminates the distinctiveness of the Exodus narrative in light of ancient Near Eastern history and contemporaneous cultures—Egyptian,...
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