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Helpful books on reading and understanding the Old Testament
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All the Trees of the Forest: Israel's Woodlands from the Bible to the Present
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Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters
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The Great Code: The Bible and Literature
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Long Story Short: Ten-Minute Devotions to Draw Your Family to God
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Moses' Ark: Stories From the Bible
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The Word Became Fresh: How to Preach from Old Testament Narrative Texts
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Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as Folklore
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The Temple and the Church's Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God
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The Holy Bible
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The Bible
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God Mocks: A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert
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Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
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Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion
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The Story of the Jews Volume One: Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD
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Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It
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The Story of the Jews : A 4,000-Year Adventure
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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
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The Dead Sea and the Jordan River
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Everyday Life In Babylon and Assyria
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History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History
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Cradle of Civilization
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Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
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Testament
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Bill Sienkiewicz (Illustrator)
3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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In the Beginning: Illustrated Stories from the Old Testament (Religious Book, Easy Bibles, Modern Illustrations for Bible Study)
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Outrageous Tales from the Old Testament
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