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Walsh explores the role that myth has played in the interpretation of the Bible. He sees myth as an empowering, structuring story used either for good or ill an
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-03 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Perhaps no declaration incites more theological and moral outrage than a human's claim to be divine. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian m
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A compelling comparison of the gospels and Greco-Roman mythology which shows that the gospels were not perceived as myths, but as historical records Did the ear
Reading Joshua as Christian Scripture
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Authors: Douglas S. Earl
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The book of Joshua has been received and used as Christian Scripture throughout Christian history. The challenge today, however, is how Christians should approp