This strange and sacred scripture : wrestling with the Old Testament and its oddities /

Schlimm, Matthew Richard.

This strange and sacred scripture : wrestling with the Old Testament and its oddities / Matthew Richard Schlimm. - xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is the Old Testament an enemy, stranger, or friend to the Christian faith? -- Our fleeting moments in paradise -- Darkness over the face of the deep -- The R-rated Bible -- Killing all that breathes: violence in the Old Testament -- Male and female God created them: gender and the Old Testament -- God commands us to do what?! the strange laws of the Bible -- Is the law engraved in stone? the dynamic nature of God's law -- Truth is many sided -- Drowning in tears and raging at God -- Great and terrible is the wrath of the Lord -- The Old Testament's authority -- Appendix: a literal translation of Genesis 2:4b-4:16.

9780801039799 (pbk.)

2014030699


Bible.--Old Testament--Introductions.
Bible.--Old Testament--Theology.

BS1140.3.S35 2015 / 14643

221.6

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