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The Biblical heritage is generally recognized as vital to the development and guidance of Western Civilization as we know it. It is also recognized that it is in the interest of both believers and skeptics that the Bible be read with care. Among the things to be noticed is the status of the virtue of prudence in various circumstances described in the Bible.
Particularly revealing in George Anastaplo's essays and appendices is what is shown about how intrinsically interesting the Biblical accounts are-accounts which not only offer guidance for everyday life but also instruction about the enduring questions that people everywhere have been asking for centuries. Thus, The Bible: Respectful Readings provides instruction for analyzing Biblical texts with care. It makes readers aware of both the questions addressed and the relevant evidence that should be assessed within The Bible.
Winston Churchill counselled responsible thinkers today to address 'not only those . . . who enjoy the blessings and consolidation of revealed religion, but also . . . those who face the mystery of the human destiny alone.' In keeping with this spirit, Respectful Readings accommodates to the wide range of prospective students of the sacred texts of Western Civilization.
Particularly revealing in George Anastaplo's essays and appendices is what is shown about how intrinsically interesting the Biblical accounts are-accounts which not only offer guidance for everyday life but also instruction about the enduring questions that people everywhere have been asking for centuries. Thus, The Bible: Respectful Readings provides instruction for analyzing Biblical texts with care. It makes readers aware of both the questions addressed and the relevant evidence that should be assessed within The Bible.
Winston Churchill counselled responsible thinkers today to address 'not only those . . . who enjoy the blessings and consolidation of revealed religion, but also . . . those who face the mystery of the human destiny alone.' In keeping with this spirit, Respectful Readings accommodates to the wide range of prospective students of the sacred texts of Western Civilization.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Chapter One - On Taking the Bible Seriously Again
- Chapter Two - On Prophecy and Freedom
- Chapter Three - On Biblical Thought
- Chapter Four - Cain and Abel
- Chapter Five - Rebekah, Isaac, and Jacob
- Chapter Six - Joseph
- Chapter Seven - Moses in Egypt
- Chapter Eight - Moses at Sinai
- Chapter Nine - The Ten Commandments
- Chapter Ten - David
- Chapter Eleven - Solomon
- Chapter Twelve - Isaiah
- Chapter Thirteen - Job
- Chapter Fourteen - Jesus
- Chapter Fifteen - The Lord’s Prayer
- Chapter Sixteen - The Nicene Creed
- Chapter Seventeen - On the Yearning for Personal Immortality
- Appendix A - Reason and Revelation: On Leo Strauss
- Appendix B - Reason and Revelation: On Odysseus and Polyphemos
- Appendix C - On the Status of the Political Order
- Appendix D - On Being and One’s Own
- Appendix E - Leo Strauss and Judaism Revisited
- Appendix F - On Beginnings (with Endnotes)
- Appendix G - Shakespeare’s Bible
- Appendix H - Countdown to the Millennium: A Look at The Revelation of St. John the Divine
- Appendix I - John Locke and Then Reasonableness of Christianity
- Appendix J - The Holocaust and the Divine Ordering of Human Things
- Appendix K - Yearnings for the Divine and the Natural Animation of Matter
- Endnotes (for Chapters 1–17)
- Index