Bible Smarts from Genesis to Revelations
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Narrated by:
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Ghislaine Angieri
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Dr. John Phalen
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Bring the bible home for deeper devotional use and understanding. Bible Smarts provides for each book an overview of its authorship and historical setting, plus its stories and themes.
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The Jesus Dynasty
- A New Historical Investigation of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity
- By: James D. Tabor
- Narrated by: James D. Tabor
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Based on a careful analysis of the earliest Christian documents and recent archaeological discoveries, The Jesus Dynasty offers a bold new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity. The story is surprising, controversial, and exciting as only a long-lost history can be when it is at last recovered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Provocative book
- By Dan on 08-27-06
By: James D. Tabor
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The End
- By: Mark Hitchcock
- Narrated by: Tim Lundeen
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 80
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The end times have seen a great amount of interest within the last two decades. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Arab Spring, ISIS, and the Iranian stand-off have focused us on the future of the Middle East - the center of the Bible's prophecies about the last days. Yet there hasn't been a comprehensive overview of biblical prophecy and eschatology for more than five decades. Mark Hitchcock's book is that comprehensive resource for the 21st-century listener. The End will provide a solid biblical foundation for Christians to explore the essential truths.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't get the audible version
- By read2me2 on 08-19-19
By: Mark Hitchcock
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The Bible's Cutting Room Floor
- The Holy Scriptures Missing from Your Bible
- By: Joel M. Hoffman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4 out of 5 stars 56
In The Bible’s Cutting Room Floor, acclaimed author and translator Dr. Joel M. Hoffman gives us the stories and other texts that didn’t make it into the Bible even though they offer penetrating insight into the Bible and its teachings. The Book of Genesis tells us about Adam and Eve’s time in the Garden of Eden, but not their saga after they get kicked out or the lessons they have for us about good and evil.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good content, rather poor presentation by narrator
- By J_T on 12-28-16
By: Joel M. Hoffman
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Jesus
- Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
- By: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 218
In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his teachings. Ehrman shows us what historians have long known about the Gospels and the man who stands behind them. Through a careful evaluation of the New Testament (and other surviving sources, including the more recently discovered Gospels of Thomas and Peter), Ehrman proposes that Jesus can be best understood as an apocalyptic prophet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I must read for those whose wanting to expand their insight from a single perspective (devotional) to include historical
- By RGO on 11-25-19
By: Bart D. Ehrman
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Understanding the Koran
- A Quick Christian Guide to the Muslim Holy Book
- By: Mateen Elass
- Narrated by: Don Reed
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4 out of 5 stars 78
A quick non-technical introduction to the Koran designed to help Christians understand a hidden book revered by 1.3 billion Muslims, covering the background on its writing, a summary of its contents, a perspective on how it’s used and viewed by Muslims, a comparison of differences and similarities to the Bible, and some suggestions on how it should and should not be used in conversations with Muslims.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Favors Christianity
- By Dianne on 12-18-15
By: Mateen Elass
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Simply Jesus
- A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters
- By: N. T. Wright
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 857
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 727
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 717
“Jesus - the Jesus we might discover if we really looked,” explains Wright, “is larger, more disturbing, more urgent than we had ever imagined. We have successfully managed to hide behind other questions and to avoid the huge, world-shaking challenge of Jesus’s central claim and achievement. It is we, the churches, who have been the real reductionists. We have reduced the kingdom of God to private piety; the victory of the cross to comfort for the conscience; Easter itself to a happy, escapist ending after a sad, dark tale. Piety, conscience, and ultimate happiness are important...."
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for today's church
- By Joey A. on 03-17-12
By: N. T. Wright
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The Lost Gospel
- Decoding the Ancient Text That Reveals Jesus' Marriage to Mary the Magdalene
- By: Simcha Jacobovici, Barrie Wilson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 449
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 386
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Waiting to be rediscovered in the British Library is an ancient manuscript of the early Church, copied by an anonymous monk. The manuscript is at least 1,450 years old, possibly dating to the first century, Jesus' lifetime. And now, The Lost Gospel provides the first-ever translation from Syriac into English of this unique document that tells the inside story of Jesus' social, family, and political life. The Lost Gospel takes listeners on an unparalleled historical adventure through a paradigm-shifting manuscript.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very well-crafted but uses lot of sketchy material
- By Leifen on 01-09-18
By: Simcha Jacobovici, and others
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When Christians Were Jews
- The First Generation
- By: Paula Fredriksen
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4 out of 5 stars 85
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
- By Anonymous User on 12-10-18
By: Paula Fredriksen
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Paul and Jesus
- How the Apostle Transformed Christianity
- By: James D. Tabor
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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?
