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008			140807s2015 miua b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aBS1140.3 _b.S35 2015
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100	1		_aSchlimm, Matthew Richard.
245	1	0	_aThis strange and sacred scripture : _bwrestling with the Old Testament and its oddities / _cMatthew Richard Schlimm.
300			_axvi, 254 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIs the Old Testament an enemy, stranger, or friend to the Christian faith? -- Our fleeting moments in paradise -- Darkness over the face of the deep -- The R-rated Bible -- Killing all that breathes: violence in the Old Testament -- Male and female God created them: gender and the Old Testament -- God commands us to do what?! the strange laws of the Bible -- Is the law engraved in stone? the dynamic nature of God's law -- Truth is many sided -- Drowning in tears and raging at God -- Great and terrible is the wrath of the Lord -- The Old Testament's authority -- Appendix: a literal translation of Genesis 2:4b-4:16.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pOld Testament _vIntroductions.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pOld Testament _xTheology.
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