The secular Bible : why nonbelievers must take religion seriously /
Berlinerblau, Jacques.
The secular Bible : why nonbelievers must take religion seriously / Jacques Berlinerblau. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-197) and index.
Introduction: Secularists and the Not Godless World The Composition of the Hebrew Bible -- The Interpreters of the Hebrew Bible -- Politics and Scripture -- Conclusion: Beyond Church and State: New Directions for Secularism 1 -- Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 130.
"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need to emancipate themselves from ways of thinking about their faith that are dangerously simplistic, irrational, and outdated.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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Bible.--Old Testament--Introductions.
Bible--A.T.--Introductions.
Bible.--Old Testament
Bibel--Altes Testament
Secularism.
Sécularisation.
RELIGION--Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--Old Testament.
Secularism
Säkularismus
Introductions
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The secular Bible : why nonbelievers must take religion seriously / Jacques Berlinerblau. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-197) and index.
Introduction: Secularists and the Not Godless World The Composition of the Hebrew Bible -- The Interpreters of the Hebrew Bible -- Politics and Scripture -- Conclusion: Beyond Church and State: New Directions for Secularism 1 -- Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 130.
"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
9780511338427 0511338422 0511337337 9780511337338 9780511614828 0511614829
Bible.--Old Testament--Introductions.
Bible--A.T.--Introductions.
Bible.--Old Testament
Bibel--Altes Testament
Secularism.
Sécularisation.
RELIGION--Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--Old Testament.
Secularism
Säkularismus
Introductions
BS1140.3 / .B47 2005eb
221.6/6