Harper's World of the New Testament

EDWIN M. YAMAUCHI

Harper&Row

The "curse of Ham" has been used to legitimize slavery. Both Ethiopians and Arabians claim the queen of Sheba. Could Moses and Jesus have been black? Edwin Yamauchi explores the historical and archaeological background of biblical texts that refer to Africa and traces the results of past interpretations and misinterpretations. He covers such topics as the curse of Ham's son Canaan, Moses' Cushite wife, Simon the Cyrene, and afrocentric biblical interpretation. Along the way, he dispels myths, interacts with current theories, and provides readers with sound judgments as to what the Bible does and does not say. Readers interested in the connections between Africa and the Bible will enjoy this insightful book. More then eighty photos, maps, and charts are included.

Africa and the Bible

History

Africa

Baker Academic

Internationally noted historian Edwin Yamauchi paints an incisive portrait of Persia's role in Old Testament history. As well as providing a detailed assessment of the archaeological and biblical data, he weaves into his meticulously documented text more than one hundred photos, maps, and diagrams.

Persia and the Bible

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Baker Book House

The history of the church is amazing! When Christians study it, they are continually revived, encourages, and challenged. In The Story of the Church, a complement to The Essential Bible Reference Library, readers follow the church from the beginning, through all of its failures as well as successes. Despite succumbing to the pressure of culture, the church has both survived and thrived. Sure to appeal to a wide range of audiences.

The Essential Guide to the Story of the Church (Essential Bible Reference Library)

Robert G. Clouse

Richard V. Pierard

Religion & Spirituality

Moody Publishers

The stones and the Scriptures

The author seeks to summarize in selective fashion the archaeological evidence and its bearings upon the Scriptures. He seeks to face the complexities of the problem areas and to offer suggestions as the perspective in which some of the difficulties may be viewed. He also stresses the discoveries of the previous decade (published in 1973).

Inter-Varsity Press]

Describes the physical structure of the Roman Empire in the first century A.D. and discusses the social, political, and cultural climate of the period in which the Christian movement began. Relates historical events to passages in the New Testament and other writings of the period.

The World of the First Christians

A Lion Book

World of the First Christians: Pts. 1-4 in 1v

LION HUDSON PLC

The texts of the Mandaeans have been used by scholars such as Rudolf Bultmann to support the thesis of a Pre-Christian Gnosticism which influenced the New Testament. In opposition to other leading scholars of the Mandaeans (E. S. Drower, R. Macuch, K. Rudolph), who have assumed a pre-Christian origin of this important Gnostic community, Yamauchi, whose dissertation examined the earliest Mandaic texts (Mandaic Incantation Texts, also available from Gorgias Press), concludes that the Mandaeans could not have originated before the second century CE. He notes that their emphasis upon marriage and procreation distinguishes them from the ethics of other Gnostic groups. He suggests that their Gnostic theology was transmitted by a migration from Transjordan to Mesopotamia, where this was fused with an indigenous cult, from the observation of the many ancient Mesopotamian elements which have been retained in their magic and rites. Indeed, it is probably their strong ritual tradition which has enabled the Mandaean community to become the only Gnostics to survive to this day.

Gnostic Ethics and Mandaean Origins

Agnosticism

Gorgias Pr Llc

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