 | The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
by Robert Alter
W. W. Norton $35.00
20% off: $28.00 | AlterÂ’s Book of Psalms captures the simplicity, the physicality, and the coiled rhythmic power of the Hebrew, restoring the eloquence of these ancient poems. And the learned, insightful commentary from this Berkeley professor and literary scholar shines a light on the textÂ’s obscurities. |
 | The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News?
by Peter J. Gomes
HarperOne $24.95
20% off: $19.96 | The gospel is offensive and always overturns the status quo, says Gomes, Harvard professor and Memorial Church minister. In his new book, he invites others to hear the radical nature of JesusÂ’ message. |
 | God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
by Christopher Hitchens
Twelve $24.99
20% off: $19.99 | Well, it is about religion. Through a close reading of the major religious texts, Hitchens documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. “[A] pleasingly intemperate assault on organized religion....” —Kirkus |
 | How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
by James L. Kugel
Free Press $35.00
20% off: $28.00 | “Kugel’s tour de force of biblical scholarship juxtaposes two different ways of reading the Bible: the ancient biblical interpretations...and the modern historical approach that challenges the historical veracity of scripture and seeks instead to find its writers’ original sources and purposes.... [What] emerges is a fresh, even strange, and very rich view of everything from the Garden of Eden to Isaiah’s dream vision of God. Refreshingly undogmatic and often witty.” —Publishers Weekly |
