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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy

In the Seat of Moses (Hardcover): Jack N. Lightstone In the Seat of Moses (Hardcover)
Jack N. Lightstone
R1,964 R1,596 Discovery Miles 15 960 Save R368 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gospel of the Kingdom - Exploring the Gospel of Mark (Paperback): Patrick Whitworth Gospel of the Kingdom - Exploring the Gospel of Mark (Paperback)
Patrick Whitworth
R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation (Paperback): Kathy Galloway, Katharine M Preston Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation (Paperback)
Kathy Galloway, Katharine M Preston
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Seven Secrets Discover the Torah Code (Hardcover): James N Schloner Seven Secrets Discover the Torah Code (Hardcover)
James N Schloner
R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Law and the Gentiles in Acts 15 - Divine Authority in Scripture (Hardcover, New edition): Hui-Chun (Peggy) Chen The Law and the Gentiles in Acts 15 - Divine Authority in Scripture (Hardcover, New edition)
Hui-Chun (Peggy) Chen
R2,190 Discovery Miles 21 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is for people who are interested in Luke and the law, and specifically in Acts 15. For all students writing papers related to Luke and the law or Acts 15 and especially for professors who are teaching Acts, this is a book they must consider. This work provides a new approach to reading Acts 15. It reads both Peter's and James' speeches in Acts 15 in light of Jesus' view of the law in the Gospel of Luke. For example, this book proposes that Peter's reference to God's cleansing the heart of the Gentile believers, in conjunction with his speaking of the Jews' inability to do the law in Acts 15:9-10, should be understood against Luke 11:37-41. This book also proposes that in James' use of Amos 9:11-12 (in Acts 15:16-17), he recalls Jesus' stress upon his name in Luke 24. In Luke 24:47-48, Jesus explains that the Scriptures (the law of Moses, prophets, and Psalms) speak of the preaching of repentance for the forgiveness of sins in his name to all nations.

Daodejing (Paperback): Lao zi Daodejing (Paperback)
Lao zi; Translated by Martyn Crucefix
R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"so both thrive both discovering bliss-real power is female it rises from beneath" These 81 brief poems from the 5th century BCE make up a foundational text in world culture. In elegant, simple yet elusive language, the Daodejing develops its vision of humankind's place in the world in personal, moral, social, political and cosmic terms. Martyn Crucefix's superb new versions in English reflect - for the very first time - the radical fluidity of the original Chinese texts as well as placing the mysterious 'dark' feminine power at their heart. Laozi, the putative author, is said to have despaired of the world's venality and corruption, but he was persuaded to leave the Daodejing poems as a parting gift, as inspiration and as a moral and political handbook. Crucefix's versions reveal an astonishing empathy with what the poems have to say about good and evil, war and peace, government, language, poetry and the pedagogic process. When the true teacher emerges, no matter how detached, unimpressive, even muddled she may appear, Laozi assures us "there are treasures beneath".

Jesus v. Evangelicals - A Biblical Critique of a Wayward Movement (Paperback): Constantine R Campbell Jesus v. Evangelicals - A Biblical Critique of a Wayward Movement (Paperback)
Constantine R Campbell
R392 R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Save R38 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

American evangelicalism is at a crisis point. The naked grasping at political power at the expense of moral credibility has revealed a movement in disarray. Evangelicals are now faced with a quandary: will they double-down and continue along this perilous path, or will they stop, reflect, and change course? And while support of Donald Trump has produced the tipping point of the evangelical crisis, it is not by any means its only problem. Evangelicals claim the Bible as the supreme authority in matters of faith. But in reality, it is particular readings of the Bible that govern evangelical faith. Some evangelical readings of the Bible can be highly selective. They distort the Bible's teaching in crucial ways and often lead evangelicals to misguided attempts to relate to the world around them. Many Christians who once self-professed as "evangelicals" can no longer use the term of themselves because of what it has come to represent--power-mongering, divisiveness, judgementalism, hypocrisy, pride, greed. Some leave not just evangelicalism but Christianity for good. Jesus v. Evangelicals is an insider's critique of the evangelical movement according to its own rules. Since evangelicals regard themselves governed by the Bible, biblical scholar Constantine Campbell engages the Bible to critique evangelicals and to call out the problems within the contemporary evangelical movement. By revealing evangelical distortions of the Bible, this book seeks to restore the dignity of the Christian faith and to renew public interest in Jesus, while calling evangelicals back to his teaching. Constantine Campbell appeals to evangelicals to break free from the grid that has distorted their understanding of the Bible and to restore public respect for Christianity in spite of its misrepresentations by the evangelical church.

