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Simply Jesus by N.T. Wright. A great historical look at Jesus and 1st Century Judaism. Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller. Made me
by russnewcomer 12y ago
Simply Jesus by N.T. Wright. A great historical look at Jesus and 1st Century Judaism.
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller. Made me stop and think a lot about how I interact with family and friends that have gone through struggles.
Coders at Work by Peter Seibel. I enjoy learning from the experienced, and Coders At Work is a fantastic walk through the recent history of computing, as told by those who walked through it. I wish there were a true coding focused sequel.
- davidchang 12y agonice :) i've been meaning on reading a historically written book about Jesus (was looking at Richard Bauckham's "Jesus: A Very Short Introduction") and Tim Keller is solid indeed.
- j-b 12y agoI just finished reading Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan and found it quite fascinating.
- leephillips 12y agoEvery review of this I've seen by an actual historian says that it's basically fanciful nonsense.
- j-b 12y agoI would be interested in reading these reviews. If you have a link that would be great.
- russnewcomer 12y agoHere's one such review by Andrew le Donne. http://historicaljesusresearch.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-usually-happy-fellow-reviews-aslans.html http://historicaljesusresearch.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-usuall... I would say that there is some value in Mr. Aslan's book, but while it is presented as unbiased, there as just as much bias in his book as in Wright's that I noted above.
- leephillips 12y agohttp://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/449/reza-aslan-what-jesus-wasnt/ http://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/449/reza-aslan-what-... is a useful place to start.