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Synopsis
Over 150 metaphors are examined in an effort to reveal the insights of the scriptures to the skeptic as well as the conventional Christian. The volume includes an index to Hebrew and Greek words, an index of Bible citations and a pronunciation guide for transliterated Hebrew and Greek words.
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About the Author
James Rowe Adams is past president of The Center for Progressive Christianity and a member of both the Honorary Advisory Council for the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity and the Advisory Panel for the Faith Futures Foundation, which has offices in the U.S. and Australia. Adams retired from parish ministry in 1996 after serving for nearly thirty years as rector of St. Mark's Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Prior to St. Mark's, he served at St. Christopher's Church in Lanham, Maryland -- first as vicar and later as rector. His first post was curate at St. John's Church, Georgetown, in Washington, D.C. He is the author also of So You Think You're Not Religious? A Thinking Person's Guide to the Church (Cowley, 1989) and of So You Can't Stand Evangelism? A Thinking Person's Guide to Church Growth (Cowley, 1994), as well as several earlier publications.
Review
"...shows how multiple translations of the Bible color our attitude toward some of the most basic concepts..." -- Anatoly Liberman, Professor of Germanic Philology, University of Minnesota and author of Word Origins... And How We Know Them - Etymology for Everyone
"An exceptionally fine book... a very relevant resource for recovering the rich resonances of biblical and Christian language." -- Marcus Borg, author of Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time
"Those who try to defend the claim that the Bible is the literal Word of God will be undone..." -- John Shelby Spong, author of The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love
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- PublisherRising Star Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0933670133
- ISBN 13 9780933670136
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages350
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