TY - BOOK AU - Miles,Jack TI - God: a biography SN - 0679418334 AV - BS 1192.6 .M6 1995 U1 - 231 20 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - God KW - Biblical teaching KW - Bible as literature N1 - 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? ER -