Ask the Bible: The 400 Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Old TestamentSchreiber, 2004 - 331 páginas While the Bible is widely considered the most influential book of all time, it has also become one of the least read and most commonly misunderstood. Many believers today have ceased to raise questions and have opted for literalism, while non-believers have taken the opposite stance of resorting to rejectionism. The vast majority of people are left in the middle between the two extremes, perplexed and in need of answers. Ask the Bible, without mythologizing or demythologizing the Bible, singles out the key stories, events, precepts and personalities in each book of what Jews call The book is enhanced by 50 illustrations by the nineteenth century French artist Gustave Dore, perhaps the best ever done on the Bible. It also offers maps of the biblical world, a timeline, tables with a short summary of each book of the Bible, bibliography, and an index. |
Contenido
The Beginning 39 | 19 |
Bondage and Redemption 83 | 59 |
Laws and Statutes 106 | 81 |
The Birth of a Nation 112 | 87 |
Moses Legacy 126 | 99 |
The Conquest of Canaan 143 | 115 |
The PreMonarchic Period 150 | 123 |
The Beginning of the Monarchy 161 | 132 |
Judgment of Edom | 244 |
The Enigmatic Prophet | 254 |
Folk Wisdom 291 | 256 |
Historys Greatest Question 297 | 263 |
A Story of Devotion 307 | 271 |
Vanity of Vanities 316 | 279 |
The Queen Who Saved Her People 326 | 289 |
Champion of God 332 | 295 |
The Ten Lost Tribes and the Age of | 161 |
Gods Dominance and Mans Arrogance 199 | 167 |
Exile and the Promise of Redemption | 208 |
The Dry Bones and the Grand Vision | 216 |
Gods Love for Wayward Israel | 231 |
The End of the Prophetic Era 268 | 234 |
The Return to Zion 340 | 301 |
Rebuilding Jerusalem 346 | 307 |
Concluding Questions 355 | 315 |
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