By Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp
"Scripture" is any paintings during which the authors, translators, editors, or discoverers all declare to have acquired knowledge from a resource outdoors themselves, be it revelation, enlightened philosophy, or historical archive. For the 1st time in one quantity, American Scriptures gathers fifteen of those texts from non secular pursuits with origins within the usa. Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp's concise unmarried quantity will enlighten not just readers attracted to the old and non secular points of the scriptural texts, but in addition these whose curiosity has been piqued via such bestsellers as Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code.
For greater than seventy years, Penguin has been the prime writer of vintage literature within the English-speaking international. With greater than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a world bookshelf of the simplest works all through background and throughout genres and disciplines. Readers belief the sequence to supply authoritative texts more desirable through introductions and notes by way of uncommon students and modern authors, in addition to up to date translations by way of award-winning translators.
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