Harlot by the Side of the Road
Jonathan Kirsch,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Publishing Group
Jonathan Kirsch,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Publishing Group
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780345407498 (0345407490)
Publish date: April 15th 1997
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 378
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
Feminism,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Christian,
Christianity,
Spirituality,
Womens Studies,
Judaism
Remember us in life,and health, and strength,O Lord who delighteth in life,And inscribe us in the Book of Life
This is one of those so called scholarly works where the author approaches his thesis with preconceived ideas and prejudices and gets it completely wrong. It seems to also be one of these books where the author's intent is to deliberately undermine the authenticity of the Bible and the Christianity ...
Since I had just finished reading a fictional retelling of the story of the Biblical Dinah, I thought I'd move on to this book, which had been sitting on my shelf for a while. This book briefly retells a few of the more "scandalous" stories from the Bible (those involving rape, incest, murder, & suc...