The Scholastic Culture of the Babylonian Talmud (Hardcover): Noah Bickart The Scholastic Culture of the Babylonian Talmud (Hardcover)
Noah Bickart
R3,029 Discovery Miles 30 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Scholastic Culture of the Babylonian Talmud studies how and in what cultural context the Talmud began to take shape in the scholastic centers of rabbinic Babylonia. Bickart tracks the use of the term tistayem ("let it be promulgated") and its analogs, in contexts ranging from Amoraic disciple circles to Geonic texts, and in comparison with literatures of Syriac-speaking Christians. The study demonstrates increasing academization during the talmudic period, and supports a gradual model of the Talmud's redaction.

Kingdom Come - Essential theology for the twenty-first century (Paperback): Mark Philps Kingdom Come - Essential theology for the twenty-first century (Paperback)
Mark Philps
R371 Discovery Miles 3 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Gender and Dialogue in the Rabbinic Prism (Hardcover): Admiel Kosman Gender and Dialogue in the Rabbinic Prism (Hardcover)
Admiel Kosman; Translated by Edward Levin
R3,673 Discovery Miles 36 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The author applies the fields of gender studies, psychoanalysis, and literature to Talmudic texts. In opposition to the perception of Judaism as a legal system, he argues that the Talmud demands inner spiritual effort, to which the trait of humility and the refinement of the ego are central. This leads to the question of the attitude to the Other, in general, and especially to women. The author shows that the Talmud places the woman (who represents humility and good-heartedness in the Talmudic narratives) above the character of the male depicted in these narratives as a scholar with an inflated sense of self-importance. In the last chapter (that in terms of its scope and content could be a freestanding monograph) the author employs the insights that emerged from the preceding chapters to present a new reading of the Creation narrative in the Bible and the Rabbinic commentaries. The divine act of creation is presented as a primal sexual act, a sort of dialogic model of the consummate sanctity that takes its place in man's spiritual life when the option of opening one's heart to the other in a male-female dialogue is realized.

Koren Sacks Birkon, 10 Pack (Paperback): Jonathan Sacks Koren Sacks Birkon, 10 Pack (Paperback)
Jonathan Sacks
R2,384 R2,235 Discovery Miles 22 350 Save R149 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Kabbalah in Print - The Study and Popularization of Jewish Mysticism in Early Modernity (Paperback): Andrea Gondos Kabbalah in Print - The Study and Popularization of Jewish Mysticism in Early Modernity (Paperback)
Andrea Gondos
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Tafsir al-Qurtubi Vol. 6 - S?rat al-M?'idah (Hardcover): Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad Al-Qurtubi Tafsir al-Qurtubi Vol. 6 - Sūrat al-Mā'idah (Hardcover)
Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad Al-Qurtubi; Translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley; Edited by Abdalhaqq Bewley
R1,407 Discovery Miles 14 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tractates Sevu'ot and 'Avodah Zarah (Hardcover): Heinrich W. Guggenheimer Tractates Sevu'ot and 'Avodah Zarah (Hardcover)
Heinrich W. Guggenheimer
R6,838 Discovery Miles 68 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is volume 13 of the edition of the complete Jerusalem Talmud. Within the Fourth Order Neziqin ("damages"), these two tractates deal with various types of oaths and their consequences (Sevu'ot) and laws pertaining to Jews living amongst gentiles, including regulations about the interaction between Jews and "idolators" ('Avodah Zarah).

