Author : Richard Kieckhefer
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,10 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1846942969
This book gives a concise history of Christian theology based on a mysteriously discovered set of seventy-four limericks. Readers who already know the history of theology will read about it from an unfamiliar perspective ? and beginners will learn the basics in an accessible form. The limericks range from Gnostic theology through to the Reformation, and on to Karl Barth and Paul Tillich. If all of this seems unfamiliar, the accompanying text should help sort it all out.
Author : Susan Greer
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 32,73 MB
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1639610804
All things were perfect in every way. It was a world happy and carefree, full of innocence and love. Then one thing happened, stealing Adam's innocence, making this world a harsh place. Read and find how the Father made a way to restore what was lost.
Author : Brian A. Verrett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 19,30 MB
Release : 2020-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725259842
In this study, Brian A. Verrett argues that 1–2 Samuel contains a serpent motif by practicing biblical theology and literary criticism. This motif derives from the serpent in Genesis 3, and its function within the Samuel narrative is to heighten the reader’s anticipation in the coming messiah, who is the son of David and the seed of the woman from Genesis 3:15. This messiah will defeat the serpent and inaugurate his glorious reign over a renewed world. When 1–2 Samuel is read in this way, one appreciates previously unnoticed features of the text, understands aspects of the text that were formerly confusing, and rightly sees that the whole of 1–2 Samuel is a messianic document.
Author : Melissa Bashardoust
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 40,57 MB
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1250196159
Melissa Bashardoust's Girl, Serpent, Thorn is “an alluring feminist fairy tale” (Kirkus) about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse. There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story. As the day of her twin brother’s wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if she’s willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time. Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves, the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who isn’t afraid of her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an understanding of who she is beneath the poison. Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices lead to consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she is and who she is becoming...human or demon. Princess or monster.
Author : Matthew Hughes
Publisher : Paizo Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9781601253880
To an experienced thief like Krunzle the Quick, the merchant nation of Druma is full of treasures just waiting to be liberated. Yet when the fast-talking scoundrel gets caught stealing from one of the most powerful prophets of Kalistrade, the only option is to undertake a dangerous mission to recover the merchantlord's runaway daughter -- and the magical artifact she took with her. Armed with an arsenal of decidedly unhelpful magical items and chaperoned by an intelligent snake necklace happy to choke him into submission, Krunzle must venture far from the cities of the merchant utopia and into a series of adventures that will make him a rich man -- or a corpse
Author : Jeff Carter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1532638183
Limericks are, like the Bible, often funny and sometimes obscene. They shock us. They surprise us. They’re not usually considered fitting for polite conversation. But perhaps the Bible has been tamed, has been polished of its rough edges. So let’s take the Bible out of polite conversation and let it shock and surprise us again.
Author : John Bathurst Deane
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465577343
Author : David Crowhurst
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 2021-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1578636914
An exploration of the 93 spirits or "star demons" as revealed in the medieval grimoires and classical esoteric texts, and their correspondences in magic and astrology Stellas Daemonum offers an in-depth analysis of the spirits that appear in several late medieval and early modern grimoires. The book unravels these texts' mythical, etymological, magical, and religious meanings, and draws out their astrological correspondences. The author shows how the spirit entities featured in these Goetic grimoires can be best understood by studying the celestial nature apparent in the ancient concept of the daimon and through an extensive study of 93 of spirits featured in medieval and renaissance texts. The book also explores how traditional Judeo-Christian religion ultimately demonised such expressions due to their polytheistic roots and made punishable by death any attempts to reconnect with them. The nature of this work is strongly influenced by the author's own magical practices, but its presentation does not resort to subjective or personal experiences, having a style that is more formal and research-based.
Author : Rachel Hartman
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 18,82 MB
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1101931345
From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Seraphina comes a piercing new fantasy adventure that champions our resilience and humility. MIND OF THE WORLD, OPEN YOUR EYES. At the bottom of the world lies a Serpent, the last of its kind. Finding the Serpent will change lives. Tess is a girl on a mission to save a friend. Spira is a dragon seeking a new identity. Marga is an explorer staking her claim on a man’s world. Jacomo is a priest searching for his soul. There are those who would give their lives to keep it hidden. And those who would destroy it. But the only people who will truly find the Serpent are those who have awakened to the world around them—with eyes open to the wondrous, the terrible, and the just. Discover more critically-acclaimed YA from Rachel Hartman! Seraphina Shadow Scale Tess of the Road
Author : Lisa Maxwell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 15,17 MB
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 148149449X
Esta uses her affinity for time to give her an edge, and she's trained her whole life for one mission: travel back to 1902 New York, steal the ancient Book of Mysteries, and use its power to destroy the Brink and free the Mageus from the Order's control. But Seshat, an angry goddess was trapped within its pages. Now that terrible power lives within Harte, and if given the chance, Seshat will use Esta to destroy the world and take her revenge. Searching for the elemental stones needed to bind Seshat's power, Esta and Harte have found themselves stranded in time with a continent between them. And the Order is no longer the only obstacle standing in her way. -- adapted from jacket
