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The Bible Unfiltered : Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms.
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TextPublisher: Ashland : Lexham Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (187 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781683590415
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: Interpreting the Bible Responsibly -- Chapter 1: Serious Bible Study Isn't for Sissies -- The Goal of Bible Study Isn't to Get a Spiritual Buzz -- Paying Attention to Detail and Thinking Clearly Are Not Antithetical to Loving Jesus -- The Spirit's Guidance Wasn't Intended to Serve as a Cheat Sheet -- Chapter 2: Getting Serious-And Being Honest-About Interpreting the Bible in Context -- The Bible's True Context -- Bridging the Context Gap -- Chapter 3: Sincerity and the Supernatural -- Facing up to the Bible's "Weird" Passages -- Are We Sincere about Biblical Authority? -- Chapter 4: Let the Bible Be What It Is -- A Firm Grasp of the Obvious -- Truth that Transcends Culture -- Chapter 5: Bad Bible Interpretation Really Can Hurt People -- Truly Destructive Bible Interpretation -- Chapter 6: Unyielding Literalism: You Reap What You Sow -- Sanctified Brainwashing -- Literalism as Idolatry -- What Does "Literal" Mean Anyway? -- Chapter 7: Everything in the Bible Isn't about Jesus -- Why Is This Idea so Prevalent? -- Chapter 8: Bible Reading and Bible Memorization Are Not Bible Study -- Reading Is Casual-Study Isn't -- Memorization Isn't Thoughtful Analysis -- Chapter 9: Marxism and Biblical Theology Aren't Synonyms -- The Old Testament -- The New Testament -- Food for Thought -- Chapter 10: How to (Mis)Interpret Prophecy -- Part Two: Old Testament -- Chapter 11: Did Yahweh Father Cain? -- Chapter 12: All Your Genesis Commentaries Are 8-Track Tapes -- Chapter 13: What's in a Name? -- Chapter 14: Lost at Sea -- Chapter 15: The Slave before "Elohim" in Exodus 21:1-6 -- Chapter 16: The Angel of Yahweh in the Old Testament -- The Angel as Yahweh -- The Angel and Yahweh in Simultaneous Appearance -- Jesus, the Angel, and the Name -- Chapter 17: Salvation in Old Testament Israel.
Chapter 18: Where the Wild (Demonic) Things Are -- Chapter 19: The Secret Things Belong to the Lord -- Chapter 20: The Ongoing Battle of Jericho -- The Biblical Account -- The Archaeological View -- The View from Another Bunker -- The Figurative View -- Chapter 21: Scripture's Sacred Trees -- Chapter 22: Boaz-The Lawbreaker? -- Chapter 23: Of Mice and Manhood -- Chapter 24: Samuel's Ghost and Saul's Judgment -- Chapter 25: The Politics of Marriage -- Chapter 26: Defeating Ancient Foes -- Chapter 27: Yahweh and His Asherah -- Who Is Asherah? -- The Term Asherah in the Old Testament -- "Yahweh and His Asherah" -- Chapter 28: Angels Aren't Perfect -- Chapter 29: From Intercessors to Advocate -- Chapter 30: Jurassic Bible? -- Chapter 31: Proverbs: The Wisdom of Egypt? -- Chapter 32: Heap Burning Coals on Their Heads -- A Rebuttal to Retaliation -- Burning Shame -- Chapter 33: Denial of the Afterlife -- Looking outside of Sheol -- Fallen Asleep -- Detached, Not Unconscious -- Chapter 34: Solomon's Bride or Jesus' Bride? -- Chapter 35: Gog of the Supernatural North -- Let the Guessing Begin -- A Better Strategy -- Chapter 36: Filtering God -- Chapter 37: God of Fire and Storm -- Chapter 38: Zechariah's Divine Messiah -- Part Three: New Testament -- Chapter 39: Mark's Use of Isaiah -- Chapter 40: Demons, Swine, and Cosmic Geography -- Chapter 41: Strange and Powerful Signs -- Chapter 42: Is Exorcism for Everyone? -- Chapter 43: The Word Was God -- Chapter 44: The Table of Nations and Acts 2 -- Overview -- Acts 2, The Tower of Babel, and The Table of Nations -- Chapter 45: Paul's Missionary Goals -- Chapter 46: Divine Misdirection -- Chapter 47: Who Is the God of This World? -- Why God? -- Why Satan? -- Darkness and Blindness -- Chapter 48: New Testament Language of Spiritual Adoption and Sonship -- The Old Testament Context.
New Testament Re-purposing of Divine Sonship Language -- Chapter 49: The Lord, Who Is the Spirit -- Chapter 50: Paul, Puppies, and People with Tattoos -- Dogs in the Ancient World -- Mutilators of the Flesh -- Chapter 51: Watch Your Language! -- Why so Crass? -- The Precedent for Euphemism -- Paul's Point -- Shock and Awe with a Purpose -- Chapter 52: No Longer Slaves -- Chapter 53: The Relationship of Baptism and Circumcision -- What Circumcision Did Not Mean or Accomplish -- The Meaning of Circumcision -- Circumcision as an Analogy to Baptism -- Chapter 54: Disarming the Powers of Darkness -- Chapter 55: Inspiration Was a Process, Not an Event -- Instruments or Puppets? -- Embracing the Bible's Humanity -- Chapter 56: The Father of Lights -- Chapter 57: What Do Demons Believe about God? -- Reading James Correctly -- The Shema -- What's so Scary about the Shema? -- What It All Means -- Chapter 58: Jesus, the Morning Star out of Jacob -- Chapter 59: Relying on Our Preconceptions -- Chapter 60: Jesus, Our Warrior -- Old Testament Holy War Ideology -- The Warrior Messiah's Victory -- The Warrior Messiah Empowers His Spiritual Warriors -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Scripture Index -- Old Testament -- New Testament.
