TY - BOOK AU - Berlinerblau,Jacques TI - The secular Bible: why nonbelievers must take religion seriously SN - 9780511338427 (electronic bk.) AV - BS1140.3 .B47 2005eb U1 - 221.6/6 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Introductions KW - A.T KW - Altes Testament KW - swd KW - Secularism KW - Sécularisation KW - Säkularismus KW - RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - "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need to emancipate themselves from ways of thinking about their faith that are dangerously simplistic, irrational, and outdated.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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=206882 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005012432.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2005012432-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2005012432-d.html ER -