The Bible now: [homosexuality, abortion, women, death penalty, earth]

For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the issue in question. In The Bible...

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Authors: Friedman, Richard Elliott 1946- (Author) ; Dolansky, Shawna (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Oxford University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Reviews:[Rezension von: Friedman, Richard Elliott, 1946-, The Bible now] (2012) (Baines, Nick, 1957 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ethics
B Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible ; O.T ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Ethical problems
B Ethics in the Bible
B Bible. O.T Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Electronic books
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Summary:For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the issue in question. In The Bible Now, two respected biblical scholars, Richard Elliott Friedman and Shawna Dolansky, tell us carefully what the Hebrew Bible says or does not say about a wide range of issues--including homosexuality, abortion, women's status, capital punishment, and the environment. In fascinating passages that shed
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ISBN:0195311639