by thedepressedsoul 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
The Bible as History by Warner Keller
Peake's Commentary on the Bible
http://teacherweb.com/TN/BITS/BibleHistory/h0.aspx - the website of my ex-husband (not a JW) who majored in History and Religion at Kenyon College and was a teacher of Bible History - excellent info
I'm printing out the chapters from this book by D. Rudolf Bultmann- he's supposed to be one of the greatest Bible scholars of the 20th century.
http://www.giffordlectures.org/Browse.asp?PubID=TPESCH&Volume=0&Issue=0&TOC=TRUE
From a Spiritual But Not Religious (SBNR) perspective I've enjoyed and benefitted from:
"What is the gospel?" by Greg Gilbert
"The Explicit gospel" by Matt Chandler
"The King Jesus gospel" by Scot McKnight
"The Lost Message of Jesus" by Steve Chalke
"The Mystery of Christ" (and why we don't get it) by Robert Farrar Capon
"Pagan Christianity" by Frank Viola and George Barna
"Christless Christianity" by Michael Horton
"Pharisectomy" by Peter Haas (on "How to Joyfully Remove Your Inner Pharisee and Other Religiously Transmitted Diseases")
"Christianity is Not Religion" by James Fowler
"Soul Rape" by Shean Smith
