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Bible as Politics, The – The Rape of Dinah and other stories
Andrew Parker
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Description for Bible as Politics, The – The Rape of Dinah and other stories
Paperback. A controversial and radical study of the Bible portraying it as a political rather than religious book. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
If you suspect the Biblical writers were onto something, but aren't convinced by the sentimental religion-of-love talk you hear so much nowadays, then maybe you will find hope reading this book. Did you know that the Creation Myths in the Bible were copied from earlier Mesopotamian myths? Or that the Moses story was based on a bloke called Sargon? Or that the story of Job is all to do with politics? Or that the two loaves, five fishes and the number 153 have symbolic meanings? These are just a few of the issues addressed in this controversial book which is ... Read more
If you suspect the Biblical writers were onto something, but aren't convinced by the sentimental religion-of-love talk you hear so much nowadays, then maybe you will find hope reading this book. Did you know that the Creation Myths in the Bible were copied from earlier Mesopotamian myths? Or that the Moses story was based on a bloke called Sargon? Or that the story of Job is all to do with politics? Or that the two loaves, five fishes and the number 153 have symbolic meanings? These are just a few of the issues addressed in this controversial book which is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780992495
SKU
V9781780992495
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Andrew Parker
Andrew Parker left a promising career in the Church and began a life as a manual worker, first in France, then Castlemilk, Glasgow and laterly in London where he still lives in Tower Hamlets. However, he has never given up on the Bible, believing it to be a book which, today more than ever, has much to teach us.
Reviews for Bible as Politics, The – The Rape of Dinah and other stories
Kathy Galloway - Andrew Parker s readings of familiar biblical texts as presenting a marginal, political, ideological Hebrew worldview, profoundly in opposition to the status quo (then and now both) is contentious, illuminating and genuinely challenging. He stimulates in his readers; dialogue and questioning, sometimes agreement and often fury, but always passionate engagement. This in itself makes this book worth ... Read more