Gods in the Desert - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gods in the Desert write by Glenn S. Holland. This book was released on 2009-07-16. Gods in the Desert available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gods in the Desert explores the fascinating religious cultures of the ancient Near East. From the mysterious pyramids, tombs, and temples of Egypt to the powerful heroes, gods, and legends of Mesopotamia, Glenn Holland guides readers through the early religions that are the root of many of today's major faiths. Holland compares the religions of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Syria-Palestine, including Israel and Judah, from the Neolithic era through the conquest of Alexander the Great. He provides a historical survey of each region, then discusses the gods, the rulers, the afterlife, and the worship rituals. This accessible overview makes clear how these religions converged and diverged, and are intimately connected to many of the religions we recognize today, sometimes in surprising ways.
Gods in the Desert
Gods in the Desert - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gods in the Desert write by Glenn Stanfield Holland. This book was released on 2009. Gods in the Desert available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores the religious practices and traditions of ancient Middle Eastern cultures, discussing pyramids, tombs, and Egyptian temples, and describing the gods, rulers, beliefs about afterlife, and worship rituals of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Syria-Palestine.
In God's Holy Light
In God's Holy Light - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In God's Holy Light write by Joan Chittister, OSB. This book was released on 2015-09-25. In God's Holy Light available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Desert Monastics, thousands of monks and nuns who lived in the Egyptian wastelands between the third and fifth centuries, have come to be seen as the Olympians of the spiritual life. Renowned spiritual writer Joan Chittister explores the sayings of the Desert Mothers and Fathers, finding wisdom from that ancient tradition that speaks to your life today. This popular introduction to a powerful source of Christian wisdom can be a companion to your own spiritual journey.
The Lonesome Gods
The Lonesome Gods - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lonesome Gods write by Louis L'Amour. This book was released on 2004-03-30. The Lonesome Gods available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “I am Johannes Verne, and I am not afraid.” This was the boy’s mantra as he plodded through the desert alone, left to die by his vengeful grandfather. Johannes Verne was soon to be rescued by outlaws, but no one could save him from the lasting memory of his grandfather’s eyes, full of impenetrable hatred. Raised in part by Indians, then befriended by a mysterious woman, Johannes grew up to become a rugged adventurer and an educated man. But even now, strengthened by the love of a golden-haired girl and well on his way to making a fortune in bustling early-day Los Angeles, the past may rise up to threaten his future once more. And this time only the ancient gods of the desert can save him.
Gods Without Men
Gods Without Men - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gods Without Men write by Hari Kunzru. This book was released on 2012-03-06. Gods Without Men available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the desert, you see, there is everything and nothing . . . It is God without men. —Honoré de Balzac, Une passion dans le désert, 1830 Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a surreal public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power, and before Raj reappears inexplicably unharmed—but not unchanged—the fate of this young family will intersect with that of many others, echoing the stories of all those who have traveled before them. Driven by the energy and cunning of Coyote, the mythic, shape-shifting trickster, Gods Without Men is full of big ideas, but centered on flesh-and-blood characters who converge at an odd, remote town in the shadow of a rock formation called the Pinnacles. Viscerally gripping and intellectually engaging, it is, above all, a heartfelt exploration of the search for pattern and meaning in a chaotic universe. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