Soldier at War, Fighting, Hero, In Loving Memory Funeral Guest Book, Wake, Loss, Memorial Service, Love, Condolence Book,... Soldier at War, Fighting, Hero, In Loving Memory Funeral Guest Book, Wake, Loss, Memorial Service, Love, Condolence Book, Funeral Home, Combat, Church, Thoughts, Battle and In Memory Guest Book (Hardback) (Hardcover)
Lollys Publishing
R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Tendentious Hagiographies - Jewish Propagandist Fiction BCE (Hardcover): Michael Chyutin Tendentious Hagiographies - Jewish Propagandist Fiction BCE (Hardcover)
Michael Chyutin
R5,624 Discovery Miles 56 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Tendentious Historiographies surveys ten Jewish literary works composed in Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek between the 8th and the mid-2nd century BCE, and shows that each deals with major problems of the Jewish populations in the Land of Israel or in the dispersions. Michael Chyutin provides insightful and at times surprising explorations of the purpose behind these texts. Jonah is viewed as a grotesque, a parody of prophetic writing. Ahiqar preaches the breaking of religious, national and familial frameworks and supports assimilation into the local society. Esther calls for Jewish national and familial solidarity and recommends concealment of religious identity. Daniel preaches individual observance of the religious precepts. Susannah also advocates national and religious solidarity. Tobit tells the story of the founders of the sect of the Therapeutes. Ruth supports the Jews who did not go into exile in Babylon. The play Exagoge and the romance Joseph and Aseneth support the Oniad temple in Egypt. Finally, Judith supports the moderate approach of the Jerusalem priests against the Hasmoneans' demand for violent struggle.

Religion and Apuleius' Golden Ass - The Sacred Ass (Hardcover): Warren S. Smith Religion and Apuleius' Golden Ass - The Sacred Ass (Hardcover)
Warren S. Smith
R3,950 Discovery Miles 39 500 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Places Apuleius' work within the context of the religious climate and developments at the time it was written.

The Many Faces of Maimonides (Hardcover): Dov Schwartz The Many Faces of Maimonides (Hardcover)
Dov Schwartz; Translated by Batya Stein
R3,541 Discovery Miles 35 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume offers a new reading of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. In particular, it explores how Maimonides' commitment to integrity led him to a critique of the Kal?m, to a complex concept of immortality, and to insight into the human yearning for metaphysical knowledge. Maimonides' search for objective truth is also analysed in its connection with the scientific writings of his time, which neither the Kal?m nor the Jewish philosophical tradition that preceded him had endorsed. Through a careful analysis of these issues, this book seeks to contribute to the understanding of the modes of thought adopted in The Guide of the Perplexed, including the 'philosophical theologian' model of Maimonides' own design, and to the knowledge of its sources.

Hinduism in Middle India - Narasimha, The Lord of the Middle (Hardcover): Lavanya Vemsani Hinduism in Middle India - Narasimha, The Lord of the Middle (Hardcover)
Lavanya Vemsani
R3,201 Discovery Miles 32 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Narasimha is one of the least studied major deities of Hinduism. Furthermore, there are limited studies of the history, thought, and literature of middle India. Lavanya Vemsani redresses this by exploring a range of primary sources, including classical Sanskrit texts (puranas and epics), and regional accounts (sthalapuranas), which include texts, artistic compositions, and oral folk stories in the regional languages of Telugu, Oriya, and Kannada. She also examines the historical context as well as contemporary practice. Moving beyond the stereotypical classifications applied to sources of Hinduism, this unique study dedicates chapters to each region of middle India bringing together literary, religious, and cultural practices to comprehensively understand the religion of Middle India (Madhya Desha). Incorporating lived religion and textual data, this book offers a rich contribution to Hindu studies and Indian studies in general, and Vaishnava Studies and regional Hinduism in particular.

The Fate of the Dead and the Living at the Lord's Parousia: Exegesis of 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 4:13-18; 5:1-11... The Fate of the Dead and the Living at the Lord's Parousia: Exegesis of 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 4:13-18; 5:1-11 (Hardcover, New edition)
Eric Owusu
R2,211 Discovery Miles 22 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book traces the roots of the Christian belief in resurrection and the afterlife as presented by Paul in First Thessalonians. The Ghanaian author adopted mainly the approach of History of Religion (Religionsgeschichte) to his study of the Pauline exhortations on the fate of the dead and the living at the Lord's parousia in First Thessalonians. He is of the view that neither the African Traditional Religion nor ancient Greek philosophy and mythology can give the background information on the Pauline exhortations in question but Paul's origin as a Jewish Pharisee who believed in the resurrection of the dead and valued this belief he inherited from Judaism. The publication can help believers in Christ see death as an event which paves the way for them to begin a new life with God, their creator.

The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11 - Peering into the Deep (Hardcover): Adam E. Miglio The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11 - Peering into the Deep (Hardcover)
Adam E. Miglio
R4,173 Discovery Miles 41 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Offers an in depth comparative look at the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Primeval History, which allows students to view the Genesis within its Near Eastern context. Offers a fresh model for approaching this comparative task, which has at times been stifled by religious dogmatism, on the one hand, or disciplinary insularity on the other. Written in a lucid style with explanation of all key terms and themes, this book is suitable for students with no background in the subjects.

