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Book Synopsis
Explores perennial theological questions raised by the content of the Old Testament, providing strategies for reading, appreciating, and appropriating these sacred texts.

Table of Contents
Contents
1. Is the Old Testament an Enemy, Stranger, or Friend to the Christian Faith?
2. Our Fleeting Moments in Paradise
3. Darkness over the Face of the Deep
4. The R-Rated Bible
5. Killing All That Breathes: Violence in the Old Testament
6. Male and Female God Created Them: Gender and the Old Testament
7. God Commands Us to Do What?! The Strange Laws of the Bible
8. Is the Law Engraved in Stone? The Dynamic Nature of God's Law
9. Truth Is Many Sided
10. Drowning in Tears and Raging at God
11. Great and Terrible Is the Wrath of the Lord
12. The Old Testament's Authority
Appendix: A Literal Translation of Genesis 2:4b-4:16
Indexes

This Strange and Sacred Scripture Wrestling with

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      Publisher Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
      Published 17 February 2015
      ISBN-13 9780801039799
      978-0801039799
      ISBN-10 0801039797
      Also in:
      Old Testaments Religion and beliefs

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores perennial theological questions raised by the content of the Old Testament, providing strategies for reading, appreciating, and appropriating these sacred texts.

      Table of Contents
      Contents
      1. Is the Old Testament an Enemy, Stranger, or Friend to the Christian Faith?
      2. Our Fleeting Moments in Paradise
      3. Darkness over the Face of the Deep
      4. The R-Rated Bible
      5. Killing All That Breathes: Violence in the Old Testament
      6. Male and Female God Created Them: Gender and the Old Testament
      7. God Commands Us to Do What?! The Strange Laws of the Bible
      8. Is the Law Engraved in Stone? The Dynamic Nature of God's Law
      9. Truth Is Many Sided
      10. Drowning in Tears and Raging at God
      11. Great and Terrible Is the Wrath of the Lord
      12. The Old Testament's Authority
      Appendix: A Literal Translation of Genesis 2:4b-4:16
      Indexes

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