| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 298 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
Who Is the Snake in the Garden of Eden? : A thought experiment / Avi Steinberg -- Noah / Charles McGrath -- Abraham, Isaac, and Us : (And Hagar and Ishmael and Trayvon and Michael Brown, too) / Michael Eric Dyson -- My Father's Commandments / Jane Leavy -- He who struggle with God / Alex Wilkinson -- Deuterogeniture, or how I killed my grandmother / André Aciman -- The best Jew in the family / Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts -- Come on in, the water's fine / A.J. Jacobs -- Desert stories / Kathleen Norris -- The book of Ruth / Lois Lowry -- Why psalms is my favorite biblical book / Reverend Al Sharpton -- A reading of the shepherd's psalm / Lydia Davis -- Guilty feet have got no rhythm / James Parker -- The song of songs / Pico Iyer -- The valley of dry bones / Samuel G. Freedman -- The book of Jonah: a postmodern exegesis / Daniel Menmaker -- New moon haftorah / Robert Pinsky -- The good thief / Ian Caldwell -- The womb and the cistern cell / Brooks Hansen -- Sermon on the mount / Jay Parini -- This saying / Ian Frazier -- Miracles / Thomas Lynch -- Never quite as simple / Owen King -- Long road home: thoughts on the prodigal son / Tobis Wolff -- The beloved disciple / Colm Tóibín -- The parables of Jesus of Nazareth / Rick Moody -- A matter of infinity / Clyde Edgerton -- The beginnings of the end / Paul Elie -- Resurrection / Kerry Kennedy -- A voice from Heaven / Edwidge Danticat -- Living on the ledge / Lauren Slater -- The bad book / Robert Coover. |
| Summary |
"A collection of previously unpublished pieces by 32 of today's most prominent writers shares their thoughts about biblical passages they find personally meaningful, in a volume that includes contributions by such figures as Edwidge Danticat, Tobias Wolff and Ian Frazier,"--NoveList. |
| Subject |
Bible as literature.
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Bible as literature. (OCoLC)fst00831228
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| Added Author |
Blauner, Andrew, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781476789965 (hardcover) |
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1476789967 (hardcover) |
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9781476789972 (trade pbk.) |
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1476789975 (trade pbk.) |
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9781476789989 (ebook) |
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