Monday, August 4, 2025

LogosLight™ publishes Al-Kitab Al-Muqaddas; Holy Bible (Arabic-English Bilingual Edition)

 LogosLight™, an imprint of TellerBooks™, is delighted to announce the publication of “Al-Kitab Al-Muqaddas; Holy Bible (Arabic-English Bilingual Edition). Al-'Ahad Al-Jadeed; New Testament.”

 Al-Kitab al-Muqaddas (Holy Bible) brings together the World English Bible and the Smith & Van Dyke Arabic translation into a Bilingual Edition of the New Testament (Al-‘Ahad al-Jadeed). With translations in a side-by-side format and short vowel markings (harakat) in the Arabic text, Al-Kitab al-Muqaddas is the perfect Bible for native English speakers studying Arabic or native Arabic speakers learning English. The Arabic is published in a generously large font to facilitate deciphering of the diacritical marks.

 Published by the LogosLight imprint of TellerBooks and available in paperback and e-book format, Al-Kitab al-Muqaddas is ideal for both English and Arabic-speaking homes.

Available from these retailers:

TellerBooks: https://tellerbooks.com/books/faith/Al-Kitab_Al-Muqaddas.html

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1681091070

Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGTRNCTT/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0 

Sunday, November 3, 2024

JuraLaw™ publishes “China, Taiwan and the Crime of Aggression: An International Criminal Law Analysis of China’s Military Operations in the Indo-Pacific Region”

JuraLaw™, an imprint of TellerBooks™, is delighted to announce the publication of “China, Taiwan and the Crime of Aggression: An International Criminal Law Analysis of China’s Military Operations in the Indo-Pacific Region,” written by John Dotson, Brian C. Chao and Brian Zhang.

This volume examines China’s conduct in the Indo-Pacific region through the prism of the crime of aggression. It focuses on Chinese military operations and gray zone tactics, with a focus on the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, with a view to determine whether such operations involve a use of force that rises to the level of an armed attack for purposes of the crime of aggression.

While this study focuses on China’s conduct towards Taiwan, it also examines China’s conduct towards a range of other states in the Asia Pacific region, including the Philippines, Japan, South Korea and Australia, with a view to determine whether senior leaders of the People’s Republic of China could be held liable under international criminal law for the crime of aggression. After examining the historical context of Taiwan (the Republic of China) and the People’s Republic of China, the authors conclude that Taiwan fulfills the criteria for statehood under both the declaratory and constitutive theories of statehood under public international law and, therefore, that Taiwan could be a victim of the crime of aggression.

Following a detailed review of a range of military analyses, government investigations and think tank reports examining Chinese kinetic attacks and cyberattacks against Taiwan and neighboring states, this treatise concludes that the conduct of China’s senior leaders towards Taiwan and neighboring states meets the elements of the crime of aggression under international criminal law.

 Available from these retailers:

 TellerBooks: https://www.tellerbooks.com/books/law/China_Taiwan_and_Aggression.html

 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1681091054/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.l7bUPVeDgfsiTcE7RXuX0A.u10kFcNwhTszBbppgnsoTy7SO2MRjd1nRWJwhWP-h10&qid=1730670065&sr=1-1

 Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLS5TV1W

 Coming soon to Books2Read, Kobo, Apple and Barnes & Noble.

Saturday, October 1, 2022

LogosLight™ publishes “What the Bible Teaches About Homosexuality: A Response to Revisionist, Pro-LGBTQI+ Theology”

 LogosLight™, an imprint of TellerBooks™, is delighted to announce the publication of “What the Bible Teaches About Homosexuality: A Response to Revisionist, Pro-LGBTQI+ Theology.”

 In recent years, a pro-LGBTQI+ Christian movement has emerged that has adopted a revisionist theology that teaches that homosexuality is not a sin prohibited by the Bible. According to this movement, there is nothing in the Bible that brands homosexuality as sin; instead, the verses condemning homosexuality as sin in modern translations of the Bible are prohibiting not homosexual relations between loving, committed partners, but rather, pederasty and idolatry. This theology teaches that the Christian Church has allowed prejudice against homosexuals and cultural taboos to corrupt the teachings of the Church, resulting in scriptural misinterpretation and mistranslation.

