Subject/Course: OTS3705 ISBN: 9780684869131 Description: For the first time, the true history of ancient Israel as revealed through recent archaeological discoveries-and a controversial new take on when, why and how the Bible was written. In the past three decades, archaeologists have made great strides in recovering the lost world of the Old Testament....

Subject/Course: GRE1502 Subject/Course: GRE1501 ISBN: 9780521755511 Description: Since 1914 Cambridge has published The Elements of New Testament Greek, a best-selling textbook for scholars and students of the Bible. The original book by Nunn was replaced and succeeded in 1965 by J. W. Wenham’s book of the same title; now Jeremy Duff has produced...

Subject/Course: THE429V Subject/Course: CGM3701 ISBN: 9780627023583 Description: Many people in South Africa are concerned with ethical matters – both as an academic pursuit and by religious conviction. The topics discussed in this publication are of the utmost importance to South Africans as they search for a new identity in a so-called secular...

Subject/Course: JCA1501 ISBN: 9780805209372 Description: Prescribed at UNISA (University of South Africa) for :Religious Studies (JCA101P) by lecturer Maria Grazia Weinberg Why is the Jewish New Year designated on the Jewish calendar as the first day of the seventh month, and not of the first month? Why do women cover their eyes when reciting the blessing...

Subject/Course: ECH2601 ISBN: 9780334040040 Description: SCM Studyguide to Biblical Hermeneutics offers entry-level undergraduates a framework for interpreting the Bible. The book goes beyond offering guidance on how to do exegesis, and is intended as a practical tool to help readers develop good interpretative strategies for themselves. As such it...

Subject/Course: RST3708 ISBN: 9780253214898 Description: Prescribed at UNISA (University of South Africa) for :Religious Studies (RST3259) by lecturer Helena Christina Steyn Engaging some recent and urgent issues in the philosophy of religion, in this volume Richard Kearney proposes that instead of thinking of God as “actual”, God might...

Subject/Course: ECH4803 ISBN: 9780195182491 Description: The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not...

Subject/Course: RST3706 ISBN: 9780345384560 Description: Prescribed at UNISA (University of South Africa) for :Religious Studies (RST3701) by lecturer Daniel Petrus Goosen ” An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers.” THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD In this stunningly...

Subject/Course: ICS1501 ISBN: 9781557785169 Description: Prescribed at UNISA (University of South Africa) for :Religious Studies (ICS101X) by lecturer Jacobus Young An exploration of the fundamental beliefs of Islam which covers the faith’s four dimensions: practice, faith, spirituality and the Islamic view of history, as outlined in the Hadith...

Subject/Course: HBA4802 ISBN: 9780802844163 Description: A respected archaeologist’s engaging, revealing take on ancient Israel. A thorough yet readable examination of a much-debated subject — of relevance also to the current Israeli-Palestinian situation — this book is sure to reinvigorate discussion of the origins of ancient Israel. Click...