The Bible's Top 50 Ideas: The Essential Concepts Everyone Should KnowWipf and Stock Publishers, 1 wrz 2013 - 364 All the important moral ideas of the modern world are based on the key biblical verses analyzed in this collection. What generally happens when someone picks up a copy of the Bible? Often it is put down within seconds because readers see endless verses which turn them off. Finally, here is an accessible book about the Bible that focuses on its great moral principles: --Human beings are created in the image of God. --"Love your neighbor as yourself." --"You shall not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor." --"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." --"Justice, justice shall you pursue." Dov Peretz Elkins believes that if a reader understands fifty verses of the five thousand in the Bible (only 1 percent), he or she will begin to grasp the essence of the Bible. This remarkable explanation of the Bible shows readers how it can serve as a light that illuminates a path through the confusion and problems in their personal and communal lives. The result is a life that is better and more serious--a life with meaning, purpose, and direction. The Bible's Top 50 Ideas: --Presents the Bible's essential ideas in readable, engaging fashion. --Focuses on the contemporary value of the Bible. --Uses commentaries and explanations from sources that are modern as well as ancient, Christian as well as Jewish, and popular as well as scholarly. Elkins not only simplifies the Bible but also demonstrates how its fundamental ideas and concepts have inspired four thousand years of civilization to follow its teachings. The result is a moral, legal, and literary foundation that remains the basis of all democratic and principled societies to this day. |
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... ancient and modern commentaries, while emphasizing their relevance to modern society. His book will benefit rabbis and teachers as well as laypeople who want to connect to the Torah and discover it's relevance to modern life. — Rabbi ...
... ancient and modern commentaries, while emphasizing their relevance to modern society. His book will benefit rabbis and teachers as well as laypeople who want to connect to the Torah and discover it's relevance to modern life. — Rabbi ...
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... ancient one: posing crucial questions and scanning the tradition—from the Bible to the rabbis, to the medieval exegetes, to modern commentators—for insights, illuminations, even answers. Though his method is ancient, Rabbi Elkins' point ...
... ancient one: posing crucial questions and scanning the tradition—from the Bible to the rabbis, to the medieval exegetes, to modern commentators—for insights, illuminations, even answers. Though his method is ancient, Rabbi Elkins' point ...
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... ancient book like the Torah without the context of the broader ancient world of Mesopotamia, Assyria, Sumer, Ugarit, and the entire ancient Near East. This is one of the main differences between the 1916 translation and the more up-to ...
... ancient book like the Torah without the context of the broader ancient world of Mesopotamia, Assyria, Sumer, Ugarit, and the entire ancient Near East. This is one of the main differences between the 1916 translation and the more up-to ...
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... ancient text of the Torah only has consonants, modifying the vowels is nowhere near as serious as changing the consonants would be. While it is possible to accept the vocalized text as is, since grammar rules have many exceptions, the ...
... ancient text of the Torah only has consonants, modifying the vowels is nowhere near as serious as changing the consonants would be. While it is possible to accept the vocalized text as is, since grammar rules have many exceptions, the ...
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... ancient Talmudic idea. The idea of our being God's partner in a stillbeing-created world is also reflected in several passages of the Siddur ("God who daily renews creation”—before the Shema, and similar ideas elsewhere). David Leiber ...
... ancient Talmudic idea. The idea of our being God's partner in a stillbeing-created world is also reflected in several passages of the Siddur ("God who daily renews creation”—before the Shema, and similar ideas elsewhere). David Leiber ...
Spis treści
17 | |
Chapters 916 | 56 |
Chapters 1724 | 108 |
Ideas from Numbers | 161 |
Chapters 3250 | 182 |
Ideas from Deuteronomy | 207 |
References | 324 |
About the Author | 343 |
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The Bible’s Top 50 Ideas: The Essential Concepts Everyone Should Know Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins,Abigail Treu Ograniczony podgląd - 2013 |
The Bible's Top 50 Ideas: The Essential Concepts Everyone Should Know Dov Peretz Elkins,Abigail Treu Ograniczony podgląd - 2005 |
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