- By James on 01-29-13
By: James D. Tabor
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Understanding the Bible
- By: John R. W. Stott
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Understanding the Bible will provide you with a foundational comprehension of the entirety of Scripture with a focus on broadening your vision of Jesus Christ.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent exposition of the Christian faith
- By GW on 02-25-12
By: John R. W. Stott
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The Fourth Gospel
- Tales of a Jewish Mystic
- By: John Shelby Spong
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
John Shelby Spong, best-selling author and popular proponent of a modern, scholarly, and authentic Christianity, argues that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literary, interpretive retelling of the events in Jesus' life through the medium of fictional characters, from Nicodemus and Lazarus to the "Beloved Disciple."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very thought-provoking
- By Mark J Mickey on 03-18-23
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Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code
- By: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 295
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4 out of 5 stars 100
Dan Brown's immensely popular New York Times best-selling The Da Vinci Code is one of the most successful books of recent history. It has captivated millions the world over with its enthralling suspense and its provocative questions about the true nature of Jesus' life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A historian's approach to the Da Vinci code
- By John Mertus on 01-23-05
By: Bart D. Ehrman
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The Bible Tells Me So
- Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
- By: Peter Enns
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 771
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 669
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 659
Trained as an evangelical Bible scholar, Peter Enns loved the Scriptures and shared his devotion by teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary. But the further he studied the Bible, the more he found himself confronted by questions that could neither be answered within the rigid framework of his religious instruction nor be accepted among the conservative evangelical community.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Popular level look at how we understand scripture
- By Adam Shields on 04-21-15
By: Peter Enns
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Creating Christ
- How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity
- By: James S. Valliant, C. W. Fahy
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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This explosive work of history unearths clues that finally demonstrate the truth about one of the world's great religions: that it was born out of the conflict between the Romans and messianic Jews who fought a bitter war with each other during the first century. The Romans employed a tactic they routinely used to conquer and absorb other nations: they grafted their imperial rule onto the religion of the conquered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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life is one big lie
- By Anonymous User on 12-25-19
By: James S. Valliant, and others
What listeners say about Bible Smarts from Genesis to Revelations
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- B. M.
- 07-02-21
The Bible in Historical Context
I received this free audiobook and realized it is more than just a deep devotional reading. This was one of the most educational materials I have read in quite some time. Who knew a book about the bible to could stoke a re-interest and a deeper understanding in The Greatest Story Every Told?
There's no doubt the Bible is a complex narrative that has opened debate for centuries. Is everything or anything true? Who wrote the bible? When was the bible written? What is the bible trying to tell us? No or limited exposure to the bible? No problem. No or limited understanding of the bible? No problem. Great exposure to the bible? No problem. Advanced understanding of the bible? No problem. This book is for you. Dr. Phalen explains in layman's terms and weaves a timeline through history to help us learn and (for those who already know) have a deeper understanding of the bible. This is an honest and unbiased depiction exploring fact vs. allegory vs. history vs. mythology. Dr. John Phalen presents the bible in both Old and New Testament thematically and in historical context. He has no agenda to make you think one way or another but to merely present all the historical evidence as well as theories and allows the reader to draw our own conclusions.
Dr. Phalen posits theories on who may or may have not written each book and where the stories may or may not have originated. Gives specific time frames events occurred and provides connections and summaries. I learned a lot in this companion to the bible. This is the book I wished for but did not exist until now. It helps me understand the bible in a manner that should be used when teaching the bible in studies or for sermons. There is a great need now to introduce the bible and its teachings to humanity, and this is the tool.
Narration is very clear and easy to listen to, like being spoken to instead of lectured. It is a quick and easy 'read' and whether you know little or a lot of the bible, you will learn and understand more. Turn on the narration and relax, play it in the car on a nice drive, or play it on a quiet Sunday. This is the book you're looking for.
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