About this title: This work, by the author of "Who Wrote the Bible?" probes a chain of mysteries that concern the presence or absence of God. It begins with a reading of the Hebrew Bible, revealing the mystery and significance of the disappearance of God there. Why does the God who is known through miracles and direct interaction at the beginning of the Bible gradually become hidden, leaving humans on their own by the Bible's end? The book then investigates this phenomenon's place in the formation of Judaism and Christianity. It goes on to explore the forms this feeling of the disappearance of God has taken in ...
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Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780316294348ISBN:0316294349
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Tight binding clean pages. DJ has light edge wear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 335 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1995-10-01
ISBN-13:9780316294348ISBN:0316294349
Description: Like New. Clean Copy, No Remainder Mark, Tight Square Binding, Slight Shelf Wear on Dust Cover, Priority Shipping recommended for prompt delivery by USPS when offered, Delivery Confirmation on all domestic items where available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown
Date Published: 1st printing, 1995
Description: Very Good/Very Good hard cover. 8vo, boards, 335pp. edgewear, small tears taped inside spine top, dust jacket. owner name stamped front end page. light shelfwear. clean and tight text. religion. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company., Boston
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780316294348ISBN:0316294349
Description: First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 335 pp. Notes, references, index. Remainder line on bottom edge, very minor bump to one corner, clean and unmarked. Jacket has light rubbing, some bubbling to acetate along top edge of rear panel. Near Fine/Near Fine. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Time Warner on Demand, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780316294348ISBN:0316294349
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1995-10-01
ISBN-13:9780316294348ISBN:0316294349
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Description: Good. 0316294349 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, London And Toronto
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780316294348ISBN:0316294349
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0316294349. Signed by author. Some wear/creasing to dust jacket extrems, light rubbing of panels. Former owner's name on ffep, otherwise a very clean and tight copy. Pasadena's premier independent new and used bookstore. Religion.; 1.18 x 8.98 x 6.22 Inches; 352 pages; Signed by Author. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1995-10-01
ISBN-13:9780316294348ISBN:0316294349
Description: New. NEW. NO remainder markings. In a nice dj as well. Brand new book perfect inside and out. Purchase and help a youth pastor with three daughters. read more
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Time Warner on Demand, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780316294348ISBN:0316294349
Description: As New. 08vo-over 7.75"-9.75" Tall. 335pp; as new condition; hardcover; DJ in perfect condition; cover in perfect condition; really tight binding; clean pages; Confronts momentous issues. The evolution of the awareness and knowledge of God from the Iron Age. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: LITTLE BROWN & CO INC
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780316294348ISBN:0316294349
Description: New. Friedman probes a chain of mysteries that concern the presence or absence of God, including the connection between Nietzsche and Dostoevsky who each independently developed the idea of the death of God. read more
"stimulating but redundant work. describes the diminishing role of god in the old testament. nietzsche declares god is dead. friedman then makes a weird parallel between modern physics and the hebrew kabala!"
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