The revisionists argue that the God who inspired the Bible allows sexual relations between same-sex couples and permits transgenderism and bisexuality within the context of loving, committed relationships. Revisionist church leaders and intellectuals have offered abundant arguments advocating for their position and for the abandonment of traditional teachings on marriage, which they brand as outdated and based on historic prejudices.
 
This book stands as a refutation and response to the revisionists. Standing on the solid ground of the Scripture, it scrutinizes the arguments of the revisionists and responds to them point-by-point. It critically examines and refutes the teachings of the most prominent proponents of pro-LGBTQ+ theology, including the Rev. Dr. Mel White and the Rev. Elder Don Eastman.
 
Seeking to correct the course of revisionist theologians, this book aims to set the Christian church back on the course of historic orthodox Christian teachings on gender, sex and marriage.
 
Cover art, “Sodom and Gomorrah,” © 2010 by W. David Lilley, Jr.
 
Available from these retailers:
 
TellerBooks: http://tellerbooks.com/books/faith/What_the_Bible_Teaches_About_Homosexuality.html
 
Amazon (paperback & Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1681091011?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
 
Books2Read: https://books2read.com/u/4jqAzX
 
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/what-the-bible-teaches-about-homosexuality-a-response-to-revisionist-pro-lgbtqi-theology
 
Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id6443426333
 
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LogosLight™ publishes “Answering Islam: A Christian Response to the Claims of Islam”

 LogosLight™, an imprint of TellerBooks™, has published Answering Islam: A Christian Response to the Claims of Islam. This book sets forth a reasoned response to Islam’s claim that Christianity represents a corruption of Islam, the one true religion.

The purpose of this book is to show that for every claim made in Islam, there is a reasoned counterclaim in support of Christianity. This book acknowledges that the seeker who sets out to understand and know God through reason alone can never come to truly know God; reasoned arguments can be leveraged both in support of and against the tenets of Christianity. Ultimately, one cannot rely on logic, reason or science alone to either prove or disprove Christianity or the veracity of the Bible. Faith must fill the gap. Every seeker of God must make a choice to either accept the claims of Christ and the Bible or to reject them. Both choices involve faith.

While acknowledging that reason alone is insufficient to prove the claims of Christianity and, ultimately, attain knowledge of God, this book demonstrates that reason is sufficient to refute and respond to Islam’s claims against Christianity. By offering reasoned responses to Islam’s claims, this book demonstrates that the choice to follow Christ is not an unreasonable one. It is a choice that is supported by reason.

This book is an invitation to every Muslim to carefully weigh the arguments in favor of Christ and the claims of the Bible and, after considering the arguments and through careful prayer, to accept Christ as Lord and Savior, and thereby experience new life, hope and eternal salvation.

Available as a paperback at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1681090996?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 and as a Kindle eBook at https://www.amazon.com/Answering-Islam-Christian-Response-Claims-ebook/dp/B09NBCCP43/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=.

Monday, October 11, 2021

JuraLaw™ publishes “The Jurisprudence of Jihād: The Use of Force and the Ethics of Violence through the Prism of the Islamic Law of War”

JuraLaw™, an imprint of TellerBooks™, has just published “The Jurisprudence of Jihād: The Use of Force and the Ethics of Violence through the Prism of the Islamic Law of War.” 

Beginning with a general introduction to Islamic law and its sources (uṣūl al-fiqh), this study examines the Islamic law of war, or fiqh al-jihād. It opens with a discourse on Islamic public international law, including the bifurcation of the world into dār al-Islām (abode of peace) and dār al-ḥarb (abode of war). The reader’s attention is then turned to jus ad bellum (the legitimacy of resorting to armed force) and jus in bello (the laws governing the use of force in armed conflict) within the framework of classical Islamic law. Next, the book discusses contemporary militant jihādī fiqh (jurisprudence), with a view towards examining the views on killing, the targeting of civilians and the means and methods of warfare espoused by armed groups operating in the name of Islam, including the Taliban and al Qaeda. This is followed by a discussion of Yusuf Al-Qaradawi’s treatise, Fiqh al-Jihād, and Qaradawi’s response to the views of contemporary jihādī militants. Finally, the book concludes with a discussion on the challenges of using public international law and Islamic law to increase Islamic armed groups’ compliance with humanitarian law.

