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▼▲Title: Bible Babel: Making Sense of the Most Talked About Book of All Time - eBook By: Kristin Swenson Format: DRM Protected ePub Vendor: HarperCollins e-books | Publication Date: 2010 ISBN: 9780061968181 ISBN-13: 9780061968181 Stock No: WW72571EB |
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▼▲“Kristin Swenson offers a confident, well-paced, well-informed, and accessible guide to Bible basics and biblical literacy.” — Walter Brueggemann, author of An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible
Bible Babel, from author and religious studies professor Kristin Swenson, is a lively, humorous, and very readable introduction to the Bible—what’s in it, where it comes from, and how it is used in our culture today. If you’ve ever wondered about the origin of the Christian fish symbol; the history of the Good Book; how the Bible weighs in on contemporary political issues; or even the biblical source of pop-culture references in WALL-E or Battlestar Galatica, then this is the book for you. Readers of A. J. Jacobs’s Year of Living Biblically and David Plotz’s Good Book will enjoy Bible Babel, a perfect primer for anyone interested in the Bible—secular and believing alike.
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▼▲Wide-ranging, objectively factual and written for the common reader. . . . Swensons book possesses a singularly breezy tone, a kind of Jesus Christ Superstar approach to the sacred. . . . A solid, readable work that doesnt shy away from the tough issues. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Kristin Swenson offers a confident, well-paced, well-informed, and accessible guide to Bible basics and biblical literacy. The reader may expect some surprises, some confirmation of hunches, and some challengesexactly what ought to arise from serious, sustained treatment. — Walter Brueggemann, author of An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible
Finally, a book on the Bible for the rest of us! . . . This broadside against our collective biblical illiteracy hits the sweetspot between blind belief and angry atheism. Who said a book on the Good Book cant be brave, smart, and fun? — Stephen Prothero, author of Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Knowand Doesn't
Bible Babel is a breath of fresh air. . . . Kristin Swensons writing is brisk and lively. She has an informed sense of everything relevant to the Bible. . . . She is an engaging corrector of misconceptions and a helpful guide to the common reader. — Robert Alter, author of The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
Swenson successfully shows why, in spite of all its difficulties, the Bible remains a thought-provoking and infinite source of inspiration and debate for all kinds of people. — Publishers Weekly
Hats off to Kristin Swenson. . . . Ms. Swenson combines meticulous scholarship with an original eye and a sense of fun. She has succeeded in presenting the Bible anew in a highly accessible way. . . . A most welcome achievement. — Washington Times
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