This study offers a reading that avoids both literalism and sociological reductionism through a study of the Bible's intricate patterns of imagery. It will appeal to thoughtful people dissatisfied with the religious status quo and looking for a new intellectual starting point.Genesis, Creation and Fall The Prohistory The Ancestors Exisential Exodus Power; Kings and Prophets Job Reading the New Testiment Core TEachings Discountinuities: the Break with Authority The Passion The Ressurection The Apocalyse The Kingdom The Last Things
Clasby's book should appeal to all those who wish to go beyond the present debate between debunkers of religion and the naively pious. Believer's frameworks will be enlarged; skeptics will be challenged but delighted to find even new questions for their pious friends. This book is both amazingly fresh and deeply traditional. - Joseph Cunneen, Founder and Editor of Cross Currents
[A]n interesting work. - Peter Stiles, Sydney, Australia
NANCY TENFELDE CLASBY?is Senior Lecturer Lecturer at University of Miami, USA.