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New York, NY, U.S.A.: William Morrow. 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. BRAND NEW HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. REMAINDER MARK. This book vividly recounts an inspiring personal odyssey -- by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel -- through the greatest stories ever told. Feeling a desire to reconnect to the Bible, award-winning author Bruce Feiler set out on a perilous, ten-thousand-mile journey, retracing the Five Books of Moses through the desert. Traveling through three continents, five countries, and four war zones, Feiler is the first person to complete such a historic expedition. He crosses the Red Sea, climbs Mount Sinai, and interviews bedouin and pilgrims alike, as he attempts to answer the question: Is the Bible just an abstraction or is it a living, breathing entity? - Along with renowned archaeologist Avner Goren, Feiler treks through Turkey, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, the Sinai, and Jordan, visiting the actual places of some of history's most storied events, from the mountain where Noah's ark landed to the site of the legendary burning bush. He visits the desert outpost in Turkey where Abraham first heard the words of God and faces arrest while camping on Mount Nebo in Jordan, where Moses overlooked the Promised Land. In each place, he scrupulously gathers the latest archaeological research and sits down to read the stories in their natural surroundings. With eloquence and insight, he explores how geography affects the larger narrative of the Bible and ultimately realizes how much these places, and his experience, have affected his own faith. more information

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Yale University Press. 1963. Hard Cover. Good + in Good + DJ. Ex-University Library Copy with Usual Markings/Brodart Cover. Tape Marks FEPs, Light Soil to Jacket, Light Page Aging, Text Clean & Unmarked. "First complete account of the separatist activity in New England, brought about by the Great Awakening as the Congregational establishment was permanently shattered, and almost one hundred separatist churches sprang up. Mr. Goen traces their history and analyzes their doctrines, as a large proportion of them passed over into the Baptist fellowship, augmenting and revivifying a denomination that had remained aloof from the Awakening." 370 pgs. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated. 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. In New Brodart Cover. Light Bumping to Bottom of Spine and Jacket. "In this exploration of martyrdom, the author takes us on a journey through history as he examines one of the most baffling characteristics of the human species: its willingness to die to sanctify a deity, to defend a cause, or simply to prove a point. He delves into the psyches, politics, and remarkable personalities of chosen martyrs, and illuminates the complex and elusive subject of martyrdom as it has evolved over two and a half millennia. The story starts with Socrates, the Western world's first recorded martyr, and moves on to Judaic and early Christian martyrs: the Maccabees and their heroic suffering; Jesus of Nazareth and the impact of the crucifixion on his message; and Saint Perpetua, who died spectacularly in a Roman amphitheater. The narrative then transports us to England: to Archbishop Thomas Becket and his sensational murder at the altar of his own cathedral in Canterbury; to Sir Thomas More, who died Henry VIII's "good servant but God's first"; to the Protestant martyrs under Catholic Mary Tudor; and to Charles I, the only English king to be tried and executed as a traitor. The concluding chapters cover modern martyrdom as it has become increasingly secularized and entangled with treason. They include John Brown, whose "body lies a-mouldering in the grave" but whose soul "goes marching on," Mahatma Gandhi and his school for martyrs, the Holocaust and its impact on modern Jewish thought, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Hitler, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's execution for giving secret information about the atomic bomb to the USSR. The book ends with the troubling figure of SS Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein and the ultimate question: Is there such a person as a totally disinterested martyr? Fools and traitors to some, heroes to others, all the men and women who appear here have helped shape our definition of martyrdom." more information

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Huntington House Publishers. 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Rubbing/Light Edge Wear to Cover, Pages Clean & Unmarked, No Spine Crease. "As more and more Americans insist that God and morality have a place in the public arena, the liberal media increases its efforts to suppress all vestiges of Judeo-Christian values. At the same time, the National Education Association uses public funds, and public school classrooms, to establish humanism as America's national religion. In fact, moral relativism has become so entrenched that, even in the Church, the Word of God is often compromised to accommodate political correctness. How have we reached such a state? In 'The Blame Game,' Lynn Stanley looks at the place God has occupied in American history and why some segments of our society feel so threatened by biblical morality. Here, too, are the facts necessary to form a strong defense against the attacks of the Left on the Church and our society. more information

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