James VanderKam
James VanderKam, John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. [... more]
Harper Collins |
The Scriptures of Won Buddhism: A Translation of the ...
 Down-to-earth Dharma for Everyone: Years ago when I was in college in Philadelphia I encountered Won Buddhism and an earlier translation of the teachings of their founder, Master Sotaesan. With the guidance of Rev. Bokin Kim, I was able to see how Won [... more]
CDN$41.67
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R.C. Zaehner
Introduction by R.C. Zaehner Hindu Scriptures Everyman's Library R.C. Zaehner [... more]
Random House |
Ouida Sebestyen
Lena can recite the Scriptures by heart. Hoping to make her adored Papa proud of her and to make her white classmates notice her "Magic Mind," not her black skin, Lena vows to win the Bible-quoting contest. But winning does not bring Lena what . [... more]
Random House |
Tanakh-TK: A New Traslation of the Holy Scriptures ...
An excellent beginning...: for those of us still coming up to speed on biblical Hebrew. I do enjoy this translation which is very readable and accessible, although (like any translation) there are some passages others prefer to read from another [... more]
CDN$43.76
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Praying the Scriptures for Intimate Worship
Best of Boa's Prayer Books to Date: This prayer book is the best all around prayer book for daily personal (or even family)use. The Scriptures are addressed back to God and arranged by category (with direction to add certain categories of requests [... more]
CDN$11.99
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Interpreting the Scriptures
This Book Is A Must: Here is another book by Kevin J. Conner (teaming up with frequent collaborator Ken Malmin) showing why he is head and shoulders above the rest in dealing with any topic he cares to address. This time he deals with the important and [... more]
CDN$20.83
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The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Being in the gnosis...: This book finds an honoured place on my shelves, next to the older edition of the Nag Hammadi scriptures assembled under the direction of James M. Robinson, who provides the preface (and much underlying research). According to [... more]
CDN$41.50
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Buddhist Scriptures
Excellent beginning source material: While I wouldn't necessarily recommend this book as a primer for beginners, it is an excellent introduction to basic Buddhist texts and sources. I have found this text to be quite useful as a reference work and can [... more]
CDN$24.00
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Praying The Scriptures: A Field Guide For Your Spiritual ...
Wonderful resource for learning to pray the Scriptures!: I really enjoyed this book. It isn't real long and it's not too heavy for the lay-person. Part I of the book consists of 10 chapters on such topics as Praying the Psalms, The Lord's Prayer, and [... more]
CDN$15.99
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Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New ...
An excellent source for the layman: This book contains 17 non-canonical gospels from a variety of sources, as well as five books relating to activities of the apostles, 13 non-canonical letters (epistles), seven apocalypses and revelations, and five [... more]
CDN$18.95
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Good As New: A Radical Retelling of the Scriptures
New and Good: While some of the words can be startling to one who is already familiar with more traditional versions of the New Testament (I prefer the NRSV usually), they are actually very close to the original Koine Greek. For example, the word " [... more]
CDN$19.95
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