The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus |
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In this fresh and masterful translation, Marvin Meyer presents one of the world's best-loved sacred texts. Honed over the last twenty years through a dozen versions, Meyer's Thomas promises to remain the definitive translation for decades to come. Widely regarded by scholars as containing many of the original sayings of Jesus, The Gospel of Thomas was discovered in 1945 among the gnostic texts at Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt. Reportedly dictated by Jesus to his brother, Judas Thomas the Twin, founder of the churches of the East, Thomas reveals a Jesus who merges with the wisdom of the sophists, with Diogenes, Plato, and Socrates. In his interpretation, Harold Bloom writes about the Jesus who touches him, the uncanny voice he hears in the Gospel of Thomas, free of the dogmatic cast that has held Jesus in ecclesiastical captivity since the canonical Gospels were written. 'Seeing what is before you is the whole art of vision for Thomas's Jesus', he writes. 'Nothing mediates the self for the Jesus of the Gospel of Thomas. Everything we seek is already in our presence, and not outside our self. What is most remarkable in these sayings is the repeated insistence that everything is already open to you. You need but knock and enter'. Through Marvin Meyer's lucid rendering of Christ's Zen master-like sayings we witness a gospel that, as Bloom puts it, 'spares us the crucifixion, makes the resurrection unnecessary, and does not present us with a God named Jesus. No dogmas could be founded upon this sequence (if it is a sequence) of apothegms. If you turn to the Gospel of Thomas, you encounter a Jesus who is unsponsored and free'.
The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
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The Harpercollins Bible Commentary |
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Examines the historical, literary, and cultural contexts of the Bible, provides commentaries on each book of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, and explains the Bible's major sections.
The Harpercollins Bible Commentary
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The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem |
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Two authorities on the life of Jesus draw on biblical accounts and historical scholarship to provide a day-by-day account of the events of the Passion and of Christ's final week in Jerusalem, from his triumphant entry into the city to his crucifixion, death, and beyond. Reprint.
The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem
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The Reluctant Parting: How the New Testament's Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book |
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A provocative analysis of the influence of the New Testament on Jewish identity considers the Judaism of the book's authors, the struggles faced by early Christians in abandoning tenets of their faith, and the role of the New Testament in the persecution of Jewish people throughout history. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
The Reluctant Parting: How the New Testament's Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book
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Walk Where Jesus Walked: A Life Changing Visit to Israel |
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This unique travel video brings home the reality of God's Word -- with beauty and power. You'll look out over the city of Jerusalem from atop the Mount of Olives, travel to Galilee, make the pilgrimage to Bethlehem, and more.
Walk Where Jesus Walked: A Life Changing Visit to Israel
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Water from the Well: Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah |
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The author of the National Book Award-nominated Fruitless places the lives of four biblical matriarchs from three generations in a historical and contemporary context, explaining how today's women can learn from their examples of coping with such challenges as infertility, jealousy, and shaken faith. 35,000 first printing.
Water from the Well: Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah
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Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through The Bible's Greatest Stories |
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An NPR commentator takes readers to biblical sites in the Middle East to investigate the historical origins of and commonalities between the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions, in a historical tour that visits the locales of key events and considers the role of religion in peacemaking efforts between cultures. By the author of Abraham. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.
Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through The Bible's Greatest Stories
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WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? |
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Focusing on the central books of the Old TestamentGenesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and DeuteronomyBible scholar Richard Elliott Friedman draws upon archeological evidence to make a convincing argument for the identities of their various authors. In the process he paints a vivid picture of the world of the Bible, its politcs, history, and personalities. Indispensable reading for scholar and general reader alike.
WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?
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