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Holy resilience : the Bible's traumatic origins /

"Human trauma gave birth to the Bible, suggests eminent religious scholar David Carr. The Bible's ability to speak to suffering is a major reason why the sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity have retained their relevance for thousands of years. In his fascinating and provocative reinte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carr, David McLain, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Israel, Judah, and the birth of scripture
  • The birth of monotheism
  • Judah's survival
  • Jerusalem's destruction and Babylonian exile
  • Abraham and exile
  • The story of Moses
  • The return home
  • Traumatic crystallization of scripture
  • Christianity's founding trauma
  • The traumatized apostle
  • The traumatic origins of Judaism and Christianity
  • The posttraumatic gospel
  • Appendix: Contemporary study of trauma and ancient trauma.