Tag: Biblical

Free Download Is Church Membership Biblical? By Ryan M. McGraw; Ryan Speck
2015 | 32 Pages | ISBN: 1601784309 | EPUB | 1 MB
Many churches have an official process to join their membership. Is this really a biblical practice? The authors show that the Bible assumes the necessity of formal church membership so that we can fulfill the commands and apply the promises given to the church. Clearly and carefully, and answering contemporary objections along the way, the authors make the biblical case that God desires the members of His heavenly kingdom to join with the earthly society that reflects it-Christ’s body, the church.

Free Download Biblical Principles, Biblical Results: Living By The Biblical Principles: Achieving Success and Fulfillment by Dr. Michael Onwona Appiah
English | August 16, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DDHC3ZPB | 142 pages | EPUB | 1.04 Mb
In a world that constantly changes, the timeless principles found in the Bible provide a foundation for success and fulfillment. This book explores how biblical principles can be applied in various roles and walks of life, guiding us to live with purpose, integrity, and love. Whether you are an entrepreneur, a parent, a government official, or a child, the Bible offers wisdom and direction for every aspect of life.

Free Download R. J. Balfour, "Divine Rejection: Explorations in the Biblical Portrayals of Esau and King Saul "
English | ISBN: 1481320513 | 2024 | 288 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Among the most enigmatic passages in the Bible are those featuring God’s election of some and rejection of others. While many interpreters appeal to mystery or divine sovereignty as solutions to these difficult passages, intensive evaluation and sustained reflection on these passages and their implications can benefit both the church and the academy. In Divine Rejection, R. J. Balfour provides such evaluation and reflection on the notion of divine rejection in Christian theology through close readings of two paradigmatic biblical accounts of divine rejection, namely, the narratives of Esau and Saul.

Free Download Tovia Singer, "Let’s Get Biblical!: Why doesn’t Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah? Volume 1"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0996091300 | PDF | pages: 436 | 29.1 mb
Explore the Jewish and Christian Scriptures with the world renowned Bible scholar and expert on Jewish evangelism, Rabbi Tovia Singer. This new two-volume work, Let’s Get Biblical! Why Doesn’t Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah?, takes the reader on an eye-opening journey through timeless passages in Tanach, and answers a pressing question: Why doesn’t Judaism accept the Christian messiah? Are the teachings conveyed in the New Testament compatible with ageless prophecies in the Jewish Scriptures? Rabbi Singer’s fascinating new work clearly illustrates why the core doctrines of the Church are utterly incompatible with the cornerstone principles expressed by the Prophets of Israel, and are opposed by the most cherished tenets conveyed in the Jewish Scriptures. Moreover, this book demonstrates how the Church systematically and deliberately altered the Jewish Scriptures in order to persuade potential converts that Jesus is the promised Jewish messiah. To accomplish this feat, Christian "translators" manipulated, misquoted, mistranslated, and even fabricated verses in the Hebrew Scriptures so that these texts appear to be speaking about Jesus. This exhaustive book probes and illuminates this thought-provoking subject. Tragically, over the past two millennia, the church’s faithful have been completely oblivious to this Bible-tampering because virtually no Christian can read or understand the Hebrew Scriptures in its original language. Since time immemorial, earnest parishioners blindly and utterly depended upon manmade Christian "translations" of the "Old Testament" in order to understand the "Word of God." Understandably, churchgoers are deeply puzzled by the Jewish rejection of their religion’s claims. They wonder aloud why Jewish people, who are reared since childhood in the Holy Tongue, and are the bearers and protectors of the sacred Oracles of God, do not accept Jesus as their messiah. How can such an extraordinary people dismiss such an extraordinary claim? Are they just plain stubborn? Let’s Get Biblical thoroughly answers these nagging, age-old questions.

Free Download Hélène Sader, "The History and Archaeology of Phoenicia (Archaeology and Biblical Studies) "
English | ISBN: 1628372559 | 2019 | 400 pages | PDF | 127 MB
An insightful historical account of Phoenicia that illustrates its cities, culture, and daily life

Free Download Toshikazu S. Foley, "Biblical Translation in Chinese and Greek: Verbal Aspect in Theory and Practice"
English | 2009 | pages: 477 | ISBN: 9004178651 | PDF | 13,8 mb
This study integrates three independent subjects – translation theory, Mandarin aspect, and Greek aspect – for the purpose of formulating a working theory applicable to translating the Bible. The primary objectives are defined in terms of grammatical translation of Greek aspect into Mandarin aspect at the discourse level. A historical overview of the Chinese Bible is provided as a way of introducing major translation issues related to linguistic, conceptual, and logistical challenges. The proposed theory provides the translator with a powerful tool, which is tested in two sample passages from John 18-19 and 1 Corinthians 15. Provided, also, are critical reviews of over sixty Chinese Bible versions, Nestorian, Manichaean, Catholic documents, and a translation written according to the proposed theory.

Free Download Exploring Exodus: The Origins of Biblical Israel By Nahum M. Sarna
1996 | 277 Pages | ISBN: 0805210636 | EPUB | 4 MB
Sarna examines the distinctiveness of the Exodus narrative in light of ancient Near Eastern history and contemporaneous cultures–Egyptian, Assyrian, Canaanite, and Babylonian. In a new Foreword to the 1996 edition, Sarna takes up the debate over whether the exodus from Egypt really happened, clarifying the arguments on both sides and drawing us back to the uniqueness and enduring significance of biblical text.

Free Download George P. Landow, "Victorian Types, Victorian Shadows: Biblical Typology in Victorian Literature, Art and Thought"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1138796174, 113879614X | EPUB | pages: 290 | 1.6 mb
The importance of typology in the study of early modern literature has long been accepted, yet students of Victorian culture have paid little attention to it. First published in 1980, this study demonstrates how biblical typology, an apparently arcane interpretative mode, had profound effects on the secular culture of the Victorian age: its art, literature and thought. George Landow considers the way in which the average English believer learned to read their Bible in terms of the types and shadows of Christ, the various ways in which Victorian poetry and hymns employed certain imagery, and the use of typological symbolism in narrative poetry, prose fiction, dramatic monologue and non-fiction. In a concluding chapter, he investigates the particularly complex, and often ironic, combinations of typological image and typological structure.

Free Download Pamela Barmash, "The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Law "
English | ISBN: 0199392668 | 2019 | 560 pages | AZW3 | 1394 KB
Major innovations have occurred in the study of biblical law in recent decades. The legal material of the Pentateuch has received new interest with detailed studies of specific biblical passages. The comparison of biblical practice to ancient Near Eastern customs has received a new impetus with the concentration on texts from actual ancient legal transactions.

Free Download M. Jeff Brannon, "The Hope of Life After Death: A Biblical Theology of Resurrection"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0830855319 | EPUB | pages: 200 | 2.9 mb
In a world full of suffering and death, humans long for abundant life. Christians understand that in Christ God saves us from sin. But salvation must also include much more: being rescued from death, physical resurrection, and new life in the new creation.