The secular Bible : why nonbelievers must take religion seriously /
By: Berlinerblau, Jacques.
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005Description: xiii, 217 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 052161824X (pbk.); 9780521618243:; 9780521618243 (pbk.); 0521853141 (hardback); 9780521853149 (hardback).Subject(s): Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Secularism -- Religion -- Christianity | Secularism | Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Islam and secularismDDC classification: 220.6| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prewface and acknowledgements -- Introduction : secularists and the not godless world -- Part one : the composition of the Hebrew Bible -- 1 : "who wrote the Bible?" : ancient responses -- 2 : "who wrote the Bible?" : modern responses -- 3 : a secular answer to "who wrote the Bible?" -- Part two : the interpreters of the Hebrew Bible -- 4 : why is there so much Biblical interpretation? -- 5 : introducing Biblical scholars and secular hermeneutics -- Part three : politics and scripture -- 6 : on Jewish intermarriage : the Bible is open to interpretation -- 7 : same-sex eroticism and Jerry Falwell -- 8 : the secular Qur'ān? -- Conclusion : beyond chiurch and state : new directions for secularism -- Notes -- Index of Biblical citations -- Index of Qur'ānic citations -- Index of Rabbinic, Early Jewish and Patristic citations -- Index.
In 'The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously', Jacques Berlinerblau suggests that constructing oneself against something that one does not comprehend is intellectually irresponsible and politically dangerous. He then explores the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, through a secular perspective.