Sacred texts, scriptures and revered writings

Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Radiance) has amazed and overwhelmed readers ever since it emerged mysteriously in medieval Spain toward the end of the thirteenth century.

In the Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur'an Toshihiko Izutsu analyzes the guiding spirit of the Islamic moral code, the basic ethical relationship of man to God.

The Cloud of Unknowing is a fourteenth-century work of Christian mysticism that explores contemplative prayer and serves as a spiritual guide to those looking to explore these aspects of their faith.

African religion is ancestor worship; that is, funeral preparations, burial of the dead with ceremony and pomp, belief in eternal existence of souls of the dead as ancestors, periodic remembrance of ancestors, and belief that they influence the affairs of their living descendants.

Gwenda Roland apresenta uma obra reveladora, "As Mulheres na Maçonaria: Entre Mistérios e Revelações", que desvenda a participação feminina em uma das mais enigmáticas e tradicionalmente masculinas instituições do mundo.

Japan – ein Land voller Mystik, Tradition und verborgener Weisheiten.

Several prophets such as Amos, Ezekiel, Zephaniah, Zechariah, Isaiah and Malachi all loudly proclaimed and foretold "e;The Day of Yahweh.

Tauchen Sie ein in die verborgene Welt der antiken Geheimbünde – eine Welt voller Mysterien, Rituale und verschollener Weisheiten.

Responding to the belief that typology was a later development of the early church, and not applicable to the earliest canonical Gospel, Jonathan Robinson stresses that typology has deep Jewish roots, and that typological modes of thought were a significant part of the Gospel's historical and cultural background.

Responding to the belief that typology was a later development of the early church, and not applicable to the earliest canonical Gospel, Jonathan Robinson stresses that typology has deep Jewish roots, and that typological modes of thought were a significant part of the Gospel's historical and cultural background.

The nine essays that make up this volume provide cutting-edge studies of how sacred tradition is given new expression through vision and interpretation.

The nine essays that make up this volume provide cutting-edge studies of how sacred tradition is given new expression through vision and interpretation.

Margaret Froelich examines the Gospel of Mark using political and empire-critical methodologies, following postcolonial thinkers in perceiving a far more ambivalent message than previous pacifistic interpretations of the text.

Margaret Froelich examines the Gospel of Mark using political and empire-critical methodologies, following postcolonial thinkers in perceiving a far more ambivalent message than previous pacifistic interpretations of the text.

Contributors to this volume examine the various collections of canonical sub-units in the canon, considering the state of the question regarding each particular collection.

Contributors to this volume examine the various collections of canonical sub-units in the canon, considering the state of the question regarding each particular collection.

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The War Texts is the name given to a small group of Dead Sea Scrolls that depict the preparation for and the various phases of the eschatological battle between the 'Sons of Light' and the 'Sons of Darkness'.

This collection of essays explores the way our notions of self, other, subjectivity, gender and the sacred text are being re-visioned within contemporary theory.

This insightful book offers business advice that has endured for thousands of years.

This book centres on the use of the Bible within contemporary digital social media culture and gives an overview of its use online with examples from brand-new research from the CODEC Research Centre at Durham University, UK.

The World of the Baha'i Faith is an outstanding guide to the Baha'i Faith and its culture in all its geographical and historical diversity.

The World of the Baha'i Faith is an outstanding guide to the Baha'i Faith and its culture in all its geographical and historical diversity.

Jacob Bohme (1575-1624) has been recognized as one of the internationally most influential German authors of the Early Modern period.

Is it possible to develop such a thing as a biblical theology of mental health?

Engaging with critical scholarship but designed to be accessible for those beginning formal theological study or Christians who want to go deeper in their understanding of the book, The Kingdom of Our God demonstrates that the words of the prophets can still speak to us today.

Apophatic theology, or negative theology, attempts to describe God, the Divine Good, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God.

"Jenseits Nirwana" ist die Autobiografie eines hellsichtigen Energieheilers.

An examination of the early, mysterious Essene community at Qumran that links it with John the Baptist, Jesus, and the beginnings of Christianity*; Offers an eyewitness account of the final burial place of John the Baptist*; Makes the case that Christianity grew out of a form of monotheism first formulated by the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten*; Includes physical and photographic evidence never before publishedIn his earlier book The Mystery of the Copper Scroll of Qumran, Robert Feather analyzed the Dead Sea Scroll engraved on copper that is considered the work of the secretive, devout Jewish sect known as the Essenes, who lived at Qumran around the time of Jesus.

A comprehensive manual for living a spiritual life, based on a verse-by-verse commentary on Indias timeless scripture from the author of its best-selling translation.

The beloved literary iconoclast delivers a fresh twenty-first century primer on tarot that can be used with any deck.

'An amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today' John Barton, author of A History of the BibleIn our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to incite violence, hatred and division.

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance.

Really, what other book would anyone ever need?

Face to face with the schism caused by rational and scientific thought, Carlos Barrios undertakes an authentic and passionate search, bringing us close to the Cosmovision of one of the most ancient and wise people of our continent.

Scattered throughout the Talmud, the founding document of rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, can be found quite a few references to Jesus--and they're not flattering.

"e;A book you will want to read and read again.

The headlines are filled with the politics of Islam, but there is another side to the world's fastest-growing religion.

Calm for your Soul: 365 Days of Spiritual Tranquillity is a collection of spiritual and inspiring writing providing hope and comfort for every single day of the year.

After the best-seller The End is My Beginning, co-authored with his father Tixiano Terzani, the long-awaited Folco Terzani's comeback with a spiritual fable of nature, men and God.

In contrast to scholarly belief that the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews envisions the transcendent, heavenly world as the eschatological inheritance of God's people, Jihye Lee argues that a version of an Urzeit-Endzeit eschatological framework - as observed in some Jewish apocalyptic texts - provides a plausible background against which the arguments of Hebrews are most comprehensively explained.

In contrast to scholarly belief that the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews envisions the transcendent, heavenly world as the eschatological inheritance of God's people, Jihye Lee argues that a version of an Urzeit-Endzeit eschatological framework - as observed in some Jewish apocalyptic texts - provides a plausible background against which the arguments of Hebrews are most comprehensively explained.

Katherine Joy Kihlstrom Timpte addresses a gap in scholarship by answering the question: how is a child supposed to be the model recipient of the kingdom of God?

Katherine Joy Kihlstrom Timpte addresses a gap in scholarship by answering the question: how is a child supposed to be the model recipient of the kingdom of God?

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The year 2015 is the Chinese Year of the Goat - what will this mean for you?

The year 2015 is the Chinese Year of the Goat - what will this mean for you?

2016 BIBLE OF THE YEAR - CRT Awards 2016A bright, lively new edition of the UK's bestselling Bible, perfect for helping children to enjoy and engage with the Bible.