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The secular Bible : why nonbelievers must take religion seriously / Jacques Berlinerblau

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Berlinerblau, Jacques
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages)
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Contents
Introduction: Secularists and the Not Godless World 1 -- Part 1 The Composition of the Hebrew Bible -- Part 2 The Interpreters of the Hebrew Bible -- Part 3 Politics and Scripture -- Conclusion: Beyond Church and State: New Directions for Secularism 130.
Summary
"In The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously, Jacques Berlinerblau suggests that atheists and agnostics must take stock of that which they so adamantly oppose. Defiantly maintaining a shallow understanding of religion, he argues, is not a politically prudent strategy in this day and age. But this book is no less critical of many believers, who - Berlinerblau contends - need to emancipate themselves from ways of thinking about their faith that are dangerously simplistic, irrational, and outdated. Exploring the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, from the perspective of a specialist, nonbeliever, and critic of the academic religious studies establishment, Berlinerblau begins by offering a provocative answer to the question of "who wrote the Bible?""--Jacket
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9780511338427 (electronic bk.)
0511338422 (electronic bk.)
0511337337
9780511337338
9780511614828 (electronic bk.)
0511614829 (electronic bk.)
9780521853149
0521853141
9780521618243
052161824X
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-197) and index.
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