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

By: Material type: TextPublication 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
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books 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.