The Old Testament is dying
Subtitle: a diagnosis and recommended treatment
By: Brent A. Strawn
Series: Theological explorations for the church catholic; Theological explorations for the church catholic
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780801048883
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible
Description: "Addresses the loss of the Old Testament as a resource for faith and life and shows how it can be recovered by the church,"--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: The Old Testament as a Dying Language; title: The Old Testament Is Dying; title: Initial Testing; title: On Language Growth and Change, Contact and Death; title: Part 2: Signs of Morbidity; title: The New Atheism; title: Marcionites Old and New; title: New Plastic Gospels: The "Happiologists"; title: Part 3: Path to Recovery; title: Recommended Treatment; title: Saving the Old Testament; title: Ways Forward and Not.