Getting the Old Testament: What It Meant to Them, What It Means for Us
Language: English
Published by Hendrickson Publishers Inc, 2009
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This resource discusses texts from Genesis to Jonah to Ecclesiastes to demonstrate the importance of knowing the cultural background of those to whom a text was originally addressed. Reveals how ancient texts can be applied to modern life.
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- Title
- Getting the Old Testament: What It Meant to Them, What It Means for Us
- Author
- Steven L Bridge
- Publisher
- Hendrickson Publishers Inc
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 159856045X
- ISBN 13
- 9781598560459
Using modern illustrations from Bart Simpson to fortune cookies, and discussing texts from Genesis to Jonah to Ecclesiastes, Bridge succeeds in making difficult texts come alive for the reader as applying practically to modern life. Each chapter begins with a story, event, or illustration that draws the reader into the point which Bridge wishes to make with regard to the clearest understanding of a particular text or given group of texts. The most poignant of these illustrations is found at the beginning of his chapter on the book of Job, in which he starts with the story of Lou Gehrig and the disease that took his life, ALS (known more commonly as Lou Gehrig's Disease) and which ends with his own father's death from ALS.
An annotated list of suggested readings as well as subject and scripture indexes make this a practical book for college classes.
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