The why nonbelievers must take religion seriously Berlinerblau, Jacques. creator text bibliography Electronic books. nyu New York Cambridge University Press 2005 monographic eng

electronic resource

1 online resource (xiii, 217 p.) "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need to emancipate themselves from ways of thinking about their faith that are dangerously simplistic, irrational, and outdated.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. 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. Jacques Berlinerblau. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-197) and index. Introductions Secularism Introductions Sécularisation Säkularismus RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament BS1140.3 .B47 2005eb 221.6/6 Berlinerblau, Jacques. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2005012432 (OCoLC)60341490 9780511338427 (electronic bk.) 0511338422 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=206882 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005012432.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2005012432-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2005012432-d.html http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=206882 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005012432.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2005012432-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2005012432-d.html N$T 120111 20200709055142.0 ocn772458181