{"product_id":"for-the-love-of-god-the-bible-as-an-open-book-paperback-softback-9780813545035","title":"For the Love of God; The Bible As an Open Book (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813545035","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFor the Love of God\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Bible As an Open Book\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlicia Suskin Ostriker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813545035\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 February 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.255 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"The perfect antidote to fundamentalist readings of the Bible, \u003ci\u003eFor the Love of God\u003c\/i\u003e artfully conveys the multiple meanings that can be gleaned from biblical texts\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Judith Plaskow (author of Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective) \u003cdiv\u003e\"No one who reads this amazing, brilliantly written book will ever read the Bible the same way again.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Elaine Pagels (professor of religion, Princeton University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Against popular misconceptions of the Bible as a 'book' that is the dependable repository of supposedly biblical values, Alicia Ostriker vividly unfolds the strong and at times startling differences of outlook of different biblical texts. She writes with the sensitivity of a poet, unafraid to argue with Scripture yet keenly responsive to what there is to discover in it.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Robert Alter (editor of The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary) \u003cdiv\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eFor the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book\u003c\/i\u003e, Alicia Ostriker tears away the encrusted interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and reveals new ones that restore its mythic power and vision.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Howard Schwartz (author of Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Think wrestler. Revise to Jewish wrestler. Revise again to Jewish Woman Wrestler. Revise a third time to Jewish Woman Wrestling with God. You're thinking about Alicia Ostriker in For the Love of God. Now stop thinking and read.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jack Miles (author of God: A Biography) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Through prose that is deeply poetic and critically compelling, in For the Love of God Alicia Suskin Ostriker takes quite seriously the Talmudic assertion that 'there is always another interpretation' . . . offering provocative and insightful re-interpretations of six fundamental biblical texts. Much of Ostriker's work speaks to what she interprets as our own contemporary needs, specifically our collective desire for peace, and this book is no exception.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Shofar) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Ostriker's work is at once challenging and inspiring, revisionary and reverent. Her insights and commentaries are both inspiring and shocking, insightful and aphoristic. And, although one can either love or hate her interpretations, one cannot miss her sincere desire to see into the truth of the text.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Religion) \u003cdiv\u003e\"The perfect antidote to fundamentalist readings of the Bible, \u003ci\u003eFor the Love of God\u003c\/i\u003e artfully conveys the multiple meanings that can be gleaned from biblical texts\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Judith Plaskow (author of Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective) \u003cdiv\u003e\"No one who reads this amazing, brilliantly written book will ever read the Bible the same way again.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Elaine Pagels (professor of religion, Princeton University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Against popular misconceptions of the Bible as a 'book' that is the dependable repository of supposedly biblical values, Alicia Ostriker vividly unfolds the strong and at times startling differences of outlook of different biblical texts. She writes with the sensitivity of a poet, unafraid to argue with Scripture yet keenly responsive to what there is to discover in it.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Robert Alter (editor of The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary) \u003cdiv\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eFor the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book\u003c\/i\u003e, Alicia Ostriker tears away the encrusted interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and reveals new ones that restore its mythic power and vision.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Howard Schwartz (author of Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Think wrestler. Revise to Jewish wrestler. Revise again to Jewish Woman Wrestler. Revise a third time to Jewish Woman Wrestling with God. You're thinking about Alicia Ostriker in For the Love of God. Now stop thinking and read.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jack Miles (author of God: A Biography) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Through prose that is deeply poetic and critically compelling, in For the Love of God Alicia Suskin Ostriker takes quite seriously the Talmudic assertion that 'there is always another interpretation' . . . offering provocative and insightful re-interpretations of six fundamental biblical texts. Much of Ostriker's work speaks to what she interprets as our own contemporary needs, specifically our collective desire for peace, and this book is no exception.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Shofar) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Ostriker's work is at once challenging and inspiring, revisionary and reverent. Her insights and commentaries are both inspiring and shocking, insightful and aphoristic. And, although one can either love or hate her interpretations, one cannot miss her sincere desire to see into the truth of the text.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Religion)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eQuoting King Solomon’s famous prayer to God at the Temple in Jerusalem, “Behold, the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded,” Alicia Suskin Ostriker posits a God who cannot be contained by dogma and doctrine.  Troubled by the way the Bible has become identified in our culture with a monolithic authoritarianism, Ostriker focuses instead on the extraordinary variability of Biblical writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the Love of God is a provocative and inspiring re-interpretation of six essential Biblical texts: The Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Jonah, and Job.  In prose that is personal and probing, analytically acute and compellingly readable, Ostriker sees these writings as “counter-texts,” deviating from convention yet deepening and enriching the Bible, our images of God, and our own potential spiritual lives. Attempting to understand “some of the wildest, strangest, most splendid writing in Western tradition,” she shows how the Bible embraces sexuality and skepticism, boundary crossing and challenges to authority, how it illuminates the human psyche and mirrors our own violent times, and how it asks us to make difficult choices in the quest for justice.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor better or worse, our society is wedded to the Bible.  But according to Talmud, “There is always another interpretation.” Ostriker demonstrates that the Bible, unlike its reputation, offers a plenitude of surprises. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Song of Songs : a holy of holies\u003cbr\u003e The book of Ruth and the love of the land\u003cbr\u003e Psalm and anti-Psalm : a personal interlude\u003cbr\u003e Ecclesiastes as witness\u003cbr\u003e Jonah : the book of the question\u003cbr\u003e Job : the open book\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559291187480,"sku":"9780813545035","price":21.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/for-the-love-of-god-the-bible-as-an-open-book-paperback-softback-9780813545035","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}