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- 2B1 ASK1
- A CHILD OF GOD, A MAN OF FAITH, A WARRIOR OF CHRIST, I AM THE STORM
- A LADY AT ALL TIMES
- A SHARP-WITTED MIND HAS THE STRONGEST UNDERSTANDING POWER
- ALWAYS HELP YOUR BROTHER
- AUDE VIDE TACE
- BE BETTER, EVERYDAY, IN EVERY WAY
- BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD
- BE THE EXAMPLE
- BE THE LIGHT THAT HELPS OTHERS SEE
- BE THE REASON THEY WONDER
- BE TRUE TO YOUR WORK, YOUR WORD, AND YOUR FRIENDS
- BE WITHOUT FEAR, IN THE FACE OF YOUR ENEMIES
- BECAUSE I HAVE A BROTHER, I ALWAYS HAVE A FRIEND
- BELIEVE IN YOURSELF WHEN NO ONE WILL
- BROTHERHOOD OF MAN, FATHERHOOD OF GOD
- BROTHERLY LOVE RELIEF TRUTH
- CHRISTI DETEMPLO
- CRUDELIUS EST QUAM MORI SEMPER TIMERE MORTEM
- DEUS MEUMQUE JUS
- EGO ALPHA ET OMEGA SUM
- EX TENEBRIS LUX
- FAIR AND SQUARE, JUST AND HONEST
- FAITH HOPE CHARITY
- FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY
- FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, WISDOM, STRENGTH AND BEAUTY
- FATHERHOOD OF GOD BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
- FIAT LUX
- FIDELITY, CONSTANCY, PURITY, FAITH, FERVENCY & ZEAL
- FOR THOSE I LOVE, I WILL DO GREAT AND TERRIBLE THINGS
- FRATERNITY OF FREEMASONS
- FREEMASON
- GEOMETRIA
- GOD AND MY RIGHT
- GOD IS OUR GUIDE
- GOOD, BETTER, BEST
- GUIDED BY THE FIVE POINTS OF LIGHT
- HE WHO KNEELS BEFORE GOD, CAN STAND BEFORE ANYONE
- HEAR, SEE, BE SILENT
- HOLINESS TO THE LORD
- HOMO NIHIL SCIT SINE DOCTRINA
- HONOR GOD, LOVE YOUR FAMILY, DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY
- I AM A STAR
- I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA
- I AM MY BROTHERS KEEPER
- I AM MY SISTAR’S KEEPER
- I SERVE THE ONLY KING WHO CONQUERED DEATH, HELL AND THE GRAVE
- IF THEY STAND AGAINST YOU, SHOW NO MERCY
- IF THEY STAND BEHIND YOU, GIVE THEM PROTECTION
- IF THEY STAND BESIDE YOU, GIVE THEM RESPECT
- IF THOU COMPREHENDEST THESE THINGS THOU KNOWEST ENOUGH
- IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE THE JOY, SHARE WITH OTHERS
- IN ALL THINGS, TRUST GOD
- IN DOMINUS SPES
- IN HOC SIGNO VINCES
- IN MEMORY OF HIRAM ABIFF
- IN THIS SIGN, YOU WILL CONQUER
- KEEP CALM AND BE A LADY
- LET THERE BE LIGHT
- LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE
- LEVAMEN SODALITAS VERITAS
- LIBER ORDINIS TEMPLI
- LIGHT FROM DARKNESS
- LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS
- LIVE LONG - RIDE HARD - RAISE MASONS
- LUX E TENEBRIS
- MAKE A DIFFERENCE, RISE AND SHRINE
- MAKING GOOD MEN BETTER
- MAN'S REAL GENIUS AND KNOWLEDGE REMAINS PRESERVED IN BOOKS
- MASONIC
- MASONS AREN’T MADE, WE’RE BORN AND RAISED
- MASTER MASON
- MAY THE LIGHT INSIDE ME, BE THE LIGHT AROUND YOU
- MEET ON THE LEVEL & PART UPON THE SQUARE
- MEMENTO MORI
- MORE THAN A MAN. A BETTER MAN
- MY HOPE IS IN GOD
- MY SCARS TELL A STORY
- N.N.D.N.N. S.N.T.D.G.
- NEVER LOOK DOWN ON SOMEONE, UNLESS YOU’RE HELPING THEM
- NEVER OVER, NEVER UNDER, ALWAYS ON THE LEVEL
- NIL NISI CLAVIS DEEST
- NO MAN STANDS SO TALL AS WHEN HE STOOPS TO HELP A CHILD
- NO ONE BUILDS ALONE
- NO ONE HAS EVER BECOME POOR FROM GIVING
- NON NOBIS DOMINE NON NOBIS
- NON NOBIS, DOMINE, NON NOBIS, SED NOMINI TUO DA GLORIAM
- NOT FOR US, MY LORD, NOT FOR US, BUT TO YOUR NAME GIVE THE GLORY
- NOT JUST A MAN, A MASON.
