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Sacred Sense: Discovering the Wonder of God's Word and World
Sacred Sense: Discovering the Wonder of God's Word and World
Sacred Sense: Discovering the Wonder of God's Word and World
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All too often Scripture is read only to find answers to life’s perplexing questions, to prove a theological point, or to formulate doctrine. But William Brown argues that if read properly, what the Bible does most fundamentally is arouse a sacred sense of life-transforming wonder.

In this book Brown helps readers develop an orientation toward the biblical text that embraces wonder. He explores reading strategies and offers fresh readings of seventeen Old and New Testament passages, identifying what he finds most central and evocative in the unfolding biblical drama. The Bible invites its readers to linger in wide-eyed wonder, Brown says -- and his Sacred Sense shows readers how to do just that.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherEerdmans
Release dateJul 7, 2015
ISBN9781467443807
Sacred Sense: Discovering the Wonder of God's Word and World
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William P. Brown

William P. Brown is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. He has published numerous works, including Seeing the Psalms: A Theology of Metaphor and Ecclesiastes in the Interpretation series. He also serves on the editorial board for the esteemed Old Testament Library series, published by Westminster John Knox Press.

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