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This keepsake hard cover edition of The Gospel According to St. Mark was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Gospel According to St. Mark follows the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist to his death and burial and the discovery of the empty tomb. It portrays Jesus as a heroic man of action, an exorcist, a healer, and a miracle worker. Jesus is also the Son of God, but he keeps his identity secret, concealing it in parables so that even most of the disciples fail to understand. All this is in keeping with prophecy, which foretold the fate of the messiah as suffering servant.

This keepsake hard cover edition of The Gospel According to St. Luke was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Gospel According to St. John informs readers of the true identity of Jesus. It tells the story of how Jesus came to the Jews and was rejected by them. It describes his baptism, how he calls his disciples to himself, his performing miracles, and how he begins his earthly ministry and his message about God the Father offering eternal life to all who will believe. Jesus then prepares his disciples for their coming lives without his physical presence, and prays for them and for himself. And the book closes with Jesus' post-resurrection appearance to his disciples in Galilee, the miraculous catch of fish, the prophecy of the crucifixion of Peter, the restoration of Peter, and the fate of his Beloved Disciple.

This keepsake hard cover edition of The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the EPHESIANS was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.Written while Paul was in prison in Rome Ephesians instructs the church to maintain unity in Christ and remain pure and holy, walk in love with Christ.EPHESIANS is one of the shortest books in the bible and is sold at or near the publisher's cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of this keepsake editions.

This keepsake hard cover edition of The Gospel According to St. Matthew was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Gospel According to St. Matthew tells the story of how Jesus was rejected and crucified. Itgoes starts with Jesus' origins, showing him as the Son of God from birth and the fulfillment of Old Testament messianic prophecies. Jesus is shown as a healing and miracle-working Messiah of Israel.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Zechariah was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Book of Zechariah's prophecies took place during the reign of Darius the Great, and were contemporary with Haggai in a post-exilic world after the fall of Jerusalem. Ezekiel and Jeremiah wrote before the fall of Jerusalem, while continuing to prophesy in the early exile period.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Malachi was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Micah was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Book of Micah addresses the future of Israel after the Babylonian exile. Like Isaiah, the book has a vision of the punishment of Israel and creation of a remnant, followed by world peace centered on Zion under the leadership of a new Davidic monarch; the people should do justice, turn to Yahweh, and await the end of their punishment. However, whereas Isaiah sees Israel joining with other the nations under Yahweh's rule, Micah looks forward to Israel ruling over these other nations.

This keepsake edition of Book of Nahum was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.In The Book of Nahum Nahum prophesizes the complete and final destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the great flourishing Assyrian empire. Ashurbanipal was at the height of his glory. Nineveh was a city of vast extent, and was then the center of the civilization and commerce of the world. Nineveh was destroyed by fire around 625 BC, and the Assyrian empire came to an end, an event which changed the face of Asia. The Book of Nahum is one of the shortest books in the bible and is sold at or near the publisher's cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of this keepsake editions.

This keepsake edition of Book of Zephaniah was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Book of Zephaniah was inspired by Judah's refusal to obey its covenant obligations toward Yahweh despite having seen Israel's exile a generation or two previously--an exile that Zephaniah attributes to Yahweh's anger against Israel's disobedience to his covenant.The Book of Zephaniah is one of the shortest books in the bible and is sold at or near the publisher's cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of this keepsake editions.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Jonah was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Book of Jonah is almost entirely narrative, with the exception of the poem in chapter 2. The actual prophetic word against Nineveh is given only in passing through the narrative. As with any good narrative, the story of Jonah has a setting, characters, a plot, and themes. It also relies heavily on such literary devices as irony. Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah, in which God commands him to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it "for their great wickedness is come up before me, but Jonah instead attempts to flee. The Book of Jonah is one of the shortest books in the bible and is sold at or near the publisher's cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of this keepsake editions.

This keepsake edition of Book of Habakkuk was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The major theme of The Book of Habakkuk is trying to grow from a faith of perplexity and doubt to the height of absolute trust in God; its message that the just shall live by his faith plays an important role in Christian thought.The Book of Habakkuk is one of the shortest books in the bible and is sold at or near the publisher's cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of this keepsake editions.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Hosea was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Book of Hosea is set around the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, the Book of Hosea denounces the worship of gods other than Yahweh, metaphorically comparing Israel's abandonment of Yahweh to a woman being unfaithful to her husband. According to the book's narrative, the relationship between Hosea and his unfaithful wife Gomer is comparable to the relationship between Yahweh and his unfaithful people of Israel. The eventual reconciliation of Hosea and Gomer is treated as a hopeful metaphor for the eventual reconciliation between Yahweh and Israel.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Lamentations was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Book of Lamentations is partly a traditional city lament mourning the desertion of the city by God, its destruction, and the ultimate return of the divinity, and partly a funeral dirge in which the bereaved bewails and addresses the dead. The tone is bleak: God does not speak, the degree of suffering is presented as undeserved, and expectations of future redemption are minimal.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Obadiah was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Book of Obadiah is an oracle concerning the divine judgment of Edom and the restoration of Israel. The text consists of a single chapter, divided into 21 verses, making it on of the shortest books in the Bible. The Book of Obadiah is sold at or near the publisher's cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of keepsake editions.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Daniel was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The message of The Book of Daniel Book is that, just as the God of Israel saved Daniel and his friends from their enemies, so he would save all Israel in their present oppression. The book is filled with monsters, angels, and numerology, drawn from a wide range of sources. Christian interpreters have always viewed these as predicting events in the New Testament.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Ezekiel was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Book of Ezekiel opens with a vision of YHWH. The book then moves on to anticipate the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, explains this as God's punishment, and closes with the promise of a new beginning and a new Temple.

The Book of Jeremiah ruminates on his role as a servant of God. Jeremiah is intended as a message to the Jews in exile in Babylon, explaining the disaster of exile as God's response to Israel's pagan worship: the people, says Jeremiah, are like an unfaithful wife and rebellious children, their infidelity and rebelliousness made judgement inevitable, although restoration and a new covenant are foreshadowed.

This keepsake edition of The Song of Solomon was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Song of Solomon is unique within the Bible in that it does not relate to Law or Covenant or the God of Israel, nor does it teach or explore wisdom like Proverbs or Ecclesiastes instead, it celebrates love.

This keepsake edition of The Book of Proverbs was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.The Book of Proverbs is an example of the Biblical wisdom tradition, and raises questions of values, moral behavior, the meaning of human life. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Wisdom is praised for its role in creation; God acquired it before all else, and through it he gave order to chaos; and since humans have life and prosperity by conforming to the order of creation, seeking wisdom is the essence and goal of the religious life.