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This strange and sacred scripture : wrestling with the Old Testament and its oddities / by Matthew Richard Schlimm.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic ; c2015Description: xvi, 254 p. : ill ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801039799 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221.6 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1140.3 .S35 2015
Contents:
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.
Item type: Book
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction BS1140.3 .S35 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 045769
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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.

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