This strange and sacred scripture : wrestling with the Old Testament and its oddities / Matthew Richard Schlimm.
2015
221.6 S344t 2015
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Title
This strange and sacred scripture : wrestling with the Old Testament and its oddities / Matthew Richard Schlimm.
Author
ISBN
9780801039799 (pbk.)
0801039797 (pbk.)
0801039797 (pbk.)
Published
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, [2015]
Language
English
Description
xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number
221.6 S344t 2015
System Control No.
(OCoLC)881440452
(OCoLC)881440452
(OCoLC)881440452
Summary
The Old Testament can seem strange and disturbing to contemporary readers. What should Christians make of Genesis 1-3, seemingly at odds with modern scientific accounts? Why does the Old Testament contain so much violence? How should Christians handle texts that give women a second-class status? Does the Old Testament contradict itself? Why are so many Psalms filled with anger and sorrow? What should we make of texts that portray God as filled with wrath? Combining pastoral insight, biblical scholarship, and a healthy dose of humility, gifted teacher and communicator Matthew Schlimm explores perennial theological questions raised by the Old Testament. He provides strategies for reading and appropriating these sacred texts, showing how the Old Testament can shape the lives of Christians today and helping them appreciate the Old Testament as a friend in faith.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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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