Preliminary Material /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Introduction /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- The Onomastic Evidence /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Non-Onomastic Inscriptional Evidence /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Conclusions /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendixes /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix A. Yahwistic Personal Names in Inscriptions /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix B. Plausibly Pagan Theophoric Names in Israelite Inscriptions /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix C. Names Not Counted as Israelite Pagan Names in this Study /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix D. Israelite Personal Names with the Theophoric Element ʾēl or ʾēlî /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix E. Apparently Israelite Theophoric Names in Inscriptions Excavated or Purchased Abroad and Not Explicitly Identified as Israelite /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix F. Iconographic Evidence /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Works Cited /Jeffrey H. Tigay.

Minter explores what happens when good desires become false gods, robbing people of an intimate relationship with the heavenly Father. (Christian)

The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

Now includes discussion questions and contemplation exercises for individual study and reading groups. Ana Levy-Lyons, a public theologian who is equally at home in secular and religious worlds, offers a deeply perceptive reinterpretation of the Ten Commandments for our modern lives. The Ten Commandments are a spiritual resource for social justice. A politically and spiritually brazen prescription for living, the Ten Commandments would turn our world upside down if we actually followed them. Far from being only ethical norms on which everyone already agrees or a remnant of a bygone oppressive era, the Commandments are actually countercultural practices. Today the Ten Commandments are a divisive part of American culture. Religious conservatives champion them, even if they don't always practice them. Religious liberals and the nonreligious may bristle at what they perceive as antiquated moral restrictions. But, this ancient code still has vital contemporary relevance. Rev. Levy-Lyons explores ways the Commandments bring us meaning, illuminate our values, and help us navigate through the turbulent waters of social injustice, environmental crises, and societal inequity. No Other Gods looks at each Commandment in new ways, moving beyond interpersonal morality to the global economy and our hyper-connected age. From the first, You Shall Have No Other Gods Besides Me (Dethrone the Modern Deities of Political, Social, and Corporate Power), to the tenth Do Not Covet (Practice Your Liberation-You Have Enough, You Are Enough)-and all those in between-she underscores how the Commandments can produce a bold spiritual consciousness. Whether you are deeply religious or spiritual-but-not-religious, learn how the Ten Commandments can guide you to resist injustice, heal our earth, and find personal dignity amid the free-for-alls of modern life. "We don't have to invent a bunch of new practices for a meaningful way to live out our spirituality and social justice politics," says Levy-Lyons. "There is a perfectly good set of ten of them, all ready to go, with as much progressive firepower as any of us can handle, that has existed for some three thousand years."

Kids really do say the darndest things. And in this humorous book by Carey Kinsolving and friends, the reader will be amused and sometimes amazed at the whimsical yet wise ways that children view God. With material taken from Kinsolving's weekly syndicated column, Kids Talk About God is a delightful collection of children's answers to questions likme: How can God be everywhere at one time? What do angels look like? Who made God? Why do we die?