No Gods But One
On the face of it, Deuteronomy seems to be a book filled with triumph -- the pronouncement of the commandments, the end of the Israelites' long exile, the coming of the Promised Land.But Daniel Berrigan here turns a searching eye toward this text and finds its darker side. Moses, the people's leader for forty years, is denied entrance to the land he dreamt about. The people desperately create a golden calf to worship even as God is giving Moses the two tablets. The Promised Land, full of milk and honey, is also full of inhabitants -- gaining entrance means destroying or driving out a number of its people.Berrigan draws clear parallels between…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8028-6462-8
- EAN: 9780802864628
- Produktnummer: 21950222
- Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 194 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 290 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 290
Über den Autor
Daniel Berrigan is an internationally known voice for peace and disarmament. A Jesuit priest, award-winning poet, and the author of over fifty books, he has spoken for peace, justice, and nuclear disarmament for nearly fifty years. He spent several years in prison for his part in the 1968 Catonsville Nine antiwar action and later acted with the Plowshares Eight. Nominated many times for the Nobel Peace Prize, he lives and works in New York City.
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