TY - BOOK AU - Schlimm,Matthew Richard TI - This strange and sacred scripture: wrestling with the Old Testament and its oddities SN - 9780801039799 (pbk.) AV - BS1140.3 .S35 2015 U1 - 221.6 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Grand Rapids, MI PB - Baker Academic KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Introductions KW - Theology N1 - 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 ER -