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1) Before the flood: the biblical flood as a real event and how it changed the course of civilization
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
3) The red tent
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
The story of Dinah, a tragic character from the Bible whose great love, a prince, is killed by her brother, leaving her alone and pregnant. The novel traces her life from childhood to death, in the process examining sexual and religious practices of the day, and what it meant to be a woman.
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"God's Creation: Help Tell the Story is an exciting new way for children to experience God's creation of the world as they interact with the words, follow along with easy-to-understand directions, and watch the story of God's creation unfold. This interactive picture book not only engages and keeps kids' attention, but also helps them internalize and commit the story to memory."--
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, Rabbi Sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution. When religion becomes a zero-sum conceit{u2014}that is, my religion is the only right path to God, therefore your religion is by definition...
8) Joseph and his brothers: the stories of Jacob, young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the provider
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 287
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A wonderfully detailed narrative about Joseph and his brothers. Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine and the universal force of human love, in all it's beauty, desperation, and absurdity.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
""Stephen Mitchell's gift is to breathe new life into ancient classics. In Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness, he offers us his riveting novelistic version of the Biblical tale in which Jacob's favorite son is sold into slavery and eventually becomes viceroy of Egypt. Tolstoy called it the most beautiful story in the world. What's new here is the lyrical, witty, vivid prose, informed by a wisdom that brings fresh insight to this foundational legend...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In a memoir spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, Genesis P-Orridge, the inventor of "industrial music," founder of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and world-renowned fine artist takes us on a journey through creativity and destruction, pleasure and pain. Genesis's unwillingness to be stuck-in one place, in one genre, or in one gender-will be an inspiration to the newest generation of trailblazers and nonconformists. It's for an audience that...
12) Abraham
Series
Publisher
Dist. by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Abraham leaves the pagan land of Ur for the promised land of Canaan, after being promised by God that doing so will cause his descendents to become a great and numerous tribe.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Follows Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford and their crew as they build and rehearse their last Domino tour. Despite the complications and uncertainties of the global COVID pandemic, and without confirmed dates, the band made the decision to spend the time and money so they would be prepared once the world returned to normal. The film follows the creative and emotional processes involved and features band interviews and live performances...
Author
Series
Publisher
Fly!, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This title focuses on video game hero Sonic the Hedgehog! It breaks down the origin of his character, explores the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and his legacy." -- Publisher's website.
15) The dark horse
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An inspiring true story based on the life of charismatic and brilliant chess champion Genesis Potini. His emotionally charged story is about finding the courage to lead, despite his own struggles, and finding purpose and hope in passing on his gift to the children of his community.
17) Unveiled
Author
Series
Lineage of grace volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
18) Reading Genesis
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various hands, expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, academic interpretation of Genesis has centered on the question of its basic coherency, just as fundamentalist interpretation has centered on the question of the appropriateness of reading it as literally...
20) The red tent
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on the Book of Genesis, Jacob's only daughter, Dinah, shares her unique perspectives on the origins of many of our modern religious practices and sexual politics, eager to impart the lessons in endurance and humanity she has learned from her father's wives.
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