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A Cultural Handbook to the Bible

, by Pilch, John J.

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ISBN: 9780802867209 | 0802867200
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Copyright: 9/21/2012

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Preface	p. xi
The Cosmos	p. 1
Hell	p. 1
Heaven	p. 6
Earth	p. 11
Imaginary Mountains in Matthew	p. 15
A New Sky and a New Earth	p. 21
Further Reading	p. 25
Earth	p. 27
Desert and Wilderness	p. 27
Caves	p. 32
Swamps	p. 37
Snakes	p. 42
Dragons	p. 47
Mirrors and Glass	p. 52
Further Reading	p. 56
Persons	p. 59
Citizen	p. 59
People Are Not a Nation	p. 64
"Visiting Strangers" and "Resident Aliens": Insights from 1 Peter	p. 68
Jesus and the Samaritans	p. 73
Individuals? or Stereotypes?	p. 78
Status by Gender and Age	p. 83
Names	p. 88
Photina: The Samaritan Woman	p. 93
Naming the Nameless in the Bible	p. 98
Further Reading	p. 103
Family	p. 105
Virgin	p. 106
Marriage	p. 110
Family	p. 116
Adultery	p. 121
Rape	p. 128
A Noble Death	p. 133
Final Words	p. 138
Further Reading	p. 144
Language	p. 147
"How Do You Read?"	p. 147
The Ten Words	p. 153
The Art of Insult	p. 158
The Power of the Curse	p. 163
No Thank You!	p. 167
"Who Touched Me?"	p. 172
The Evil Eye	p. 176
Further Reading	p. 181
Human Consciousness	p. 183
Dreams	p. 183
Seeing God	p. 189
Jesus Walking on the Sea	p. 194
Resurrection Appearances	p. 199
Journeys to the Sky	p. 204
Paul's Call to Be an Apostle	p. 209
Paul the Apostle in Cultural Context	p. 214
Divine Darkness	p. 219
Further Reading	p. 224
God and the Spirit World	p. 227
God in Middle Eastern Perspective	p. 228
God in the Parable of the Talents/Pounds	p. 233
God and Lying Spirits	p. 238
The Middle Eastern Jesus	p. 243
Spirits: Other-Than-Human Persons	p. 247
Further Reading	p. 252
Entertainment	p. 253
The Sound of the Flute	p. 253
Singing in One Voice	p. 257
"After They Had Sung a Hymn"	p. 263
Solomon's, the Best of All Songs	p. 268
Games, Amusement, and Sports	p. 273
The Bawdy Bible	p. 278
Films That Illuminate the Bible	p. 283
Further Reading	p. 288
Index of Authors	p. 291
Index of Subjects	p. 293
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature	p. 296
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