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L'ancien testament expliqué à ceux qui n'y comprennent rien ou presque
Selon Umberto Eco, la Bible fait partie des Grands livres Non Lus... Et particulierement l'Ancien Testament. Comment s'y prendre alors ? Le but de cette nouvelle et breve introduction est de permettre a tous une premiere lecture de la Bible. Redigee simplement par un des meilleurs specialistes de l'Ancien Testament, elle ne se contente pas de repondre aux premieres questions que nous nous posons, mais elle fournit aussi les elements d'une lecture critique pour eviter les erreurs qui surgissent lorsque l'on prend le texte ancien trop a la lettre.
312 pages, Paperback
First published April 12, 2013
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March 14, 2023
Tout est dans le "ou presque" : n'y connaissant moi-même pas grand chose à la Bible, j'ai trouvé dans ce livre plein de notions inconnues qui étaient présentées comme des évidences. J'ai aussi trouvé la construction du livre et la métaphore filée tout du long sur le thème de la bibliothèque assez agaçantes...
November 3, 2015
A) To my mind the author of the book is eager to avoid any issue between the Bible and the modern culture and instead is willing to admit that Israelites battled their imaginary enemies, rather than had to slay everyone alive in the city. A very narrow minded evasive outlook on the Bible, religion and life from the very first page...;
B) Also Ezra and Nehemiah probably did not exist as well... (or what other historical faults did he find with them...?);
C) Thinks that Biblical texts were written rather late to justify new historical circumstances (why do I get a feeling about constant need to justify something?..);
D) The history in the Pentateuch is created and it does not seek to inform the reader... huh?
E) "God hardly ever intervenes into Joseph's life"... really?!
F) Bible fabricates stories for mare effect...???!!! - is the author even a believer?
G) Oh, and by the way, miracles in Exodus never happened -mare stories of the locals...
H) And salvation does not come from the Lord, it comes from the prophets...
I) Bible is a copy of mostly Mesopotamian myths...this or it integrates parts of them.
...and many more things... which add up to that sudden realization that you do not want to read that kind of Bible and also there is nothing to believe in as it is all a myth, a fib and efforts not to feel lower than the nation's around them...
Thank you, I'd rather keep the Bible I knew before I started this book...
B) Also Ezra and Nehemiah probably did not exist as well... (or what other historical faults did he find with them...?);
C) Thinks that Biblical texts were written rather late to justify new historical circumstances (why do I get a feeling about constant need to justify something?..);
D) The history in the Pentateuch is created and it does not seek to inform the reader... huh?
E) "God hardly ever intervenes into Joseph's life"... really?!
F) Bible fabricates stories for mare effect...???!!! - is the author even a believer?
G) Oh, and by the way, miracles in Exodus never happened -mare stories of the locals...
H) And salvation does not come from the Lord, it comes from the prophets...
I) Bible is a copy of mostly Mesopotamian myths...this or it integrates parts of them.
...and many more things... which add up to that sudden realization that you do not want to read that kind of Bible and also there is nothing to believe in as it is all a myth, a fib and efforts not to feel lower than the nation's around them...
Thank you, I'd rather keep the Bible I knew before I started this book...
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