Why the Bible Began
An Alternative History of Scripture and Its Origins
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Jacob L. Wright
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Why did no other ancient society produce something like the Bible? That a tiny, out of the way community could have created a literary corpus so determinative for peoples across the globe seems improbable.
For Jacob Wright, the Bible is not only a testimony of survival, but also an unparalleled achievement in human history. Forged after Babylon's devastation of Jerusalem, it makes not victory but total humiliation the foundation of a new idea of belonging. Lamenting the destruction of their homeland, scribes who composed the Bible imagined a promise-filled past while reflecting deeply on abject failure. More than just religious scripture, the Bible began as a trailblazing blueprint for a new form of political community. Its response to catastrophe offers a powerful message of hope and restoration that is unique in the Ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman worlds.
Wright's Bible is thus a social, political, and even economic roadmap—one that enabled a small and obscure community located on the periphery of leading civilizations and empires not just to come back from the brink, but ultimately to shape the world's destiny. The Bible speaks ultimately of being a united yet diverse people, and its pages present a manual of pragmatic survival strategies for communities confronting societal collapse.
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The Old Testament is a fierce battleground for atheists and Christian apologists, with each side accusing the other of taking challenging and troubling passages out of context. In this handbook, Joshua Bowen not only provides the background to the Old Testament and the ancient Near East, but engages with hotly contested topics like slavery, failed prophecy, and the authorship of debated Old Testament books.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very informative with beautiful narration
- De Frank Rizzo en 07-07-21
De: Joshua Bowen
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Armageddon
- What the Bible Really Says About the End
- De: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff, Bart D. Ehrman
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
In Armageddon, acclaimed New Testament authority Bart D. Ehrman delves into the most misunderstood—and possibly the most dangerous—book of the Bible, exploring the horrifying social and political consequences of expecting an imminent apocalypse and offering a fascinating tour through three millennia of Judeo-Christian thinking about how our world will end. By turns hilarious, moving, troubling, and provocative, Armageddon presents inspiring insights into how to live our lives in the face of an uncertain future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best explanation I have heard in my 70 years on Revelations
- De Ian Huntington en 05-19-23
De: Bart D. Ehrman
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God's Ghostwriters
- Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible
- De: Candida Moss
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 28
For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture have credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul. But hidden behind these named and sainted individuals are a cluster of enslaved coauthors and collaborators.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I just selected the wrong book
- De N. Thompson en 02-02-25
De: Candida Moss
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The Bible Unearthed
- Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
- De: Neil Asher Silberman, Israel Finkelstein
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 107
In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible - the wanderings of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, Joshua’s conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon’s vast empire - reflect the world of the later authors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Quite Eye Opening
- De K. Walker en 10-11-22
De: Neil Asher Silberman, y otros
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When Christians Were Jews
- The First Generation
- De: Paula Fredriksen
- Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Duración: 6 h y 59 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 90
In this electrifying social and intellectual history, Paula Fredriksen answers the question of how Jewish missionaries ended up inaugurating a movement that would grow into the gentile church by reconstructing the life of the earliest Jerusalem community. As her account arcs from this group’s hopeful celebration of Passover with Jesus, through their bitter controversies that fragmented the movement’s midcentury missions, to the city’s fiery end in the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, she brings this vibrant apostolic community to life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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nothing to see here, nothing to read here
- De Anonymous User en 12-10-18
De: Paula Fredriksen
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The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament: Volume 2
- De: Joshua Bowen
- Narrado por: Seth Andrews
- Duración: 14 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Following up on the first volume, The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament: Volume 2 takes up the challenge of providing a clear and useful guide to those wanting a better understanding of the Old Testament, including its cultural and historical background, as well as discussions on contentious topics like violence and genocide, and whether the Exodus was a real historical event. Volume two also covers the narrative of the Old Testament, from the conquest to the divided monarchy, and a brief history of Egypt to help situate the biblical text within agreed historical events.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent critical approach to the Bible
- De Jacob Kilgore en 01-07-24
De: Joshua Bowen
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A History of the Bible
- The Story of the World's Most Influential Book
- De: John Barton
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 21 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 181
In A History of the Bible, John Barton argues that the Bible is not a prescription to a complete, fixed religious system, but rather a product of a long and intriguing process, which has inspired Judaism and Christianity, but still does not describe the whole of either religion. Barton shows how the Bible is indeed an important source of religious insight for Jews and Christians alike, yet argues that it must be listened to in its historical context - from its beginnings in myth and folklore to its many interpretations throughout the centuries....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and comprehensive
- De Tad Davis en 07-29-19
De: John Barton
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God's Monsters
- Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible
- De: Esther Hamori
- Narrado por: Lisa Larsen
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Traditional interpretations of the creatures of the Bible have sanded down their sharp, unsavory edges, transforming them into celestial beings of glory and light—or chubby, happy cherubs. Those cherubs? They're actually hybrid guardian monsters, more closely associated with the Egyptian sphinx than with flying babies. And the seraphim? Winged serpents sent to mete out God's vengeance. Demons aren't at war with angels; they're a distinct supernatural species used by Satan and by God. The pattern is chilling. Most of these monsters aren't God's opponents—they're God's entourage.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just too editorial
- De Stephen en 05-30-24
De: Esther Hamori
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The Making of the Bible
- From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture
- De: Konrad Schmid, Jens Schröter, Peter Lewis - translator
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 10
The Bible as we know it today is best understood as a process, one that begins in the tenth century BCE. In this revelatory account, a world-renowned scholar of Hebrew scripture joins a foremost authority on the New Testament to write a new biography of the Book of Books, reconstructing Jewish and Christian scriptural histories, as well as the underappreciated contest between them, from which the Bible arose. The Making of the Bible is the most comprehensive history yet told of the world's best-known literature, revealing its buried lessons and secrets.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Blathering away....