- NOTHING BUT THE KEY IS WANTING
- NURTURING, WITNESSING, AND PROTECTING THE FAITH; AND SERVING THE POOR AND THE SICK.
- ONCE YOU AWAKE, IT’S HARD TO GO BACK TO SHEEP
- ORDER FROM CHAOS
- ORDO AB CHAO
- OUTLAWED AND MY ORDERS MUST BE OBEYED
- PAST MASTER
- PATERNUS DEUS HUMANA FRATERNITAS
- PEOPLE WHO SHINE FROM WITHIN DON’T NEED SPOTLIGHT
- PROTECT THE HELPLESS AND DO NO WRONG
- PROUD TO BE A FREEMASON
- RADIATE LOVE
- RAISED A MASON, BRANDED A WIDOW’S SON
- REMEMBER YOUR MORTALITY
- RISE AND SHRINE
- SCOMAND BARBERA
- SECRET TEMPLE
- SEE THE LIGHT OF TRUTH AND NEVER LOSE SIGHT AGAIN
- SEEK LIGHT
- SHARE YOUR WISDOM
- SIGNUM MILITI TEMPLI
- SISTERHOOD IS NOT A DESTINATION, IT IS A JOURNEY...
- SIT LUX ET FUIT LUX
- SONS OF LIGHT
- SPEAK THE TRUTH ALWAYS, EVEN IF IT MEANS YOUR LIFE
- SPEAK WITH HONESTY, THINK WITH SINCERITY, ACT WITH INTEGRITY
- SPES MEA IN DEO EST
- STAND BRAVE & UPRIGHT, THAT THE LOVE MAY LOVE THEE
- STRENGTH AND FURY
- TAKING GOOD MEN, MAKING THEM BETTER
- TALIA SI JUNGERE POSSIS SIT TIBI SCIRE SATIS
- TEMPLE OF CHRIST
- TEMPLI SECRETUM
- TEMPLI XPISTI SIGILLUM MILITUM
- THAT WHICH WE DO FOR OURSELVES DIES WITH US … THAT WHICH WE DO FOR OTHERS LIVES FOREVER
- THE BROTHERHOOD OF MEN, UNDER THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD
- THE FULL ARMOUR OF GOD
- THE HARDER THE ROAD, THE MORE SKILLED ITS TRAVELER
- THE SEAL OF A SOLDIER OF CHRIST
- THE WORLD NEED BETTER MEN
- TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, YOU MUST BE GUIDED BY THE FIVE POINTS OF LIGHT
- TO LEAD PEOPLE, WALK BEHIND THEM
- TO LOSE IT ALL, RISE UP AGAIN, IT’S THE SIGN OF A MASON
- TRAVELING MAN
- TRUE BEAUTY LIES IN GOD’S HANDWRITING
- TUITIO FIDEI ET OBSEQUIUM PAUPERUM
- VIRTUE AND HONOR UNOPPOSED
- VIRTUS JUNXIT, MORS NON SEPARABIT
- VIRTUS TACITUS ET FIDES
- WE ARE A BAND OF BROTHERS
- WE ARE A NATION OF BUILDERS
- WE COME TOGETHER, IN UNITY, LOVE, HARMONY AND PEACE
- WE HAVE SEEN HIS STAR IN THE EAST, AND ARE COME TO WORSHIP HUN
- WE LIVE BY A SPECIAL CODE
- WE LIVE WITH HONOR
- WE MUST LIVE TOGETHER AS BROTHERS, OR PERISH TOGETHER AS FOOLS
- WE MUST PASS THROUGH THE DARKNESS, TO REACH THE LIGHT
- WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS
- WE WERE BORN TO BE WARRIORS
- WHAT VIRTUE HAS UNITED, DEATH SHALL NOT SEPARATE
- WIDOWS SONS
- WILL IS THE DYNAMIC SOUL-FORCE
- WISDOM IS FOUND ONLY IN TRUTH
- WISDOM IS GIVEN TO A MAN, UNTIL HE ASKS FOR IT
- XPISTI SIGILLUM MILITUM
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★★★★★ 5
Nice product
Color: Gold-aa
when having guests over, it's nice for each one to use their own towel instead of having a 'community' guest towel, or those fancy ones that people feel guilty using. This solved the problem.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Rich
Format: Paperback
A wonderful book that illuminates the reality of the God of Israel compared to the ANE deities.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Excellent. An invaluable resource!
