Christos Hadjisofokli từ Kalmi, Rajasthan , India

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12/22/2024

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2019-12-26 15:30

Những Tỷ Phú Tình Cờ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

Had high hopes for this book and indeed the series but was rather disappointed. It's a good, covnicing story, quite complex with several sub-plots. As the title implies, it's about politics and power games in a realistically gritty medieval setting at a time when most such issues were settled by wars. The author does a good job of juggling and developing all the threads he's got going but ultimately it's not an appealing story and the telling of it is rather long-winded so it feels like a slog. The writing is good but not sufficiently so to charm me and draw me in. Realistic characters, well developed but I didn't really connect with any of them - except perhaps the bastard and the dwarf - to really care what'll happen to them. Untypically for a book of its kind none of the heroes are sacred and many aren't necessarily spared a bad (often terminal!) fate which comes as a refreshing surprise. I'm somewhat intrigued to know how it all pans out so I wouldn't mind if someone summarised the outcome but I don't feel I want to savour each development and make it last. (Mind you, given the size of the series which is in fact yet unfinished, even a summary would be pretty long!) I suspect the HBO series will be easier to follow and may well serve as the shorter version I'm looking for. Just started it: it has potential but it's too early for a clear verdict. But I definitely won't be reading any more of the books. Got the idea and I'm happy to move on.

2019-12-26 16:30

Thông Điệp Từ Các Vì Sao - Tử Vi 2015: Kim Ngưu Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bảo Ngọc

Having just the other day finished what I guess is the first book on this topic by the author, Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus, this one seemed like an easy transition to move right into. I will say though that this one flowed a bit better and was a bit more cohesive of a story, even though it appeared this book is mainly made up of individual writings by the author that have appeared over time on their web site. While the last book opened with the first portion attempting to make a case for the idea that the gospel books were most likely originally written in Hebrew and later translated into Greek, this one did not seem to push that idea as much. Instead, to me it seemed more to be stating that the gospel message of Jesus was most likely spoken in a combination of Hebrew and Aramaic, and was therefore filled with Hebrew thought, cultural understandings, idioms, and the like; and that when these sayings, etc. were then decades later written into Greek, the translation into that language caused some things to get lost and misunderstood from the original intent and understanding. This idea is a bit more acceptable than the former, in light of the scholarship and evidence of the early manuscripts. This book then goes on to lay out an amazing story of Jesus, the culture, his position, the people around him, and the way some of his "difficult" sayings were in fact fairly common in light of their culture. At times I felt like I was walking the streets beside Jesus, seeing what he saw, hearing what the disciples heard, and experiencing much of their culture. I just felt more engrossed in the happenings of the day, and began to get a whole new sense of the happenings and sayings of our Lord. Understanding Jesus in his day to have been more of a fairly typical Rabbi of the time (though with a more powerful twist to his message), and understanding the rabbinical thoughts, sayings and understandings of that time, allows so much of what he said and did to shine forth in a more clear way. Section one focuses on Jesus the Rabbi and looks at his education, what it meant to be a disciple of a Rabbi, taking on the yoke of a Rabbi, and the preservation of a Rabbi's teaching. Section two looked at Jesus in his first century context, and explored the Jewish practice of the day, the dress and traditions of the Rabbi, the name of God, the typical prayer to God (and how it influenced the Lord's Prayer we know), the non-marriage of Jesus and the miracle on the sea of Galilee. Section three discussed various teachings of Jesus, like the rich man who rejected the kingdom, the Essene vow of hatred (the us versus them mentality), the discussion of Jesus and the jots and tittles of the law, Jesus versus pacifism, poverty, divorce and remarriage. Section four ends the book with a great look into the Kingdom and it's presence in the first century, what it meant, how it was known, how Jesus was the "prophet" and "olive tree" promised, and what it took for the Gentiles to come in to the root. Great stuff that really helps clear things up when seen in light of the full-blown Hebrew culture of Jesus' time. This book is a great introduction to understanding the Hebrew roots that assist in making the message of the New Testament much more understandable.

Người đọc Christos Hadjisofokli từ Kalmi, Rajasthan , India

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.