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      • Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2021

        Faith to Rise: A Journey to Joy and Centering

        by Julie Fitz-Gerald

        Faith to Rise: A Journey to Joy and Centering  offers 52 weekly devotionals that are honest, relatable, and will inspire readers to embrace life – curveballs and all. Along with journaling prompts and discussion points inviting readers to go deeper, each weekly chapter features stunning photographs of landscapes in various seasons, showcasing the natural beauty of the world that surrounds us.

      • History of religion

        The Bible, from the Beginning to the End

        A Reading Guide for Today

        by Alberto de Mingo Kaminouchi

        No literary work has exerted more influence on Western culture than the Bible. None has been more studied by archaeologists, historians, philologists, anthropologists, philosophers or theologians across the centuries. For anyone interested in this work, true heritage of the world, this book is an indispensable introduction to the main contents and to the discoveries that have been done in recent decades, usually restricted to specialists’ circles. The author offers a vast overview of each one of the books of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Characters, geographical settings, historical events, cultures, literary genres and numberless complementary data help the reader to think about the present in light of a past that has configured the mindset of whole generations. “The author combines a simple, yet rigorous, scientific vision of the problems, with a believing reading and an extraordinary pedagogical ability to reach today’s readers.”

      • The historical Jesus

        The Four Gospels

        Third Revised Edition

        by Santiago Guijarro

        Towards the end of the second century A.D., the apostolic Church accepted the fourfold Gospel, that is, the four versions of the one Gospel preached from the beginning, the versions which were credited with being a true reflection of Jesus’ Good News. The present book is founded upon a simple premise: all four Gospels must be read and studied together. In the introduction, the author deals with the context (the books about Jesus written at that time) and explains why the Church chose exclusively these four books. Next, the author goes on to present the formation process of the Gospels, to study the relationship between them, and to analyze the oral tradition and the material used by the evangelists. Finally, the book offers an in-depth analysis of each Gospel: process of formation, literary structure and existential context. Essay, reference book, encyclopaedia, handbook on the four Gospels… all these titles are a accurate definition of this work.

      • Jewish studies
        November 2015

        Esau, My Brother: Father of Edom and Rome

        Esau – Father of Edom and Rome - hero of Palestinian Talmud – the Yerushalmi - and Midrashic sources in the Tannaic and Amoraic period under Roman rule

        by Dr. Irit Aminoff

        For two thousand years, Jews educated in their people`s traditions, have perceived Jacob and Esau as depictions of good versus evil, truth versus falsehood, purity versus impurity, and so on. Any Jewish child over the age of three, could depict Esau as that wicked personage who pursued his brother Jacob and wanted to destroy him in his fiery hatred. Esau whose blessing was denied him, rose against his brother to whom it was transferred. Indeed, Esau, in the form of the nations among whom Israel`s exile dwell, lays in wait for Jacob to this day, though, due to Esau moral and ethical inferiority, he will never realize his schemes. * The Christian, however, at mention of Jacob and Esau, immediately envisions the figures of the Genesis account [portions: Toledot & Vayishlah] as they are depicted according to the Biblical narrative form of diametrical opposites. * Esau and Jacob, heroes of the biblical account, portrays two opposite sets of fundamental traits: basic simplicity and fairness against cunning, treachery and sophistication. Through a process they become in the writings of the sages, contradictory figures who scarcely resemble the Biblical heroes. * The purpose of this book is to delineate this alternative Esau figure, the one created by Aggadic literature, and to try and understand the motivations behind this weighty shift of perspective. This is the book of Esau – Father of Edom and Rome - hero of Palestinian Talmud – the Yerushalmi - and Midrashic sources in the Tannaic and Amoraic period under Roman rule.

      • Jewish studies
        June 2015

        Amos – The Prophet of Teqo'a

        The early prophecies of Amos against the local nations

        by Dr. Refael Levin

        The prophet Amos, one of the earliest prophets whose prophecies were collated into an independent book in the Bible, lived and was active during the 8th century BC. At that time, the Israelites who lived in the southern kingdom of Judah were ruled by King Uzziah, and those in the northern kingdom of Israel were ruled by King Jeroboam, son of Joash. The early prophecies of Amos against the local nations are relevant even today, since they speak of crimes being committed in the locale nowadays. The material success of Amos’s time caused the moral corruption against which the prophet rails. The prophecies of Amos and his words to his people sound as if he is directing them to our ears. His call to fix the social injustices is relevant to the evils of our generation just as much as it was to the era of the prophet. Most of his reproach touches upon social classes, inequality, and the need to provide protection to the poor and the weak. The book Amos - The Prophet from Teko'a explains and illuminates Amos’s prophecies, his fascinating speech techniques and his messages, doing so while referencing old scholars, traditional commentators and modern biblical scholars, and suggesting many original solutions to the difficulties that rise from the text. The textual analysis and the solutions use modern logic. The author suggests that Amos’s prophecies are edited into an elegant literary structure that demonstrates a progression in the prophet’s rhetorical capabilities. On this basis, the author brings original explanations to the prophecies’ structure and meaning - explanations that solve many of the difficulties that were raised from modern Biblical scholarship. The conclusions are that the prophet Amos’s message is one of social justice only (“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” Amos 5:24), that the prophecies presented to us are original and are brought in the order they were spoken. The book opens in a general overview of the era and the beliefs of the time, based also on the books of three other contemporary prophets - Hosea, Isaiah and Micah - and on Biblical, historical and archaeological sources. It goes on to explain the prophet’s words chronologically. In addition, the book discusses additional topics, such as the question of the precision of the Masoretic text; the appearance and frequency of God’s names in the Bible and the meaning behind them; the place of the earthquake as part of God’s punishment policy; the meaning of the End of Times; and more. Even though these topics are not connected directly to the prophecies of Amos, they arise while studying the Biblical text and are important for understanding it, as well as contributing to our understanding of other Biblical books. This book is meant for Biblical scholars, students, people who want to know and understand Amos’s words and his messages, and to Bible fans in general. Rafael Levin, PhD, acquired his PhD from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in Physics. For many years he worked in research, development and management in the semiconductor industry. He served as the CEO of Tower Semiconductor LTD. Since his retirement he has been studying the Bible.

