God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says by Coogan, Michael

God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780446545266)

Vendor: Michael Coogan
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Format: Paperback
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God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says by Coogan, Michael

God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says

$19.99
God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says by Coogan, Michael

God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says

$19.99
Format: Paperback
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For several decades, Michael Coogan's introductory course on the Old Testament has been a perennial favorite among students at Harvard University. In God and Sex, Coogan examines one of the most controversial aspects of the Hebrew Scripture: What the Old Testament really says about sex, and how contemporary understanding of those writings is frequently misunderstood or misrepresented. In the engaging and witty voice generations of students have appreciated, Coogan explores the language and social world of the Bible, showing how much innuendo and euphemism is at play, and illuminating the sexuality of biblical figures as well as God. By doing so, Coogan reveals the immense gap between popular use of Scripture and its original context. God and Sex is certain to provoke, entertain, and enlighten readers.

Author: Michael Coogan
ISBN-10: 0446545260
ISBN-13: 9780446545266
Publisher: Twelve
Language: English
Published: 11/03/2011
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
By Michael Coogan
By Michael Coogan
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Michael Coogan is Director of Publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum and Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College. For several decades, he has taught an introductory course on the Hebrew Scriptures at Harvard University, as well as at Wellesley College, Boston College, and Stonehill College. One of the leading biblical scholars in the United States, he is the author of The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures and editor of the acclaimed third edition of The New Oxford Annotated Bible.

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