Reading List

Books I have found useful in studying the Bible

Barney Kasdan

-          God's Appointed Times: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Celebrating the Biblical Holy Days

-          God's Appointed Customs: A Messianic Jewish Guide to the Biblical Lifecycle and Lifestyle

James Kugel

-          How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now

-          The Bible As It Was

-          The God of Old: Inside the Lost World of the Bible

-          The Great Shift: Encountering God in Biblical Times

-          The Idea of Biblical Poetry: Parallelism and Its History

-          The Great Poems of the Bible: A Reader's Companion with New Translations

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: His Covenant and Conversation Series

-          Genesis, The Book of Beginnings

-          Exodus: The Book of Redemption

-          Leviticus, the Book of Holiness

-          Numbers: The Wilderness Years

-          Deuteronomy: Renewal of the Sinai Covenant

Michael L Brown: Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus (5 volumes)

David C Mitchell: Messiah ben Joseph

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