TY - BOOK AU - Bridge,Steven L. TI - Getting the Old Testament: what it meant to them, what it means for us SN - 9781598560459 (pbk. alk. paper) AV - BS1171.3 .B745 2009 U1 - 221.6 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Peabody, Mass. PB - Hendrickson Publishers KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index; The first creation story : is it true? -- The second creation story : internal contradictions? -- The great flood : revising history -- The Abraham narratives : Middle East implications -- The Torah : beyond the Ten Commandments -- The prophets : God's spokespersons -- The book of Jonah : prophecy parodied -- The book of Daniel : prophecy of the end -- The book of Proverbs : conventional wisdom -- The book of Ecclesiastes : unconventional wisdom I -- The book of Job : unconventional wisdom II ER -