The Bible in politics
Subtitle: how to read the Bible politically
By: Richard Bauckham
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780664237080
Subjects: Bible and politics; Bible; Christianity and politics; Hermeneutics; Biblical teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-161) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Issues in interpretation; title: Holiness for the people: Leviticus 19; title: Wisdom for the powerful: Proverbs 31:1-9; title: Songs for the oppressed: Psalms 10 and 126; title: Taxing questions: Jesus on taxation; title: The fallen city: Revelation 18; title: Exodus and service: freedom in the Bible; title: The book of Esther and the Jewish Holocaust; title: The Genesis flood and the nuclear holocaust; title: The political Christ: a concluding reflection.