Matthew Thiessen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Paul and Palestinian Judaism: 40th Anniversary Edition
E. P. Sanders
I first learned about "E. P. Sanders" as an earnest but ignorant undergrad in a course on Paul. That following summer I would wake up at 6.30 on weekend mornings, buy a Tim Hortons coffee, and read Paul and Palestinian Judaism down by the Lake Erie shoreline in my hometown.
Paperback, 2017
$64.00$39.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition
Gary A. Anderson
@cmeadows37 So good. And if you haven't read Gary Anderson's "Sin" and "Charity," add two more to your list!
Paperback, 2014
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sin: A History
Gary A. Anderson
@cmeadows37 So good. And if you haven't read Gary Anderson's "Sin" and "Charity," add two more to your list!
Paperback, 2010
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Church Dogmatics
Karl Barth
Random fact (if 2 seconds of googling led to accurate results): Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics is 6 million words long. The Babylonian Talmud is 2.5 million words long.
Paperback, 1994
$49.00$24.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Human-Shaped God: Theology of an Embodied God
Charles Halton
I am excited to dive into both this IPA and Charles Halton's *A Human-Shaped God: Theology of an Embodied God.* @wjkbooks https://t.co/qsnSpSZ0f4
Paperback, 2021
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
James: Guidelines for a Happy Christian Life
John F. MacArthur
Al Mohler's Southern Baptist Theological Seminary John MacArthur's Master's Seminary Doug Wilson's New St. Andrews James MacDonald's Harvest Bible Chapel Jerry Falwell's Liberty University Owen Strachan and James White's Grace Bible Theological Seminary
Paperback, 2016
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Onanism: Or, a Treatise Upon the Disorders Produced by Masturbation: or, the Dangerous Effects of Secret and Excessive Venery.
S. A. D. Tissot
OK, @ProfFrancesca (in God: An Anatomy) describing Samuel Tissot's 1760 book, *Onanism: or, a Treatise upon the Disorders Produced by Masturbation: or, The Dangerous Effects of Secret and Excessive Venery*, as being regarded "as a seminal work of scientific research" is 👩🍳 😘.
Hardcover, 2018
$31.95$15.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Poverty, Charity and the Image of the Poor in Rabbinic Texts from the Land of Israel
Yael Wilfand
@isaacsoon2 See also @AlyssaMGray1's Charity in Rabbinic Judaism Atonement, Rewards, and Righteousness: https://t.co/2KNsHmA8wl And Yael Wilfand's Poverty, Charity And The Image Of The Poor In Rabbinic Texts From The Land Of Israel (Sheffield Phoenix?)
Hardcover, 2014
$130.00$105.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Law Beyond Israel: From the Bible to the Qur'an
Holger M. Zellentin
@emilygathergood Good question. I've been experiencing a rather disconcerting inability to read much this past year, but Katharine Hayhoe's Saving Us sparked joy and fire. In our own little world. Holger Zellentin's Law Beyond Israel.
Hardcover, 2022
$130.00$105.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
Katharine Hayhoe
@emilygathergood Good question. I've been experiencing a rather disconcerting inability to read much this past year, but Katharine Hayhoe's Saving Us sparked joy and fire. In our own little world. Holger Zellentin's Law Beyond Israel.
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book