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AD 381: Heretics, Pagans and the Dawn of the Monotheistic State

6 best books like AD 381: Heretics, Pagans and the Dawn of the Monotheistic State (Charles Freeman): Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944, Timaeus, Paul: A Biography, The Italian Girl, Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
AuthorBart D. Ehrman
ISBN0060859512
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intentional changes abound in the competing manuscript versions. Religious and biblical scholar Bart Ehrman makes the provocative case that many of our widely held beliefs concerning the divinity...
Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
AuthorAntony Beevor
ISBN0670918660
The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian

On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of...
Timaeus
AuthorPlato
ISBN0872204464
First published in Plato: Complete Works, Donald J. Zeyl's masterful translation of Timaeus is presented along with his 75 page introductory essay, which discusses points of contemporary interest in the Timaeus, deals at length with long-standing and current issues of interpretation, and provides...
Paul: A Biography
AuthorN.T. Wright
ISBN0062198270
In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology—transforming a faith and changing...
The Italian Girl
AuthorIris Murdoch
ISBN0099285231
A family struggles for redemption after a funeral brings dark secrets to the surface in this novel from the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea, The Sea.

The funeral of Edward’s mother brings him home for the first time in years. Though his return rekindles his affection for his childhood...
Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
AuthorJoseph Menn
The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, our freedom -- even democracy itself

Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained mostly...
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