Books Jesus Read

Chapter 8 Spiritual Sages – Sirach and Solomon

169

Afterword

191

Resources for Application

199

Soul Work and Soul Care: Learning Three Disciplines from the Apocrypha 201 Continuing the Conversation 210 Map of Important Places: The World of the Apocrypha 224 A Letter to God’s Friends and FellowWarriors On Why We Read the Sacred Roots Spiritual Classics Together 226 The Nicene Creed with Scriptural Support 242 From Before to Beyond Time: The Plan of God and Human History 246 About the Sacred Roots Project 249 Scripture Index . . . . . . . . . . . 253

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