The biblical cosmos a Pilgrim's guide to the weird and wonderful world of the Bible / Robin A. Parry ; with illustrations by Hannah Parry.
| Author/creator | Parry, Robin A. |
| Other author | Parry, Hannah. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2014] |
| Description | xiii, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: pt. I A Tour of the Biblical Earth -- 1. Joining the Flat Earth Society: The Big Picture -- 2. Here Be Dragons! The Sea -- 3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Land -- 4. A Land Down Under: Sheol/Hades -- pt. II A Tour of the Biblical Heavens -- 5. Eyes in Their Stars: The Sky -- 6. Brighter than a Thousand Suns: God's Heaven -- pt. III The House of God: Temple and Cosmos -- 7. God's in the House: The Temple and the Biblical Cosmos -- 8. Christ's in the House: Jesus and the Biblical Cosmos -- pt. IV Can We Inhabit the Biblical Cosmos? -- 9. How Can We Inhabit the Biblical Cosmos Today? -- 10. The Cosmic Temple Today -- 11. The Biblical Heavens Today -- 12. The Biblical Earth Today. |
| Abstract | This book takes readers on a guided tour of the biblical cosmos with the goal of opening up the Bible in its ancient world. When we read Scripture we often imagine that the world inhabited by the Bible's characters was much the same as our own. But the biblical world is an ancient world with a flat earth that stands at the center of the cosmos, and with a vast ocean in the sky, chaos dragons, mystical mountains, demonic deserts, an underground zone for the dead, stars that are sentient beings, and, if you travel upwards and through the doors in the solid dome of the sky, God's heaven--the heart of the universe. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015301140 |
| ISBN | 9781625648105 |
| ISBN | 1625648103 |
| ISBN | 9781498222525 |
| ISBN | 1498222528 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |