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191 Flanagan Way (Rt 153) Secaucus, NJ 07094
Tel: 201-863-1449
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Books
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Publishers Weekly has an
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Bible. If you find any books of interest that are not listed
here, come back to this page to place an order.
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 In the Beginning:
The
Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a
Nation, a Language and a Culture
By Alister McGrath / Hardcover / April 2001
*
For the lover of history,
literature, or language, In the Beginning is a book
that shouldn't be missed. In bringing the story of
the King James Bible to light, it captures a
vanished period of history in vivid, compelling
detail, and will more than prove Roberth Lowth's
famous assertion that the King James translation is
the "noblest monument of English prose
 Reading the Bible Again for the
First Time-- Taking the Bible Seriously but Not
Literally
by Marcus J. Borg / Hardcover / Feb 2001 *
Marcus Borg, an Episcopal
priest and a professor of religion at Oregon State
University, has written this book as a follow-up to
Meeting
Jesus Again for the First Time. Like his earlier book, this one
is written for lay people whose faith has been
frustrated by their misapprehension that
fundamentalism's claim to be the one true faith is
valid."Reading the Bible is a credible guide to the
project it names. It is a faithful exercise of
reason, undertaken to help Christians hear more
clearly the many voices recorded in the Bible."
--Michael Joseph Gross
Hear Marcus Borg in a
Grace Cathedral Forum (Read
Audio)
The
Saint  John's Bible: Wisdom
Books
by Artistic Director
and Illuminator Donald Jackson / Hardcover / Sep
2007 0814690556
Wisdom Books, the fifth
volume of The Saint John's Bible to be released,
includes some of the Old Testament's literary
masterpieces, including Song of Songs,
Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs. Also in this volume is
the much-loved book of Job and two Old Testament
works originally written in Greek, Sirach and the
Wisdom of Solomon. Wisdom Books continues the work
of earlier volumes, with a script created by
calligrapher Donald Jackson specifically for this
project. There are over fifteen large
illuminations, among them the spectacular
frontispiece for Ecclesiastes and another titled
"Creative Wisdom." As you spend time with Wisdom
Books, you will find yourself treasuring both the
words and the images in your heart.
Visit the
website
for the Saint John's Bible for further information
about the project. Prints of the Bible's
illuninations and a page search of the new Bible
are available in the giftshop.
The
Saint  John's Bible:
Prophets
by Artistic Director and Illuminator Donald Jackson
/ Hardcover / December 2006
Prophets is the fourth
volume of the full-color reproduction books of The
Saint John's Bible, featuring some of the most
beautiful passages in all of Sacred Scripture. The
prophets continue to call us to respond to God's
love and offer their unvarnished judgment on our
behavior. Jackson's images amplify the prophetic
word, keeping the flame of hope alive today.
Prophets includes artistic depictions from Isaiah,
Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Micah, Amos, Daniel, and
Zechariah. Major images are Isaiah's Temple Vision
and Suffering Servant, Ezekiel's Call and the
Valley of the Dry Bones, Daniel's Son of Man, Amos'
Plea for Social Justice, and Zechariah's Messianic
Prediction. In addition, famous passages such as
Isaiah 2:4 "He shall judge between the nations, and
shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat
their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any
more" receive special calligraphic and artistic
treatment.
The
Saint  John's Bible:
Pentateuch
by Artistic Director and Illuminator Donald Jackson
/ Hardcover / July 2006
The third in a series of
full-color, reproductions from The Saint John's
Bible, the Pentateuch is foundational to both
Judaism and Christianity. The Pentateuch features
text and illuminations of the first five books of
the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers and Deuteronomy) known as the Torah in
Judaism. Prominent illuminations include Creation,
Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, Jacob's Ladder,
Abraham and Sarah, the Ten Commandments and the
Death of Moses. In beautiful handwritten script and
elegant design, the Pentateuch contains the
cherished stories of faith that are thousands of
years old. This book provides an artistic
interpretation of humanity's oldest
literature&emdash;still recited as living
history.
