Author: Bishop K. C. PillaiFirst published in 1963, this book by Bishop K. C. Pillai was written on the urging of many of his listeners to put his teachings into book form, “so that more Christians may be encouraged to trust in the Word of God, and believe more ...
Author: Mark UraineHe reaches out in words of a distant language; one that we don't understand. This book attempts to communicate those cultural idioms and expressions that we so often glaze over, or misinterpret.
Author: K. PillaiThis book opens the doors of enlightenment into the culture that provides the setting for the lives, events, and tenets central to Christianity. It is a book that warrants more than a cursory reading.
Author: George M. Lamsa... idioms, metaphors and mannerisms of speech. This style of speech is called ... Bible is misunderstood and has been subjected to revision throughout the ... Eastern customs and manners which constitute the background of the Bible ...
Author: George M. LamsaThis handsome new edition of the authoritative English translation of the Aramaic (Syriac) Old and New Testaments--the language of Jesus--clarifies difficult passages and offers fresh insight on the Bible's message.
Author: William Jenks... customs of eastern nations , which every where shed light upon the sacred text , and make a great many passages very ... idioms , & c . The labors and researches of modern travellers in the east , where the Scriptures were written ...
Author: Rocco A. Errico
Author: E. Randolph RichardsIdentifying nine areas where commonplaces of modern Western thought diverge with the text, the authors ask us to reconsider long-held opinions about our most beloved book.
Author: The earliest of the four Gospels, the book portrays Jesus as an enigmatic figure, struggling with enemies, his inner and external demons, and with his devoted but disconcerted disciples.
Author: Edwin Wilbur Rice... customs in Oriental life produced opposite modes of thought and idioms of ... Eastern life ( which would make many volumes ) for the pur- pose of throwing ... Bible student . While we can no longer see the forms of living men in ...
