The Scroll

Author : Grant R. Jeffrey
Publisher : WaterBrook
ISBN 13 : 0307729273
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scroll written by Grant R. Jeffrey and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where faith has been eclipsed by the allure of doubt, The Scroll is a gripping adventure to find a truth worth dying for. Dr. David Chambers, leading archaeologist, has spent his professional career uncovering the facts in the artifacts. His work sets the standard for biblical research in the Holy Land. But surrounded by the evidence, David has sunk into an abyss of doubt. A painful experience with a seemingly unresponsive God has left him without hope and the Old Testament scriptures that used to fill his mind with wonder now drive him to frustration. His unanswered questions have ripped him from both his academic pursuits and, his fiancée, Amber. An old friend and mentor reaches out to David, enticing him with the riches described in the enigmatic Copper Scroll. Losing ground with his peers, his love, and his faith, David Chambers has a choice to make. Will he undertake one final dig to unlock a secret that could alter the course of history? Do the mysteries of the Old Testament hold the key to the political turmoil of the Middle East? One last dig. One final descent into the twisted tunnels of ancient Jerusalem. Will the truth be found among the treasures that lie beneath the holy city?

Author : Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
Publisher : Menorah Books
ISBN 13 : 9781940516639
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scroll written by Miriam Feinberg Vamosh and published by Menorah Books. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sensational but little known archaeological find, the divorce document of a woman named Miriam issued at the desert fortress of Masada is the basis for this new historical page turner. Beginning with a fateful decision by Miriam, a strong-willed survivor on Masada's final, horrific day, the tale spans three generations of her descendants. This saga extends from the depths of her despair on a barren desert plateau to the glittering city of Alexandria where Miriam sought love and a future, and back to the Holy Land, where, amid the clashing cultures at Beit Guvrin, the storied city of Zippori and, finally, at the emerald oasis of Ein Gedi, the past continues to stalk her, threatening to devour her children. The Scroll is an adventure-rich voyage through the ancient customs and beliefs of Judaism and early Christianity and the challenges both faced in a hostile world.

Author : Jared Dodd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781790830725
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Castle and the Scroll written by Jared Dodd and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dragons multiply within the shadows of the forest. Only the Castle and the Scroll stand against them. But when Caleb decides to join the forces of the Great King, he discovers that the schemes of the enemy run far deeper than anyone could have imagined. Faced with the hard realities of the Scroll, Caleb is faced with a difficult choice. The path he chooses will take him into a realm of the Kingdom that he never expected to find.

Author : Chris Willrich
Publisher : Pyr
ISBN 13 : 1616148144
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scroll of Years written by Chris Willrich and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Brent Weeks meets China Mieville in this wildly imaginative fantasy debut featuring high action, elegant writing, and sword and sorcery with a Chinese flare. Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone are a romantic couple and partners in crime. Persimmon is a poet from a well-to-do family, who found herself looking for adventure, while Imago is a thief in his ninth decade who is double-cursed, and his body has not aged in nearly seventy years. Together, their services and wanderlust have taken them into places better left unseen, and against odds best not spoken about. Now, they find themselves looking to get away, to the edge of the world, with Persimmon pregnant with their child, and the most feared duo of assassins hot on their trail. However, all is never what it seems, and a sordid adventure--complete with magic scrolls, gangs of thieves, and dragons both eastern and western--is at hand.

Author : Thomas Forrest Kelly
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393285049
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Role of the Scroll: An Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages written by Thomas Forrest Kelly and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated, full-color guide to scrolls and their uses in medieval life. Scrolls have always been shrouded by a kind of aura, a quality of somehow standing outside of time. They hold our attention with their age, beauty, and perplexing format. Beginning in the fourth century, the codex—or book—became the preferred medium for long texts. Why, then, did some people in the Middle Ages continue to make scrolls? In The Role of the Scroll, music professor and historian Thomas Forrest Kelly brings to life the most interesting scrolls in medieval history, placing them in the context of those who made, commissioned, and used them, and reveals their remarkably varied uses. Scrolls were the best way to keep ever-expanding lists, for example, those of debtors, knights, and the dead, the names of whom were added to existing rolls of parchment through the process of “enrollment.” While useful for keeping public records, scrolls could also be extremely private. Forgetful stage performers relied on them to recall their lines—indeed, “role” comes from the French word for scroll—and those looking for luck carried either blessings or magic spells, depending on their personal beliefs. Finally, scrolls could convey ceremonial importance, a purpose that lives on with academic diplomas. In these colorful pages, Kelly explores the scroll’s incredible diversity and invites us to examine showy court documents for empresses and tiny amulets for pregnant women. A recipe for turning everyday metal into gold offers a glimpse into medieval alchemy, and a log of gifts for Queen Elizabeth I showcases royal flattery and patronage. Climb William the Conqueror’s family tree and take a journey to the Holy Land using a pilgrimage map marked with such obligatory destinations as Jaffa, where Peter resurrected Tabitha, and Ramada, the city of Saint Joseph’s birth. A lively and accessible guide, The Role of the Scroll is essential reading—and viewing—for anyone interested in how people keep record of life through the ages.

