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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The book of Leviticus sets out the ways Israelites were to live as God's people. Delve into three sections of the text, beginning with sacrificial practices. Examine five types of ritual sacrifice and the motives or purposes of each. Investigate the Manual of Impurities, which includes dietary rules on the purity of food. Then learn about the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the year.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Discover the Old Testament genre of "wisdom literature"_x009d_ and the varieties of knowledge it encompasses. In the first nine sections of Proverbs, study the use of paired metaphors that guide the reader's understanding. Examine the use of personification in Proverbs to express wisdom: as referred to as a woman, as present with God at creation, and as equivalent to the nature of the universe.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Covenant Code contains some of the oldest laws of ancient Israel. Read the Code's many laws, on subjects from religious regulations to social justice, noting that they are considered divine in origin. Compare the Code to the laws of other ancient Near Eastern societies. Learn how, more than legal codes, the laws functioned as moral education regarding notions of human justice.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In a deep look at the figure of Abraham, the spiritual father of three major religions, examine the features of the Covenant made between God and Abraham as Abraham embarks on his legendary journey. Study the three promises God makes, and what God asks of Abraham. Learn about the paradox embodied in God's command that Abraham sacrifice his son, and what this signifies about the nature of faith.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Immerse yourself in the book of Job, first identifying its biblical genre and unusual literary structure. Witness God's wager with the accuser, who questions Job's faith, and see the unfolding of the guiltless Job's ensuing tribulations and reckoning with God. Contemplate the many historical explanations of God's actions, and what the narrative suggests about divine providence and human value.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Read the Call of Moses to liberate the Israelites in Egypt and observe how it resonates with the call of other Biblical prophets. Investigate the Hebrew name of God, Yahweh; how God's nature is expressed in the name; and why Jews did not speak or write it. Finally, take account of scholarly controversy regarding interpretations of the Ten Plagues and the meaning of the Exodus from Egypt.
Author
Publisher
Emmaus Road Publishing
Pub. Date
©2022
Language
English
Description
"Fr. Murray's insights provide sure guidance in understanding the Church's teaching on: the indissolubility of marriage, homosexuality and gender ideology, the worthy reception of Holy Communion, the value of the Traditional Latin Mass, the horror of the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy, the responsibility of bishops to uphold-- not contradict-- the Catholic Faith, and the duty of all Catholics to remain faithful to the teachings handed down...
Author
Publisher
Our Sunday Visitor
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Texas oilman. A brilliant female archaeologist. An unknown world underneath the Vatican.
In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades — a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the Apostle Peter.
From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter — a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ
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Publisher
Dance Hall Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Bill and Tricia Moser left a life in one of America's wealthiest towns and joined the horse-and-buggy Amish. Their story offers remarkable insight to the Amish culture and helps us reflect upon our own choices and values.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Not all of Paul's letters were composed by the apostle himself. The three "Deutero-Pauline" letters (2 Thessalonians, Colossians, and Ephesians) likely date to the years after Paul's death. In content, they seek to reassure readers that a series of events must occur before the end times arrive and that faith in Christ is all that is necessary for salvation in the present.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Because Luke was writing as a historian, probably between the years AD 90 and AD 120, he didn't merely re-create the past. Rather, Luke has a perspective on the history he tells. Unpack his vision of early Christian history and consider what message he is sending to his readers. Compare that message to the earlier "Gospel according to Mark."
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Paul's letter to the Romans is his theological masterpiece. Because he had never been to Rome, he wrote this letter to introduce himself and his teachings to lay the groundwork for his arrival. Unpack the key message of his theology: namely, that one is made righteous solely through faith in Jesus Christ.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The New Testament includes many types of narrative, among them gospels, epistles, and revelations. In this first episode on Paul's epistles, reflect on the chronologically earliest book of the New Testament, examine the structure of a Pauline letter, and find out what his mission of evangelism was all about.
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