Matthew Richard Schlimm: 2 books
This Strange and Sacred Scripture
Wrestling with the Old Testament and Its Oddities
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
The Old Testament can seem strange and disturbing to contemporary readers. What should Christians make of Genesis 1-3, seemingly at odds with modern scientific accounts? Why does the Old Testament contain so much violence? How should Christians handle texts that give women a second-class status? Does...
by Matthew Richard Schlimm
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
The basic message of the Bible can be understood in any language. At the same time, many biblical texts are hard to understand because they don’t quite make sense when translated into English. Something is missing. Quite frequently, what readers miss has been lost in translation. Maybe there is...