The Biblical Cosmos - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cascade BooksISBN-13:9781625648105ISBN-10:1625648103UPC:9781625648105Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Christian Theology, Biblical BiographyBook Topic:History & CultureSize:9.05 x 5.99 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCBPDNWFVG
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Bible. When we read Scripture we often imagine that the world inhabited by the Bible's characters was much the same as our own. We would be wrong. The biblical world is an ancient world with a flat earth that stands at the center of the cosmos, and with a vast ocean in the sky, chaos dragons, mystical mountains, demonic deserts, an underground zone for the dead, stars that are sentient beings, and, if you travel upwards and through the doors in the solid dome of the sky, God's heaven--the heart of the universe. This book takes readers on a guided tour of the biblical cosmos with the goal of opening up the Bible in its ancient world. It then goes further and seeks to show how this very ancient biblical way of seeing the world is still revelatory and can speak God's word afresh into our own modern worlds.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cascade BooksISBN-13:9781625648105ISBN-10:1625648103UPC:9781625648105Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Christian Theology, Biblical BiographyBook Topic:History & CultureSize:9.05 x 5.99 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCBPDNWFVG
Robin Parry grew up near Liverpool before moving to Wales at the age of ten. It was in Wales that he became a Christian. In 1991, after completing his undergraduate degree in theology and some teacher training, he got married to Carol and moved to Worcester (the original one). They have been there ever since. Robin and Carol have two daughters, Hannah and Jessica, and a cat called Monty. Having been a teacher in a Sixth Form College (1991-2001), he moved into theological publishing, first at Paternoster (2001-2010) and then at Wipf and Stock (2010-), where he works as an editor. Robin's MA and PhD were in Old Testament, both degrees overseen by Professor Gordon Wenham. Robin writes books for a hobby and is trying to learn to play the cajon.
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