Animal Liberation and the Bible - Christianity and the Question of "Speciesism" (Hardcover, New edition): Randall E. Otto Animal Liberation and the Bible - Christianity and the Question of "Speciesism" (Hardcover, New edition)
Randall E. Otto
R1,550 Discovery Miles 15 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Animal liberation contends that humans and animals are of equal value and that standard views of human uniqueness are an anthropocentric prejudice called "speciesism." It advocates ending human use of animals in recognition of animal rights. Animal liberation theology attempts to ground similar views in the Bible. It typically envisions an original creation free of predation to be restored free of meat-eating and animal use. It views animal sacrifice as murder and speaks of a "deep incarnation" by which God in Christ takes on "all flesh" for the salvation of all creatures in a "cosmic redemption." This is the first full-fledged critique of animal liberation in general and so-called speciesism in particular from a biblical and theological standpoint, with accompanying scientific and philosophical analysis. After it introduces the major thinkers, the book demonstrates the incoherence of animal liberation with human evolution, the use of animals in the domestic and religious life of Israel, and the New Testament assertion that God the Son was uniquely incarnated in the human Jesus for human salvation. This book reasserts historic Christian faith as sufficient to the scientific, philosophical and ethical challenges posed by animal studies, and concludes with an appraisal of key ethical concerns regarding animal use and foundational issues within the animal liberation movement.

Jesus, the Unprecedented Human Being (Hardcover, New edition): Giosue Ghisalberti Jesus, the Unprecedented Human Being (Hardcover, New edition)
Giosue Ghisalberti
R1,498 Discovery Miles 14 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Does Jesus remain concealed by the very traditions intended to portray him? History and theology define Jesus to be a 1st-century Galilean or the son of God, a man limited by his time and place or exalted as the Messiah and Christ. He has been recognized as a Jewish rabbi or the prophet of a coming apocalypse. The quest for the historical Jesus and theology's Christ of faith may both be essential and undeniable in the history of scholarship. Secular historians and the Christian church have made their claims. Jesus' self-conception, however, has been neglected, his consciousness largely ignored. A new interpretation of the gospels presents Jesus as a unprecedented human being who will "utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world" (Matt. 13:35) and make their meanings significant for the here and now. Jesus' life from the virgin birth to the resurrection can neither be reduced to history's scepticism nor theology's affirmation. Is it possible to re-imagine the life and words of Jesus? He reveals himself to be a "first-born" who makes possible the second act of creation for every individual no less than for the social world.

Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon (Hardcover): Frank Matheus Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon (Hardcover)
Frank Matheus
R1,283 Discovery Miles 12 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement - Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text... Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement - Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text (Hardcover)
Lauren A S Monroe
R2,085 Discovery Miles 20 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Chapters 22 and 23 of 2 Kings tell the story of the religious reforms of the Judean King Josiah, who systematically destroyed the cult places and installations where his own people worshipped in order to purify Israelite religion and consolidate religious authority in the hands of the Jerusalem temple priests. This violent assertion of Israelite identity is portrayed as a pivotal moment in the development of monotheistic Judaism. Monroe argues that the use of cultic and ritual language in the account of the reform is key to understanding the history of the text's composition, and illuminates the essential, interrelated processes of textual growth and identity construction in ancient Israel. Until now, however, none of the scholarship on 2 Kings 22-23 has explicitly addressed the ritual dimensions of the text. By attending to the specific acts of defilement attributed to Josiah as they resonate within the larger framework of Israelite ritual, Monroe's work illuminates aspects of the text's language and fundamental interests that have their closest parallels in the priestly legal corpus known as the Holiness Code (Leviticus 17-26), as well as in other priestly texts that describe methods of eliminating contamination. She argues that these priestly-holiness elements reflect an early literary substratum that was generated close in time to the reign of Josiah, from within the same priestly circles that produced the Holiness Code. The priestly composition was reshaped in the hands of a post-Josianic, exilic or post-exilic Deuteronomistic historian who transformed his source material to suit his own ideological interests. The account of Josiah's reform is thus imprinted with the cultural and religious attitudes of two different sets of authors. Teasing these apart reveals a dialogue on sacred space, sanctified violence and the nature of Israelite religion that was formative in the development not only of 2 Kings 23, but of the historical books of the Bible more broadly.

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