02450aam 2200577 450 991082546600332120230725021357.01-283-09778-897866130977810-19-971856-3(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|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Bible now[electronic resource] /Richard Elliott Friedman & Shawna DolanskyNew York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (220 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-531163-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Contents; Preface; ONE: Homosexuality; TWO: Abortion; THREE: Women's Status; FOUR: Capital Punishment; FIVE: The Earth; Afterword; Notes; Subject Index; Scripture Index.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 problemsEthics in the Bible.Ethical problems.241Friedman Richard Elliott549901Dolansky Shawna1605357MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825466003321The Bible now4001474UNINA