Imes, Carmen Joy

Summary: "What does the Old Testament-especially the law-have to do with your Christian life? In this warm, accessible volume, Carmen Joy Imes takes readers back to Sinai, arguing that we've misunderstood the command about "taking the Lord's name in vain." Instead, Imes says that this command is really about "bearing God's name," a theme that continues throughout the rest of Scripture"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: InterVarsity Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231.7 IME

Levine, Amy-Jill

Summary: A twenty-four lecture course that offers an introduction to the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel and early Judaism as it is presented in the collection of texts called the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, and the Tanakh.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 221 LEV

Kirsch, Adam

Summary: Jews have long embraced their identity as “the people of the book.” But outside of the Bible, much of the Jewish literary tradition remains little known to nonspecialist readers. The People and the Books shows how central questions and themes of our history and culture are reflected in the Jewish literary canon: the nature of God, the right way to understand the Bible, the relationship of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296 KIR

Levine, Amy-Jill

Summary: "The editors of The Jewish Annotated New Testament, Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler, explore how Jews and Christians can learn from and understand each other better by exploring how they read many of the same Bible stories through different lens"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.6 LEV

Florer-Bixler, Melissa

Summary: In Fire by Night, pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler invites readers to marvel at the Old Testament. Page after page, in stories and poems and prophecies, the Hebrew Scripture introduces us to a God who is unwieldy and uncontrollable, common and extraordinary, and who brings both life and death. Using stories from Scripture and from her ministry, Florer-Bixler braids together the text with the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Herald Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 221.6 FLO

Yolen, Jane

Summary: "The inimitable Jane Yolen has teamed up with Barbara Diamond Goldin (a prolific author in her own right) to retell Bible stories from the point of view of twelve women (in nine chapters, as some come in pairs). After each story, there is a reflection "imagine" piece written from the voice of each woman (written by Barbara) and a poem about her (written by Jane). Intermixed with the main text...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Belief Yolen

Spitzer, Toba

Summary: "Toba Spitzer's God Is Here is a thoughtful exploration of the idea of God and how we can reconsider the deity through metaphors and daily practices."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3 SPI