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Bible Now
Friedman, Richard Elliott; Dolansky, Shawna
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Description for Bible Now
Hardback. The Bible has been a positive force but also has been misread, mistranslated, and misused. Friedman and Dolansky address what the Bible has to say about key issues in current events, including homosexuality, abortion, gender, capital punishment, and the earth. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 tell us carefully what the 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 new light on some of today's most passionate disputes, the authors reveal ... Read more
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 tell us carefully what the 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 new light on some of today's most passionate disputes, the authors reveal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195311631
SKU
V9780195311631
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99-11
About Friedman, Richard Elliott; Dolansky, Shawna
Richard Elliott Friedman is the Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia and Katzin Professor of Jewish Civilization Emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. A nationally recognized biblical scholar, Friedman is the author of the bestselling Who Wrote the Bible? as well as The Disappearance of God, The Hidden Book in the Bible, Commentary on ... Read more
Reviews for Bible Now
A refreshingly no-nonsense, authorative work.
Robert A. Segal, Times Higher Education
Richard Friedman and Shawna Dolansky make a fresh contribution to some very stale debates
John Barton, Times Literary Supplement
Robert A. Segal, Times Higher Education
Richard Friedman and Shawna Dolansky make a fresh contribution to some very stale debates
John Barton, Times Literary Supplement