The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel
10 best books like The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel (Mark S. Smith): Why Evolution Is True, Kidnapped, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Orange World and Other Stories, Aurora, The Bull from the Sea, The Book of the Dun Cow, The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts, The Persian Expedition
| Author | Jerry A. Coyne |
| ISBN | 0670020532 |
Why evolution is more than just a theory: it is a fact.
In all the current highly publicized debates about creationism and its descendant "intelligent design," there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the "evidence," the empirical truth of evolution by natural selection....
| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| ISBN | 0439295785 |
Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for America. Or at least that was the plan, until the ship runs into trouble and David is rescued by Alan Breck Stewart, fugitive Jacobite and, by his own admission, a ‘bonny fighter’. Balfour, a canny...
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
| Author | Stephen Brusatte |
| ISBN | 0062490451 |
Brusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellers—themselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the beginning of the Triassic period—into the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child memorizes today,...
| Author | Patricia Highsmith |
| ISBN | 0393332144 |
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers. In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken...
Orange World and Other Stories
| Author | Karen Russell |
| ISBN | 1984892215 |
From the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell's extraordinary, irresistible gifts of language and imagination.
Karen Russell's...
| Author | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| ISBN | 0316098108 |
Probably I read it wrong.
I don’t know how else to explain my reaction to a book so many enjoy. I was looking forward to some space-faring sci-fi: I recently read Dune, and with plenty of news about The Expanse, the sci-fi series based on Leviathan Wakes, crossing my feed, I’ve been feeling...
| Author | Mary Renault |
| ISBN | 0099463539 |
4.5 stars
Mary Renault’s _The Bull from the Sea_ takes up where The King Must Die left off and continues the legendary story of Theseus and his kingship of Attica. There are some differences between this volume and its predecessor, most notably in the fact that the scope of this tale is much...
| Author | Walter Wangerin Jr. |
| ISBN | 0060574607 |
This unique book, written in 1978, is grisly, gritty, earthy, painful, and beautiful. I have never read anything like this book before. It is a creation of great courage. Wangerin has taken stark good and evil and played them out in an almost predictable manner, unafraid of arrangements that could be...
The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
| Author | Israel Finkelstein |
| ISBN | 0684869136 |
In this groundbreaking work that sets apart fact and legend, authors Finkelstein and Silberman use significant archeological discoveries to provide historical information about biblical Israel and its neighbors.
In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel...
| Author | Xenophon |
| ISBN | 0140440070 |
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed...
| Author | Thomas Bernhard |
| ISBN | 1400077540 |
Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovation ranks with Beckett and Kafka, his outrageously cantankerous voice recalls Dostoevsky, but his gift for lacerating, lyrical, provocative prose is incomparably his own.
One of Bernhard's most...
How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That's Great News
| Author | Peter Enns |
| ISBN | 0062686747 |
Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger and podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, and author of The Bible Tells Me So and The Sin of Certainty explains that the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book but a powerful learning tool that nurtures our spiritual growth by...
What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell
| Author | Will Gompertz |
| ISBN | 0670920495 |
In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, art history with a sense of humor
Every year, millions of museum and gallery visitors ponder the modern art on display and secretly ask themselves, "Is this art?" A former director at London's Tate Gallery and now the BBC arts editor, Will Gompertz...
| Author | Eric H. Cline |
| ISBN | 0195342631 |
Public interest in biblical archaeology is at an all-time high, as television documentaries pull in millions of viewers to watch shows on the Exodus, the Ark of the Covenant, and the so-called Lost Tomb of Jesus. Important discoveries with relevance to the Bible are made virtually every year--during...
| Author | Michael D. Coogan |
| ISBN | 0195305051 |
Eminent biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan offers here a wide-ranging and stimulating exploration of the Old Testament, illuminating its importance as history, literature, and sacred text.
Coogan explains the differences between the Bible of Jewish tradition (the "Hebrew Bible") and...
Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
| Author | William G. Dever |
| ISBN | 0802828523 |
Following up on his two recent, widely acclaimed studies of ancient Israelite history and society, William Dever here reconstructs the practice of religion in ancient Israel from the bottom up. Archaeological excavations reveal numerous local and family shrines, where sacrifices and other rituals...
Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his teachings.
Ehrman shows us what historians have long...
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
| Author | Eric H. Cline |
| ISBN | 0691140898 |
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the...
| Author | Isaiah M. Gafni |
| ISBN | 1598033972 |
How did Judaism develop from its biblical roots to the highly developed system we know today? What has changed—and what has remained constant? The answers to these questions are relevant to all faiths, as well as to anyone seeking to broaden their understanding of ancient history—a past that is...
Folklore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend and Law
| Author | James George Frazer |
القراءة الأولى لنصوص فريزر العظيم، جزء واحد من ثلاثة أجزاء، وهو الكتاب الوحيد لفريز الذى وصل إلى يدىّ بعد جهد.
دراسة مقارنة بين أساطير العبريين التى صيغت...
Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction
| Author | Mike Mignola |
| ISBN | 1506706665 |
The story jumps from Hellboy's mysterious World War II origin to his 1994 confrontation with the man who summoned him to earth, and the earliest signs of the plague of frogs. Avoiding his supposed fate as the herald of the end of the world, Hellboy continues with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and...
All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire
| Author | Jonathan Abrams |
| ISBN | 0451498143 |
The definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV show The Wire, as told by the actors, writers, directors, and others involved in its creation.
Since its final episode aired in 2008, HBO's acclaimed crime drama The Wire has only become more popular and influential. The issues it tackled,...
The Boy Who Hooked the Sun
Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. He was a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the field.
The...
Ancient Civilizations of North America
For the past few hundred years, most of what we've been taught about the native cultures of North America came from reports authored by the conquerors and colonizers who destroyed them. Now - with the technological advances of modern archaeology and a new perspective on world history - we are finally...
Empires of Foliage and Flower: A Tale from the Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky
| Author | Gene Wolfe |
| ISBN | 0941826155 |
Someday I'll manage to find and afford the beautiful, limited-edition Cheap Street edition of this little gem, but for now I've had to settle for reading the poorly copy-edited printing in the Winter 1993 edition of "Crank" (#2) -- which, for any of you who are looking for this, is probably much more affordable...
The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin is the Sun
Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. He was a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the field.
The...
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Новая книга от автора бестселлера "Сумма биотехнологии", получившего...
Restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Lúthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Humans, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien’s...
The World Around the Old Testament: The People and Places of the Ancient Near East
| Author | Bill T. Arnold |
| ISBN | 0801039185 |
Leading Experts Introduce the People and Contexts of the Old Testament
What people groups interacted with ancient Israel? Who were the Hurrians and why do they matter? What do we know about the Philistines, the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and others?
In this...
Partners in Christ: A Conservative Case for Egalitarianism
| Author | John G. Stackhouse Jr. |
| ISBN | 0830840818 |
When it comes to understanding what Scripture says about men and women, those on both sides of the debate can and do marshal strong evidence from the Bible. Why are they able to do this? John Stackhouse boldly contends it is because Scripture in fact says both things. Does the Bible contradict itself then?...
