Jonathan’s Comments (group member since Aug 27, 2011)

Jonathan’s comments from the Challenge: 50 Books group.

76) The Dawn of Agriculture and the Earliest States in Genesis 1-11 by Natan Levy

75) Genesis 1-11 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture), edited by Andrew Louth

74) From Creation to Babel: Studies in Genesis 1-11 by John Day

73) Reading Genesis Politically: An Introduction to Mosaic Political Philosophy by Martin Sicker

72) Babel's Tower Translated: Genesis 11 and Ancient Jewish Interpretation and Phillip Michael Sherman

71) Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions: Concepts of Record-Keeping in the Ancient World, edited by Maria Brosius

70) Black and Slave: The Origins and History of the Curse of Ham (Studies of the Bible and Its Reception) by David M Goldenberg

69) Origins: The Ancient Impact and Modern Implications of Genesis 1-11 by Paul Copan and Douglas Jacoby

68) Philo of Alexandria, vol. 3: On the Unchangeableness of God, On Husbandry, Concerning Noah's Work as a Planter, On Drunkenness, On the Prayers and Curses Uttered by Noah When He Became Sober by Philo of Alexandria and translated by F. H. Colson and G. H. Whitaker

67) Addiction and Virtue: Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice by Kent J. Dunnington

66) Noah's Curse : The Biblical Justification of American Slavery by Stephen R. Haynes

65) The Poisoned Chalice: Eucharistic Grape Juice and Common-Sense Realism in Victorian Methodism by Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait

64) A Natural History of Wine by Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle

63) Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture by Patrick E. McGovern

62) The Hunting Apes: Meat Eating and the Origins of Human Behavior by Craig B. Stanford

61) The City of Babylon: A History, c. 2000 BC – AD 116 by Stephanie Dalley

60) The Value of Human Life: A Study of the Story of the Flood (Genesis 6-9) by P.J. Harland

59) Ancestors in Our Genome: The New Science of Human Evolution by Eugene E. Harris

58) Treatises on Noah and David (Fathers of the Church 140) by St. Ambrose of Milan and translated by Brian P. Dunkle

librarian4Him02 wrote: "This sounds like a fascinating book. How was it?"

Rather good! It tended to focus a lot of attention on dogs, the more common pet in the era, but gave sufficient treatment of cats, monkeys, and other pets. Very thorough in considering the aspects of pet ownership in medieval Europe.