Bible Babel: Making Sense of the Most Talked About Book of All Time - Couverture souple

Swenson, Kristin

 
9780061728266: Bible Babel: Making Sense of the Most Talked About Book of All Time
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0061728268 ISBN 13 : 9780061728266
Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2011

Synopsis

Why does the film Magnolia end in a downpour of frogs?

Is the serpent in the Garden of Eden the devil or just a snake?

How do people use the Bible to argue different sides of today's most controversial issues?

Why did Metallica's bass player name their song “Creeping Death” after watching The Ten Commandments?

Where does the fish symbol of the Christian faith come from?

Who is the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes who opens the seven seals of a cosmic scroll?

Without either promoting or undermining specific beliefs, religious studies professor Kristin Swenson offers an intelligent, humorous, highly accessible, engaging, and illuminating guide to the Bible—incorporating biblical scholarship with contemporary pop culture references to help readers better understand the most talked about book of all time.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kristin Swenson teaches religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her books include Living Through Pain: Psalms and the Search for Wholeness and What Is Religious Studies?.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Why does the film Magnolia end in a downpour of frogs?

Is the serpent in the Garden of Eden the devil or just a snake?

How do people use the Bible to argue different sides of today's most controversial issues?

Why did Metallica's bass player name their song “Creeping Death” after watching The Ten Commandments?

Where does the fish symbol of the Christian faith come from?

Who is the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes who opens the seven seals of a cosmic scroll?

Without either promoting or undermining specific beliefs, religious studies professor Kristin Swenson offers an intelligent, humorous, highly accessible, engaging, and illuminating guide to the Bible—incorporating biblical scholarship with contemporary pop culture references to help readers better understand the most talked about book of all time.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Harper Perennial
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0061728268
ISBN 13 
9780061728266
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
HarperCollins Publishers Ireland
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ISBN 10 :  0061728292 ISBN 13 :  9780061728297
Editeur : Harper, 2010
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