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The Burning Bush: Writings on Jews and Judaism
The Burning Bush: Writings on Jews and Judaism

Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov · University of Notre Dame Press
Pages: 628
Format: Print book

Vladimir Solovyov, one of nineteenth-century Russia's greatest Christian philosophers, was renowned as the leading defender of Jewish civil rights in tsarist Russia in the 1880s. The Burning Bush: Writings on Jews and Judaism presents an annotated translation of Solovyov's complete...
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The Aleppo Codex: In Pursuit of One of the World's Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books
The Aleppo Codex: In Pursuit of One of the World's Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books

Matti Friedman · Algonquin Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

A thousand years ago, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. It was kept safe through one upheaval after another in the Middle East, and by the 1940s it was housed in a dark grotto in Aleppo, Syria, and had become known around the world as the Aleppo Codex.Journalist Matti...
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The Happy Medium: Life Lessons from the Other Side
The Happy Medium: Life Lessons from the Other Side

Kim Russo · HarperElixir
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The world-famous medium and star of Lifetime Movie Network's #1 rated show The Haunting Of . . . tells her story, shares some astonishing, never-before-revealed details of her celebrity readings, and teaches you how to harness your own energy and access the world beyond our own.When...
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The Book of Revelation Made Clear: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Understanding the Most Mysterious Book of the Bible
The Book of Revelation Made Clear: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Understanding the Most Mysterious Book of the Bible

Timothy E. Parker · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

A fun and fascinating way to learn about the book of Revelation. The Bible’s final book, Revelation, can seem intimidating or downright impossible to comprehend, even for serious students of the Scriptures. Filled with complex imagery, vivid depictions of violence, and challenging...
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Revelation (Teach the Text Commentary Series)
Revelation (Teach the Text Commentary Series)

J Scott Duvall · Baker Pub Group
Pages: 333
Format: Book

To craft informed sermons, pastors scour commentaries that often deal more with minutia than the main point. Or they turn to devotional commentaries, which may contain exegetical weaknesses. The Teach the Text Commentary Series bridges this gap by utilizing the best of biblical scholarship...
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Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism
Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism

Brook Ziporyn · Indiana University Press
Pages: 317
Format: Print book

Tiantai Buddhism emerged from an idiosyncratic and innovative interpretation of the Lotus Sutra to become one of the most complete, systematic, and influential schools of philosophical thought developed in East Asia. Brook A. Ziporyn puts Tiantai into dialogue with modern philosophical...
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Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East
Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East

Isobel Coleman · Random House; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Over the centuries and throughout the world, women have struggled for equality and basic rights. Their challenge in the Middle East has been intensified by the rise of a political Islam that too often condemns women's empowerment as Western cultural imperialism or, worse, anti-Islamic....
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Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen
Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen

Guo Jun · Monkfish Book Publishing
Format: Book

Essential Chan Buddhism is the rare unearthing of an ancient and remarkable Chinese spiritual tradition. Master Guo Jun speaks through hard-won wisdom on Chan's spiritual themes familiar to Western readers, such as mindfulness and relaxation in meditation, as well as profound, simply...
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On This Holy Night: The Heart of Christmas
On This Holy Night: The Heart of Christmas

Thomas Nelson · Thomas Nelson
Format: Book

Rekindle the true meaning of Christmas with the help of six gifted Christian communicators. Every year, the story of Christmas is told and retold, but sometimes the very familiarity of holiday traditions causes us to overlook the vital expressions of this meaningful season. On...
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Whatever Arises, Love That: A Love Revolution That Begins with You
Whatever Arises, Love That: A Love Revolution That Begins with You

Matt Kahn · Sounds True, 2016.
Pages: 250
Format: Print book

There are four simple words that point the way toward liberation and fulfillment: whatever arises, love that. This is the life-changing teaching that Matt Kahn has been sharing with millions of YouTube viewers around the world. Whatever Arises, Love That offers a collection of powerful...
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