The Bible for Grown-Ups A New Look at the Good Book【電子書籍】[ Simon Loveday ]

＜p＞＜strong＞'Loveday's case is that the mantle of historical truth and divine authority has placed upon the Bible an intolerable weight, crushing it as a creative work of immense imaginative and inspirational power. His argument is both fascinating and persuasive.' Matthew Parris＜/strong＞＜br /＞ The Bible for Grown-Ups neither requires, nor rejects, belief. It sets out to help intelligent adults make sense of the Bible ? a book that is too large to swallow whole, yet too important in our history and culture to spit out.＜br /＞ Why do the creation stories in Genesis contradict each other? Did the Exodus really happen? Was King David a historical figure? Why is Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus so different from Luke's? Why was St Paul so rude about St Peter? Every Biblical author wrote for their own time, and their own audience. In short, nothing in the Bible is quite what it seems.＜br /＞ Literary critic Simon Loveday's book ? a labour of love that has taken over a decade to write ? ．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る