HUMANE RELIGION
What the Bible Really Says by J. R. Hyland
From Humane Religion
This book compares conventional and academic Christian interpretations of the scriptures with what the Bible really says.
Table of Contents
OLD TESTAMENT
1. ABRAHAM AND SARAH: Founding Parents of Judaism
2. SODOM AND GOMORRAH: Sexual Sins or Social Injustice?
3. JOSEPH: The Israelites in Egypt
4. MOSES: The Exodus
5. DEBORAH AND JEPHTHAH: The Judges of Israel
6. SAMSON: The Cult of Machismo
7. SAUL AND DAVID: Kings of Israel
8. THE WISDOM OF KING SOLOMON
9. THE VIOLENT PROPHETS
10. THE NON VIOLENT PROPHETS
11. EZRA: Godly Purge or Ethnic Cleansing
12. WHATEVER BECAME OF VASHTI
13. JUDITH AND ESTHER: Bloodthirsty and Beautiful
14. ROME OCCUPIES JERUSALEM (63 B.C.)
NEW TESTAMENT
15. JOHN THE BAPTIST
16. JESUS: THE EARLY YEARS
17. THE GOOD SAMARITAN
18. SEXUAL SINS
19. MIRACLES AND TABOOS
20. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES/KILL YOUR ENEMIES*
21. FAITH AND GOOD WORKS
22. JUDAISM AND SACRIFICIAL RELIGION
23. CHRISTIANITY AND SACRIFICIAL RELIGION
24. HOLY WARS: From Joshua to Jesus
25. JUST WARS: From Jesus to Augustine
Go on to: PROLOGUE
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