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God : a biography / Jack Miles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books 1995.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 446 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0679418334
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 231 20
LOC classification:
  • BS 1192.6 .M6 1995
Contents:
Can God's life be written? -- Creator : Genesis 1-3 -- Destroyer : Genesis 4-11 -- Creator/destroyer : Genesis 12-25:11 -- Friend of the family : Genesis 25:12-50:18 -- What makes God godlike? -- Liberator : Exodus 1:1-15:21 -- Lawgiver : Exodus 15:22-40:38 -- Liege : Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy -- Conqueror : Joshua, Judges -- Father : Samuel -- Arbiter : Kings -- Does God fail? -- Executioner : Isaiah 1-39 -- Holy one : Isaiah 40-66 -- Does God love? -- Wife : Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi -- Counselor : Psalms -- Guarantor : Proverbs -- Fiend : Job -- Sleeper : Song of Songs -- Bystander : Ruth -- Recluse : Lamentations -- Puzzle : Ecclesiastes -- Absence : Esther -- Ancient of Days : Daniel -- Scroll : Ezra and Nehemiah -- Perpetual round : Chronicles -- Does God lose interest?
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BS 1192.6 .M6 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA002359 1 Available AUA002359
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BS 1192.6 .M6 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA013975 2 Available AUA013975

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-431) and index.

Can God's life be written? --
Creator : Genesis 1-3 --
Destroyer : Genesis 4-11 --
Creator/destroyer : Genesis 12-25:11 --
Friend of the family : Genesis 25:12-50:18 --
What makes God godlike? --
Liberator : Exodus 1:1-15:21 --
Lawgiver : Exodus 15:22-40:38 --
Liege : Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy --
Conqueror : Joshua, Judges --
Father : Samuel --
Arbiter : Kings --
Does God fail? --
Executioner : Isaiah 1-39 --
Holy one : Isaiah 40-66 --
Does God love? --
Wife : Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi --
Counselor : Psalms --
Guarantor : Proverbs --
Fiend : Job --
Sleeper : Song of Songs --
Bystander : Ruth --
Recluse : Lamentations --
Puzzle : Ecclesiastes --
Absence : Esther --
Ancient of Days : Daniel --
Scroll : Ezra and Nehemiah --
Perpetual round : Chronicles --
Does God lose interest?