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Getting the Old Testament : what it meant to them, what it means for us / Steven L. Bridge.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gand Rapids, MI. : Baker Academic, c2009.Description: xx, 227 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781598560459 (alk. paper)
  • 159856045X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221.6 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1171.3 .B745 2011
Contents:
The first creation story : is it true? -- The second creation story : internal contradictions? -- The great flood : revising history -- The Abraham narratives : Middle East implications -- The Torah : beyond the Ten Commandments -- The prophets : God's spokespersons -- The book of Jonah : prophecy parodied -- The book of Daniel : prophecy of the end -- The book of Proverbs : conventional wisdom -- The book of Ecclesiastes : unconventional wisdom I -- The book of Job : unconventional wisdom II.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BS 1171.3 .B745 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA018348 Available AUA018348

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index.

The first creation story : is it true? -- The second creation story : internal contradictions? -- The great flood : revising history -- The Abraham narratives : Middle East implications -- The Torah : beyond the Ten Commandments -- The prophets : God's spokespersons -- The book of Jonah : prophecy parodied -- The book of Daniel : prophecy of the end -- The book of Proverbs : conventional wisdom -- The book of Ecclesiastes : unconventional wisdom I -- The book of Job : unconventional wisdom II.