A Cultural Handbook to the Bible
John J. Pilch
Language: English
Pages: 319
ISBN: 0802867200
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
In A Cultural Handbook to the Bible John Pilch bridges this cultural divide by translating important social concepts and applying them to biblical texts. In short, accessible chapters Pilch discusses sixty-three topics related to the cosmos, the earth, persons, family, language, human consciousness, God and the spirit world, and entertainment. Pilch's fresh interpretations of the Bible challenge traditional views and explore topics often overlooked in commentaries. Each chapter concludes with a list of useful references from cultural anthropology or biblical studies, making this book an excellent resource for students of the Bible.
Logic and Theism: Arguments for and against Beliefs in God
Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion
God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships
Forbidden Words: On God, Alcohol, Vegetarianism, and Violence
A Sociology of Religious Emotion
and night shines as the day. Darkness and light are but one” (Ps. 139:12). He also noted: “If I lie down in Sheol, you are there, too” (Ps. 139:8). Perhaps our psalmist thought along similar lines. For our psalmist, then, is there darkness? Yes. Perceived absence of God? Likely not. Divine Darkness in History Professor Carol Zaleski (2003) reminds us that divine darkness received many different interpretations in the history of Christian theology and spirituality. Theologians and mystics
instructions of the composer beyond that time? At present, however, the melodic formulas and instructions are familiar to no one. Nevertheless, musicologists recognize that these melodic formulas are very likely similar to Indian Rags (Ragas) or Arabic maqamat (see Racy 2003). The Indian Raga is not a tune, melody, scale, mode, or anything at all like that. In fact, there is no English word that can capture what this Sanskrit word means. A Raga is an acoustic method of coloring the mind of the
Anthropological Film Making: Anthropological Perspectives on the Production of Film and Video for General Public Audiences. Edited by Jack R. Rollwagen. Chur/London/Paris/New York/Melbourne: Harwood Academic Publishers. Kypseli: Women and Men Apart — A Divided Reality. 1976. Produced by Paul Aratow, Richard Cowan, and Susanna M. Hoffman. 40 minutes. Berkeley: Berkeley Media LLC. 2600 Tenth Street, Suite 626, Berkeley, CA 94710. Knochenklang–Paläolithisches Ensemble. 2000. Knochenklang: Klänge
hometown, Brooklyn, kids used to play stickball in the lot. A tenant without access to a backyard would take the dog for a walk to the lot. In the neighboring Italian neighborhood, the lot was also the place where people dumped the grapes from which the must had been pressed to make wine. In this context, a lot was not a particularly desirable place to play anything, least of all baseball. Still, kids accommodated to “sandlot” baseball. Readers of the Bible in Western civilization face a similar
commit adultery against himself. What, then, is this parable’s foundation in reality? Quite likely the notions first expressed by Hosea and then repeated in other prophets. Hosea presents the relationship of God and God’s people in the analogy of marriage. When God’s people abandon God in favor of other deities (idolatry), this behavior is termed adulterous. Such thinking is clearly rooted in the defensive marriage strategy in which the partners become “one flesh” (Gen. 2:24). They share a blood