A most peculiar book [electronic resource] : the inherent strangeness of the Bible

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서명/저자사항	A most peculiar book: [electronic resource]: the inherent strangeness of the Bible / Kristin Swenson.
개인저자	Swenson, Kristin M., author.
발행사항	New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2021]
형태사항	1 online resource (xviii, 261 pages)
ISBN	9780197539439 0197539432 9780190651756 019065175X 0190651741 9780190651749
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Introduction -- A Problematic Book - God -- Angels, Demons, and a Talking Ass -- Good People Behaving Badly -- Impossibilities, Normalized -- Misconception, Misapprehensions -- And General Befuddlements -- Arguments Behind Closed Doors -- Biblical (Im)morality -- But in the Original... -- The Perennial Bestseller -- Ten Commandments for [Best Word Here] the Bible -- In Conclusion, Sola Scriputra
요약	"I have a confession to make. But I'm worried that what you, an intelligent and discerning reader, will hear is not exactly what I mean. Then you'll close this book and put it right back on the shelf. Yet what I want to tell you-and the fact that it feels like a confession-is what drives this entire project. So, here it is: I love the Bible. That statement gives me the willies. It's something millions of Americans would nod right along with because it sounds so simple to understand. But my love for the Bible is not a tacit acceptance of everything in it as truths that demand immediate application. Not hardly. It's not of the swept-off-my-feet, love-at-first-sight variety, but rather more like the complicated love that might develop after decades in a marriage, an arranged marriage. I grew up with the Bible in an open-minded, garden variety Protestant congregation. And I've come to love the Bible for all sorts of reasons, including some of the same reasons that can make it problematic and exasperating"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
주제명 (통일서명)	Bible --Appreciation. Bible --Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. --fast
일반주제명	Art appreciation.
분류기호(DDC)	220.6
언어	영어
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