Making sense of the Bible : difficult texts and modern faith / [print]
Antony F. Campbell.
- New York : Paulist Press, (c)2010.
- xiii, 306 pages ; 23 cm
The Pentateuch and Revelation: Israel's traditions about humanity -- Creation ... modern faith ; The garden ... modern faith ; Cain ... modern faith ; The flood ... modern faith ; Babel ... modern faith -- Israel's traditions about its ancestors: Abraham and Sarah ... modern faith ; Isaac and Rebekah ... modern faith ; Jacob, Leah, and Rachel ... modern faith ; Joseph ... modern faith -- Israel's traditions about Mount Sinai: The law ... modern faith ; The sanctuary ... modern faith -- The book of Joshua and enigma: Israel's traditions about Joshua and the land: Focus on Israel's doing ... modern faith ; Focus on God's doing ... modern faith ; The absolutely appalling ... modern faith -- Appendix: Archaeology and the book of Joshua -- The books of Samuel and reality: Israel's traditions about King David -- God proposes, life disposes: David and the books of Samuel ; The stories of David's climb to power ... modern faith ; The stories of David's middle years ... modern faith.
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Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.