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.