The bestselling author brings her peerless powers of examination to one of the most familiar but least understood books of the Bible: the Book of Genesis.
Beschreibung
The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the Book of Genesis lies in its stories - Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph. These ancient tales illuminate some of our most enduring and profound problems: cowardice, the struggle with evil, the difficulty of facing past mistakes, achieving a true understanding of our innermost selves. Karen Armstrong traces the themes and meanings of these stories, examining what they can still tell us about the human quest for meaning.
Rezension
"Both humble and generous, Karen Armstrong rescues Genesis from purely literary criticism by seeing it as a collection of rather baffling teaching stories, and argues forcefully that we have to struggle for the meanings embedded in the often mysterious text, much as Jacob wrestled all night with God in the shape of an angel." Christopher Hirst Independent
Klappentext
The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the Book of Genesis lies in its stories - Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph. Karen Armstrong traces the themes and meanings of these stories, examining what they can still tell us about the human quest for meaning.
Biografie
Karen Armstrong, geboren 1945 in der Nähe von Birmingham, England, war sieben Jahre lang katholische Nonne, bevor sie 1969 ihren Orden verließ und nach Oxford ging. Die international anerkannte Religionswissenschaftlerin verfasste zahlreiche Bücher zu den wichtigsten Weltreligionen. 'The Battle for God' stand in den USA und Großbritannien monatelang auf den Bestsellerlisten. Armstrong lehrt am Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism und wurde 1999 mit dem Muslim Public Affairs Council Media Award ausgezeichnet.
