What is the Bible? : how an ancient library of poems, letters, and stories can transform the way you think and feel about everything / Rob Bell.
2017
220.61 B435w 2017
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Title
What is the Bible? : how an ancient library of poems, letters, and stories can transform the way you think and feel about everything / Rob Bell.
Author
Edition
First Edition.
ISBN
9780062194268 hardcover
0062194267 hardcover
0062194267 hardcover
Published
New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Language
English
Description
ix, 322 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
220.61 B435w 2017
System Control No.
(OCoLC)983796128
(OCoLC)983796128
(OCoLC)983796128
Summary
In 'Love Wins,' Rob Bell confronted the troubling questions that many people of faith were afraid to ask about heaven, hell, fate, and faith. Using the same inquisitive approach, he now turns to our most sacred book, providing insights and answers that make clear why the Bible is so revered and what makes it truly inspiring and essential to our lives. Rob takes us deep into actual passages to reveal the humanity behind the Scriptures. You cannot get to the holy without going through the human, Rob tells us. When considering a passage, we shouldn't ask "Why did God say..." To get to the heart of the Bible's meaning, we should be asking: "What's the story that's unfolding here and why did people find it important to tell it? What was it that moved them to record these words? What was happening in the world at that time? What does this passage/story/poem/verse/book tell us about how people understood who they were and who God was at that time?" In asking these questions, Rob goes beyond the one-dimensional question of "is it true?" to reveal the Bible's authentic transformative power. Rob addresses the concerns of all those who see the Bible as God's Word but are troubled by the ethical dilemmas, errors, and inconsistencies in Scripture. With What Is the Bible?, he recaptures the Good Book's magic and reaffirms its power and inspiration to shape and inspire our lives today.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-318).
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Twenty-five years in
Part 1. There's Something More Going on Here. Moses and his moisture
Somebody wrote something down
Stoners and swingers
Who paid Jesus's bills?
"Anakephalaiossathai"
The importance of altitude
Smoking firepots
And the fat closed in over the sword
The thing about pearls and pigs
Turning the gem
Larry in the airport
Part 2. The Nature of That Something. Flood
Fish
Son
He had no idea what I was talking about
All that violence
Do what to our whats?
Give it up for Sidon!
He can't even say his name
The whole Melchizedek thing and why you love it and know it's true
So how did Jesus read the Bible?
The sheeeeeeeet factor
All things are yours
The human and the divine
Part 3. Where That Something Takes Us. Babel
Two or three kinds of apocalypses
The Book of Revelation, of course
Why Americans often miss the major themes of the Bible
Part 4. The Questions That Always Come Up. Why are there all those genealogies?
Why is Leviticus in the Bible?
What about all those people falling over dead?
Did Jesus have to die?
What about predestination?
What about all that wrath?
What about sin?
It is the word of God?
Is it authoritative?
What about the contradictions?
Is it inerrant?
Is it inspired?
What's the best question to ask when you're reading the Bible?
What's the worst question to ask when you're reading the Bible?
What's the other best question to ask when you're reading the Bible?
Part 1. There's Something More Going on Here. Moses and his moisture
Somebody wrote something down
Stoners and swingers
Who paid Jesus's bills?
"Anakephalaiossathai"
The importance of altitude
Smoking firepots
And the fat closed in over the sword
The thing about pearls and pigs
Turning the gem
Larry in the airport
Part 2. The Nature of That Something. Flood
Fish
Son
He had no idea what I was talking about
All that violence
Do what to our whats?
Give it up for Sidon!
He can't even say his name
The whole Melchizedek thing and why you love it and know it's true
So how did Jesus read the Bible?
The sheeeeeeeet factor
All things are yours
The human and the divine
Part 3. Where That Something Takes Us. Babel
Two or three kinds of apocalypses
The Book of Revelation, of course
Why Americans often miss the major themes of the Bible
Part 4. The Questions That Always Come Up. Why are there all those genealogies?
Why is Leviticus in the Bible?
What about all those people falling over dead?
Did Jesus have to die?
What about predestination?
What about all that wrath?
What about sin?
It is the word of God?
Is it authoritative?
What about the contradictions?
Is it inerrant?
Is it inspired?
What's the best question to ask when you're reading the Bible?
What's the worst question to ask when you're reading the Bible?
What's the other best question to ask when you're reading the Bible?
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