The Badly Behaved Bible
thinking again about the story of scripture
$34.23
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2021
Summary
Taming the Beast: Re-Discovering the Wildly Misunderstood Bible
We’re told the Bible is beautiful and uplifting, but many find the opposite to be true. Faced with its form, historical content, sheer size, and often distasteful stories, we’re left feeling overwhelmed and disheartened.
The problem isn’t the Bible, nor is it with us. The problem is we’ve been misinformed, believing things the Bible never claims for itself. It refuses to fit into our neat categories and terms. T…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473686212 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473686210 |
| Author: | Nick Page |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Hodder Faith |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
The writing is lively and laced with humour, but that serves only to make Page’s considerable biblical scholarship the more accessible … This book will be of real value to those wanting to engage or re-engage with the Bible, but finding themselves confused and sometimes repelled by it. They will find that Page is a congenial and reliable companion. * Church Times *
About The Author
Nick Page
Prized for his skills as a writer, speaker, unlicensed historian, applied ranter and general information-monger, Nick Page has written over 70 books, including THE TABLOID BIBLE, THE LONGEST WEEK trilogy, THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SHED, and his most recent addition to the NEARLY INFALLIBLE series, A NEARLY INFALLIBLE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION. Nick lives in Oxfordshire with his wife Claire and their three daughters.
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