THE SECRET GOSPEL

MORTON SMITH

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Harpercollins

Throughout history, interpretations of the Bible have been used to justify everything from peace and egalitarianism to war and repression. The Bible, a product of a millennium of writing, revising, and shifting cultural and political fortunes, advances many ideas troubling to modern consciousness. For example, it condones capital punishment, advocates slavery and genocide, and teaches that women were created to serve men and the family. What the Bible Really Says, edited by noted Bible scholars Morton Smith and R. Joseph Hoffmann, separates age-old interpretations of (and apologies for) the Bible from what it actually teaches about social issues as government, segregation, marriage, war, and wealth. These are concise essays, never lapsing into homilies or lengthly erudition. Written by many of the world's foremost biblical scholars, What the Bible Really Says is refreshingly different from others books on "biblical theory". It has no doctrinal axe to grind and does not edit Biblical quotations to agree with predetermined positions. It presents the evidence, much of it contradictory, and lets the reader decide. Essayists include Baruch Levine, John Priest, James Tabor, Gerald A. Larue, Steven Davies, Bernhard Lang, Morton Smith, Robert P. Carroll, R. Joseph Hoffmann, John Townsend, Mary Callaway, Judith L. Kovacs, and Thomas Podella and Paolo Zella.

What the Bible Really Says

Religion & Spirituality

R. Joseph Hoffmann

Christian Books & Bibles

Prometheus+books

The Secret Gospel gives the first real evidence of the method by which Jesus of Nazareth initiated his disciples into the esoteric practices of his teaching, making this a very important book for the history of humankind. In 1958, Morton Smith traveled to Jerusalem to do research in the monastery library of Mar Saba, in the Judean Desert. What he found was no routine corroboration of New Testament history, but a precious fragment of a second-century document that would change our understanding of the work and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. 
 As exciting as the most suspenseful adventure story, Professor Smith's book is a lively and readable account of the discovery and unraveling of some of Christianity's most intriguing mysteries.

The Secret Gospel: The Discovery and Interpretation of the Secret Gospel According to Mark

Dawn Horse Press

The essays in The Beauty and Glory of the Holy Spirit both exalt and revel in the third person of the Trinity. Through an assortment of studiescategorized according to their biblical, doctrinal, historical, or pastoral focusthis book sets before readers the inestimable ministry of the blessed Holy Spirit. Contributors include David Murray, Geoffrey Thomas, John Thackway, Malcolm Watts, Gerald Bilkes, Michael Barrett, John Carrick, George Knight, Morton Smith, Ian Hamilton, William Shishko, William VanDoodewaard, Joel R. Beeke, Joseph Morecraft, Ryan McGraw, and Joseph Pipa.

The Beauty and Glory of the Holy Spirit (Puritan Reformed Conference)

David Murray

Geoffrey Thomas

John Thackway

Malcolm Watts

Gerald Bilkes

John Carrick

George Knight

Ian Hamilton

William VanDoodewaard

Joseph Morecraft

Ryan McGraw

Joseph Pipa

Joel R. Beeke

Michael, Barrett

Reformation Heritage Books

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