Tag: Patriarchs

Free Download Professor Eric H. Cline, Eric H. Cline (Narrator), "The History of Ancient Israel: From the Patriarchs Through the Romans (The Modern Scholar)"
English | ASIN: B001JHT8CY | 2008 | M4B@64 kbps | ~07:36:00 | 216 MB
Israel conjures up myriad associations for peoples of all cultures and religious backgrounds. Inextricably associated with the world’s three most prominent religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), Israel is steeped in history and conflict, much of which is known through the tales of biblical figures such as Moses, David, Solomon, and, of course, Jesus Christ.But how much of the Bible can be relied upon as accurate history? And how much of the biblical record can be verified through archaeology? Esteemed professor, researcher, and author Eric H. Cline of The George Washington University addresses these and other questions in this fascinating series of lectures.

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Free Download Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years by Philip Jenkins, Tom Parks, Tantor Audio
English | 2021 | ISBN: B095J2NQSL | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 32 Kbps / 10 hours and 15 minutes + EPUB | 139 Mb
The fifth-century political battles that forever changed the church.
In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, Philip Jenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful characters shaped Christian doctrine. Were it not for these battles, today’s church could be teaching something very different about the nature of Jesus, and the papacy as we know it would never have come into existence. Jesus Wars reveals the profound implications of what amounts to an accident of history: that one faction of Roman emperors and militia-wielding bishops defeated another.

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Free Download "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination by Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S. Onuf, Karen Chilton
English | 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B01D28W4UU | MP3@64 Kbps | Duration: 14:33 h | 399 Mb
A groundbreaking work of history that explicates Thomas Jefferson’s vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race.
Thomas Jefferson is still presented today as a hopelessly enigmatic figure despite being written about more than any other Founding Father. Lauded as the most articulate voice of American freedom even as he held people in bondage, Jefferson is variably described by current-day observers as a hypocrite, an atheist, and a simple-minded proponent of limited government.