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Very good. A well-cared-for item that has seen limited use but remains in great condition. The item is complete, unmarked, and undamaged, but may show some limited signs of wear. Item works perfectly. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine is undamaged.
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The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 9780345407498.
I was very pleased with thee book and the rapid response.
BruceHH
Feb 6, 2011
Religious History and Teachings
If one has not read the bible this book might entice one to read it or at least portions thereof. The author has written short stories based on biblical text and places the biblical text in boxes once can read as one reads the short story. However that is only part of the book. The author then provides an analysis of the story and places it in context of the times while comparing it to other stories in the bible. These stories are those that "have been censored, banned, mistranslated or simply ignored by preachers and teachers who found them too hot to handle." The 'forbidden' stories of the bible often shock and surprise the reader because they are not taught in Sunday school because they are "frank and mostly nonjudgmental accounts of seduction, exhibitionism, voyeurism, adultery, incest, rape and murder'.
Kirsch also provides an appendix "Who Really Wrote the Bible" briefly presenting the ideas as to the bible's origins. At the very end of the book is a study guide presenting questions one can use for any book discussion group, maybe even a daring Sunday school group.
GeorgiaBoy
Sep 20, 2007
Interesting Accounts
This is a book of expansions of stories in the Jewish scriptures which makes the spare stories there come alive for modern readers, It focuses on the more lurid tales -- probably to the delight of sceptics.
