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Associate Professor @MacRelStuds Jesus & the Forces of Death A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles he/him

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Book Cover for: Paul and Palestinian Judaism: 40th Anniversary Edition, E. P. Sanders

Paul and Palestinian Judaism: 40th Anniversary Edition

E. P. Sanders
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

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)
Book Cover for: Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition, Gary A. Anderson

Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition

Gary A. Anderson
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

@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
Book Cover for: Sin: A History, Gary A. Anderson

Sin: A History

Gary A. Anderson
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

@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
Book Cover for: Church Dogmatics, Karl Barth

Church Dogmatics

Karl Barth
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

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
Book Cover for: A Human-Shaped God: Theology of an Embodied God, Charles Halton

A Human-Shaped God: Theology of an Embodied God

Charles Halton
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

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
Book Cover for: James: Guidelines for a Happy Christian Life, John F. MacArthur

James: Guidelines for a Happy Christian Life

John F. MacArthur
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

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
Book Cover for: Onanism: Or, a Treatise Upon the Disorders Produced by Masturbation: or, the Dangerous Effects of Secret and Excessive Venery., S. A. D. Tissot

Onanism: Or, a Treatise Upon the Disorders Produced by Masturbation: or, the Dangerous Effects of Secret and Excessive Venery.

S. A. D. Tissot
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

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
Book Cover for: Poverty, Charity and the Image of the Poor in Rabbinic Texts from the Land of Israel, Yael Wilfand

Poverty, Charity and the Image of the Poor in Rabbinic Texts from the Land of Israel

Yael Wilfand
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

@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)
Book Cover for: Law Beyond Israel: From the Bible to the Qur'an, Holger M. Zellentin

Law Beyond Israel: From the Bible to the Qur'an

Holger M. Zellentin
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

@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)
Book Cover for: Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, Katharine Hayhoe

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

Katharine Hayhoe
Matthew ThiessenMatthew Thiessen

@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