The
Saint  John's Bible:
Psalms
by Artistic Director and Illuminator Donald Jackson
/ Hardcover / February 2006
The second in a
seven-volume series of full-color, page-by-page
reproductions from The Saint John's Bible, Psalms
engages the eye and ear with five distinct scripts
and exquisite illuminations that include digital
voice prints of sacred songs from many ethnic and
religious traditions. Illuninator Donald Jackson
chose colors to represent different themes, and
designs to symbolize the different types of Psalms.
He devised a way of weaving the two together that
resulted in a unique script, colors and shading.
Readers can identify the patterns representing the
national history of Israel corresponding with the
individual types of Psalms. The way the Psalms
appear in The Saint John's Bible provide a way to
read our favorite Psalms with new eyes so that we
might truly see the Psalms whether they are sung or
read poetically.
The
Saint  John's Bible:
Gospels and Acts
by Artistic Director and Illuminator Donald Jackson
/ Hardcover / February 2005
This is the first in a
seven-volume series of full-color, page-by-page
reproductions from The Saint John's Bible, the
first handwritten, illuminated Bible of the modern
era. Gospels and Acts has more than 25
illuminations, including full-page opening
illuminations for each of the four gospels. The
goal has been to create a Bible that expresses the
values of our own age, using medieval techniques.
Illuminating
 the Word: The Making of the
Saint John's Bible
by Christopher Calderhead / Hardcover / March
2005
This companion volume to
The Saint John's Bible by Christopher Calderhead,
an Episcopal priest, reveals the working process
behind one of the greatest undertakings of our time
and vividly brings to life its challenges and
triumphs. He describes lectio divina, the unique
method the Benedictine monks use to read the Bible,
in which the Holy Scriptures come alive through the
power of imagination. He explores the challenge of
creating new images for ancient stories. He
chronicles the artistic techniques, the tools and
materials and workshop practices Donald Jackson
used to create his lifetime masterpiece.
A series
of essays by The Rev Christopher Calderhead
concerning the project are on the Saint John's
Bible website.
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The
Bible Makes Sense
by Walter Brueggemann
/ paperback /Apr 97
The Bible Makes Sense is a
unique how-to book about the Bible. More than
simply introducing readers to major themes, the
author reveals an engaging biblical understanding
of the world that leads to a life of joy,
wholeness, and peace.
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 Reading the Women of the
Bible : A New
Interpretation of Their Stories
by Tikva Frymer-Kensky / Hardcover / July 2002
*
"You'll never see the
women of the Bible in quite the same way after
reading Tikva Frymer-Kensky's excellent new book.
In her able hands, these women emerge from the
ancient texts with new strength and vigor.
Frymer-Kensky is a dazzling thinker who presents
her ideas with unusual energy and clarity."
-- Ari L. Goldman,
author of The Search for God at Harvard
Link to
publisher for more information
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 Is the Bible
True?
by Jeffery L. Sheler / Hardcover / Nov 1999
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Named
Christianity Today Book of the Year for 2000
"Sheler has waded into the
difficulties and complexities of current biblical
scholarship. He has sorted matters out to write an
account that is accessible, well informed, and
balanced in judgment." --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia
Theological Seminary, author of Theology of the Old
Testament
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 The Four Witnesses:
The Rebel, the Rabbi, the Chronicler,
and the Mystic
by Robin Griffith-Jones
hardcover / Apr 2000 *
"The great mystery of the
four Gospels and the one Jesus is given a
clarifying explication and demonstration in this
novel approach. It may well recapture for a new
millennium the excitement about Jesus which
characterized the first millennium of Christian
faith."-- Peter J.
Gomes
The author, Robin
Griffith-Jones, served as chaplain and taught New
Testament for several years at Lincoln College,
Oxford University. He recently was named Master of
the Temple Church in London, one of the most
important and influential positions in the Anglican
Church.
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The
Good Book:
Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart
by Peter J. Gomes / Paperback / May 1998 *
Biblical studies have
historically been consigned to theological schools
and church groups. In The Good Book, Peter Gomes,
pastor of Harvard University's Memorial Church and
a professor of theology, has written a vivid,
common sense and wise analysis of what the Bible
means for us today.
