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The great code: the Bible and literature
Par Northrop Frye. 1982
The Gospel of Thomas: the hidden sayings of Jesus
Par Harold Bloom, Marvin W Meyer. 1992
An English translation of 114 wise sayings attributed to Jesus as collected in the Coptic text found near Nag Hammadi…
in Upper Egypt. Discusses the history of the writings. Explanatory notes follow. Includes an interpretive essay by Harold Bloom. c1992.The fragile lights of earth: articles and memories, 1942-1970
Par Alan Brown, Gabrielle Roy. 1982
The first man in my life: daughters write about their fathers
Par Sandra Martin, Ed Martin Sandra. 2007
In twenty-two original narratives, some of Canada's most acclaimed writers share stories, memories, insights, and revelations - from the comic…
to the tragic - about the first man in their lives. These complex stories will open a fresh and intense conversation with daughters everywhere about the men they've observed since childhood: their fathers. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.The flamingo's smile: reflections in natural history
Par Stephen Jay Gould. 1985
The empathy exams: essays
Par Leslie Jamison. 2014
A collection of essays explores empathy, using topics ranging from street violence and incarceration to reality television and literary sentimentality…
to ask questions about people's understanding of and relationships with others. Winner of the Gray Wolf Press Nonfiction Prize. 2014. The empathy exams -- Devil's bait -- La frontera -- Morphology of the hit -- Pain tours (I) : La plata perdida ; Sublime, revised ; Indigenous to the hood -- The immortal horizon -- In defense of saccharin(e) -- Fog count -- Pain tours (II) : Ex-votos ; Servicio supercompleto ; The broken heart of James Agee -- Lost boys -- Grand unified theory of female pain -- Judge's afterword / A conversation with Leslie Jamison. Uniform title: Essays.The dog's last walk: (and other pieces)
Par Howard Jacobson. 2017
Week after week, for eighteen years, the Booker Prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson wrote a weekly column for the Independent, reflecting…
in inimitable style on the sacred and the profane in turn, the frivolous and the serious, the deeply personal and the most universal. As the much-loved newspaper ceases printing, this second collection of Jacobson's columns offers a selection of the witty and thunderous best. 2017. Uniform title: Independent (London, England)The elephant and my Jewish problem: selected stories and journals, 1957-1987
Par Hugh Nissenson. 1988
Short stories and journal entries which describe the Jewish experience from the turn of the century to the aftermath of…
the Holocaust and the beginning of the state of Israel. 1988.The Hebrew bible (The modern scholar)
Par Lawrence H Schiffman. 2008
The Hebrew Bible, known to Jews as the Tanakh and to Christians as the Old Testament, is the basis of…
our tradition of monotheism as well as the main avenue by which the ethics and teachings of the Hebrew spirit entered Western civilization. In these lectures, eminent scholar Lawrence H. Schiffman discusses how that collection came into being and how it was passed down and interpreted throughout the ages. He provides details on how this tradition developed into the basis of Judaism and Christianity and how it continues to mold our society and culture today. 2008.The hidden Jesus: a new life
Par Donald Spoto. 1998
The author, a former Catholic monk and a theologian, examines Jesus in the context of the Holy Bible, other ancient…
texts, and discoveries in biblical scholarship. In a series of meditations, Spoto offers his views on the significance of Jesus' life from his conception to his resurrection. 1998.The Dead Sea scrolls deception: The Explosive Contents Of The Dead Sea Scrolls And How The Church Conspired To Suppress Them
Par Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh. 1991
The complete book of Bible trivia
Par J. Stephen Lang. 1988
The Courage of conviction: Prominent Contemporaries Discuss Their Beliefs And How They Put Them In Action
Par Phillip L Berman. 1985
The best selection of George Orwell's non-fiction available, a trove of letters, essays, reviews, and journalism. His letters to such…
luminaries as Julian Symons, Anthony Powell, Arthur Koestler, and Cyril Connolly are poignant and personal. His essays, covering everything from "English Cooking" to "Literature and Totalitarianism," are memorable, and his books reviews are among the most lucid and intelligent ever written. 1970.The collected essays, journalism and letters of George Orwell: Volume 1 ; An age like this, 1920-1940
Par George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sonia Orwell. 1970
The best selection of George Orwell's non-fiction available, a trove of letters, essays, reviews, and journalism. His letters to such…
luminaries as Julian Symons, Anthony Powell, Arthur Koestler, and Cyril Connolly are poignant and personal. His essays, covering everything from "English Cooking" to "Literature and Totalitarianism," are memorable, and his books reviews are among the most lucid and intelligent ever written. V.1 "An age like this, 1920-1940." 1970.The bush garden: essays on the Canadian imagination
Par Northrop Frye. 1971
Dr. Frye has collected all his essays on Canadian writing and painting which he believes are of permanent value. Includes…
his annual surveys of English Canadian poetry which originally appeared between 1950 and 1960.Solitude face à la mer (Collection de l'onde qui passe)
Par Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Nicole Bogliolo, Georges Roditi. 1983
Une méditation d’Anne Lindbergh sur son mode de vie, son équilibre personnel, ses rapports avec autrui dont se dégagent une…
force et une sérénité incroyables. Un livre qui incite chacun à l’introspection et à l’isolement, passages obligés pour s’épanouir, se recentrer et s’ouvrir aux autres. 1983. Titre uniforme: Gift from the seaThe Bible doesn't say that: 40 biblical mistranslations, misconceptions, and other misunderstandings
Par Joel M Hoffman. 2016
Hoffman explores what the Bible meant before it was misinterpreted over the past 2,000 years. He walks the reader through…
dozens of mistranslations, misconceptions, and other misunderstandings about the Bible, covering the morality, lifestyle, theology, and biblical imagery. 2016.The Bible's cutting room floor: the Holy Scriptures missing from your Bible
Par Joel M Hoffman. 2014
The Bible you usually read is not the complete story. Some holy writings were left out for political or theological…
reasons, others simply because of the physical restrictions of ancient bookmaking technology. At times, the compilers of the Bible skipped information that they assumed everyone knew. Some passages were even omitted by accident. Here Dr. Joel M. Hoffman gives us the stories and other texts that didn't make it into the Bible. 2014.The Bible: As If For The First Time (Spirituality and the Christian life series #Vol. 1)
Par H. A Nielsen. 1984