{"product_id":"bible-begins-brian-j-shircliff-9781954688445","title":"Bible Begins: Playing Around in Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e'EDEN'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does that word conjure for you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are entire sections of libraries and museums dedicated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto Eden's meaning and impact...theological treatises, poems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand novels, plays and reflections, songs and pieces of art...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut so few - if any - stay close enough to the Hebrew to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebring forward anything all that helpful to human life. Instead, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall too many interpretations set us up for war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAncient audiences hearing the Eden Story for the first time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elikely laughed heartily at the story...while modern audiences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etend to get so serious about Adam and Eve's \"sin\" as if it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoomed us all. Indeed this way of understanding the story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoves us into a deadly binary - good vs. evil - and very far\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom the all-encompassing Infinite God\/Universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat would happen if we today could listen to the Eden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStory as if for the first time? Where the Hebrew sounds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealone will squirm you into laughter, pleasure, and new\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epossibilities. Plus the well-crafted characters of the story....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Divine who plays in the mud. Who desires Its first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecreature. A snake who lisps out the correct future. A woman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho has a thing for lusty fruit and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's really there in the Eden Story might change your life, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhether you're religious or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin the lovemaking as \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBible Begins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian J. Shircliff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195468844X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954688445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vitality Cincinnati, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.37w x 0.39d","brand":"Brian J. Shircliff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997814010111,"sku":"9781954688445","price":11.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bible-begins-brian-j-shircliff-9781954688445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}