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Biblical
Authority or Biblical Tyranny?
Scripture and the
Christian Pilgrimage
by Louis William Countryman / Paperback / Mar
1994
Is the Bible the final
authority for Christians, or not? Is it the last
word, or the first step on a journey to knowledge
of God? What is the relationship between the Bible
and the church? Who decides how to interpret the
Scriptures, the individual believer or the
community? These are some of the hard questions
Bill Countryman takes up in his graceful, concise
study of Scripture's relationship to doctrine,
certainty, and mystery. His goal is to persuade us
to let go of our presuppositions and to see the
Bible as a standard against which our lives and our
theology can be judged, rather than a fixed basis
of theology and the Christian life. Ultimately,
Countryman argues, the Bible's authority is
compromised when we try to use it in ways it was
never meant to be used, for its real authority lies
in helping to bring about our conversion.
L. William
Countryman , an Episcopal priest, is Professor of
New Testament at the Church Divinity School of the
Pacific.
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The
Three Gospels:
The Good News
According to Mark, the Good News According to John,
an Honest Account of a Memorable Life
by Reynolds Price / hardcover / May 1996 *
If anyone wanted an introduction to the Gospels, I
would turn them first to Price's book, rather than
any contemporary theologian. [Three Gospels] is
that good. The
Washington Post, Larry Woiwode
Also in
paperback and large
print
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Give
Us a King:
Samuel, Saul, and
David
by Everett Fox / hardcover / Nov 1999 *
Everett Fox's new
translation of Saul I and II. Fox, is an
outstanding contemporary rendering of Hebrew
Scripture. The text appears on the page in the form
of free verse, not as prose and preserves the
strangeness of the Hebrew text, rather than
smoothing it over with English euphemisms and
elegant transitions.
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The
Five Books of Moses:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy :
A New Translation With Introductions, Commentary,
and Notes
by Everett Fox / hardcover / May 1997 *
This new translation
recreates the full force of the Bible's original
rhetoric and poetry -- its rhythms, nuances, and
stylistic devices --allowing the English reader to
experience the spiritual and aesthetic power of the
Bible's own voice. Also in paperback. and deluxe editions
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The
Great Poems of the Bible
By James L. Kugel / hardcover / Oct 1999*
Much of the Bible is
written in poetry. Kugel's sparkling translations
together with the fascinating insights that
accompany them, bring new life to some of history's
greatest poems, and offers a new look at a Bible we
thought we already knew.
Excerpt
- Chapter One
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Deep
 Memory, Exuberant
Hope:
Contested Truth in a Post-Christian World
by Walter Brueggemann / paperback / Sep 2000
Awarded
the Theologos Award for Best General Interest Book
of 2000 by the Association of Theological
Booksellers
Deep Memory, Exuberant
Hope explores the leading Old Testament theologians
reflections on the meaning of the gospel in today's
world. Third volume of series.
Texts That Linger Words That
Explode
:
Listening to Prophetic Voices
by Walter Brueggemann, Patrick D. Miller (Editor) /
Paperback / Apr 2000
Both Isaiah and Jeremiah
and their exposés of the people of Judaism
are given new life by Dr. Brueggemann. Second
volume of series.
The
 Covenanted Self :
Explorations in Law and Covenant
by Walter Brueggemann, Patrick D. Miller (Editor) /
Paperback / Sep 1999
These exciting studies on
the first five books of the Bible cover a wide
range of topics, challenging the reader to confront
the issues of faithfulness, responsibility, and
justice in an every-changing world. Brueggemann
sets the issues of praise and lament, grace and
duty, truth and power in new frames of reference
that call for a response.
Isaiah
(Volume 1, Chapters 1-39)
Isaiah
(Volume 2, Chapters 40-66)
by Walter
Brueggemann/Paperback / Oct 1998
Walter Brueggemann excels
in his ability to illuminate the text and truth for
his readers. As he exegetes the scripture, laying
bear its truth and its relevancy to us today, he
calls for the reader to draw their own conclusions
about the application of the text to today's
world.
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