Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine
10 best books like Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (Harold Bloom): Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle, The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power, How to Read the Bible as Literature: . . . and Get More Out of It, Your Money or Your Life: Economy and Religion in the Middle Ages, The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel, Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine, Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?, The Five Books of Moses, The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple & His Lost Gospel, What the Gospels Meant
| Author | Reginald E. Allen |
| ISBN | 0029004950 |
Widely praised for its accessibility and its concentration on the metaphysical issues that are most central to the history of Greek philosophy, Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle offers a valuable introduction to the works of the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle.
For the Third Edition,...
The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power
| Author | D. Michael Quinn |
| ISBN | 1560850604 |
The Mormon church today is led by an elite group of older men, nearly three-quarters of whom are related to current or past general church authorities. This dynastic hierarchy meets in private; neither its minutes nor the church’s finances are available for public review. Members are reassured...
| Author | Leland Ryken |
| ISBN | 0310390214 |
Why the Good Book Is a Great Read If you want to rightly understand the Bible, you must begin by recognizing what it is: a composite of literary styles. It is meant to be read, not just interpreted. The Bible’s truths are embedded like jewels in the rich strata of story and poetry, metaphor and proverb,...
| Author | Jacques Le Goff |
| ISBN | 0942299159 |
A concise examination of the problem that usury posed for the medieval Church, .
In this book one of the most esteemed contemporary historians of the Middle Ages presents a concise examination of the problem that usury posed for the medieval Church, which had long denounced the lending of money...
Foreword by Patrick D. Miller
In this remarkable, acclaimed history of the development of monotheism, Mark S. Smith explains how Israel's religion evolved from a cult of Yahweh as a primary deity among many to a fully defined monotheistic faith with Yahweh as sole god. Repudiating the traditional...
Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine
| Author | David A. Leeming |
| ISBN | 0195104625 |
From the fertile earth mothers of the ancient world to the modern revival of interest in Wicca, or witchcraft, images and tales of the Female Divine have flourished and waned, intimidated, comforted, and inspired women and men from time immemorial. In Goddess, authors David Leeming and Jake Page gather...
| Author | William G. Dever |
| ISBN | 0802844162 |
This book addresses one of the most timely and urgent topics in archaeology and biblical studies -- the origins of early Israel. For centuries the Western tradition has traced its beginnings back to ancient Israel, but recently some historians and archaeologists have questioned the reality of Israel...
| Author | Robert Alter |
| ISBN | 0393019551 |
Through a distinguished career of critical scholarship and translation, Robert Alter has equipped us to read the Hebrew Bible as a powerful, cohesive work of literature. The culmination of this work, Alter's masterly new translation and probing commentary combine to give contemporary readers...
| Author | James M. Robinson |
| ISBN | 0061170631 |
THE SECRETS OF JUDAS Traces the Trail of the Text, the Skullduggery Surrounding the Sale of the Gospel and Sets the Record Straight on the Life of the Most Misunderstood Disciple
As news about the discovery and translation of the lost Gospel of Judas explodes, the first book about the...
| Author | Garry Wills |
| ISBN | 0670018716 |
Discussion of the similarities and discrepancies in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
I enjoyed Wills's translations, which he did not prettify in the way that many translators do--he kept the sometimes awkward constructions and tense shifts that others smooth out. I especially...
The Celtic Book of Living and Dying: The Illustrated Guide to Celtic Wisdom
| Author | Juliette Wood |
| ISBN | 0811828956 |
Poets. Mystics. Prophets and astrologers. The Celts were a dynamic and unique people who left not only a rich legacy of artifacts, archaeological treasures, and dramatic myths, but also a vast body of wisdom and mystical symbolism that reflect universal truths about life. "The Celtic Book of Living...
The Theological Origins of Modernity
| Author | Michael Allen Gillespie |
| ISBN | 0226293459 |
Exposing the religious roots of our ostensibly godless age, Michael Allen Gillespie reveals in this landmark study that modernity is much less secular than conventional wisdom suggests. Taking as his starting point the collapse of the medieval world, Gillespie argues that from the very beginning...
| Author | Elaine Pagels |
| ISBN | 0670023345 |
A startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the bestselling author of Beyond Belief. Through the bestselling books of Elaine Pagels, thousands of readers have come to know and treasure the suppressed biblical texts known as the Gnostic Gospels. As one of the...
| Author | Lynn Picknett |
| ISBN | 1849014094 |
Secret societies, famous scientists, ancient Egyptian mysticism, and a fascinating addition to the god-versus-science debate: the Catholic Church. By the bestselling authors of The Templar Revelation and Mary Magdalene, The Forbidden Universe reveals how the foundations of modern science...
| Author | Bart D. Ehrman |
| ISBN | 0195307135 |
In his staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown states up front that the historical information in the The Da Vinci Code is all factually accurate. But is this claim true? As historian Bart D. Ehrman shows in this informative and witty book, The Da Vinci Code is filled with numerous historical...
| Author | David Salisbury |
| ISBN | 1780999208 |
The elements, the guardians, the spirits and gods; these are all things beginner Witches are taught about and trained to work with. We learn about correspondence and how to associate symbols with their mysteries. But what are the real mysteries behind the symbols? What lives at the very heart and core...
| Author | Joseph Campbell |
| ISBN | 1577312023 |
Thou Art That is a compilation of previously uncollected essays and lectures by Joseph Campbell that focus on the Judeo-Christian tradition. Here Campbell explores common religious symbols, reexamining and reinterpreting them in the context of his remarkable knowledge of world mythology. According...
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
| Author | Frances A. Yates |
| ISBN | 0415267692 |
In the years leading up to the Thirty years war (1618-1648) as Catholic and Protestant princes vied for control of the Holy Roman Empire in the heart of Europe the age was extremely polarizing and ideological. In this period famous for heresy and witchcraft trials a strange intellectual movement developed....
| Author | Mary Gordon |
| ISBN | 0375424571 |
In the introduction to this remarkable book, Mary Gordon is riding in a taxi as the driver listens to a religious broadcast, and she reflects that, though a lifelong Christian, she is at odds with many others who identify themselves as Christians. In an effort to understand whether or not she had “invented...
| Author | Bruce Chilton |
| ISBN | 0385497938 |
Beginning with the Gospels, interpretations of the life of Jesus have flourished for nearly two millennia, yet a clear and coherent picture of Jesus as a man has remained elusive. In Rabbi Jesus, the noted biblical scholar Bruce Chilton places Jesus within the context of his times to present a fresh,...
| Author | Ivan Illich |
| ISBN | 0060803274 |
A junkie without access to his stash is in a state of crisis. The 'energy crisis' that exists intermittently when the flow of fuel from unstable countries is cut off or threatened, is a crisis in the same sense. In this essay, Illich examines the question of whether or not humans need any more energy than...