- De C.Maddy en 05-24-23
De: Konrad Schmid, y otros
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Paul and Jesus
- How the Apostle Transformed Christianity
- De: James D. Tabor
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 234
Historians know virtually nothing about the two decades following the crucifixion of Jesus, when his followers regrouped and began to spread his message. During this time the man we know as the apostle Paul joined the movement and began to preach to the gentiles. Using the oldest Christian documents that we have - the letters of Paul - as well as other early Christian sources, historian and scholar James Tabor reconstructs the origins of Christianity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Paul or Jesus?
- De James en 01-29-13
De: James D. Tabor
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How Jesus Became God
- The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
- De: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,009
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 883
In a book that took eight years to research and write, leading Bible scholar Bart D. Ehrman explores how an apocalyptic prophet from the backwaters of rural Galilee crucified for crimes against the state came to be thought of as equal with the one God Almighty Creator of all things. Ehrman sketches Jesus's transformation from a human prophet to the Son of God exalted to divine status at his resurrection. Only when some of Jesus's followers had visions of him after his death - alive again - did anyone come to think that he, the prophet from Galilee, had become God.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wishing for a bit more meat on the bones
- De Darwin8u en 04-09-14
De: Bart D. Ehrman
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The Exodus
- De: Richard Elliott Friedman
- Narrado por: Richard Elliott Friedman
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 159
Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, literary scholars, anthropologists, and filmmakers are drawn to the mystery of the exodus. Unable to find physical evidence until now, many archaeologists and scholars claim this mass migration is just a story, not history. Others oppose this conclusion, defending the biblical account.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It started well......
- De kboy2008 en 04-21-20
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Jesus Before the Gospels
- How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior
- De: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 488
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 430
Throughout much of human history, our most important stories were passed down orally - including the stories about Jesus before they became written down in the Gospels. In this fascinating and deeply researched work, leading Bible scholar Bart D. Erhman investigates the role oral history has played in the New Testament - how the telling of these stories not only spread Jesus' message but helped shape it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insightful, but with limited depth
- De Jacobus en 05-28-16
De: Bart D. Ehrman
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God
- An Anatomy
- De: Francesca Stavrakopoulou
- Narrado por: Francesca Stavrakopoulou
- Duración: 15 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 219
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 218
The scholarship of theology and religion teaches us that the God of the Bible was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament in the body of Christ. The portrayal of God as corporeal and masculine is seen as merely metaphorical, figurative, or poetic. But, in this revelatory study, Francesca Stavrakopoulou presents a vividly corporeal image of God: a human-shaped deity who walks and talks and weeps and laughs, who eats, sleeps, feels, and breathes, and who is undeniably male.
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5 out of 5 stars
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GREAT READ!!
- De Chester Johnson en 04-27-23
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The Evolution of God
- De: Robert Wright
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 18 h y 25 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,084
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 698
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 695
In this sweeping narrative, which takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very heavy reading
- De Stephen en 08-07-09
De: Robert Wright
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Ancient Christianities
- The First Five Hundred Years
- De: Paula Fredriksen
- Narrado por: Rachel Perry
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8
The ancient Mediterranean teemed with gods. For centuries, a practical religious pluralism prevailed. How, then, did one particular god come to dominate the politics and piety of the late Roman Empire? In Ancient Christianities, Paula Fredriksen traces the evolution of early Christianity—or rather, of early Christianities—through five centuries of Empire, mapping its pathways from the hills of Judea to the halls of Rome and Constantinople.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Among the best
- De Jacob Kilgore en 04-17-25
De: Paula Fredriksen
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The Origin of Satan
- How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics
- De: Elaine Pagels
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 8 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 563
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 478
Who is Satan in the New Testament, and what is the evil that he represents? In this groundbreaking book, Elaine Pagels, Princeton's distinguished historian of religion, traces the evolution of Satan from its origins in the Hebrew Bible, where Satan is at first merely obstructive, to the New Testament, where Satan becomes the Prince of Darkness, the bitter enemy of God and man, evil incarnate. In The Origin of Satan, Pagels shows that the four Christian gospels tell two very different stories.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read for all practicing Christians
- De Venusian Incognito en 09-06-19
De: Elaine Pagels