The Bible now: [homosexuality, abortion, women, death penalty, earth]
For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the issue in question. In The Bible...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
New York
Oxford University Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Friedman, Richard Elliott, 1946-, The Bible now] (2012) (Baines, Nick, 1957 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ethics
B Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible ; O.T ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Ethical problems B Ethics in the Bible B Bible. O.T Criticism, interpretation, etc B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the issue in question. In The Bible Now, two respected biblical scholars, Richard Elliott Friedman and Shawna Dolansky, tell us carefully what the Hebrew Bible says or does not say about a wide range of issues--including homosexuality, abortion, women's status, capital punishment, and the environment. In fascinating passages that shed |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0195311639 |