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Download or read book Mary Magdalene written by Adriana Valerio and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brilliant . . . Essential reading for anyone who cares about Church history and gender equality. . . . speaks to our times with impressive relevance.” —Reading in Translation From one of Italy’s most renowned historians of religion, an exciting new portrait of one of Christianity’s most complex—and most misunderstood—figures: Mary Magdalene Jesus’ favorite and most devoted disciple? A prostitute shunned from her community? A symbol of female leadership and independence? Who really was Mary Magdalene, and how does her story fit within the history of Christianity, and that of female emancipation? In this meticulously researched, highly engaging book, Adriana Valerio looks at history, art, and literature to show how centuries of misinterpretation and willful distortion—aimed at establishing and preserving gender hierarchies—have stripped this historical figure of her complexity and relevance. By revealing both the benign and the pernicious misrepresentations of Mary Magdalene, this thought-provoking essay reaffirms the central role played by women in the origins of Christianity and their essential contribution to one of the founding experiences of Western thought and society. “Persuasive. . . . Academics working in Christianity should get much from this well-argued study.” —Publishers Weekly “A masterful work.” —Osservatore Romano “A short and readable yet sweeping and well-researched essay that stands out for its intellectual honesty [ . . . ] We are all Mary Magdalene.” —Cultura al femminile
Book Synopsis The Da Vinci Deception by : Erwin W. Lutzer
Download or read book The Da Vinci Deception written by Erwin W. Lutzer and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, respected bible teacher Erwin Lutzer gives you the facts behind the fiction in his reader friendly, accesible style. He exposes themyths behind these and other legends, uncovers the historical distortions presented in the novel, and equips you with the real story behind the story.
Book Synopsis The Lost Gospel by : Simcha Jacobovici
Download or read book The Lost Gospel written by Simcha Jacobovici and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waiting to be rediscovered in the British Library is an ancient manuscript of the early Church, copied by an anonymous monk. The manuscript is at least 1,450 years old, possibly dating to the first century. And now, The Lost Gospel provides the first ever translation from Syriac into English of this unique document that tells the inside story of Jesus’ social, family, and political life.The Lost Gospel takes the reader on an unparalleled historical adventure through a paradigm shifting manuscript. What the authors eventually discover is as astounding as it is surprising: the confirmation of Jesus’ marriage to Mary Magdalene; the names of their two children; the towering presence of Mary Magdalene; a previously unknown plot on Jesus’ life (thirteen years prior to the crucifixion); an assassination attempt against Mary Magdalene and their children; Jesus’ connection to political figures at the highest level of the Roman Empire; and a religious movement that antedates that of Paul—the Church of Mary Magdalene.Part historical detective story, part modern adventure, The Lost Gospel reveals secrets that have been hiding in plain sight for millennia.
Download or read book Harvest for Hope written by Jane Goodall and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a provocative look into the ways we can positively impact the world by changing our eating habits. "One of those rare, truly great books that can change the world."-John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution The renowned scientist who fundamentally changed the way we view primates and our relationship with the animal kingdom now turns her attention to an incredibly important and deeply personal issue-taking a stand for a more sustainable world. In this provocative and encouraging book, Jane Goodall sounds a clarion call to Western society, urging us to take a hard look at the food we produce and consume-and showing us how easy it is to create positive change.Offering her hopeful, but stirring vision, Goodall argues convincingly that each individual can make a difference. She offers simple strategies each of us can employ to foster a sustainable society. Brilliant, empowering, and irrepressibly optimistic, Harvest for Hope is one of the most crucial works of our age. If we follow Goodall's sound advice, we just might save ourselves before it's too late.
Book Synopsis And Every Word Is True by : Gary McAvoy
Download or read book And Every Word Is True written by Gary McAvoy and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on stunning new details discovered in the personal archives of former Kansas Bureau of Investigation Director Harold R. Nye, "And Every Word Is True" lays out a fresh, meticulously-researched perspective on the Clutter murder case made famous by Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood."
Book Synopsis The Petrus Prophecy by : Gary McAvoy
Download or read book The Petrus Prophecy written by Gary McAvoy and published by Vatican Secret Archive Thrillers. This book was released on 2022-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father Jonah Barlow is dead. The respected Jesuit scholar of apocalyptic studies might have died from a fall in his apartment . . . or was he pushed? All that is known for sure is that the provocative manuscript he was working on-a book that promised to reveal the upcoming fulfillment of ancient and recent prophecies, including the ghastly and shocking Third Secret of Fatima-is missing. Two female detectives-one from Chicago, the other from Rome-take on the investigation as a possible homicide, turning to Vatican archivist Father Michael Dominic for his help, since Barlow sent the young priest the only other copy of the manuscript. Newly elected Pope Ignatius, Enrico Petrini, intent on verifying the content of the manuscript against the original handwritten version of the Third Secret-which has been kept sequestered in the Pope's personal vault for decades-discovers that the keys have been stolen. The search is on for the only other set, kept safely in the hands of a trusted monk in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, a sinister ancient order known as the Knights of the Apocalypse seem to be using the predictions of the manuscript to create fear and chaos as the prophecies appear to be coming fulfilled. Is the end of the world imminent? From Chicago to Jerusalem to Scotland, from Rome to the ancient island nation of Malta, join Father Dominic, journalist Hana Sinclair, their trusted team of Swiss Guards, a French commando, and the two detectives as they solve the bewildering puzzles of the Petrus Prophecy.