      • Jewish studies
        June 2015

        Temple of Time

        Genealogy, chronology and numerology Bible Creation to the dedication of Solomon's Temple

        by Dr. Gabriel Zeldin

        Dr. Zeldin's groundbreaking research in the Torah is considered as required reading for anyone seeking a thorough understanding of this major piece of the human culture. In his first book: Bereshit Haderech – The Biblical Festivals of the Seventh Month, and based upon a new system of biblical language analysis, Dr. Zeldin succeeded in revealing and demonstrating that the fascinating earlier stage of the Biblical Festivals of the Seventh Month is imbedded in the Book of Genesis, going back to the era of the Hebrew Fathers. By doing so, Dr. Zeldin revives long forgotten stories that influence the Bible entirely, namely: The Opening Day of the Hebrew Cycle of Time and Life; the Day of Jacob's Vow and the consequences thereof; Josef as a representative of The Assif Festival and his son Menashe as a representative of the Feast of Atzereth. Disappointed at the skepticism and indifference with which his above book was received, Dr. Zeldin concluded that only by introducing a mathematical proof he can break the routine of thinking when interpreting and researching biblical studies, and thereby corroborates and validates his conclusions. As topics for his next research were chosen three recurring age data in the dynasty of central leaders in the Torah: the number of years of age till fatherhood; the years after birth of the successor and the entire life span of the father - his age at death. These data, of which logic has not been deciphered until now, are scattered in many sections of the Torah, in such manner that their numerical integrity, is tightly interwoven in the narrative range that was identified in the book Bereshit Haderch, and thus establish its correct interpretation. Indeed, in his second book: Temple of Time – biblical genealogy, chronology and numerology since the period of creation up until the dedication of Solomon's Temple, Dr. Zeldin brings mathematical proof to the integrity of the structure of the age data in the Torah and goes on to resolve, with the same method of thinking, two additional ancient questions for the study of the Torah: Logic of the dates of the Flood, and the duplicity of the data given in the Torah on the exile duration of the Children of Israel in in Egypt. Dr. Zeldin is now writing his third book of this series, which elaborates on and corroborates his unique interpretation and provides in it, among others, valid solutions of mathematical certainty in regards to contributions to the Temple of Congregation, and the total number of the Children of Israel on all their tribes, upon their Exodus from Egypt.

      • Bible studies: for individual or small group study
        February 2021

        Women in the Bible Small Group Bible Study

        by Hofman, Marina H

        Includes downloadable FREE VIDEO SERIES WWW.WOMENINTHEBIBLE.INFO In this 8-week study explore how women in the Bible played a predominate role in the success of several main Bible events and God’s plan of salvation. Discover how they responded to challenges, took bold actions to bring about justice, and triumphed through adversity. Explore LEADERSHIP, CHARACTER, PERSEVERENCE and the ROLE OF WOMEN in God’s plan. BACKGROUND INFORMATION-STUDY GUIDE-DISCUSSION QUESTIONS-AUTHOR REFLECTIONS JOURNEY THROUGH EACH STUDY INDEPENDENDTLY OR IN A SMALL GROUP IN 8 OR 16 SESSIONS.

      • Bible studies: for individual or small group study
        February 2021

        Women in the Bible Small Group Bible Study

        by Hofman, Marina H

        Includes downloadable FREE VIDEO SERIES WWW.WOMENINTHEBIBLE.INFO In this 8-week study explore how women in the Bible played a predominate role in the success of several main Bible events and God’s plan of salvation. Discover how they responded to challenges, took bold actions to bring about justice, and triumphed through adversity. Explore LEADERSHIP, CHARACTER, PERSEVERENCE and the ROLE OF WOMEN in God’s plan. BACKGROUND INFORMATION-STUDY GUIDE-DISCUSSION QUESTIONS-AUTHOR REFLECTIONS JOURNEY THROUGH EACH STUDY INDEPENDENDTLY OR IN A SMALL GROUP IN 8 OR 16 SESSIONS.

      • Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2022

        A Place For Us

        A Lent course based on West Side Story

        by Lavinia Byrne, Jane McBride

        A powerful new Lent course for Bible study groups and individuals, based on the Oscar-nominated 2021 film West Side Story. Popular author, and former Catholic nun, Lavinia Byrne and Jane McBride, a Northern Irish Protestant, present an interactive course that reflects on the Lenten experience of the Gospels alongside some of the key themes of this much-loved musical tale of immigration, segregation, love found and lost, betrayal, repentance, and tragedy leading to new resolve. Includes poetry by Phil Lane.

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