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Bible Babel

Author : Kristin Swenson

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 374 pages

File Size : 20,46 MB

Release : 2010-02-02

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0061728292

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“Kristin Swenson offers a confident, well-paced, well-informed, and accessible guide to Bible basics and biblical literacy.” — Walter Brueggemann, author of An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible Bible Babel, from author and religious studies professor Kristin Swenson, is a lively, humorous, and very readable introduction to the Bible—what’s in it, where it comes from, and how it is used in our culture today. If you’ve ever wondered about the origin of the Christian fish symbol; the history of the Good Book; how the Bible weighs in on contemporary political issues; or even the biblical source of pop-culture references in WALL-E or Battlestar Galatica, then this is the book for you. Readers of A. J. Jacobs’s Year of Living Biblically and David Plotz’s Good Book will enjoy Bible Babel, a perfect primer for anyone interested in the Bible—secular and believing alike.



Tower of Babel

Author : Bodie Hodge

Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group

Page : 211 pages

File Size : 27,48 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0890517150

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The Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors reveals our shared ancestry as never before! Many are familiar with the Biblical account of Babel, but after the dispersal, there was a void beyond Biblical history until empires like Rome and Greece arose. Now, discover the truth of these people groups and their civilizations that spread across the earth and trace their roots back to Babel as well as to the sons and grandsons of Noah. Many of today's scholars write off what occurred at the Tower of Babel as mythology and deny that it was a historical event. Beginning with the Biblical accounts, author Bodie Hodge researched ancient texts, critical clues, and rare historic records to help solve the mystery of what became of the failed builders of Babel. For the purpose of defending the Bible, Hodge presents these and other vital historical facts surrounding this much-debated event. Teens and older can use this layman's reference for Biblical classes, ancient history, apologetics training, and to realize their own cultural connection to the Bible.



The Tower of Babel

Author : Anne de Graaf

Publisher : Scandinavia Publishing House

Page : 39 pages

File Size : 33,68 MB

Release : 2015-01-26

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 8771327037

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"The Little Children's Bible Books is 24 best stories of the Bible retold for pre-schoolers in 24 volumes. Forty pages of learning and fun – including two four-page jumbo fold-outs!"



Creation to Babel

Author : Ken Ham

Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 20,64 MB

Release : 2021-11-15

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1614587892

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It seems we wake each day to a world engulfed in chaos and confusion... a society mired in godlessness and humanism... and families struggling to guide their children in faith. Yet, God gave us the answer... His Holy Word. Begin as He recorded for us to begin, with Genesis. After many years of teaching and speaking on the importance of foundational faith, leading apologetics author Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis has created a clear and powerful study that helps root families and young or struggling believers in biblical truth. He makes it easy to build a vital Genesis-founded worldview in this simple yet profound study that explores the importance and implications of pivotal events, verse by verse, from Creation to Babel. Discover important context to answer relevant faith questions Easy-to-understand exploration of the biblical text The essential guide to laying a faith-foundational view Faith without a strong foundation crumbles in the face of today’s relentless cultural rejections. Christians, young and old, will find the strong foundation they need in the biblical bedrock of Genesis.



Tower of Babel: The Biblical Legend of Babylon

Author : History Titans

Publisher : Creek Ridge Publishing

Page : 70 pages

File Size : 11,57 MB

Release : 2021-08-22

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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The Tower of Babel is a fascinating story, one that has garnered a lot of attention to date and becomes a topic of great controversy among historians and biblical scholars around the world. It is one of the strangest tales mentioned in the Bible that is surrounded by many myths and explanations. In essence, this book will walk you through the entire story of the Tower of Babel



The Bible After Babel

Author : John Joseph Collins

Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Page : 222 pages

File Size : 42,71 MB

Release : 2005-11-15

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9780802828927

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In The Bible after Babel John J. Collins considers the effect of the postmodern situation on biblical, primarily Old Testament, criticism over the last three decades. Collins examines the quest of historical criticism to objectively establish a text's basic meaning. Accepting that the Bible may no longer provide secure "foundations" for faith, Collins still highlights its ethical challenge to be concerned for "the other"--A challenge central both to Old Testament ethics and to the teaching of Jesus. --from publisher description.



Return to Babel

Author : Priscilla Pope-Levison

Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press

Page : 250 pages

File Size : 15,21 MB

Release : 1999-01-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9780664258238

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In Return to Babel, each of ten historically significant biblical texts is interpreted by three scholars: one Latin American, one African, and one Asian. Geographic locales range from a tiny village in the Philippines to the city of Nairobi, Kenya; from Gwangju, South Korea, with its one million inhabitants, to the frontier city of Wiwili in the northern mountains of Nicaragua. The result is a collection of essays that shed new light on familiar texts and make the reader aware of the ways in which culture can shape our understanding of Scripture.



Between Babel and Beast

Author : Peter J. Leithart

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers

Page : 175 pages

File Size : 12,87 MB

Release : 2012-07-06

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1725245809

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The United States is one of history's great Christian nations, but our unique history, success, and global impact have seduced us into believing we are something more--God's New Israel, the new order of the ages, the last best hope of mankind, a redeemer nation. Using the subtle categories that arise from biblical narrative, Between Babel and Beast analyzes how the heresy of Americanism inspired America's rise to hegemony while blinding American Christians to our failures and abuses of power. The book demonstrates that the church best serves the genuine good of the United States by training witnesses--martyr-citizens of God's Abrahamic empire.



Beyond Babel

Author : John Kaltner

Publisher : SBL Press

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 42,27 MB

Release : 2019-01-28

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0884143848

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Beyond Babel provides a general introduction to and overview of the languages that are significant for the study of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel. Included are essays on biblical and inscriptional Hebrew, Akkadian, Northwest Semitic dialects (Ammonite, Edomite, and Moabite), Arabic, Aramaic, Egyptian, Hittite, Phoenician, postbiblical Hebrew, and Ugaritic. Each chapter in the volume shares a common format, including an overview of the language, a discussion of its significance for the Hebrew Bible, and a list of ancient sources and modern resources for further study of the language. A general introduction by John Huehnergard discusses the importance of the study of Near Eastern languages for biblical scholarship, helping to make the volume an ideal resource for persons beginning an in-depth study of the Hebrew Bible.



From Babel to Babylon

Author : Joyce Rilett Wood

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 406 pages

File Size : 38,26 MB

Release : 2006-10-15

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9780567028921

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From Babel to Babylon explores the literary and historical character of biblical texts in the Torah, Prophecy, and Writings. It considers questions of composition and the writing of history. The book situates biblical texts in their immediate and distant context. It reflects upon their intertextuality and identifies their literary sources. Key events and figures are discussed in light of the politics of the age. Gender issues are explored, with attention to the different social roles of men and women and the character of the interaction. Theology is another important topic, and the character of God keeps changing to reflect the development of historical and prophetic traditions. The books ends with biblical wisdom, with the specific instruction to rely on the experience of the sage, whose superior understanding is greater than our own. This exhortation to listen to the text directs us back to the introduction, where readers are asked to pay attention to the principles the text sets up for its own interpretation.