Download or read book The Vivaldi Cipher written by Gary McAvoy and published by Empraxis LLC. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the papal conclave of 1740, violinist Antonio Vivaldi is given a devastating secret by his dying mentor, the man favored to be elected Pope before he was poisoned. Fearful of the Italian Camorra, Vivaldi hides the secret in a special cipher in his music-a cipher revealing a breathtaking centuries-long operation of art theft from the Vatican Museum.
Book Synopsis The Patmos Deception by : Davis Bunn
Download or read book The Patmos Deception written by Davis Bunn and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Ancient Island Holds an Ancient Secret . . . Nick Hennessy, a young Texas journalist yearning for his big break, finds himself in Europe--his assignment, to investigate the alarming disappearance of invaluable Grecian antiquities. Nick has the credentials--and cover ID--to unearth the truth. And he knows just the researcher to help him... Carey Mathers, fresh from her studies in forensic archeology, has accepted a job with the prestigious Athens Institute for Antiquities--a dream come true, really, particularly when the Greek isle of Patmos, where the Apostle John received his vision of the Apocalypse, was a particular focus of her research. Dimitri Rubinos, for whom the Greek islands represent his life, holds on by his fingernails to the family charter boat business. But his country's economic chaos isn't the only thing that has turned his world on its head...
Book Synopsis The Lincoln Deception (A Fraser and Cook Historical Mystery, Book 1) by : David O. Stewart
Download or read book The Lincoln Deception (A Fraser and Cook Historical Mystery, Book 1) written by David O. Stewart and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A taut, suspenseful, terrifically well-researched historical thriller about the greatest crime of the 19th Century.” ~William Martin, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Lincoln Letter and Bound for Gold. In 1900, former Congressman John Bingham tells his doctor, Jamie Fraser, about a terrible secret he learned thirty-five years ago while prosecuting John Wilkes Booth’s co-conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln—a secret that could destroy the republic. Then Bingham dies before revealing what he knows. Obsessed with discovering Bingham’s secret, Fraser encounters aspiring newspaper publisher Speed Cook—the last black man to play baseball in the big leagues. Navigating perilous social norms designed to separate blacks and whites, they set out to unravel the truth. While dodging race riots, kidnappers, and muggers, elusive clues reveal an alliance between the nation’s foremost cotton tycoon—with connections to a Northern pro-Confederacy faction—and the last general of the Confederate Army. Now face-to-face with the treacherous pair, Fraser and Cook must survive long enough to expose the deception thrust upon the entire nation. Publisherʼs Note: The Fraser and Cook Historical Mystery Series will be enjoyed by fans of American history and period mystery novels. Free of graphic sex and with some mild profanity, this series can be enjoyed by readers of all ages. “...more than enough to satisfy any reader of historical whodunits...its conclusion has a wry double edge that Lincoln himself would have appreciated.”—Washington Post “...a rip-snorting tale about those involved in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. What secret did Union prosecutor John Bingham carry to the grave...did the conspiracy involve more than John Wilkes Booth?”—Frank J. Williams, Founding Chair of The Lincoln Forum and retired Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court “The Lincoln Deception is a superb melding of fact, mystery, and imaginary ‘what-ifsʼ that blow open the conspiracy shrouds surrounding the murder of a president.”—GateHouse News Service “David O. Stewart dramatically reopens the file on the Lincoln assassination conspiracy with a nail-biting, historically grounded page turner. Where the facts end and the fiction begins will inspire plenty of debate. Meanwhile, enjoy this for the terrific read Stewart provides.”—Harold Holzer The Fraser and Cook Historical Mystery Series The Lincoln Deception The Paris Deception The Babe Ruth Deception
Book Synopsis The Magdalene Deception by : Gary McAvoy
Download or read book The Magdalene Deception written by Gary McAvoy and published by Empraxis LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovery of long-hidden documents in the Vatican Secret Archives reveals the Resurrection to be a myth.
