03168nam a2200541Ka 4500 ocn772458181 OCoLC 20200709055142.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120111s2005 nyu ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780511338427 (electronic bk.) 0511338422 (electronic bk.) 9780521853149 0521853141 9780521618243 052161824X (OCoLC)772458181 206882 (N$T) BS1140.3 .B47 2005eb REL 006090 bisacsh 221.6/6 22 N$TA Berlinerblau, Jacques. The secular Bible [electronic resource] : why nonbelievers must take religion seriously / Jacques Berlinerblau. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. 1 online resource (xiii, 217 p.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-197) and index. Introduction: Secularists and the Not Godless World 1 -- Part 1 The Composition of the Hebrew Bible -- Part 2 The Interpreters of the Hebrew Bible -- Part 3 Politics and Scripture -- Conclusion: Beyond Church and State: New Directions for Secularism 130. "In The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously, Jacques Berlinerblau suggests that atheists and agnostics must take stock of that which they so adamantly oppose. Defiantly maintaining a shallow understanding of religion, he argues, is not a politically prudent strategy in this day and age. But this book is no less critical of many believers, who - Berlinerblau contends - need to emancipate themselves from ways of thinking about their faith that are dangerously simplistic, irrational, and outdated. Exploring the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, from the perspective of a specialist, nonbeliever, and critic of the academic religious studies establishment, Berlinerblau begins by offering a provocative answer to the question of "who wrote the Bible?""--BOOK JACKET. Description based on print version record. Bible. O.T. Introductions. Secularism. Bible. A.T. Introductions. Sécularisation. Altes Testament. swd Säkularismus. swd RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Berlinerblau, Jacques. Secular Bible. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 9780521853149 (DLC) 2005012432 (OCoLC)60341490 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=206882 Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005012432.html Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2005012432-b.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2005012432-d.html cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 49162 49162