02353nam 2200589 a 450 991046574360332120200520144314.01-283-09778-897866130977810-19-971856-3(CKB)2560000000073355(EBL)689282(OCoLC)721195499(SSID)ssj0000521151(PQKBManifestationID)11324070(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521151(PQKBWorkID)10517602(PQKB)10325612(MiAaPQ)EBC689282(Au-PeEL)EBL689282(CaPaEBR)ebr10468969(CaONFJC)MIL309778(EXLCZ)99256000000007335520100820d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Bible now[electronic resource] /Richard Elliott Friedman & Shawna DolanskyNew York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-531163-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Homosexuality -- Abortion -- Women's status -- Capital punishment -- The earth.For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the issue in question. In The Bible Now, two respected biblical scholars, Richard Elliott Friedman and Shawna Dolansky, tell us carefully what the Hebrew Bible says or does not say about a wide range of issues--including homosexuality, abortion, women's status, capital punishment, and the environment. In fascinating passages that shedEthics in the BibleEthical problemsElectronic books.Ethics in the Bible.Ethical problems.241Friedman Richard Elliott549901Dolansky Shawna1031637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465743603321The Bible now2487278UNINA