Book Synopsis The Gospel of Philip by : Jean-Yves Leloup
Download or read book The Gospel of Philip written by Jean-Yves Leloup and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-08-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation and analysis of one of the most controversial of the apocryphal gospels • Emphasizes an initiatic marriage between the male and female principles as the heart of the Christian mystery • Bears witness to the physical relationship shared by Jesus and Mary Magdalene • Translated from the Coptic and analyzed by the author of the bestselling The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (over 90,000 sold The mainstream position of the Christian church on sexuality was perhaps best summed up by Pope Innocent III (1160-1216) when he stated that “the sexual act is so shameful that it is intrinsically evil.” Another Christian theologian maintained that the “Holy Ghost is absent from the room shared by a wedded couple.” What Philip records in his gospel is that Christ said precisely the opposite: The nuptial chamber is in fact the holy of holies. For Philip the holy trinity includes the feminine presence. God is the Father, the Holy Ghost is the Mother, and Jesus is the Son. Neither man nor woman alone is created in the image of God. It is only in their relationship with one another--the sacred embrace in which they share the divine breath--that they resemble God. The Gospel of Philip is best known for its portrayal of the physical relationship shared by Jesus and his most beloved disciple, Mary of Magdala. Because it ran counter to the direction of the Church, which condemned the “works of the flesh,” Philip’s gospel was suppressed and lost until rediscovered at Nag Hammadi in 1947. Orthodox theologian Jean-Yves Leloup’s translation from the Coptic and his analysis of this gospel are presented here for the first time in English. What emerges from this important source text is a restoration of the sacred initiatic union between the male and female principles that was once at the heart of Christianity’s sacred mystery.
Book Synopsis Baxter's Explore the Book by : J. Sidlow Baxter
Download or read book Baxter's Explore the Book written by J. Sidlow Baxter and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 1846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Book is not a commentary with verse-by-verse annotations. Neither is it just a series of analyses and outlines. Rather, it is a complete Bible survey course. No one can finish this series of studies and remain unchanged. The reader will receive lifelong benefit and be enriched by these practical and understandable studies. Exposition, commentary, and practical application of the meaning and message of the Bible will be found throughout this giant volume. Bible students without any background in Bible study will find this book of immense help as will those who have spent much time studying the Scriptures, including pastors and teachers. Explore the Book is the result and culmination of a lifetime of dedicated Bible study and exposition on the part of Dr. Baxter. It shows throughout a deep awareness and appreciation of the grand themes of the gospel, as found from the opening book of the Bible through Revelation.
Book Synopsis The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by : Julian Jaynes
Download or read book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind written by Julian Jaynes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry
Download or read book Mary Magdalene written by Lynn Picknett and published by Constable. This book was released on 2003 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acting as a historical detective, the author of this text strips away the layers of deception and propaganda that surround the Christian story in a quest to find the real Mary Magdalene, asking such questions as was she a reformed prostitute who spent the rest of her life in penitence; or was she merely one of the women who followed Jesus?
Book Synopsis The Girl in the Rain by : L. G. Davis
Download or read book The Girl in the Rain written by L. G. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some nightmares are impossible to awaken from...Two years ago, Paige Wilson made what she thought was the right decision. That decision was the gunshot that cracked through the silent night air and sent her brother, Ryan, sinking to the ground in a pool of blood. The gunshot that darkened both their worlds.Now Ryan is stuck in a wheelchair but refuses to accept the life of a paraplegic. His idea of fun is coming up with new ways to torment Paige. She's responsible for what happened to him that night, and he will not let her live her life when his is on pause.Pushed to her limits, Paige wants to walk away, to turn her back on the evil that lurks behind her brother's gunmetal eyes, but when she takes steps toward getting her life back, bad things happen.Even if she manages to break away, how far can she possibly run before guilt stabs her in the back?*The Girl in the Rain is book 1 in a two-book serial.*
Download or read book The Fifth Gospel written by Ian Caldwell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Catholic priest must place his family at risk to solve the death of a Vatican curator" -- back cover.
Download or read book The Newton Code written by Liam Fialkov and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author, Liam Fialkov, draws a frighteningly realistic scenario of a volatile situation that could erupt at any moment. Michael, a university professor who teaches investigative journalism, infiltrates a seemingly peaceful, religious community in rural Washington. The group employs cutting edge technology to advance their plan of igniting a third world war--Armageddon--to catalyze the return of Christ. To succeed in his mission, Michael must delve into ideas, measurements, and calculations written 300 years earlier by Sir Isaac Newton. In a tunnel that runs under the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Michael has to confront a powerful opponent and overcome his fears. Will he succeed in his race against time? This suspenseful novel warns of a conceivable probability. Mystery, suspense, and adventure are woven into the fabric of this story, elevating it to a page-turner. You can't stop once you start reading. - Readers' Favorite. Liam Fialkov is a great storyteller and it is interesting how he uses religion, myth, and history to build a conflict that advances the plot in directions no one can imagine. - Readers' Favorite. The Newton Code: A Mystery Thriller is a page-turner, cunningly plotted and masterfully written. - Readers' Favorite.
