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	One Holy Book: A Primer on How the Bible Came To Be & Why It Matters 4.44 avg rating — 55 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invitation to Biblical Theology: Exploring the Shape, Storyline, and Themes of the Bible by Jeremy Kimble, Ched Spellman (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 54 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Grand Story: How the Bible Tells Its Story & Why It Matters 4.76 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toward a Canon-Conscious Reading of the Bible: Exploring the History and Hermeneutics of the Canon 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seminary as a Textual Community: Exploring John Sailhamer's Vision for Theological Education by Ched Spellman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jason K. Lee (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irenaeus 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theology and Spider-Man by Peter Admirand (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), George Tsakiridis (Editor), Michael Buttrey (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last of Us and Theology: Violence, Ethics, Redemption? by Peter Admirand (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ryan Banfi (contributor), Adam B. Banks (contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Grand Story: How the Bible Tells its Story & Why it Matters by Ched Spellman (Goodreads Author), Virtual Voice (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last of Us and Theology: Violence, Ethics, Redemption? by Peter Admirand (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ryan Banfi (contributor), Adam B. Banks (contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The New Testament Canon in Contemporary Research (Texts and Editions for New Testament Study, 21)

by Stanley E Porter

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The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture

by Iain W. Provan

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The Torah Mosaic: Introducing the Pentateuch in Its Complex Unity

by Tracy J. McKenzie

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Ched Spellman rated a book it was amazing The Word of God in Transition: From Prophet to Exegete in the Second Temple Period (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) by William M. Schniedewind	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ched Spellman and 9 other people liked Collin Huber's review of To Live Well: Practical Wisdom for Moving Through Chaotic Times: "Something I’ve always appreciated about Alan Noble’s writing is his ability to confront our attention economy and plot a straight line of clarity through it. In his latest, To Live Well, he takes up a question that’s easy to ask and difficult to live" Read more of this review »
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Ched Spellman made a comment on their review of The Odyssey " My primary beef with this translation is that it completely omitted the classic grandeur of phrases like the “imagination station.” At my wit’s end wi ...more "
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