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The Bible doesn't say that : 40 biblical mistranslations, misconceptions, and other misunderstandings / Dr. Joel M. Hoffman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, [2016]Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 291 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250059482 (hardcover)
  • 1250059488 (hardcover)
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Contents:
In the beginning -- Evolution -- Noah's ark -- Lifespans in the Old Testament -- David and Goliath (and Elhanan and Goliath) -- Jesus's lineage -- Jesus's death -- The Ten Commandments -- Commandments -- God so loved the world -- The truth will set you free -- Healing a withered hand -- God's name -- Live by the sword, die by the sword -- Dust and ashes -- Psalm 23 -- Heart and soul -- Unicorns and dragons -- Kings -- Nations, swords, and plowshares -- If not by bread alone, then by what do people live? -- Who is the voice crying in the wilderness? -- Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament -- The virgin birth -- Moses's horns -- The apple from the Garden of Eden -- The jubilee year -- The son of man and the Son of God -- Keeping kosher -- The rapture -- Slavery -- Marriage -- Divorce -- Prosperity -- Violence -- Justice -- Men and women -- Killing -- Homosexuality -- Abortion.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 220.6 H699 Available 33111008381564
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Bible Doesn't Say That explores what the Bible meant before it was misinterpreted over the past 2,000 years.

Acclaimed translator and biblical scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman walks the reader through dozens of mistranslations, misconceptions, and other misunderstandings about the Bible. In forty short, straightforward chapters, he covers morality, life-style, theology, and biblical imagery, including:

*The Bible doesn't call homosexuality a sin, and it doesn't advocate for the one-man-one-woman model of the family that has been dubbed "biblical."

*The Bible's famous "beat their swords into plowshares" is matched by the militaristic, "beat your plowshares into swords."

*The often-cited New Testament quotation "God so loved the world" is a mistranslation, as are the titles "Son of Man" and "Son of God."

*The Ten Commandments don't prohibit killing or coveting.

What does the Bible say about violence? About the Rapture? About keeping kosher? About marriage and divorce? Hoffman provides answers to all of these and more, succinctly explaining how so many pivotal biblical answers came to be misunderstood.

Includes index.

In the beginning -- Evolution -- Noah's ark -- Lifespans in the Old Testament -- David and Goliath (and Elhanan and Goliath) -- Jesus's lineage -- Jesus's death -- The Ten Commandments -- Commandments -- God so loved the world -- The truth will set you free -- Healing a withered hand -- God's name -- Live by the sword, die by the sword -- Dust and ashes -- Psalm 23 -- Heart and soul -- Unicorns and dragons -- Kings -- Nations, swords, and plowshares -- If not by bread alone, then by what do people live? -- Who is the voice crying in the wilderness? -- Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament -- The virgin birth -- Moses's horns -- The apple from the Garden of Eden -- The jubilee year -- The son of man and the Son of God -- Keeping kosher -- The rapture -- Slavery -- Marriage -- Divorce -- Prosperity -- Violence -- Justice -- Men and women -- Killing -- Homosexuality -- Abortion.

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