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  1. Inside the Koran (2009)

    aka: Qur’An, The

    Director
    Antony Thomas
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 94 minutes), $24.95

    Feature-length documentary from director Antony Thomas, attempting to analyse and demystify what the central religious text of Islam says about issues such as equality, punishment, peace, faith and suicide...

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  2. Talmud (2007)

    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 230 minutes), £24.99

    The Talmud is the second part of the Torah (the Old Testament), founded on the principles of tradition and oral transmission. A body of legal, legendary or philosophical texts, it is a mixture of singular...

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  3. Mahabharat (2003)

    Subject
    Literature; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 900 minutes), £59.99

    A re-creation of the Indian epic condensed from the original 90 hours as shown on television in India to 15 hours. It contains the entire Bhagavad Gita ("Song of Lord Krishna", "Song of God") which forms...

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  4. World of the Lindisfarne Gospels, The (2003)

    Subject
    Art; History; Literature; Religious studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

    The Lindisfarne Gospels is the greatest of Anglo-Saxon treasures and one of the world’s great works of art. It is a volume of the four Gospels, in Latin, created in the early eighth century, with...

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  5. Pilgrim’s Progress, The (1999)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Cassette CD, 306 minutes), £11.99 (cassette) £16.99 (CD)

    This great religious allegory, dating from the late 1670s, is presented as a dream in which Christian undertakes a journey through the Slough of Despond to the Celestial City. In Part II he is followed by...

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  6. Wired for Books: Norman Sherry (About Graham Greene) (1989)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Norman Sherry, author of The Life of Graham Greene series, speaks with Don Swaim in this 1989 interview about the life of Graham Greene. Norman Sherry shares insights into Greene’s life, who he was, and...

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  7. Paradise Lost

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Cassette CD, 235 minutes), £9.99 (cassette) £13.99 (CD)

    Paradise Lost is the greatest epic poem in the English language. In words remarkable for their richness of rhythm and imagery, Milton tells the story of Man’s creation, fall and redemption - to "justify...

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  8. Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich

    Subject
    History; Literature; Religious studies

    Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of Revelations of Divine Love, the first book ever written in English by a woman - Julian of Norwich, in 1373 - and kept hidden for centuries.

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