📚 Education — Books
Books are listed in the order they were added — newest first. The order carries no other significance.
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A History of the Marranos
The definitive history of the Marranos -- the Spanish and Portuguese Jews who converted outwardly to Christianity under the Inquisition while secretly maintaining Jewish practice for generations. Roth's account of their survival, their diaspora, and their eventual return to open Judaism is one of the great untold stories of Jewish resilience.
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The Jews and the Cross
A study of the theological and historical roots of Christian antisemitism -- the accusation of deicide, the role of church doctrine in generating persecution, and how centuries of Christian teaching about Jews culminated in the conditions that made the Holocaust possible.
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Mohammedanism: An Historical Survey
The classic Oxford introduction to Islam by one of the 20th century's preeminent Islamic scholars. A concise and authoritative account of the Prophet, the Quran, Islamic law, theology, and the spread of Islam -- the ideal starting point for understanding Islam as a historical and civilizational force.
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The Bible
The foundational text of Western civilization. The collected writings of dozens of authors across a thousand years -- law, history, poetry, prophecy, and wisdom -- that shaped the moral framework, legal systems, literature, and worldview of the entire Western world.
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The New Testament
The foundational text of Christianity. The Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles of Paul, and Revelation -- the documents that recorded the life of Jesus, established the early church, and defined the theology that shaped two millennia of Western and global civilization.
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The Quran
The holy book of Islam. The collected revelations received by the Prophet Muhammad, as transmitted orally and later compiled into written form. The primary source for Islamic theology, law, ethics, and worldview -- and one of the most influential texts in human history.
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The Analects
The collected sayings and dialogues of Confucius, compiled by his disciples after his death. The foundational text of Confucian philosophy: on learning, governance, ethics, and the cultivation of the superior person. Two and a half millennia of East Asian civilization were built on these pages.
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