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Insights from the past

Advantages: Interesting development of a lesser known gospel work
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...--Simon Peter said to them: Mary should leave us because women are not worthy of the life. Jesus responded: Look, I'll lead her in order to make her male so that she can become a living spirit as you males are. For each woman who makes herself male will e ...

frkurt 09.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Gospel of Thomas Annotated & Explained - Stevan L. Davies

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The Gospel of Thomas

Advantages: straightforward English and well presented
Disadvantages: explanation claimed but not sustained

...An excellent presentation of a vital early Christian work, believed lost until found by a local farmer in 1945, a momentous year in many other ways too. Stevan Davies claims in the title ,however, that he explains the Gospel but in some sayings it is o ...

masuda2 12.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Gospel of Thomas Annotated & Explained - Stevan L. Davies

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Tempered writing

Advantages: Great writing, helpful in the Christian way of life.
Disadvantages: Doesn't go far enough to be memorable in the series individually.

The characters in Starlighter seem wrought out of true emotion, and contain great depth. Jason mourns for his brothers and other unfortunates. Koren feels great responsibility for Natalla when she attempts to escape her slave life. Arxad sees the slaves a ...

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Review of Starlighter - Bryan Davis

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HARA: The Vital Centre of Man

Advantages: An inspiring book that can improve the quality of life.
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As you would expect from me, this is a review about a book that is very Zen-related. Its author Karlfried Graf Von Dürckheim (1896-1988) was a philosopher and psychotherapist who lived in Japan learning the techniques of zazen (meditation) from Zen maste ...

derek-j-a 07.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Hara The Vital Centre of Man - Karlfried Graf Von Dúrckheim

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The seeds are planted

Advantages: A good retelling and analysis of these tales
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...Donahue's book 'The Gospel in Parable' is an interesting text that looks at parables in the three synoptic gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke (parables as a rule are not found in John; this of course is subject to interpretation). The parables in these gospel ...

frkurt 04.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Gospel in Parable: Metaphor, Narrative and Theology in the Synoptic Gospels - John R. Donahue

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