Het heeft vertaler Gerard Koolschijn verbaasd dat een tekst waarin een leer van zondeboek en verzoening wordt aangekondigd, gesteld in merkwaardig Grieks, bijna 2000 jaar lang geleerde mensen heeft beziggehouden. Paulus' brief Aan de Romeinen.Athenaeum, 2009; 58 pp.; NL; hbhb € 13,95
The evil of the Holocaust demands radical rethink of the traditional Christian understanding of Judaism. Harries develops the work of recent Jewish scholarship to discern resonances between central Christian and Jewish beliefs.Oxford, 2003; 239 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 25,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
The Tormented Genius Who Unwrote the BibleThe bizarre and fascinating story of Alexander Cruden, who single-handedly compiled the monumental dictionary, index, gazetteer to the Bible, Cruden's Concordance. Keay uncovers the scandals and reveals the true story of his madness.Harper, 2005; 269 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 19,95 Voor/Our Price € 7,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
In this concise, cogent book, Martin Marty delivers a sweeping account of Christianity and how it spread from a few believers 2,000 years ago to become the world's most widespread religion. He depicts the life of Christ and his teachings and explains how the apostles set out to spread the Gospel. He shows how the religion spread to the rest of the world, often via trade and conquest. He also considers how Christianity stuggles with the polar tensions inherent to many of the faith's denominations.Modern Library, 2007; 262 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 23,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
Wallis Budge brings together many haunting hymns and extracts from The Book of the Dead to illuminate the role of Osiris, the god of the resurrection, the nature of many other main gods and the judgement of the dead.Arkana; 198 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 16,00 Voor/Our Price € 6,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
De complete King James Bible, gebonden in 10 delen gevat in een fraaie zwarte cassette met goudkleurige belettering, goud op snee en een leeslint in elk deel. Acht deeltjes Oude Testament, twee deeltjes Nieuwe Testament.Bath Classics, 2006; EN; hb - SETVan/List Price € 89,90 Voor/Our Price € 25,00Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 72 %
Dit rijk geillustreerde boek vertelt het verhaal van de islamitische beschaving vanaf de bedoeienmaatschappij, de wieg van de islam, naar de kalifaten en de gouden eeuw van de islam. Dit boek wil de bekoring en schoonheid overbrengen van de middeleeuwse islam.Davidsfonds, 2010; 207 pp.; NL; index; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 34,95 Voor/Our Price € 15,00Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
Jesus and Muhammad are two of the best known and revered figures in history, each with a billion or more global followers. Peters offers a clear and compelling analysis of the parallel lives of Jesus and Muhammad. Peters compiles dossiers of what we do and do not know about the lives and portraits of these towering figures, drawing on the views of modern historians and the evidence of the Gospels and the Quran.Oxford, 2011; 214 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
This new biography shows how Jezebel, the proud and courageous queen of Israel, was vilified and made the very embodiment of wanton wickedness by her political and religious enemies.Doubleday, 2007; 258 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
This is the first book-length study of Jokei, 1155-1213, a prominent Buddhist cleric of the Hosso school. Ford challenges many received interpretations of Jokei's legacy and the transformation of Buddhism in early medieval Japan.Oxford, 2006; 317 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 65,00 Voor/Our Price € 23,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
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