Available from these retailers:

TellerBooks: TellerBooks: http://www.tellerbooks.com/books/law/Jurisprudence_of_Jihad.html

Amazon & Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09H3RH21V

Books2Read: https://books2read.com/u/3keg1K

Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-jurisprudence-of-jih%C4%81d-the-use-of/id1589549362

Saturday, February 27, 2021

LogosLight™ publishes Bible Contradictions and Their Resolutions: Answering Purported Biblical Self-Contradictions

LogosLight™, an imprint of TellerBooks™, has just published Bible Contradictions and Their Resolutions: Answering Purported Biblical Self-Contradictions.


At last, a reasoned response to the claim that the Bible is riddled with self-contradictions that render it unreliable. This book examines and responds to purported contradictions in the Bible: Did Simon carry Jesus’ cross, as reported in the Gospel of Luke, or did Jesus, as reported in the Gospel of John? Did a centurion plead with Jesus to heal his servant, as Matthew reports, or did he send elders of the Jews to plead with Jesus, as Luke reports? Did 40,000 horsemen die in battle with David, as 2 Samuel reports, or did 40,000 foot soldiers die, as 1 Chronicles reports? Did both thieves mock Jesus on the cross, as narrated by the Gospel of Matthew, or did only one thief mock him, as narrated by the Gospel of Mark?

Many students of the Bible, upon examining these purported self-contradictions, throw their hands up in frustration and conclude that the Bible cannot be divinely inspired. Some Christians, unable to explain these difficulties, walk away from the faith. Others, when pressed, concede that they do not have explanations but believe reasonable explanations exist, though they cannot articulate any.

Now there is a response to these claims. This book defends the divine inspiration of the Bible and demonstrates with clarity that the so-called “contradictions” of the Bible are not contradictions at all. A careful study of the Scriptures in their original context and in light of the nuances in which they were originally written vindicates the Bible from claims of errancy.

The book is available from these retailers:

http://tellerbooks.com/books/faith/Bible_Contradictions.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1681090945?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

https://books2read.com/u/b6K6NM

  

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Time Books™ publishes Dr. Bilal Philips’ The True Message of Jesus Christ: A Reply, Refutation and Rebuttal, by A. Yousef Al-Katib

Time Books™, an imprint of TellerBooks™, is delighted to announce the publication of Dr. Bilal Philips’ The True Message of Jesus Christ: A Reply, Refutation and Rebuttal, by A. Yousef Al-Katib.

In The True Message of Jesus Christ, Dr. Bilal Philips claims that Jesus Christ was merely a prophet of Allah who reaffirmed the central message that was later revealed to Muhammad. Dr. Philips argues that although Jesus claimed to be the Son of God in the Bible, modern translations of the Bible are corruptions of the original revelations given by Allah. Only the Qur’an, which downgrades Jesus’ status from the Son of God to a prophet, reflects God’s true, uncorrupted message.

This Reply to The True Message of Jesus Christ demonstrates that Dr. Philips’ arguments are flawed and suffer from serious weaknesses on multiple levels. First, Dr. Philips’ claims are not historically grounded. Second, he misconstrues the text and meanings of the Bible. Third, he employs circular reasoning to support his assertions. Fourth, the claims Dr. Philips makes with respect to the corruption of the Bible conflict with even the teachings of the Qur’an on the divine inspiration of the Torah and other Hebrew and Christian scriptures.

Some of Dr. Philips’ claims about the Bible are correct, though ultimately, they relate to minor or ancillary points, such as discrepancies in extant biblical manuscripts as to a king’s age when he began to rule. While such minor discrepancies exist, they should be expected in the copying and transmission of texts over thousands of years and they do not suggest deliberate falsification of the text for dogmatic purposes. Such discrepancies do not alter the overall message of the Bible—that “God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life” (John 3:16).

The True Message of Jesus Christ fails to persuasively demonstrate that man has corrupted the Bible, that the Qur’an is God’s true and divinely inspired book and that Jesus’ true message is that He is merely a prophet of Allah, rather than God’s sacrificial lamb, offered “as the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:2). Ultimately, the book fails to defeat the hope given to all who put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

The book is available on the following sales channels:

TellerBooks.com (paperback and eBook)

Amazon.com (paperback and Kindle)

Google Books

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The mission of Time Books™ is to reintroduce time-tested values and truths to modern debates on political, economic, and moral issues. The imprint focuses on books and monographs dealing with society, ethics, and public policy.