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In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis by Karen] Karen Armstrong is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Armstrong's Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.In this fascinating book by the author of A History of God and Jerusalem, one of the best-known and least-understood books of the Bible is clarified for modern readers. Armstrong shows readers how the ancient tales of the Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph illuminate our most profound and impenetrable problems.Amazon.com ReviewKaren Armstrong makes reading the Bible a smooth and liberating experience. The brilliance of Armstrong's analysis of Genesis lies in her ability to draw together the story, the contemporaneous situations of the characters and the writers, and the relevance of themes amid multifarious contradictions, then hold them up for us to contemplate. Edifying and engaging, this short but impressive book comes complete with the entire Genesis text. From Publishers WeeklyHaving written A History of God (1993) and Jerusalem (1996), prolific and bestselling author Armstrong turns her considerable imaginative skill and critical acumen to an interpretation of the first book of the Bible. In a series of short meditations, Armstrong explores each
Who reads In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Karen] Karen Armstrong
- Publisher
- chenjin5.com 万千书友聚集地
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- Category
- religious
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (446 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14