Dark God
Subtitle: cruelty, sex, and violence in the Old Testament
By: Thomas Römer
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780809147960
Subjects: Bibel; Gewalt; Bible; Gottesvorstellung; Grausamkeit; Geschlecht; Hidden God; Gott; Theology
Work titles: Dieu obscur
Description: Treats the question of interpreting difficult texts of the Bible that seem to shock our modern understanding of God and religious ideas. -- Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154).

Translated from the third edition of the French: Dieu obscur. Translator: Sean O'Neill.
Table of contents: title: Is God male?; title: Is God cruel?; title: Is God a warlike despot?; title: Is God a moralizer, and humans mere sinners?; title: Is God violent and vengeful?; title: Is God comprehensible?