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050	0	0	_aBS535 _b.F45 2021
082	0	4	_a220.61 _223
100	1		_aFentress-Williams, Judy, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHoly imagination : _ba literary and theological introduction to the whole Bible / _cJudy Fentress-Williams
264		1	_aNashiville : _bAbingdon Press, _c2021.
300			_axii, 388 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 384-388).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- The Origin of Identity -- The Wilderness and Legal Traditions -- The Promised Land: Joshua and Judges -- Ruth -- Birth of a Nation: Samuel and Kings -- Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther -- Hebrew Poetry: Psalms, Lamentations, and Song of Songs (Solomon) -- Wisdom Literature -- Prophets -- The Gospels -- The Acts of the Apostles -- The Letters -- Revelation.
520			_aThe many voices in scripture form a dialogue with readers, which produce theological truths that are larger than the individual parts. This introduction is informed by both literary theory and theology. It groups sections of the whole Bible together by genre. Each section identifies and describes the genre (such as historiography, poetry, prophecy, gospel, letter, apocalypse), and then moves into a discussion about the literary characteristics and theological insights. The words of scripture not only come a long way to find us but like a poem must be read with attention. Poetry doesn't yield meaning easily, and it doesn't promise to make sense. We know to look past the words on the page and find the images, tropes, sounds, and metaphors that are meaning-full. This type of writing invites, rather demands, the imagination. We must accept that we will only get so close, but that this is close enough. Our imagination spans the gaps left by sparse language and incomplete narratives. We return again and again, with more information and perhaps more experiences. The words are the same, but we are not; and for that reason there are always new discoveries.
630	0	0	_aBible _vIntroductions.
630	0	0	_aBible _xTheology.
630	0	6	_aBible _vIntroductions.
630	0	6	_aBible _xThéologie.
630	0	7	_aBible. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01356024
650		0	_aBible as literature.
650		6	_aBible (Littérature)
650		7	_aBible as literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00831228
650		7	_aTheology. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01149559
655		7	_aIntroductions. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423833
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