Format: Paperback
Recently I have been reading a lot of books that have told me that the Bible's story of Adam and Eve plus the Exodus etc. are all myths that are extremely similar. Therefore, we should rethink the Bible and change our understanding of it to a more modern worldview that incorporates this knowledge and denies any sort of originality in the biblical account. John Oswalt thinks differently. He thinks that the Genesis story of origins is not some random piece of Semitic or Mesopotamian literature, but that is really unique revelation from God (and is prepared to back that statement up!).
The book is divided into two sections:
The Bible and Myth
The Bible and History
Oswalt spends the first few chapters defining the world of the Old Testament and trying to find a definition for the word myth. He comes to the conclusion that a myth "the reflection of a certain way of thinking about the world. To be sure, because of the way in which it thinks, the fantastic is often found in myth. But it is not the presence of the fantastic that makes a piece of literature myth; rather, it is the presence of the mythic worldview." This worldview, he asserts, is based off of what he calls "continuity," which he describes as "when the human, natural, and divine realms are expressed and actualized [together]." The worldview that assumes continuity is based on the here and now, and is very panentheistic. Primordial time is a key factor and the gods are dependent on the humans. This is not so with the biblical worldview. The worldview of the Bible assumes transcendence - an independent God meeting with people on his own terms. He then compares and contrasts these views and shows the real differences between stories like Enimu Elish and Genesis 1. He doesn't deny similarities in the narratives, but he shows the differences in the worldviews.
He then moves on to history. Just like the word "myth," Oswalt has to define history, because how civilizations have viewed history in the past has never been the same as Western civilization views history. Then he asks whether or not the Bible is history, and whether or not it matters. He makes several great points here, one of which is that ancient annuals and chronicles never recorded the defeats of kings, yet we find Israel's holy book littered with their failures and mess ups. This is a serious deal when looking at whether or not the Bible is history, because in the ancient way of thinking this surely stands out. He then looks at other questions, like "Are Biblical Faith and Biblical History Inseparable?" and responds to some critics (including Bultmann!).
He then looks into the origins of the Israelites' worldview by means of authorship. Is the Bible a late text that was updated from an older, polytheistic one? "No!" says Oswalt. He deals with critiques here as well before moving on to a brilliant conclusion where he sums up the book and gives us a view of how modernism and rationalism are taking us back to the worldview based on continuity.
Overall, this was a brilliant book and I wish I had read it sooner!!! It seems like so many authors today are trying to convince us that the Bible has so much in common with the other stories of origin out of an anti-biblical or liberal worldview (like
). However, under close scrutiny these criticisms do not stand up. I thank John for this book, and I will be recommending it to countless others!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2012
★★★★★ 4
Excellent analysis, decent theorizing
Format: Kindle
While the analysis and argumentation presented in The Bible among the Myths is outstanding, the early chapters of the book suffer from a few problems. First - and this is mainly a complaint given my own preferences - the style of writing in chapters 1-4 differs noticeably from that of the rest of the book. While the introduction and chapters 5-10 reflect a learned, academic style, the first four chapters are written more casually, without quite the same rigor that characterizes most of Oswalt's writing. I am not entirely sure of the reason for this difference, and I wouldn't mention it if it were not for the second issue.
These same chapters reflect their writing style in their content, so much so that I nearly gave up on the book after the first three chapters. While I appreciate the author's need to provide background information, definitions, and an overarching theoretical framework, his methodology as laid out in the text is much less rigorous than I would prefer to see. The first few chapters are much less heavily annotated, with fewer scholarly references and a great number of offhanded summaries. He labels his approach to the definition of "myth" as phenomenological, that is, examining the common characteristics of a variety of myths in order to summarize what is essential about them. However, his listings of these common characteristics are vague and poorly related to actual bodies of mythology that survive to the present day. Examples, when cited, are drawn almost exclusively from the Greek and Egyptian traditions. For the understanding of Israelite culture as it relates to its neighbors, this is certainly a fair beginning; for the definition of myth, which is a worldwide phenomenon transcending culture and geography, it seems very far from adequate.
