Exodus for Normal People

Exodus for Normal People
Author: Peter Enns
Publisher: The Bible for Normal People
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2021-01-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 173646860X

Behind the scenes of movies like The Ten Commandments, The Prince of Egypt, or Exodus: Gods and Kings is a complicated, and at times, messy biblical story. In this short guide to the book of Exodus, Biblical scholar Peter Enns doesn’t just break down the story for the average person to understand but takes us behind the story—to the history and traditions that led us to the story as we have it today. By asking the important questions like, “What kind of book are we reading?” and taking us along Moses’s and the Israelite journey, Enns brings the best in biblical scholarship to us everyday people. And, as we have come to expect from Pete Enns, he does it with his usual humor and wit.

The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel

The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel
Author: William G. Dever
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2012-04-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0802867014

"In this book William Dever addresses the question that must guide every good historian of ancient Israel: What was life really like in those days? Writing as an expert archaeologist who is also a secular humanist, Dever relies on archaeological data, over and above the Hebrew Bible, for primary source material. He focuses on the lives of ordinary people in the eighth century B.C.E. - not kings, priests, or prophets - people who left behind rich troves of archaeological information but who are practically invisible in "typical" histories of ancient Israel."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Knowable Word

Knowable Word
Author: Peter Krol
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2022-05-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781949253337

Knowable Word offers a foundation on why and how to study the Bible. Through a running study Genesis 1, this new edition illustrates how to Observe, Interpret, and Apply the Scripture-and gives the vision behind each step.

The Great Exodus from China

The Great Exodus from China
Author: Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2020-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108478123

Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang examines the human exodus from China to Taiwan in 1949, focusing on trauma, memory, and identity.

The Israelis

The Israelis
Author: Donna Rosenthal
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780684869728

Rosenthal explores a people who, while consciously living in a war zone, contribute to one of the most vibrant civic societies anywhere. It is the story of ordinary people living in an extraordinary place.

Disciplines of a Godly Young Man

Disciplines of a Godly Young Man
Author: R. Kent Hughes
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2012-01-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433526050

Point blank, this is a punchy, no-holds-barred book for young men that lays out the call and command to be disciplined, godly, and sold-out for Jesus. Addressing topics such as purity in one's thought-life, peer pressure, and perseverance as a Christian, this specially adapted work stands to influence a struggling generation. Using the same no-nonsense approach that made R. Kent Hughes' Disciplines of a Godly Man a positive influence on thousands of adults, this adaptation by Kent, his son Carey, and veteran youth leader Jonathan Carswell outlines the disciplines necessary to help a young man align every facet of his life with the fundamental truths of the Bible. It not only teaches how to live a life of Christian discipline, but also instills the desire to do so into a young heart longing to live a life of integrity, meaning, and fulfillment. This book brings the authority of a trusted name with a new flavor that will engage a younger audience.

Exodus to the Virtual World

Exodus to the Virtual World
Author: Edward Castronova
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2007-11-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230608612

Virtual worlds have exploded out of online game culture and now capture the attention of millions of ordinary people: husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, workers, retirees. Devoting dozens of hours each week to massively multiplayer virtual reality environments (like World of Warcraft and Second Life), these millions are the start of an exodus into the refuge of fantasy, where they experience life under a new social, political, and economic order built around fun. Given the choice between a fantasy world and the real world, how many of us would choose reality? Exodus to the Virtual World explains the growing migration into virtual reality, and how it will change the way we live--both in fantasy worlds and in the real one.

Exodus

Exodus
Author: Peter E. Enns
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310520746

The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections: Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.

The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World

The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World
Author: Tara Zahra
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2016-03-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0393285596

"Zahra handles this immensely complicated and multidimensional history with remarkable clarity and feeling." —Robert Levgold, Foreign Affairs Between 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas in one of the largest migrations of human history, emptying out villages and irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. With a keen historical perspective on the most consequential social phenomenon of the twentieth century, Tara Zahra shows how the policies that gave shape to this migration provided the precedent for future events such as the Holocaust, the closing of the Iron Curtain, and the tragedies of ethnic cleansing. In the epilogue, she places the current refugee crisis within the longer history of migration.

The God Who Makes Himself Known

The God Who Makes Himself Known
Author: W. Ross Blackburn
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 083088419X

Countering scholarly tendencies to fragment the text over theological difficulties, this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume contends that Exodus should be read as a unified whole, and that an appreciation of its missionary theme in its canonical context is of great help in dealing with the difficulties that the book poses.