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The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate (Volume 2) (The Lost World Series)
by (shelved 33 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,588 ratings — published 2009
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.25 — 808 ratings — published 2006
The Prophetic Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,701 ratings — published 1978
An Introduction to the Old Testament (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.05 — 801 ratings — published 1994
The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,871 ratings — published 2010
Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,470 ratings — published 2005
Reflections on the Psalms (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as old-testament)
avg rating 3.93 — 9,579 ratings — published 1958
The Art of Biblical Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,713 ratings — published 1981
Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible (Volume 15) (New Studies in Biblical Theology)
by (shelved 22 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,080 ratings — published 2003
An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.27 — 270 ratings — published 2004
A Survey of the Old Testament (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.03 — 710 ratings — published 1991
Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.00 — 345 ratings — published 1993
Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.25 — 918 ratings — published 1992
Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,173 ratings — published 2010
Encountering the Old Testament: A Christian Survey (Encountering Biblical Studies)
by (shelved 17 times as old-testament)
avg rating 3.93 — 739 ratings — published 1999
Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,593 ratings — published 2019
On the Reliability of the Old Testament (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.31 — 248 ratings — published 2003
An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.19 — 346 ratings — published 1999
The Lost World of the Flood: Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate (Volume 5) (The Lost World Series)
by (shelved 15 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.01 — 729 ratings — published 2018
A Survey of Old Testament Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.10 — 374 ratings — published 1974
How to Read the Psalms (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as old-testament)
avg rating 3.94 — 500 ratings — published
A Biblical History of Israel (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as old-testament)
avg rating 3.97 — 347 ratings — published
Psalms (Bible, #19)
by (shelved 14 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,406 ratings — published -500
Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as old-testament)
avg rating 3.97 — 115 ratings — published 1979
The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,560 ratings — published 2013
Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as old-testament)
avg rating 3.92 — 358 ratings — published 1982
Theology of The Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.32 — 361 ratings — published 1992
The Book of Leviticus (New International Commentary on the Old Testament)
by (shelved 14 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.35 — 280 ratings — published 1979
The Lost World of the Torah: Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.00 — 416 ratings — published
The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.30 — 221 ratings — published 2005
Old Testament Ethics for the People of God (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.41 — 306 ratings — published 2004
The Prophets (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,355 ratings — published 1962
From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.14 — 513 ratings — published 1997
The Holy Bible: King James Version (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.45 — 321,408 ratings — published 1611
Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as old-testament)
avg rating 3.97 — 375 ratings — published 1980
Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israel (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.11 — 420 ratings — published 1987
The World and the Word: An Introduction to the Old Testament (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.12 — 346 ratings — published 2011
The Bible among the Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature? (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.01 — 354 ratings — published 2009
Introduction to the Old Testament (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as old-testament)
avg rating 3.69 — 45 ratings — published 1969
A House for My Name: A Survey of the Old Testament (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.41 — 747 ratings — published 2000
Lies My Preacher Told Me: An Honest Look at the Old Testament (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as old-testament)
avg rating 3.43 — 171 ratings — published
Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus (Volume 37) (New Studies in Biblical Theology)
by (shelved 11 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.73 — 763 ratings — published 2016
Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,567 ratings — published 1959
E. Young Commentary: The Book of Isaiah (3 Vol. Set)
by (shelved 11 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.08 — 52 ratings — published 1972
Genesis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.24 — 397 ratings — published 1982
The Book of Job (Bible, #18)
by (shelved 11 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,848 ratings — published -600
Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: A Comprehensive Bible Commentary on Old Testament Quotations, Allusions & Echoes That Appear from Matthew through Revelation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,470 ratings — published 2007
The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.45 — 395 ratings — published 1992
Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.40 — 548 ratings — published 2001
Genesis (Bible, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as old-testament)
avg rating 4.41 — 5,222 ratings — published -800
“One need not believe in Pallas Athena, the virgin goddess, to be overwhelmed by the Parthenon. Similarly, a man who rejects all dogmas, all theologies and all religious formulations of beliefs may still find Genesis the sublime book par excellence. Experiences and aspirations of which intimations may be found in Plato, Nietzsche, and Spinoza have found their most evocative expression in some sacred books. Since the Renaissance, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Mozart, and a host of others have shown that this religious dimension can be experienced and communicated apart from any religious context. But that is no reason for closing my heart to Job's cry, or to Jeremiah's, or to the Second Isaiah. I do not read them as mere literature; rather, I read Sophocles and Shakespeare with all my being, too.”
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“Some Christian lawyers—some eminent and stupid judges—have said and still say, that the Ten Commandments are the foundation of all law.
Nothing could be more absurd. Long before these commandments were given there were codes of laws in India and Egypt—laws against murder, perjury, larceny, adultery and fraud. Such laws are as old as human society; as old as the love of life; as old as industry; as the idea of prosperity; as old as human love.
All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; all that were new are foolish. If Jehovah had been civilized he would have left out the commandment about keeping the Sabbath, and in its place would have said: 'Thou shalt not enslave thy fellow-men.' He would have omitted the one about swearing, and said: 'The man shall have but one wife, and the woman but one husband.' He would have left out the one about graven images, and in its stead would have said: 'Thou shalt not wage wars of extermination, and thou shalt not unsheathe the sword except in self-defence.'
If Jehovah had been civilized, how much grander the Ten Commandments would have been.
All that we call progress—the enfranchisement of man, of labor, the substitution of imprisonment for death, of fine for imprisonment, the destruction of polygamy, the establishing of free speech, of the rights of conscience; in short, all that has tended to the development and civilization of man; all the results of investigation, observation, experience and free thought; all that man has accomplished for the benefit of man since the close of the Dark Ages—has been done in spite of the Old Testament.”
― About The Holy Bible
Nothing could be more absurd. Long before these commandments were given there were codes of laws in India and Egypt—laws against murder, perjury, larceny, adultery and fraud. Such laws are as old as human society; as old as the love of life; as old as industry; as the idea of prosperity; as old as human love.
All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; all that were new are foolish. If Jehovah had been civilized he would have left out the commandment about keeping the Sabbath, and in its place would have said: 'Thou shalt not enslave thy fellow-men.' He would have omitted the one about swearing, and said: 'The man shall have but one wife, and the woman but one husband.' He would have left out the one about graven images, and in its stead would have said: 'Thou shalt not wage wars of extermination, and thou shalt not unsheathe the sword except in self-defence.'
If Jehovah had been civilized, how much grander the Ten Commandments would have been.
All that we call progress—the enfranchisement of man, of labor, the substitution of imprisonment for death, of fine for imprisonment, the destruction of polygamy, the establishing of free speech, of the rights of conscience; in short, all that has tended to the development and civilization of man; all the results of investigation, observation, experience and free thought; all that man has accomplished for the benefit of man since the close of the Dark Ages—has been done in spite of the Old Testament.”
― About The Holy Bible