Author : Peter Bing
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472116320
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scroll and the Marble written by Peter Bing and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminal essays from one of the most prominent scholars of Hellenistic poetry

Author : James Fricton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475975171
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Scroll written by James Fricton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chance meeting with an old classmate leads Ryan Laughlin, a dedicated young physician, to an ancient Roman spa in a medieval village of Italy where researchers are studying two remarkable events that could change the course of historya new technology that claims to measure the essence of life itself, the human spirit, and the final Dead Sea Scroll which was recently discovered in the West Bank. The Last Scroll reveals universal truths about the nature of life through Seven Blessing but warns of Seven Plagues of the Beast that are emerging this century causing alarm and protests around the world. While visiting the spa to learn these secrets and enjoy the food, wine, and culture of Italy, Ryan finds himself the target of a killer who claims the project is heresy and will do anything to stop it. In a deadly race through ancient Italy, he is desperately trying to save the only woman he has loved since the death of his wife. What insight and power lies within the fragmented pieces of the Last Scroll?

Author : Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743267427
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Letter in the Scroll written by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-04-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long, Jews have defined themselves in light of the bad things that have happened to them. And it is true that, many times in the course of history, they have been nearly decimated: when the First and Second Temples were destroyed, when the Jews were expelled from Spain, when Hitler proposed his Final Solution. Astoundingly, the Jewish people have survived catastrophe after catastrophe and remained a thriving and vibrant community. The question Rabbi Jonathan Sacks asks is, quite simply: How? How, in the face of such adversity, has Judaism remained and flourished, making a mark on human history out of all proportion to its numbers? Written originally as a wedding gift to his son and daughter-in-law, A Letter in the Scroll is Rabbi Sacks's personal answer to that question, a testimony to the enduring strength of his religion. Tracing the revolutionary series of philosophical and theological ideas that Judaism created -- from covenant to sabbath to formal education -- and showing us how they remain compellingly relevant in our time, Sacks portrays Jewish identity as an honor as well as a duty. The Ba'al Shem Tov, an eighteenth-century rabbi and founder of the Hasidic movement, famously noted that the Jewish people are like a living Torah scroll, and every individual Jew is a letter within it. If a single letter is damaged or missing or incorrectly drawn, a Torah scroll is considered invalid. So too, in Judaism, each individual is considered a crucial part of the people, without whom the entire religion would suffer. Rabbi Sacks uses this metaphor to make a passionate argument in favor of affiliation and practice in our secular times, and invites us to engage in our dynamic and inclusive tradition. Never has a book more eloquently expressed the joys of being a Jew. This is the story of one man's hope for the future -- a future in which the next generation, his children and ours, will happily embrace the beauty of the world's oldest religion.

Author : Parrish Smith
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1617734551
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scroll written by Parrish Smith and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to the feature-length film series of the same name weaves together anecdotes of the most prolific, high-profile ministers, evangelists, and church leaders of the 21st century in the African-American community.

Author : Ronald Cutler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780825305153
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Scroll written by Ronald Cutler and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josh Cohan, a work-obsessed archaeology professor, has a recurring dream about uncovering a great secret. He follows his instincts to the Judean desert, where he makes a fantastic discovery -- an ancient scroll which seems to have been written by Jesus Christ.. The Israel Antiquities Authority has a claim on the scroll, but another, more sinister organisation wants the scroll as well. The Guardians, members of an ancient extremist religious sect, are willing to kill to get what they want. Josh joins the government-sponsored team of translators who believe the scroll might be genuine, and falls in love with Danielle, the fiery daughter of one of the translators. When a friend turns up dead and Danielle goes missing, Josh realises that the scroll might be more powerful and controversial than he had ever imagined. Will Josh be able to prevent something terrible from happening to the woman he loves without giving up the most important discovery mankind has ever made?