{"product_id":"the-old-testament-is-dying-9780801048883","title":"The Old Testament Is Dying","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis timely book addresses the loss of the Old Testament as a resource for faith and life and shows how it can be recovered by the church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTestimonia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Old Testament as a Dying Language\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. The Old Testament Is Dying\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA (Non)Telling Vignette\u003cbr\u003eThe Diagnosis, in Brief, with a Caveat\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Testament Is (Like) a Language\u003cbr\u003ePlan of the Book and Two Additional Caveats\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e2. Initial Testing\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Best\"(?) Sermons\u003cbr\u003eThe Psalms in Mainline Hymnody\u003cbr\u003eThe Revised Common Lectionary (and the Psalms)\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e3. On Language Growth and Change, Contact and Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage Change and Language Contact\u003cbr\u003ePidgins and Creoles, Pidginization and Creolization\u003cbr\u003eLanguage Death\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Signs of Morbidity\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e4. The New Atheism\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDawkins and the New Atheists on the Old Testament\u003cbr\u003eAnswering Dawkins\u003cbr\u003ePidgin versus Pidgin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e5. Marcionites Old and New\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Marcion\u003cbr\u003eTertullian contra Marcion\u003cbr\u003eVon Harnack pro Marcion, or the New Marcion(ism)\u003cbr\u003eContra von Harnack, or the Deadly Ramifications\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e6. New Plastic Gospels: The \"Happiologists\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bible and Your Best Everything Right Now!\u003cbr\u003eAssessing Osteen \"and Company\"\u003cbr\u003eConclusion to Part 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Path to Recovery\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e7. Recommended Treatment\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Saving Dying Languages\u003cbr\u003eResurrecting Hebrew\u003cbr\u003eLearning First, New, and Very Old Languages\u003cbr\u003eBilingualism and Code-Switching\u003cbr\u003eIt Could Happen to You (Us)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e8. Saving the Old Testament\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvidence of Further Decline\u003cbr\u003eDeuteronomy as a Model of\/for Second-Language Acquisition (SLA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e9. Ways Forward and Not\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Most Basic (and Obvious) Recommendation: Regular Use\u003cbr\u003eThe Need for Adequate Linguistic Training\u003cbr\u003eIntentionality in Language Practice and Language Learning\u003cbr\u003eOn Creating Bilinguals\u003cbr\u003eOn \"Bothness\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Challenge of Future Change\u003cbr\u003eMusic, Memory, Poetry, . . . and Children (Again)\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAppendix 1: Newton Series\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Butler Series\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3: Cox Series\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 4: Size of Testaments\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 5: Sermon Data from Walter Brueggemann\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 6: Old Testament Texts Used by Walter Brueggemann\u003cbr\u003eIndexes","brand":"Baker Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738470035799,"sku":"9780801048883","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801048883.jpg?v=1720048652","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-old-testament-is-dying-9780801048883","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}