Partner Book List

Any individual who becomes a member of MBS at the Psalmist level or higher may choose one book from this list for free.
Average: 5 (1 vote)

See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity

Author: 
Amy Frykholm
List Price: 
$24.95
Type: 
Hardcover
“A culturally significant collection that explores the challenges of reconciling pleasure with piety.”—Kirkus
Average: 5 (1 vote)

Verily, Verily: The KJV - 400 Years of Influence and Beauty

Author: 
Jon M. Sweeney
List Price: 
$18.99
Type: 
Hardcover
Sweeny shows why the KJV has been the most important entry into the Christian scriptures for the English-speaking world.
Average: 5 (1 vote)

The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book

Author: 
Timothy Beal
List Price: 
$25.00
Type: 
Hardcover
"Beal's exciting book offers both fascinating history and a new and insightful way to approach the 'sacred text'." -John Shelby Spong
Average: 5 (2 votes)

God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible

Author: 
Adam Nicolson
List Price: 
$13.99
Type: 
Paperback
Adam Nicolson, in celebration of 400 years of the KJV, will be MassBible's 2011 Harrell F. Beck Lecturer.
Average: 5 (1 vote)

Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

Author: 
Karen Armstrong
List Price: 
$22.95
Type: 
Hardcover
Karen Armstrong now gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place.
Average: 5 (1 vote)

I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity

Author: 
Izzeldin Abeulaish
List Price: 
$24.00
Type: 
Hardcover
His deepest hope is that his daughters will be "the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis."
Average: 5 (1 vote)

Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions about Sex and Desire

Author: 
Jennifer Wright Knust
List Price: 
$25.99
Type: 
Hardcover
Bible scholar Jennifer Wright Knust addresses the big questions that dominate today's discussions and debates when it comes to sex and the Bible
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Average: 5 (1 vote)

Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible

Author: 
Robert Alter
List Price: 
$19.95
Type: 
Hardcover
The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning.
Average: 5 (3 votes)

Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine

Author: 
Scott Korb
List Price: 
$25.95
Type: 
Hardcover
A lively and illuminating portrait of the nearly unknown world of daily life in first-century Palestine.
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Average: 5 (1 vote)

Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir

Author: 
Stanley Hauerwas
List Price: 
$24.99
Type: 
Hardcover
A loving, hard-working, godly couple has long been denied a family of their own. Finally, the wife makes a deal with God.