God : a biography /
What sort of "person" is God? Is it possible to approach him not as an object of religious reverence, but as the protagonist of the world's greatest book--as a character who possesses all the depths, contradictions, and abiguities of a Hamlet? In this "brilliant, audacious book&q...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books,
1996.
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| Edition: | First Vintage Books edition. |
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| Summary: | What sort of "person" is God? Is it possible to approach him not as an object of religious reverence, but as the protagonist of the world's greatest book--as a character who possesses all the depths, contradictions, and abiguities of a Hamlet? In this "brilliant, audacious book" (Chicago Tribune), a former Jesuit marshalls a vast array of learning and knowledge of the Hebrew Bible to illuminate God--and man--with a sense of discovery and wonder. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1995. |
| Physical Description: | x, 446 pages ; 21 cm |
| Awards: | Pulitzer Prize in Biography, 1996 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-431) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0679743685 9780679743682 |