Bauckham, Richard.

The Bible in Politics : How to Read the Bible Politically / [Text] Richard Bauckham. - 2nd ed. - Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2011. - xxi, 166 p. ; Pb 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Issues in interpretation -- Holiness for the people: Leviticus 19 -- Wisdom for the powerful: Proverbs 31:1-9 -- Songs for the oppressed: Psalms 10 and 126 -- Taxing questions: Jesus on taxation -- The fallen city: Revelation 18 -- Exodus and service: freedom in the Bible -- The book of Esther and the Jewish Holocaust -- The Genesis flood and the nuclear holocaust -- The political Christ: a concluding reflection.

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Bible--Hermeneutics.


Bible and politics.
Christianity and politics--Politics - Biblical teaching.

BS680.P45 / B38 2011 BS680.P45 / B38 2011

220.832 / B337B