As someone who has a thorough knowledge of Christianity and Greco-Roman mythology and at least a nodding acquaintance with Egyptian, Norse/Germanic, and Celtic mythologies, I can at least begin to fill in some of the gaps in Oswalt's analysis. His generalizations, although sweeping, are not particularly problematic, but I am concerned that he embarks upon such a grand theoretical project without doing at least a little more specific analysis of various individual mythologies to demonstrate his points. More problematic in my opinion is that he groups all these various mythologies into a single worldview. Any number of scholars have tried to broaden the interpretations of myths to demonstrate that all cultures revert to the same basic narrative (The Golden Bough being the most famous example, and The Hero with a Thousand Faces being a more recent one); none of them has succeeded particularly well from a scholarly perspective.
Despite this early weakness, Oswalt's work undergoes a dramatic improvement starting in chapter 5. His basic point - that the essential view of reality in Israel is demonstrably opposed to the view held by any of its neighbors - can be made without resorting to the sweeping claims of the earlier chapters, and he does an excellent job of presenting and analyzing the evidence for his view. His terminology (of "continuity" and "transcendence"), while not quite adequate to present an overarching definition and theory of what constitutes a myth, is certainly well-suited to his specific analysis.
In particular, the analysis of the supposed parallels between the Enuma Elish and Genesis 1 is outstandingly done. After presenting a table with the usual outline of the Enuma Elish against the outline of Genesis 1, he simply proceeds to list the major plot events and how much time it takes to relate each one in the text itself. From this alone, it is readily apparent that the prevailing "outline" has intentionally been generated to encourage comparison to the Genesis account of creation. Such spurious efforts - minimizing the events of over 500 lines of poetry, while selecting 5 which bear questionable similarity to a verse in Genesis - are not honest scholarship, and kudos to Oswalt for pointing this out. I agree with a previous reviewer that it would have been helpful to append the text of the Enuma Elish in parallel with Genesis for readers to compare for themselves would have been a nice touch, but Oswalt's claims are not so elevated that they could not be disproven by direct appeal to the text.
One final note. A previous reviewer noted that many of the authors Oswalt discusses wrote between the 60's and 80's, and complained that this made the book seem "dated." I am a graduate student in classics, and can assure those who are concerned that in any field dealing with antiquity, "dated" sources are often some of the most important. Unlike quantum physics, which has less than a century of history, the classic writings of antiquity and the history of those eras has been studied for over two millennia. Meaningful research begins, in fact, with the scholars of Alexandria who worked around 300 BCE; often the work they have done is not duplicated anywhere else. In the field of Ancient Near Eastern studies and Biblical studies in particular, there is likewise a long history of scholarly and interpretive effort. Sources less than a hundred years old are not dated - in the grand scheme of things, they are actually quite recent. It is also worth noting that many of the very recent books, which the reviewer presumably has in mind, are written for a popular audience and would not be considered truly scholarly efforts. Some are written by scholars, but those specific books are unlikely to come up in a serious academic analysis of the subject. The views entertained by those books, however, are very clearly addressed in The Bible among the Myths - largely because the scholarly arguments they were based on are much older than most people assume. Just because Oswalt does not mention names of popular authors does not mean that his argument fails to cover all its bases.
All in all, the book is well written and persuasive. The earlier chapters might be found in any popular book on the subject, but the later chapters are more clearly of a scholarly bent, with corresponding vocabulary; readers who are looking for more of a lay approach to the issues may want to look for another author. However, the analysis of parallels between the Old Testament and the surviving Ancient Near Eastern literature is well-presented and balanced, and Oswalt's treatment of other scholars in the field seems to be fair. (I have not read any of their works myself, but Oswalt presents both strengths and weaknesses when considering whether an author's position is sufficiently explanatory and praises some aspects of works he disagrees with. He also is willing to point out when he agrees with some of the author's data, but draws a different conclusion. All of this strikes me as favorable.) The later chapters are thoroughly referenced in endnotes and draw from a variety of sources.
Chapters 1-4: 3.5 stars
Chapters 5-10: 5 stars
Overall: 4.5 stars
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Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014
★★★★★ 5
Excellent resource for defending why Christianity is not rooted in mythology
Format: Paperback
I bought this book as required reading for an introductory Old Testament class I was taking in seminary. Sad to say, the textbook mostly collects dust. To this day, I use Oswalt's book for reference and continue to recommend the reading of it to others.
I do not believe one can fully defend the Christian faith without first knowing how firmly convinced some scholars and historians are that Christianity is rooted in mythology. I will not lie. If you read about some of these myths in a silo, you may find yourself leaning toward such false beliefs. When you take a step back and consider the time in history in which the Old Testament was written, the picture becomes more clear.
In the introduction to the Old Testament class, we also read Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament by John H. Walton. Again, the text book is mostly collecting dust, I also repeatedly use this one as a reference. I would strongly recommend reading both books. The second is more academic in style than the first, but it helps lend further context.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2015