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" The good book : "
Peter J. Gomes.
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BL
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1033104
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b787474
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| Main Entry
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Gomes, Peter J.
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| Title & Author
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The good book : : reading the Bible with mind and heart /\ Peter J. Gomes.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: William Morrow and Company, Inc.,, [1996]
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, ©1996
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xv, 383 pages ;; 24 cm
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0060088303
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: 0688134475
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: 9780060088309
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: 9780688134471
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-375) and index.
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| Abstract
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Brings to the Bible: What is it? How is it used? What does it have to say to me?" With compassion, humor, and insight, Gomes gives us the tools we need to make the Bible a dynamic part of our daily lives - and reminds us that the Bible is not just doctrine and interpretation, but one of the most available and extraordinary means by which we are brought into proximity with the divine.
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The Good Book is a brilliant and inspiring look at the Bible today from the preacher to Harvard University, a man Time magazine called one of the seven best preachers in America. "The theme of this book," writes Peter Gomes in his introduction, "is the risk and the joy of the Bible: risk in that we might get it wrong, and joy in the discovery of the living Word becoming flesh. It is around this theme that I formulate three basic questions which the thoughtful reader.
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Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Gay interpretations of sacred works.
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Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible-- Gay interpretations.
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Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible.
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| Dewey Classification
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220.1
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| LC Classification
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BS511.2.G66 1996
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220.1 G633g
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