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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Donald H Akenson |
ISBN: | 0773517812 9780773517813 0773522891 9780773522893 |
OCLC Number: | 39051397 |
Notes: | "Published simultaneously in the United States by Harcourt Brace & Company"--Title page verso. |
Description: | viii, 658 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- Inventing the covenant -- Inventive fecundity and Judahist multiplicity: the Second Temple era -- The invention of Christianity -- The invention of the Jewish faith -- Appendices. |
Responsibility: | Donald Harman Akenson. |
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Publisher Synopsis
"Akenson's interpretation of these classics is a promising start for anyone. He encourages serious, holistic reading by word and example. Religious believers may be enriched by the exposition of the "surpassing wonder" of these human inventions, even if dissatisfied by the bracketing of some tenets of their respective faiths. Cultural critics may find an entree into a more mature conversation with some texts that live on in our culture. Most important, this book will guide and stimulate ordinary readers to read on." Anthony J. Saldarini in The New York Times "Even though something on the order of a million books have already been written about the Bible, Surpassing Wonder is in no way redundant. Its central arguments are powerful and unusual, and its ample endnotes and appendices alone are worth the cover price: They provide a succinct overview of just about everything anyone needs to know to pursue serious self-education in the subjects it treats, including a knockout critique of Northrop Frye's The Great Code." T.F. Rigelhoff in The Globe and Mail. Read more...

